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  • The Washburn Ichabods return home for the first time since Jan. 29 to face Central Missouri at 3 p.m. on Feb. 12 in Lee Arena.
• The Ichabods (14-9, 11-6 MIAA) are coming off a 77-61 win over Lincoln on Thursday in Jefferson City.
• Central Missouri (11-10, 8-9 MIAA) are coming off an 86-49 Wednesday against Newman at home.
• The Ichabods one the first meeting between the two teams on Dec. 31 in Warrensburg when Connor Deffebaugh's offensive rebound and follow up lay up sent Washburn to a 67-65 win.
• The Ichabods lead the all-time series with the Mules 55-52 and have won the last four overall.
• Four of the last five meetings between the teams have been decided by three points or less.
• The Ichabods are ranked fifth in the MIAA in scoring offense at 74.4 ppg and the Mules are ranked third in scoring defense allowing 67.6 ppg.
• The Ichabods are ranked sixth in the MIAA in scoring defense allowing 69.9 ppg while the Mules are 11th in the league in scoring offense at 69.6 ppg.
• The Ichabods are ranked fourth in the league in opponents field goal percentage at 43 percent while the Mules are ninth in the league in shooting percentage at 45 percent.
• The 2021-22 season marks the 117th season of Ichabod basketball. • Tyler Geiman went over the 4,000-minutes played mark last time out against Lincoln and has now played more minutes than any Ichabod in program history … he made his 100th start as an Ichabod against the Bronchos … he leads the Ichabods in scoring average at 14.6 ppg with 6.1 rpg and 6.6 apg … in the last eight games he is scoring 17.4 ppg with 7.2 rpg and 6.9 apg and averaging 15.5 ppg with 6.3 rpg in MIAA games … Geiman is ranked second in the NCAA D2 ranks in active assists with 660 and 11th in assist average at 5.1 … overall Geiman is seventh in all NCAA divisions of active career assists.
• Jalen Lewis is scoring 13.1 ppg hitting 49 of 128 3-pointers (.383) … he is the 27th member of the Ichabod 1,000-point club and is currently 12th on the Ichabod all-time scoring chart with 1,318 career points in 111 career games … he has 246 career 3-pointers which passed Shannon Kruger for the most in school history against Rogers State … he also attempted his 1,000th field goal attempt as an Ichabod at Lincoln, which is 11th all-time at Washburn.
• Michael Keegan is scoring 9.4 ppg with 6.0 rebounds per game, 1.0 blocks per game and 1.3 steals per game … he is fourth in the MIAA in blocked shots, ranks 11th in the MIAA in rebounds and 10th in steals.
• Connor Deffebaugh is scoring 9.0 ppg and has averaged 10.9 ppg in is last eight games.
• Jonny Clausing is averaging 8.5 ppg adding 3.6 rpg.
• Jeremy Harrell recorded his second double double at Washburn against Lincoln with 11 points and 10 rebounds and he is averaging 9.0 ppg with 4.7 rpg and has averaged 12.8 ppg in the last five games with 8.0 rpg.
• Tyler Nelson is scoring 6.4 ppg with 2.1 rpg and 2.4 apg in nine games playing an average of 24.3 minutes a game.
• Tyler Geiman became the 26th member of Washburn's 1,000-point club and his career point total stands at 1,626 points in 131 career games, which is eighth all-time on the Ichabod chart … next on the chart is Ewan Auguste who scored 1,636 points from 1997-2001 … Geiman's 229 career 3-pointers is third all-time at Washburn and his 621 career 3-point attempts is first on the Ichabod charts … since defensive rebounds were tracked in the Washburn record books starting in the 1994-95 season, Geiman is second in defensive rebounds with 586 trailing only Brady Skeens who had 713.
  Senior Tyler Geiman has left his name all over the Ichabod career record book. Below is where he ranks in each category
3-point field goals attempted: 1st (621)
Minutes: 1st (4002)
Defensive rebounds: 2nd (586)
Assists: 2nd (660)
Assists average: 2nd (5.0)
3-point field goals made: 3rd (229)
Games played: t-3rd (131)
Games started: 4th (103)
Field goals attempted: 5th (1295)
Steals: 5th (137)
Defense rebound avg: 6th (4.5)
Minutes average: 6th (30.5)
Field goals made: 7th (583)
Rebounds: 7th (651)
Points: 8th (1626)
 
Jalen Lewis is another Ichabod who has placed his name in the Washburn record book. Below are Lewis' career rankings.
3-point field goals made: 1st (246)
3-point field goals attempted: 2nd (586)
Free throw percentage: 2nd (.847)
Minutes: 5th (3137)
3-point FG percentage: 8th (.420)
Field goals attempted: 11th (1008)
Points: 12th (1318)
Field goals made: 13th (442)
Minutes average: 13th (28.3)
  WASHBURN ICHABOD HEAD COACH BRETT BALLARD
• is 96-47 in his fifth season as the Ichabods' head coach and 129-77 overall in his eighth year as a head coach.
• has led the Ichabods to three NCAA postseason appearances in four full 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 6-2 against Central Missouri.
 
CENTRAL MISSOURI HEAD COACH DOUG KARLESKINT
• is 118-93 in his eighth season as the head coach at Central Missouri and 208-127 overall in his 12th season as a head coach.
• spent five seasons at Arkansas Tech, including the last four as head coach.
• he compiled a 90-34 (.726) record with the Wonder Boys with four conference championships and four trips to the NCAA-II National Tournament, including a Sweet Sixteen appearance in 2012.
• is 4-8 against Washburn.
