> The Washburn Ichabods will start the postseason with the same team who they ended the regular season with as the Ichabods will face Missouri Western in the MIAA Postseason Tournament Quarterfinals on Friday in Kansas City at 6 p.m. in historic Municipal Auditorium.
> The Ichabods (16-12) were topped by the Girffons on Feb. 29 in St. Joseph when the Griffons won 94-80.
> The Ichabods have clinched a spot in the MIAA Tournament and currently sit fifth in the MIAA standings with Saturday's game remaining in the regular season. Missouri Western is one game ahead of the Ichabods at 12-6 in the conference standings. An Ichabod win over the Griffons on Saturday would mean the teams would play again in the opening round of the MIAA Tournament with the Ichabods being the four seed and the Griffons gaining the fifth seed. The top 10 teams in the final standings will be in Kansas City March 4-8 for the postseason event.
>  The Ichabods are 38-22 all-time in the MIAA Championship Tournament.
>  The Ichabods are 2-2 in first round games (when the tournament was 12 teams) … 19-6 in the quarterfinals, 12-7 in the semifinals and 5-7 in championship games.
>  In games played in Kansas City, the Ichabods are 16-12.
>  Against the Griffons, the Ichabods are 3-5 all-time and they have not met in the tournament since a March 1, 2016 playin game in which the Girffons topped the Ichabods 70-54 in Topeka.
>  In Kansas City, the Ichabods and the Griffons have not played since March 6, 2010 in the MIAA Semifinals when the Ichabods won 56-43.
>  The Ichabods are the MIAA Tournament No. 5 seed in this year's event …it marks the first time Washburn has been the No. 5 seed in the conference postseason touranment.
  > Tyler Geiman leads the Ichabods in scoring at 15.4 ppg as well as assists (5.5) and minutes (35.3) and he is second in rebounds (5.8).
> Geiman has 149 3-pointers in his Washburn career … he is 10th on the all-time 3-point chart.
> Geiman's 390 career assists at Washburn and is second all-time on the Ichabod chart … the Ichabod all-time leader is Jordan Canfield (1992-97) who had 756, which is second on the MIAA career chart.
>  Jalen Lewis is scoring 13.0 ppg while Drew Maschoff is scoring 10.4 ppg and Jonny Clausing is scoring 10.1 ppg.
>  Clausing leads the team in rebounds at 7.1 rpg (fourth in the MIAA) … he also leads the team in blocks at 1.6 per game.
> Keven Biggs is scoring 5.8 ppg off the bench after starting the first 12 games of the season.
> Rathen Carter is scoring 5.4 ppg with 2.2 rpg … he scored a career-high 18 points against Central Missouri in the first meeting.
> Tyler Nelson is scoring 5.6 ppg coming off a career-high 16 points against Central Missouri and Jace Williams is scoring 4.5 and Connor Deffebaugh is scoring 4.6.
> Tyler Geiman is third in the MIAA in assists (5.6 apg) and is third in the MIAA in minutes per game at 35.2 and is 12th in scoring while ranking 10th in rebounds, ninth in field goal percentage, fourth in 3-point field goal percentage, 16th in free throw percentage, 18th in steals and seventh in 3-pointers made per game.
  >  Tyler Geiman's 71 3-pointers made is 8th.
>  Jalen Lewis' 65 3-pointers made is 11th
>  Tyler Geiman's 175 3-point attempts 8th
>  Jalen Lewis' 166 3-point attempts 11th
>  Jalen Lewis' .846  (66-78) free throw percentage is 8th
>  Tyler Geiman's .409 3-point percentage is 24th
>  Tyler Geiman's 153 assists is 5th
>  Tyler Geiman's 5.5 assist average is 5th
>  Jonny Clausing's 46 blocks is 6th
>  Jonny Clausing's 1.6 blocks per game average is 6th
>  Tyler Geiman's 988 minutes played is 10th
>  Tyler Geiman's 35.3 minutes per game is 3rd
>  Jalen Lewis' 31.7 minutes per game is 19th
>  The Ichabods' 255 3-pointers made is 3rd (293 is the record set in 2018-19)
>  The Ichabods' 690 3-point attempts is 3rd (752 is the record set in 2018-19)
>  The Ichabods' .370 3-point percentage is 18th
>  The Ichabods' 90 blocked shots is 16th >  Only two Ichabods in program history have averaged at least 15.0 points, 5.0 assists and 5.0 rebounds in a season.
