KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The No. 4-ranked Washburn Ichabods ran into a hot-shooting Central Oklahoma team while shooting a season-low from 3-point range in a 90-84 MIAA Tournament Quarterfinals loss on Thursday in Municipal Auditorium. Washburn will now discover their postseason berth fate on the NCAA selection show scheduled for 9 p.m. on Sunday night.

Both teams started out slow as the Ichabods led 7-6 at the first media timeout, but the Ichabods would hit 8 of their next 14 shots starting a 25-13 run pushing Washburn to a 32-19 lead with 5:38 to play in the opening half.

From that point on, the Bronchos outscored the Ichabods 25-12 hitting 7 of 8 shots including both 3-pointers and 9 of 10 free throws as the two teams went into the locker room tied at 44. Washburn (26-3) shot 54 percent in the opening half, but the Bronchos (18-12) shot 57 percent in the first 20 minutes.

Washburn came out of the half outscoring the Bronchos 9-4 in the first two-plus minutes taking a 53-48 lead, but UCO used a 13-3 run hitting 4 of 8 shots while the Ichabods were 0 of 10 overall and 0-6 from deep as UCO pushed out to a five-point lead with 10:30 to go.

After a 3-point play from Jacob Hanna that tied the score at 65, UCO's 15-4 spurt stretched the lead to 11 with 3:52 to play. Washburn cut the lead down to five twice with 64 seconds to play, but did not get any closer as UCO hit 5 of 6 free throws down the stretch securing the win.

Hanna led the Ichabods with a career-high 29 points going 12 of 16 from the field recording a double double with 13 boards adding four assists going 12 of 16 from the free throw line. Andrew Orr finished with 13 points and two steals going 6 of 8 from the field and Jack Bachelor scored 11 with six assists.

JV Seat scored 31 points leading all scorers on 11 of 16 shooting hitting 4 3-pointers.  Israel Hart had 25 as four total Bronchos reached double figures.

Washburn finished 40 percent from the field hitting 6 of 31 3-pointers in the game for a 19 percent aveage. Washburn was 2 of 19 from deep in the second half. The Bronchos shot 60 percent from the field going 30 of 50 hitting 8 of 17 shots overall and 22 of 31 free throw attempts.

Washburn held a 39 to 31 advantage on the glass grabbing 18 offensive rebounds (six by Hanna) scoring 17 second-chance points.

Game Notes:
• Washburn fell to 44-27 all-time in the MIAA Tournament and 22-8 in quarterfinal matchups.
• As the No. 1 seed the Ichabods fell to 21-4 all-time.
• The Ichabods are now 19-17 in games played in Municipal Auditorium in the MIAA Tournament.
• Washburn dropped to 2-1 against the Bronchos in the MIAA Tournament.
• Michael Keegan lifted his career point total to 999.
• The 29 points scored by Hanna is the most by an Ichabod in the conference tournament since Jalen Lewis scored 29 against Missouri Western in the MIAA Tournament semfinals in 2021.
• The 29 points is tied for sixth on the Washburn MIAA Tournament single-game scoring chart. The single game record for an Ichabod is 45 by Dan Buie against Missouri S&T on Feb. 27, 1996.