•The Washburn Ichabods will look to start another winning streak on Monday afternoon in Claremore, Okla. as they will face Rogers State at 3:30 p.m. in the Claremore Expo Center.
•The Ichabods (13-8, 10-5 MIAA) are coming off a 72-71 loss at Northeastern State last time out snapping their three-game winning streak.
•Rogers State (13-8, 7-8 MIAA) topped Emporia State on Saturday in overtime winning 82-81.
•The Ichabods won the first meeting between the two teams in Topeka on Dec. 18 in a 70-69 win over the Hillcats.
•The Ichabods lead the all-time series with Rogers State 4-1 winning the last four games … the only loss was the first in the series played in Claremore in an 80-62 win by the Hillcats on Feb. 15, 2020.
•Rogers State is eighth in the MIAA in scoring offense at 72.0 ppg and ranked third in scoring defense allowing 68.3 ppg.
•The 2021-22 season marks the 117th season of Ichabod basketball. •Tyler Geiman made his 100th start as an Ichabod against the Bronchos … he leads the Ichabods in scoring average at 14.4 ppg with 6.4 rpg and 6.6 apg in 14 games this season … in the last seven games he is scoring 18.3 ppg with 7.6 rpg and 7.0 apg … Geiman is ranked second in the NCAA D2 ranks in active assists with 650 and 11th in assist average at 5.1 … overall Geiman is eighth in all NCAA divisions of active career assists.
•Jalen Lewis is scoring at 13.4 ppg hitting 45 of 118 3-pointers (.381) … he is the 27th member of the Ichabod 1,000-point club and is currently 12th on the Ichabod all-time scoring chart with 1,298 career points in 109 career games … he has 242 career 3-pointers which is tied for first at Washburn with Shannon Kruger who hit 242 in 122 games.
•Michael Keegan is scoring 9.4 ppg with 6.0 rebounds per game, 1.1 blocks per game and 1.5 steals per game … he is third in the MIAA in blocked shots, ranks eighth in the MIAA in rebounds, ninth in steals and 21st in minutes played.
•Connor Deffebaugh is scoring 9.3 ppg and has averaged 12.6 ppg in is last six games.
•Jonny Clausing is scoring is averaging 9.0 ppg adding 3.7 rpg and in the last five games he is scoring 11.8 ppg adding six blocks going 23 of 32 from the field.
•Jeremy Harrell recorded his first double double at Washburn against Newman and he is averaging 8.9 ppg with 4.4 rpg.
•Tyler Nelson is scoring 6.6 ppg with 2.3 rpg and 2.4 apg in nine games playing an average of 24.2 minutes a game.
•Tyler Geiman became the 26th member of Washburn's 1,000-point club and his career point total stands at 1,593 points in 129 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 226 career 3-pointers is third all-time at Washburn and his 613 career 3-point attempts is first on the Ichabod charts.
  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 (613)
Defensive rebounds: 2nd (579)
Assists: 2nd (650)
Assists average: 2nd (5.0)
Minutes: 2nd (3930)
3-point field goals made: 3rd (226)
Games played: t-4th (129)
Games started: t-4th (101)
Field goals attempted: 5th (1271)
Steals: 5th (134)
Defense rebound avg: 6th (4.5)
Minutes average: 6th (30.5)
Field goals made: 7th (571)
Rebounds: 7th (644)
Points: 8th (1593)
 
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: t-1st (242)
Free throw percentage: 2nd (.847)
3-point field goals attempted: 3rd (576)
Minutes: 6th (3069)
3-point FG percentage: 8th (.420)
Field goals attempted: 11th (989)
Points: 12th (1298)
Minutes average: 13th (28.2)
Field goals made: t-14th (434)
  WASHBURN ICHABOD HEAD COACH BRETT BALLARD
•is 95-46 in his fifth season as the Ichabods' head coach and 128-76 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 4-1 against Rogers State.
 