Player                              Year          PPG   RPG   APG
Tyler Geiman                   2019-20    15.4    5.8     5.5
De'Andre Washington     2010-11    16.0    6.4     5.1
  >  Brett Ballard has 62 wins in his first three seasons as the Ichabod head coach … he needs one win to tie and two to pass former Ichabod head coach Bob Chipman who had 63 wins in his first three seasons on the Washburn bench. Glenn Cafer recorded 52 wins in his first three seasons at Washburn.
  WASHBURN ICHABOD HEAD COACH BRETT BALLARD
>  is 62-30 in his third season as the Ichabods' head coach and 95-60 overall in his fifth year as a head coach.
>  has led the Ichabods to two NCAA postseason appearances in both seasons at Washburn.
>  was named the Washburn Ichabod men's basketball head coach on April 6, 2017 after spending the 2014-15 to 2016-17 seasons as an assistant coach with the Wake Forest basketball program after working under head coach Danny Manning 2014-17 seasons and at the University of Tulsa during the 2012-14 seasons.
>  he helped Wake Forest to its first NCAA Tournament appearance since the 2009-10 season following the 2016-17 season.
>  while at Tulsa, the Golden Hurricane played in the postseason both years, including earning a No. 13 seed in the 2014 NCAA Tournament. Tulsa also participated in the 2013 CBI, finishing that season with a winning record of 17-16 overall.
>  before joining Manning at Tulsa, Ballard spent two seasons as the head basketball coach at Baker University going 33-30 overall, including a 21-12 mark in his final season at the helm in 2011-12.
>  prior to taking over the head coaching position at Baker, Ballard spent seven years on Bill Self's staff at Kansas, his alma mater.
>  he played two years for the Jayhawks under head coach Roy Williams from 2000-02 after transferring from Hutchinson Community College in his hometown of Hutchinson, Kan. In his two seasons as a Jayhawk, the team reached the 2001 NCAA Sweet Sixteen and appeared in the 2002 NCAA Final Four in Atlanta.
>  he earned his bachelor's degree in secondary education from Kansas in 2003 earning an Academic All-Big 12 selection as a senior for his efforts in the classroom.
>  is 4-1 against Missouri Western.
 
MISSOURI WESTERN HEAD COACH SUNDANCE WICKS
>   is 29-30 in his second season as the Griffons' head coach.
>   in 2017-18, Wicks helped lead Northern State to the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference regular season and postseason championships this year. Northern State also claimed the central region championship en route to the program's first-ever appearance in the national championship game.
>   lettered four years as a student-athlete at Northern State from 1999-2003, Wicks
>   held assistant coaching positions at Northern State, Colorado (2006-07), Northern Illinois (2007-11) and San Francisco (2015-16).
>   is 1-3 against Washburn.
  MISSOURI WESTERN 90 (17-13, 13-6 MIAA)
WASHBURN 61 (16-12, 11-8 MIAA)
FEB. 29, 2020
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – Washburn ran into a second half hot-shooting Missouri Western Griffon squad as the Ichabods fell 94-80 in their regular season finale on Saturday afternoon. Washburn finishes the regular season at 16-12.
The Ichabods trailed at the half 36-35, but the Griffons used a 21-8 jumpstart over the first six minutes of the frame taking a 57-43 lead as Missouri Western hit 8 of 12 shots including 4 of 6 shots from deep while the Ichabods wee 4 of 11 during the same stretch. The Ichabods trailed by as many as 20 on two separate occasions before cutting the lead back to 14 to end the game.
Washburn had a 15-7 lead just under five minutes into the game but the Ichabods were outscored by the Griffons 21-11 over the next 10:26 going hitting 4 of 9 3-pointers taking the lead for good at 28-26.
Tyler Geiman led the Ichabods with 22 points tying for the team lead with six rebounds. Jalen Lewis scored 18 and Jonny Clausing scored 15 with six rebounds and two blocks and a team-high three assists. Tyler Nelson scored 13 and Connor Deffebaugh had 10 each off the bench.
Missouri Western scored 20 points off Washburn's 13 turnovers and outrebounded the Ichabods 36-33. The Griffons hit 16 of 29 3-point attempts as Tyus Millhollin hit 10 of 15 tries scoring a game-high 34 points.
Washburn finished 30 of 58 from the field while the Griffons were 33 of 65 shooting 59 percent in the second half.
  > The Griffons are 17-13 this season and 13-6 in conference play.
> Missouri Western is 12-1 in home games and 1-3 in games played at the Civic Arena in St. Joseph.
> Tyrell Carroll leads the Griffons in scoring at 17.5 ppg and in assists at 5.9 per game … in MIAA play is he averaging 17.8 ppg and 5.6 apg.
> Will Eames is the leading rebounder at 7.3 per game adding 11.1 ppg … he has missed the last two games with an injury.
