MARYVILLE, Mo. – The Ichabods' Tyler Nelson hit his third 3-pointer of the game with :00.3 left to send Washburn to a 60-59 win over No. 7-ranked Northwest Missouri on Saturday afternoon in Bearcat Arena. The win lifted the Ichabods to 17-9 overall and 14-6 in the MIAA winning their fourth game in a row and their third-straight in Bearcat Arena over the Bearcats in the last two seasons while snapping a Bearcat 11-game homecourt winning streak.
 
A layup by Connor Deffebaugh with 3:44 to go put the Ichabods up 54-53 with 3:44 to go, but Northwest came back with a pair of free throws going back up by one with 3:16 to play. Deffebaugh answered with another layup with 2:49 putting Washburn back up one at 56-55. After the teams traded free throws after a Northwest jumper, Northwest of up 59-57 with 1:39 to play. Neither team would score against until Nelson hit the game-winner.
 
Northwest fell to 23-4 overall and 16-3 in league play.

Tyler Geiman scored a game-high 21 points that included 16 first-half points. Geiman was the only Ichabod to play all 40 minutes and he dished out three assists. Geiman went 9 of 15 from the field, including 3 of 5 from 3-point range. Nelson posted nine points on 3-of-11 shooting, including the game-winner all coming in the second half.  Jonny Clausing recorded his eighth-double double of his career and his second-straight since moving into the starting lineup scoring 12 points with 10 rebounds and a career-high six assists. Deffebaugh finished with 11 points and three steals.

Northwest's Luke Waters scored 14 of his 17 points in the first-half. Waters went 6-of-11 from the floor. Waters knocked in a team-best four three-pointers.

Northwest bounced out to a 15-6 lead with 10:56 to play in the first half. Washburn responded with a 10-0 run to take a 16-15 lead with 7:42 to play in the opening half. The squad would go to the locker rooms knotted at 31-31.

Washburn held the top-scoring team in the MIAA to 59 points as Northwest finished 20 of 47 from the field going 9 of 25 from deep and 10 of 12 from the free throw line. Washburn shot 47 percent hitting 25 of 53 shots and 6 of 15 3-pointers while going 4 of 8 from the free throw line.
 
Each team finished with 28 rebounds and the Ichabods had 10 offensive rebounds turning those into 14 second chance points compared to three second chance points for the Bearcats. Washburn's bench also had a 14-1 advantage in bench points.
 
The Bearcats have won 72 of their last 75 games with all three losses coming to the Ichabods.
 
Washburn will be in action in Lee Arena for the final time on Thursday when they will host Missouri Southern at 7:30 p.m.  It will be the final home games for Tyler Geiman, Jalen Lewis, Jeremy Harrell, Jonny Clausing, Shannon Cordes and Isaiah Thorne.