By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Junior Jack Bachelor, the newest member of Washburn's 1,000-point club, was named the MIAA Player of the Week on Monday. [File photo/TSN]Bachelor averaged 19.5 points, 4.5 assists and 2.0 rebounds last week as the Ichabods went 2-0 with victories over two top-five teams.
The former Washburn Rural star went 8 of 13 from 3-point range and 9 of 10 from the free thow line as the No. 1-ranked Ichabods improved to 13-0 on the season.
Against Lubbock Christian, Bachelor scored 20 points while adding three steals with four assists in the win, going 6 of 10 from the field and 5 of 8 from deep.
Against West Texas A&M, he scored 19 points with five assists and three rebounds, hitting 3 of 5 3-point attempts and all six free throws.
Bachelor's first basket of the game against West Texas A&M – a 3-pointer with 15:33 to go in the first half – pushed him over the career 1,000-point mark for his career at Washburn, becoming the 30th Ichabod in program history to reach 1,000 points.
Bachelor now has 1,017 career points in 77 career games and he is tied with former teammate Michael Keegan at No. 24 overall on Washburn's all-time scoring chart.
The Ichabods will return to action on Jan. 3, hosting Emporia State at 3 p.m.
