TOPEKA, Kan. – The No. 2 Washburn Ichabods scored 19 of the first 21 points of the game over the first seven minutes of the game picking up a 92-74 win over Missouri Western on Wednesday in Lee Arena in their first home game in 39 days. Washburn will be back in action hosting Northwest Missouri on Saturday at 3 p.m.
                                      
In the opening salvos of the game, Washburn started out 6 of 8 from the field hitting all six free throw attempts while holding the Griffons to 1 of 5 shooting forcing four turnovers jumping out the big lead. With Washburn holding a 39-24 lead with 3:22 left in the opening half, Western closed the half on a 10-4 run to cut the Ichabod lead to nine at 43-34 heading into halftime.
 
Missouri Western (10-5, 2-3 MIAA) trimmed the Ichabod lead to 45-39 with 18:06 left in the game before a 13-5 spurt by the Ichabods pushed the lead back to 14 and the Griffons would not get any closer than 12 the rest of the way as the Ichabods improved to 14-0 and 5-0 in the MIAA.
 
Jacob Hanna led six Ichabods in double figures with a game-high 21 points adding seven rebounds. Jack Bachelor scored all 15 of his points in the second half on 5 of 8 shooting adding five assists. Andrew Orr scored 12 points and Brayden Shorter and Brady Christiansen each had 11. Michael Keegan scored 10 with seven boards and two steals.
 
Zane Nelson led the Griffons with 16 points.
 
Washburn shot 55 percent for the game (31 of 56) after hitting 59 percent (16 of 27) of their shots in the second half. Washburn was also 24 of 28 from the free throw line.
 
The Ichabods had a 33 of 28 advantage on the glass including 10 offensive rebounds (with five by Keegan) scoring 13 second-chance points. Overall 48 of Washburn's 92 points came in the paint.