SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The Washburn Ichabod basketball season came to end in the NCAA Central Regional semifinals with a 70-55 loss to Northwest Missouri in their fourth meeting of the season. Washburn finishes the season 22-11.
 
Offensively the Ichabods were limited in the first half as they were held to 9 of 28 shooting with six of their nine field goals coming from 3-point range. The Bearcats took the 41-27 lead into the break after hitting 12 of 22 shots overall going 7 of 10 from the 3-point range and hitting 10 of 11 free throws. Washburn trailed by as many as 21 in the opening half before cutting the margin to 14 before the half.
 
In the second half, the Ichabods trimmed the lead down to four at 46-42 with 10:06 to play on a layup by Jalen Lewis capping an 9-1 Ichabod run with a traditional 3-point play. However on the Bearcats (30-5) next possession, Luke Walters connected on a 3-pointer pushing the difference to seven, but a Jonny Clausing layup cut the lead to five at 49-45 with 7:21 to go.
 
The Bearcats then would connect on a 3-pointer and an Ichabod foul on the attempt away from the shot gave Northwest Missouri two more free throws doubling the Ichabod deficit. Washburn again came back to hit a pair of jumpers and cut the lead to six on a layup by Michael Keegan at 54-48 but the Ichabods did not get any closer.
 
Keegan led the Ichabods with 16 points on 6 of 8 shooting hitting 1 of 2 3-point attempts. Lewis had 14 points and Clausing finished with 10 points adding a team-high six rebounds. Tyler Geiman dished out nine assists.
 
Diego Bernard scored 18 to take game-high honors as Wes Dreamer scored 16 and Isaiah Jackson had 13.
 
Washburn finished the game shooting 22 of 54 from the field and 7 of 22 from deep hitting four of six shots from the free throw line. Northwest hit 41 percent from the field going 18 of 44 with 9 of 21 from deep and 25 of 28 from the free throw line.
 
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