LIBERTY, Mo. – Too many turnovers and a hot-shooting William Jewell squad was too much for the Ichabods to overcome as the men's squad fell 85-70 to the Cardinals on Wednesday in Liberty, Mo. Washburn will open the Lee Arena schedule on Saturday at 2 p.m. hosting Rockhurst.
 
The Ichabods trailed 42-34 as the Cardinals closed the half on a 6-0 run while shooting a blistering 59 percent from the field going 17 of 29 overall and 6 of 12 from deep. The Ichabods were also hot from the field in the opening 20 minutes going 14 of 27 from the field and 6 of 11 from deep. Sam Ungashick scored 13 points in the first half going 5 of 5 from the field and 3 of 3 from deep. However, nine Ichabod turnovers leading to 14 points for the Cardinals pushing William Jewell to the eight-point halftime advantage.
 
Coming out of the intermission the Ichabods cut the Jewell lead to six at 47-71 after a 3-pointer by Michael Keegan and a floater by Ungashick with 16:49 to play, but then the Cardinal erupted for a 16-0 over the next 3:32 building a 63-41 lead.
 
Washburn (1-2) responded with a 7-0 run of its own cutting the difference back to 15 with 10:18 to play, Washburn cut the lead to 13 with under six minutes to play but would get no closer the rest of the game.
 
Ungashick led the Ichabods with a career-high 25 points on 10 of 12 shooting going 5 of 5 from the field adding five assists as the lone Ichabod to reach double figures. All five of the Cardinals (3-0) starters reached double digits led by Grant Stubbs' 18 points.
 
Washburn outshot the Cardinals from the field hitting 29 of 53 shots for a 55 percent clip compared to 29 of 57 for William Jewell. The Ichabods finished 10 of 19 from 3-point range while Jewell was 12 of 23. Washburn finished 2 of 6 from the free throw line while William Jewell was 15 of 17 on the backs of a 17 to 11 foul difference.
 
In all, 18 Ichabod turnovers led to 28 points for the Cardinals. Washburn tallied 12 points off of 10 Jewell turnovers.