TOPEKA, Kan. – The Washburn Ichabods moved to 8-0 at home with a 70-65 win over Missouri Southern on Wednesday night in Lee Arena rallying from a seven-point deficit early in the second half for the victory. Washburn will host Pittsburg State on Saturday at 3 p.m.
With the Ichabods (11-5, 7-3 MIAA) trailing by a game-high seven with 17:40 to play in the game with the Lions in front 38-31,
Jack Bachelor ignited a 15-2 run over the next 5:05 scoring nine points during the run pushing the Ichabods up 46-40.
Missouri Southern (6-10, 4-6 MIAA) cut the Washburn lead to three at 53-50 after hitting back-to-back 3-pointers, however the Ichabods used a 5-0 mini run to go up 58-50 with 7:12 left. Washburn them would miss its next five shots as the Lions used an 8-0 of their own to tie the score at 58 at the 3:21 mark.
The teams traded a pair of free throws and a jumper as the score remained deadlocked at 60, but Bachelor hit a pair of free throws and
Andrew Orr hit a turnaround jumper putting Washburn up by four with 76 seconds to go.
The Lions cut the lead to two with under a minute to go, but the Ichabods finished the game 6 of 6 from the free throw line (4 of 4 by
Brady Christiansen, 2 of 2 by Bachelor) en route to a 15 of 15 Ichabod team performance for the five-point win.
Washburn trailed by one at the break at 30-29 after the Lions hit 7 of 14 3-point attempts in the opening 20 minutes after entering the game averaging 6.9 per contest. For the game the Lions hit 14 of 30 3-pointers overall. The Ichabods led by as many as 12 in the first half before the Lions used a run to take the halftime lead.
Bachelor led the Ichabods with 19 points adding four assists.
Brayden Shorter scored eight of his career-high 14 in the first half hitting four 3-pointers in nine attempts. Christiansen scored 10 adding five rebounds. Orr had a team-high boards with seven. The Ichabod bench outscored the Lions subs 41 to 27 in the game.
Winston Dessesow scored 19 off the bench to tie for game-high honors.
The Ichabods finished the game shooting 41 percent hitting 24 of 59 shots while hitting a total of seven 3-pointers in 32 attempts. The Ichabods outrebounded the Lions 36 to 33.
