TOPEKA, Kan. -- Washburn rallied from down 13 points in the second half to deliver a 59-58 overtime victory over Emporia State on senior day Saturday afternoon. The Ichabods finish the regular season as the No. 10 seed in the MIAA and will take on No. 7 Nebraska-Kearney in the opening round of the MIAA Tournament on Wednesday, March 6 at 2:15 p.m. in Kansas City, Mo.  

Seniors Aubree Dewey, Mackenzie Gamble and Lakyn Schieferecke were recognized prior to the game for their contributions over the last four years with Washburn women's basketball.  

It was a quick start for Washburn (12-15, 8-14 MIAA) with a pair of seniors, Dewey and Gamble starting the game on a 5-0 run. Over the next nearly five minutes of game time the Hornets (13-15, 10-12 MIAA) scored the next 10 points. The Ichabods ended the quarter on a 4-0 run, all coming at the line to make it 15-11 after one.  

Scoring was hard to come by for both teams in the second as they combined to shoot 7-32. Washburn held Emporia State scoreless in the final 4:48 on the quarter, in that time they finished the half on another 4-0 run to go into halftime down just 22-19.  

The Hornets came out of the half scoring the first five points but the Ichabods were able to weather the storm. A pair of free throws from Liz Boyd capped off a 5-0 run at the 4:32 mark in the third quarter. Emporia State would score 10 of the next 11 points, pushing the lead into double digits. The deficit grew to a game-high 13 points with 1:33 left in the quarter. For a third straight quarter the Ichabods ended it on a 4-0 run to make it a nine-point game heading into the fourth.  

Washburn started the fourth quarter with a 7-0 run, concluding with a 3-point play from Aubree Dewey with 8:15 left in regulation. Emporia State pushed the lead back up to six but the Ichabods battled back to tie the game with Yiibari Nwidadah knocking down a free throw with 42 seconds left. After the Hornets got a bucket to go Washburn was able to force overtime with Aubree Dewey sinking a jumper with 19 seconds left. Lakyn Schieferecke drew a charge on the final offensive possession for Emporia State to send the game to overtime.  

After Nwidadah got the first bucket of overtime the Hornets scored the next five, and led until Dewey drilled a jumper with 2:38 left to play. Washburn didn't get over the hump until Gabi Giovannetti knocked down a 3-pointer with 54 seconds left and those would be the final points of the game after back-to-back defensive stops for the Ichabods to win it 59-58 in overtime.  

Washburn shot 22-63 (34.9%) for the game, and made 13 free throws while Emporia State shot 22-58 (37.9%) and were 10-12 from the charity stripe. The tight game was most decided on the boards where the Ichabods grabbed five more rebounds than the Hornets, leading to 11 second chance points.  

Aubree Dewey led Washburn with 16 points and played all 45 minutes in the game. She dished out five assists and grabbed five rebounds. Yiibari Nwidadah had a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds and Amaya Davison had 13 points on 4-6 shooting off the bench.  

Faith Paramore had a game-high 20 points along with six rebounds. Tylieea Wallace had 16 for ESU off the bench.