TOPEKA, Kan. – The Washburn Ichabods held of Rogers State in a game of runs and with a series of lead changes down the stretch in a 70-69 win in Lee Arena on Saturday night in Topeka. The Ichabods will have a short turn around as they will host Northeastern State on Monday at 2 p.m. in an afternoon matinee.
 
Jalen Lewis broke a 64-64 tie with 2:27 to go putting Washburn (6-5, 3-2 MIAA) up with a 3-pointer, but Rogers State's Devin Pullum connected on one of his own tying the score back at 67 with 1:58 to play. Following a Hillcat (6-4, 1-4 MIAA) timeout, Jeremy Harrell his a 3-pointer pushing the lead back to three with 92 seconds to play.
 
Rogers State scored on its next possession cutting the lead to 70-69 with 1:05 to play and the Ichabods came up empty on their next series. After a Rogers State turnover with 15 seconds left, the Ichabods missed the front end of a 1-and-1. Pullum's driving layup was missed and Michael Keegan pulled down his eighth rebound of the game as time expired to seal the win.
 
Washburn led 32-27 at the break and led by as many as 12 in the opening frame before the Hillcats trimmed the margin back to five entering the locker room.
 
Lewis led the Ichabods with 22 points scoring 15 in the second half hitting 3 of 6 3-pointers and Harrell scored a career-high 20 points on 7 of 14 shooting adding seven rebounds. Tyler Geiman had nine points with eight rebounds and six assists.
 
Pullum led the Hillcats with 23 points hitting all four 3-point attempts.
 
Washburn finished the game shooting 51 percent hitting 28 of 55 shots going 7 of 20 from deep and 7 of 11 free throws. Rogers State was 24 of 52 overall and hit 10 of 20 3-pointers and 11 of 17 free throws.
 
Washburn had a 33 to 27 advantage on the glass and a 34 to 20 margin in the paint.