TOPEKA, Kan. – Washburn junior guard Jalen Lewis' career-high 30 points was not enough as the Ichabods fell to Oklahoma Baptist 69-63 on Tuesday night in Lee Arena. Washburn will be back in action on Saturday at 5 p.m. against Benedictine in its final non-conference game of the season prior to hosting Fort Hays State on Dec. 1.
 
Lewis started out the game with a 3-pointer en route to a 4 of 8 performance from deep. Following Lewis' bucket, the Bison went on an 11-0 run as Jaquan Simms hit three 3-pointers in a 3:42 stretch pushing OBU up 11-3. With Washburn down 10 at 32-22 with 4:10 to play in the opening half, the Ichabods closed the frame on a 10-3 run sparked by nine points from Lewis to enter the locker room down 35-30.
 
In the second half, OBU scored the first six points of the half taking a 41-30 lead and went on to an 11-point advantage two more times before the Ichabods cut the margin to four at 51-47 with 8:09 to play.
                   
OBU (2-2) went up by eight at 55-47 with 5:40 to go and a 6-2 run by the Ichabods cut the difference back to four again at 57-53 with 3:54 left. Washburn made one final push after trailing 65-55 with 1:11 to play after back-to-back 3-pointers by Lewis and Jeremy Harrell pulled Washburn to trailing 65-61 with 20 seconds to go, but OBU went 4 of 4 from the free thow line to hold on for the win.
 
Lewis led all scorers with 30 points going 13 of 20 from the field overall. Michael Keegan hd 10 points and Harrell had eight. Jaden Monday led the Ichabods with six rebounds while dishing out four assists scoring six points.
 
Burke Putnam led OBU with 22 points.
 
Washburn was 26 of 66 from the field (8 of 36 from deep) and hit 3 of 4 free throw attempts.  OBU was 25 of 48 overall and hit 6 of 12 3-pointers and 13 of 15 free throws including 12 of 13 in the second half.