WICHITA, Kan. – The Washburn women's basketball team chipped away at a 12-point deficit to get within three late in the third quarter, but could get no closer as Newman pulled away and defeated the Ichabods, 74-62, on Wednesday evening. The Ichabods will return home to close out the week, hosting Central Oklahoma on Saturday at 1 p.m.
 
The Ichabods (9-13, 5-11 MIAA) scored the first basket of the game on a layup by Emma Chapman, but that was their only lead of the quarter as the Jets (7-15, 4-13 MIAA) scored eight of the next 11 points to go up 8-5 midway through the quarter. Washburn fought back with a 6-2 run to level the score at 13 with just over a minute left in the period, but the Ichabods committed a shooting foul just before time expired and the Jets hit both free throws to take a 15-13 advantage into the second.
 
Gabi Artis got things going in the second quarter with a three-pointer to give the Ichabods their first lead since the very first bucket. The teams took turns scoring back-and-forth and Washburn tied things up at 17 and 20 and held a 24-23 lead after Aubrey Dewey's successful layup after a steal with 5:18 to go in the half. The Ichabod offense fell into a lull after that point, though, as the Jets went on an 11-2 run to finish off the quarter, capped off by a buzzer-beating layup, to head to the locker room in front, 34-26. Newman finished the frame 7-of-12 from the field (58.3 percent) and 3-of-7 from deep while the Ichabods made 5-of-12 from the floor and just one three-pointer.
 
Natalia Figueroa buried a three-pointer 15 seconds into the second half, but the Jets used a 7-0 to build a 41-29 lead with 6:55 on the clock. With 3:30 left to go in the third, Dewey made 1-of-2 at the free throw line to start a 9-0 rally to pull within three, 45-42, at the 1:50 mark. During that run, the Ichabod defense used full-court pressure to capture three steals. The three-ball started to fall again for Newman as the Jets made two from deep in the midst of closing out the period on a 9-1 run to extend their lead to 53-44.
 
The Ichabods made it a seven-point difference twice early in the fourth quarter when the Jets started to pull away with a 9-2 run and led by double-digits for the remainder of the game. Between both teams, there was a combined 25 free throws taken in the fourth quarter with Washburn making 7-of-8 and Newman going 13-of-17.
 
Washburn finished the evening shooting exactly 40 percent from the field and Newman shot at a 44.9 clip. The Jets went 9-for-24 from behind the three-point line while the Ichabods made 5-of-13. At the free throw line, the Jets converted on 21-of-27 attempts and the Ichabods were 17-of-27 on foul shots. The Ichabods outrebounded the Jets, 33-28.
 
Eight of the nine Ichabods who played in the game scored at least two points and the Washburn bench accounted for exactly half of the 62 points. Amaya Davison scored a career-high 15 points and made 3-of-6 from behind the arc. Dewey finished with 12 points, four steals, four rebounds, and three assists. Macy Doebele rounded-out the double-digit scorers with 10 points and made 6-of-8 at the free throw line to go with five rebounds.
 
Three Newman players also finished in double-figures. Britney Ho recorded 14 points on 6-of-9 shooting from the field and Maddie Spagnola also added 14 after making 8-of-11 from the charity stripe.