TOPEKA, Kan. -- The No. 10 ranked Washburn Ichabod men's basketball team began its home schedule inside Lee Arena with a 97-57 win over Ottawa on Tuesday night in Lee Arena. The Ichabods won their 500th game in program history improving to 500-103 (.829) in 40 seasons of action. The Ichabods will be back in action on Friday night in Kansas City where they will take on Rockhurst at 7 p.m. on the Hawks' campus.

Andrew Orr had the first two buckets of the game for Washburn with the score knotted at four two minutes into the game. The Ichabods (3-0) scored the next seven points with the last five coming from Brayden Shorter to go up 11-4. A free throw from Michael Keegan with 11:38 to play in the half pushed the lead to double figures at 21-11.

The free throw was the first of a 9-0 run, which was capped off by another free throw from Keegan at the 9:36 mark. Back-to-back triples from Shorter pushed the lead up to 25 points with 2:57 left in the half. Washburn led by as many as 28 in the first half before going into the break up by 25 at 51-26 over the Braves (4-1).

A 20-4 run midway through the first half pushed the Ichabod lead to a game-high 45 points at 85-40 with 7:09 remaining in the game.

Shorter finished with a career-high 26 points pacing five Ichabods in double figures on 10 of 19 shooting including 4 of 9 from deep. The reigning MIAA player of the week, Andrew Orr had 14 points adding four steals while Jacob Hanna had 13 points followed by Michael Keegan's 12 points and five steals and Jake Schadegg's 12 points. Jack Bachelor had a career-high 11 assists adding six points. Keegan finished with a game-high nine rebounds.

P.J. Twa led the Braves with 11 points.

Washburn shot 49 percent in the game (35 of 72) holding the Braves to 22 of 55 shooting (40 percent). Washburn also held a 49 to 28 advantage of glass as the Ichabods outscored the Braves 48 to 28 in the pain while turning Ottawa over 22 times leading to 33 points.