TOPEKA, Kan. – The No. 5 Washburn Ichabods put up 52 points in the second half turning a 3-point halftime lead into an 8-point win over William Jewell on Saturday in Lee Arena. The Ichabods will return to action next Saturday hosting Peru State at 2 p.m.
 
Washburn scored 12 of the first 15 points of the game taking the 12-3 lead 3:19 into the game before the Cardinals (3-2) came back to cut the lead to 14-10 before the Ichabods scored six straight points to go up 20-10 after the second media timeout.
 
With Washburn leading 24-12, William Jewell tied the score at 24 after a 12-0 run over a 5:37 stretch before a Jack Bachelor 3-pointer with 2:35 ended the Ichabod drought as Washburn took a 29-26 lead into the break.
 
Starting the second half, Brayden Shorter connected on a 3-pointer before a mini 5-0 spurt by the Cardinals cut the lead to one at 32-31 with 18:07 to play. The teams traded jumpers before Shorter hit another 3-pointer putting Washburn up four at 37-33 with 16:12 remaining. A dunk by the Cardinals cut the difference back to two at 37-35.
 
The Ichabods (6-0) led by no more than five with 12:07 to go until a 10-1 run midway through the half pushed Washburn up by 12 with 7:13 left and the Cardinals would not get within eight until 24 seconds and 11 seconds to play for the final margin.
 
Jacob Hanna led the Ichabods with 19 points adding eight rebounds and six assists as he finished 9 of 10 from the free throw line. He paced five Ichabods in double digits as Shorter had 19, Jack Bachelor had 14 and Andrew Orr had 12 along with Brady Christiansen who also had seven rebounds.
 
Jason Thirdkill, Jr. and Jordan Jermain each had 17 to lead William Jewell.
 
The Ichabods, who were held to 41 percent shooting in the first half heated up to 71 percent in the second half hitting 17 of 24 shots overall going 6 of 9 from deep and 12 of 14 from the free throw line scoring the 51 points. William Jewell was ranked 19^th in the nation in scoring offense allowing only 61 points per game.
 
Washburn outrebounded the Cardinals 32 to 23 in the game as William Jewell had 12 offensive rebounds and 11 defensive boards. Washburn led for 39:08 of the game overall.