  • The Mules are 11-10 this season and 8-9 in the MIAA.
• They are led in scoring by Ja'Cor Nelson who is scoring 13.8 ppg and averaging 6.7 rpg. Gaven Pinkley is scoring 12.2 ppg and Cameron Hunter is scoring 9.5 ppg.
  • Saturday's meeting will be the 108th between these two teams
• The Ichabods lead the series 55-52 winning the last four games.
• Washburn is 24-9 against UCM in Lee Arena and 31-25 in all-time MIAA games … in games played in Warrensburg the Ichabods are 17-30.
• The Ichabods have won 13 of the last 19 meetings.
• The last time the teams met in the conference tournament was during the 2010 season when the Ichabods as the No. 8 seed topped the No. 1-seeded Mules 79-60.
• The Ichabods are 5-1 all-time against Central Missouri in the MIAA Tournament. (Jan. 1, 2022) WARRENSBURG, Mo. – Connor Deffebaugh's offensive rebound and follow up lay up sent the Washburn Ichabods to a 67-65 on New Year's Eve at the UCM Multi on Friday afternoon in Warrensburg, Mo.
The Ichabods trailed by eight at 63-55 with 2:17 to play and with 2:12 to play, Jeremy Harrell hit two free throws cutting the lead to six. After back-to-back turnovers by the Mules (6-4, 3-3 MIAA), Jalen Lewis connected on a 3-pointer trimming the lead to three at 63-60 with 1:47 remaining.
The Mules came up empty on their next possession and Harrell hit two more free throws as the UCM lead dipped to one at 63-62. A missed shot by the Mules and a jumper by Lewis put the Ichabods up two with 40 seconds to play. The Mules scored tying the score at 65 with 24 seconds left and then missed the free throw attempting a conventional 3-point play.
After Harrell missed a shot in the lane with two seconds to play, Deffebaugh followed it up for the game-winner. The Mules had a three-quarter shot at the buzzer that missed off the back of the rim.
Washburn was led by Harrell who scored 17 points pacing four Ichabods in double figures adding five rebounds. Tyler Geiman had a double double with 14 points and 10 rebounds for his 11th double double and second-straight adding four assists.. Lewis finished with 13 points and Tyler Nelsom scored 11 in his season debut. Jonny Clausing scored two points with two boards playing 11 minutes off the bench.
Ja'Cor Nelson scored 23 points to lead all scorers for the Mules and Gaven Pinkley scored 18.
Washburn finished the game 25 of 57 from the field while the Mules were 25 of 61. Washburn was 12 of 22 from the free throw line and the Mules were 9 of 17. From deep the Ichabods were 5 of 26 overall while the Mules were 6 of 25.
Washburn had 20 turnovers in the game that led to 30 points for the Mules.
  (Feb. 10, 2022) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Washburn Ichabods won their 15th game in a row at Lincoln remaining unbeaten since the Eisenhower Administration in Jefferson City in a 77-61 win over the Blue Tigers Thursday night in Jason Gym.
The Washburn Ichabods (14-9, 11-6 MIAA) led 39-26 at the break after jumping out to a 10-2 lead 3:35 into the game  as Jalen Lewis scored seven of Washburn's first 12 points of the game. Lincoln cut the lead to 12-9 but the Ichabods used a 10-0 to push the lead back to 22-9. Washburn stretched the lead to 15 but three-straight lay ups by the Blue Tigers (2-18, 1-14 MIAA) forced an Ichabod timeout before Washburn finished with four in a row to take the 13-point lead into the locker room.
Washburn shot 55 percent in the opening frame hitting 15 of 29 shots and 5 of 9 from deep while holding Lincoln to 34 percent and 2 of 11 from 3-point range outrebounded the Blue Tigers 22 to 13 in the half.
To start the second half, the Ichabods outscored the Blue Tigers 11-2 over the first three minutes of the frame hitting 5 of their first 6 shots building a 50-28 lead. After the Blue Tigers cut back the lead to 16 at 56-40, Washburn used a 9-0 lead going up a game-high 25 before Lincoln finished on an 11-2 run to end the game.
Tyler Geiman led the Ichabods with 18 points pacing five Washburn players in double figures. Jeremy Harrell recorded his second double double with 11 points and 10 rebounds. Lewis finished with 10 points as did Jonny Clausing hitting 5 of 6 shots off the bench. Michael Keegan had nine points and nine boards.
The Ichabods held the Blue Tigers to 39 percent shooting on 24 of 61 from the field while the Ichabods finished at 51 percent going 31 of 61 overall as Washburn led 39:18 of the game. Washburn also held a 43 to 32 advantage on the glass and outscored Lincoln 42 to 28 in the paint.
  • The Ichabods are 1635-1106-2 all-time in the 117th 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 653-303 since joining the conference and the NCAA.
• The Ichabods have recorded 29 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 15 NCAA Tournament bids going to three Elite Eight's appearing in the 2001 NCAA National Championship game.
  •  The Ichabods are 474-99 (.848) all-time in Lee Arena.
•  The 2021-22 season marks the 38th season of play in Lee Arena.
•  The Ichabods are 37-1 all-time in home openers.
•  The Ichabods recorded a school-best 28-game winning streak from Nov. 19, 1993 to Feb. 8, 1995 in Lee Arena.
  •  The Ichabods will have road games at Missouri Western on Feb. 17 and at Northwest Missouri on Feb. 19 before returning home to host Missouri Southern on Feb. 24 for senior night and then wrap up the regular season on Feb. 26 at Emporia State before starting the MIAA Tournament March 2 or 3 depending on seeding.