CLAREMORE, Okla. – The Washburn Ichabods allowed Rogers State to score the final six points of regulation tying the score at 69 sending the game overtime and Washburn scored the final five in the extra period leading to an 80-74 win over the Hillcats on Thursday in Claremore. The Ichabods will wrap up their four-game road trip at Northeastern State on Saturday.
 
With 8:52 to go in regulation, the Ichabods (14-6, 10-4 MIAA) trailed 59-49, but came back with nine straight points with five coming from Brayden Shorter and four from Sam Ungashick as the Ichabods cut the lead to one at 59-58.
 
Rogers State (11-9, 8-6 MIAA) rallied to take a 63-60 lead with 4:51 to go before the Ichabods went on the aforementioned 9-0 run to lead 69-63 with 1:14 left. A four-point play by Isaac Johnson with 33 seconds and a fade away jumper by Rodney Battle with nine seconds to play knotted the score at 69 sending the game to overtime.
 
In the extra five minutes, the Ichabods scored the first six points taking a 75-69 lead with 3:14 left after a pair of free throws by Ungashick. Rogers State scored the next five points to trim the lead to one at 75-74 before the Ichabods closed with five-straight points from the free throw line to take the six-point win.
 
The Ichabods trailed by as many as 10 in the opening stanza midway through the frame at 21-11 before Washburn outscored the Hillcats 17-8 the rest of the way. Washburn chipped away to cut the lead to one at 29-28 with 1:03 to play aided by a 5-0 individual run by Jack Bachelor, the Rogers State hit a 3-pointer with 30 seconds to go in the half pushed the lead to four at the break. Washburn committed eight turnovers in the first 20 minutes leading to 11 points for the Hillcats.
 
Andrew Orr led the Ichabods with 21 points adding 10 rebounds with eight on the defensive end. It was his first double double of the season and the fourth of his Ichabod career. Ungashick had 18 points with seven rebounds. Two freshmen, Jack Bachelor and Bradyen Shorter, combined for 25 points off the bench with Shorter scoring 10 in the second half.
 
Battle and Johnson had 14 to lead the Hillcats.
 
Washburn outrebounded the Hillcats 43 to 28 including 11 to 2 on the offensive glass outscoring RSU 14 to 1 in second chance points. Washburn finished 29 of 66 from the field for a 44 percent average while the Hillcats were 27 of 63 for 43 percent. Washburn finished 6 of 23 from the 3-point line compared to 7 of 23 for RSU. Each team hit 16 free throws in the game with Washburn going 9 of 10 in the overtime period.
 
With the Ichabods recording their 10^th MIAA win of the season, it marked the 14^th year in a row Washburn had reached double-digit wins. Northwest Missouri has won at least 10 games in 13-straight years and Missouri Southern has in each of the last 10 years. The next closest, as of right now, is Missouri Southern, Fort Hays State and Central Oklahoma each with three.