TOPEKA, Kan. – The No. 1-ranked Washburn Ichabods hit the 100-point mark with 9:15 to play in the game rolling to a 121-73 win over the Newman Jets improving to 17-0 and 8-0 in the MIAA on Saturday afternoon in Lee Arena. Washburn will be on the road for the next two game with contests at Northwest Missouri on Jan. 22 and Missouri Western on Jan. 25 before returning home to face Fort Hays State on Jan. 30.
 
The Jets (10-7, 3-5 MIAA) scored the first points of the game and led for 2:33 before the Ichabods used a 16-3 run taking a 21-11 lead midway through the first half with points by five different Ichabods. The Ichabods continued the run with another 18-2 run taking a 40-18 lead with 7:31 to play in the first half.  Washburn would go on to take a 60-32 lead into the break after shooting 50 percent in the first half while hitting 7 of 16 3-pointers in the frame.
 
Starting the second half, the Ichabods scored 16 of the first 22 points doubling up the Jets at 76-38 with 16:45 to play as the Jets trailed by no fewer than 40 points the final 12:12 of the game as the Ichabods led by as many as 55 with 7:43 to play in the game rolling to the 48-point win.
 
Jacob Hanna paced the Ichabods with a game-high 26 points on 9 of 11 shooting from the field. He also raised his collegiate point total to 1,006 points scoring 745 at Illinois Springfield and 261 as an Ichabod. Brayden Shorter scored 18 points hitting three 3-pointers and Andrew Orr finished with 17 points drawing eight fouls. Jack Bachelor recorded his first double double with 13 points and 10 assists adding seven rebounds. Dillon Claussen came off the bench scoring 11 points with five boards and three blocks. Playing infront of the fan club that bears his name, scored nine points with four rebounds and a career-high seven steals.
 
Aaron Murphy had 19 points to lead the Jets.
 
Washburn, who entered the game trailing the Jets in rebounding in the MIAA stats, outrebounded Newman 43 to 28 including 12 offensive rebounds leading to 18 second chance points.
 
Washburn finished the game shooting 58 percent at 40 of 69 from the field after shooting 65 percent in the second half. Washburn finished 14 of 30 from 3-point range and was 27 of 34 from the free throw line.
 
Notes:
• The Ichabods won their 10^th game in a row over Newman.
• The 48-point win was the largest in the series history with the Jets passing the previous high of 39 points set on Dec. 5, 2020 in Topeka.
• Newman fell to 1-23 in games against the Ichabods in Topeka as Washburn won its 20^th game in a row in Topeka over the Jets.
• The Ichabods have scored at least 90 points in six of the last seven games reaching at least 100 points twice.