TOPEKA, Kan. -- Washburn (8-9, 5-6) got off to a slow start offensively but was able to stretch its winning streak to three games in a row with a 65-62 win over Nebraska at Kearney on Saturday afternoon behind 25 points from Tyler Nelson.  

Andrew Orr had the only two points for the Ichabods through the first six and a half minutes of play as they fell behind 9-2 early on. Washburn reeled off a 12-0 run to tie and take the lead after free throws from Michael Keegan at the 9:17 mark of the first half.  

The Ichabods led for most of the remainder of the first half but a last second 3-pointer by the Lopers tied the game at 29 heading into halftime.  

Both offenses picked up after halftime, a 10-2 run for Washburn capped off by a 3-pointer from Tyler Nelson gave them a five-point lead, the largest of the game for the Ichabods to that point. Washburn's biggest lead of the game came at the 10:45 mark of the second half following a layup by Brady Christiansen.  

The Lopers responded with a 6-0 run in under a minute to tie the game at 48. Washburn scored the next basket to go on top and it was the final lead change of the day. The Ichabods lead never grew higher than four points in the final 10 minutes.  

In the final three and a half minutes Nebraska-Kearney cut the lead to two points twice. Each time Tyler Nelson had a response for Washburn, first with a jump shot and then two free throws in the final 30 seconds, pushing the lead to four. 

The Lopers hit a three on the other end cutting the lead to one. Levi Braun knocked down two free throws with seven seconds to go and the final 3-point attempt from Nebraska-Kearney came up short.  

The Ichabods shot only 36.1% from the floor, and 18.2% from deep (4-22) but were able to hold the Lopers to just 36.2% shooting overall. The difference for Washburn came at the free throw line where they shot 17-19 compared to Nebraska-Kearney going 10-14 at the stripe.  

Tyler Nelson tied his career high with 25 points, as well as tied the team lead with three assists. Andrew Orr finished with 12 points on 6-8 shooting and Michael Keegan had 10 points on 6-6 shooting from the line. Brady Christiansen chipped in six points with 12 rebounds off the bench.  

Darrian Nebeker led the Lopers with 22 points and seven assists while Sean Evans had 19 points, nine rebounds and four 3-pointers.  

Washburn will continue its four game homestand Thursday Jan. 26 at 7:30 against Rogers State.