TOPEKA, Kan. – The No. 4-ranked Washburn Ichabod basketball team claimed its 11th Regular Season MIAA Championship with a 90-60 win over Rogers State on Saturday afternoon while also becoming the seventh team in NCAA Division II history to reach the 1,700-win plateau on senior day in Lee Arena. Washburn improves to 24-2 overall and 15-2 in the MIAA and will play their final two games on the road starting at Pittsburg State on Wednesday.

The Ichabods needed only 28 seconds to take a lead they would not give up as a jumper by Jacob Hanna in the paint and a 3-pointer by Jake Schadegg put Washburn up 5-0 out of the gates. After a bucket by the Hillcats (20-9, 11-6 MIAA), a layup by Andrew Orr followed by 3-pointers by Jack Bachelor and Brayden Shorter pushed the Ichabods to an 11-point lead forcing a Rogers State timeout.

Coming out of the timeout, the Hillcats then used a 10-0 run of their own cutting Washburn's lead to one, but Washburn responded with a 9-0 run going back up by 10 before the Ichabods went into the break with a 14-point margin leading 44-30.

In the second half, Rogers State trimmed the Ichabod advantage down to five at 55-50 with 13:19 to go, but another big Ichabod run put the game out of reach as the Ichabods scored 20 of the next 24 points taking a 75-54 lead with 6:03 to play.

The final Ichabod run of 13 to 2 over the final 4:19 of the game pushed the final margin to 30 for the largest victory over Rogers State as the Ichabods won their fifth in a row over the Hillcats overall improving to 7-0 in Lee Arena in the series.

Hanna led the Ichabods with 15 points followed by Andrew Orr with 14 and Michael Keegan had 14. Keegan also added six rebounds and two blocks. Dillon Claussen had 10 off the bench going 8 of 8 from the 3-point line.

Anthony Marshall, Jr. paced the Hillcats with 15 points.

The Ichabods shot 56 percent from the field hitting 28 of 50 shots and were 26 of 30 from the free throw line. Rogers State was limited to 39 percent shooting hitting 22 of 57 shots and 7 of 22 from deep.

The Ichabods also forced 16 Hillcat turnovers leading to 20 points and outscored Rogers State 40 to 18 in the paint. Washburn's bench also outscored the Hillcats' reserves 34 to 7.

Notes:
• The last outright MIAA regular season Championship came in the 2004 season when the Ichabods went 15-3.
• The MIAA regular season championship would be the 11th in program history and the first since the 2011-12 season when they shared the title with Northwest Missouri and Central Missouri going 15-5 in league play.
• The Ichabods have recorded 15 wins in MIAA play now seven times.
• The Ichabods improved to 13-0 at home this season.