> Tyus Millhollin is scoring 15.8 ppg hitting a team-high 96 of 243 3-point attempts and averaging 16.9 ppg in MIAA play. >    Saturday's meeting will be the 95th between the two schools with Washburn leading the series 56-38 after the Griffons snapped a five-game Ichabod winning streak with the win on Feb. 29.
>    The Ichabods are 32-22 against MWSU in MIAA games and 25-11 in Lee Arena and 32-13 in games played in Topeka overall.
>    The Ichabods are 22-24 in games played in St. Joseph against the Griffons.
>    Since joining the MIAA, the Ichabods are 11-19 in MIAA games played in St. Joseph.
>    In the MIAA Tournament the Ichabods are 3-5 against the Griffons.
>    The Ichabods lead 6-4 in overtime games including the 95-94 win on Jan. 9, 2019. >    The Ichabods are 38-22 all-time in the MIAA Championship Tournament.
>     The Ichabods are 2-2 in first round games (since expanding to 12 teams) … 19-6 in the quarterfinals, 12-7 in the semifinals and 5-7 in championship games.
>    In games played in Kansas City, the Ichabods are 16-12.
>    In quarterfinal games played in Kansas City, the Ichabods are 9-4. In semifinal games played in Municipal the Ichabods are 5-3 and in championship games in Kansas City the Ichabods are 1-5.
>    As the No. 1 seed, the Ichabods are 21-3, at No. 2 they are 6-3, at No. 3 they are 2-3, at No. 4 they are 2-3, at No. 6 the Ichabods are 4-5, at No. 7 they are 0-1 and as the No. 8 seed they are 3-3.
>    Washburn has never been the No. 5 seed until the 2020 Tournament.
>    Former head coach Bob Chipman has won more MIAA Tournament games than any other coach. He has won 34 games going 34-19 recording a .653 winning percentage.
>    Chipman's five tournament titles is the most by any coach. Tom Smith (MWSU), Steve Tappmeyer (NWMSU), Ben McCollum (NWMSU) and Ron Shumate (Southeast Missouri) and Kim Anderson (UCM/PSU) each have four titles.
>    Overall, here's how the Ichabods have fared against MIAA opponents in the conference tournament by round and in Kansas City.
>    First Round games were added for the MIAA Tournament starting in 2013 as the league expanded to 15 teams. The top four teams in the final standings received an automatic bye to Kansas City for the quarterfinals.
Team         1st Rnd    Qrts.            Semis          Finals          In KC          Total
UCM                              —              4-0            1-1            —               3-1            5-1
ESU            —              4-1            —              —              3-1            4-1
FHSU         1-0            —              2-0            —               2-0            3-0
MSSU         —              1-0            2-1            0-1             1-1            3-2
MWSU        0-1            —              2-2            1-2             1-1            3-4
NSU             0-1            —              —              —              —              0-1
NWMSU     —              2-2            0-2            1-2             0-4            3-7
PSU           —              1-0            3-0            2-0            3-0            6-0
SBU           1-0            2-0            1-1            1-0            —              5-1
UCO           —              0-1            —              —               0-1             0-1
UNK            —               1-1             —               —               1-1             1-1
--- vs former members
MS&T         —              1-1            —              —              1-0            1-1
UMSL         —              1-0            —              —              —              1-0
SEMO         —              —              —              —              —              —
TSU            —              2-0            1-0             —              —              3-0
UNO           —              —              —              0-1             0-1            0-1
Totals        2-2            19-6          12-7          5-6             16-10        37-21
  >  The Ichabods are 1601-1088-2 all-time in the 115th year in the program's history.
>  Washburn is the 10th-winningest program in NCAA Division II history by victories.
>  Washburn is the winningest MIAA program since the 1989-90 season with an overall record of 620-287 since joining the conference and the NCAA.
>  The Ichabods have recorded 28 20-win seasons and they have one 30-win seasons after going 35-4 during the 1986-87 NAIA Championship season.
>  Washburn has won 21 conference championships including 10 MIAA titles.
>  Washburn has received 12 NCAA Tournament bids going to three Elite Eight's appearing in the 2001 NCAA National Championship game.
  >  The Ichabods are 455-94 (.848) all-time in Lee Arena.
>  The 2019-20 season marks the 36th season of play in Lee Arena.
>  The Ichabods recorded a school-best 28-game winning streak from Nov. 19, 1993 to Feb. 8, 1995 in Lee Arena.
  >  An Ichabod win over Missouri Western will pit the Ichabods against the No. 1-ranked Northwest Missouri State Bearcats on Saturday night at 6 p.m. A loss will end the Washburn season at 16-14.