ROGERS STATE HEAD COACH JUSTIN BARKLEY
•is 231-114 in his 12th season at Rogers State.
•served as the Hillcats' assistant coach from 2008-2010, became the third head coach in the brief history of the program when he took over in 2010.
•helped guide the Hillcats to a 52-13 record as an assistant where they claimed the school's first Sooner Athletic Conference regular season championship, reached the NAIA National Tournament, and achieved a No. 1 national ranking in 2008-09.
•Scored six points in 32 minutes with six rebounds and six assists against the Ichabods as a player at Northeastern State (his alma mater) in the NCAA South Central Regional Semifinal game when his RiverHawks topped the Ichabods 64-59 on March 15, 2003 in Stephenville, Texas - NSU would go on to win the NCAA National Championship that season.
•is 1-4 against the Ichabods.
 
ABOUT ROGERS STATE
•The Hillcats are 13-8 overall and 7-8 in the MIAA after topping Emporia State in overtime on Saturday.
•Devin Pullium leads the team in scoring at 16.7 ppg with 2.5 rpg hitting 40 of 98 3-pointers going 61 of 73 from the free throw line.
•Joey Saracco is scoring 9.6 ppg with 4.8 rpg.
•Overall the Hillcats have six players averaging at least 7.0 ppg.
•The Hillcats are averaging 72.0 ppg while allowing 68.3 ppg.
  •Monday's meeting with the Hillcats will be only the sixth between the two schools with the Ichabods leading the series 4-1.
•The Hillcats won the first meeting on Feb. 15, 2020 in Claremore, Okla. 80-62.
•The Ichabods won the only meeting in the MIAA Tournament in an 78-59 win on March 3, 2021 in Topeka in the first round. (Dec. 18, 2021) 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.
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.

LAST TIME OUT FOR THE ICHABODS
(Feb. 5, 2022) TAHLEQUAH, Okla. –Washburn let an six-point lead slip away with 50 seconds to play as the Ichabods fell in a 72-71 loss to Northeastern State. 
Washburn (13-8, 10-5 MIAA) turned the ball over with 50 seconds to play and then fouled as the RiverHawks hit both free throws cutting the lead to 68-64. Washburn was fouled on its next possession, but missed the front end of a 1-and-1 and Northeastern State (11-11, 6-10 MIAA)  came down and hit a 3-pointer with 31 seconds to play trimming the lead to one at 68-67.
On Washburn's next possession, Levi Braun was sent to the line and hit two free throws with 27 seconds to go pushing Washburn's lead back to three at 70-67, but a foul on Washburn sent NSU's Dillon Bailey back to the line where he hit both attempts with 15 seconds left as Washburn led 70-69 with the ball.
The Ichabods were fouled again and went to the line and hit one of two attempts with 14 seconds to play and Bailey hit a driving lay up and was fouled and hit his seventh free throw in seven attempts putting the RiverHawks in front 72-71. After a Washburn timeout, the Ichabods in bounded the ball to halfcourt and then called another time setting up a final play, but the shot rimmed out as Washburn fell by one as the RiverHawks swept the season series.
In the final 50 seconds, the RiverHawks outscored the Ichabods 10 to 3 and was 2 of 2 from the field, 5 of 5 from the free throw line while the Ichabods were 3 of 5 from the line.
Washburn trailed 38-35 at the break after jumping out to a 13-2 lead to start the game as the Ichabods were outshot 52 to 39 percent in the first half. In the second half, Washburn shot 54 percent from the field holding the RiverHawks to 35 percent, but NSU was 12 of 13 from the free throw line in the second half compared to the Ichabods 9 of 13. For the game, NSU was 21 of 24 from the line compared to 13 of 20 for the Ichabods.
Tyler Geiman led the Ichabods with 26 points going 11 of 16 from the field adding nine rebounds and five assists – all team highs. Jalen Lewis had 15 points and tied Shannon Kruger for the Ichabod career 3-point record with 242. Jonny Clausing had 13 points off the bench.
All five NSU starters reached double figures in the win for the RiverHawks.
  •The Ichabods are 1634-1105-2 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 652-302 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 travel to Lincoln on Feb. 9 and then return home to face Central Missouri on Feb. 12. Following two more road games at Missouri Western on Feb. 17 and at Northwest Missouri on Feb. 19, the Ichabods will 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.