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SAN ANTONIO, Texas – The No. 2-ranked Washburn University men trailed for the first time this season at the halftime break, but turned up the defense and controlled turnovers in the second half on the way to a 76-62 win over Texas Permian Basin in its non-conference finale.
Senior Andrew Orr led five double-figure scorers for Washburn with 16 points in Wednesday's 76-62 win over Texas-Permian Basin. [File photo/TSN]
The Ichabods improved 11-0 on the season and returns to MIAA play at Central Missouri on Saturday afternoon in Warrensburg.
Washburn trailed by as many as nine points in the first half, its largest deficit of the season, with 1:45 to go in the half before the Ichabods closed the frame on a 7-2 run to enter the locker room trailing 36-32.
The Ichabods turned the ball over eight times leading to eight points for the Falcons. Overall, there were nine lead changes in the first half.
The Ichabods outscored the Falcons 17 to 9 in the first 5:15 of the second half to take a 49-45 lead as Jack Bachelor scored eight points.
The Falcons (8-3) took their last lead of the game at 51-50 with 12:03 to play on a 3-pointer by Alex Matthews, who had a game-high 26 points, before Andrew Orr gave the Ichabods a 52-51 lead.
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Washburn Rural's girls, ranked No. 4 in Class 6A by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association, took control with a huge first half on the way to a 59-38 home non-league victory over No. 3 Shawnee Mission Northwest Tuesday night at Rural.
Sophomore Maddie Vickery scored a game-high 19 points in Washburn Rural's 59-38 win over Shawnee Mission Northwest Tuesday night. [Photo by Doug Walker/Special to TSN]
Washburn Rural, now 4-1 on the season, jumped out to a 20-5 first-quarter lead over the Cougars and followed that up with a 19-6 second quarter to take a commanding 39-11 advantage at the half.
Northwest (2-1) outscored the Junior Blues 27-20 in the second half, but Washburn Rural was never seriously threatened.
Maddie Vickery, a 6-foot-1 sophomore, led Washburn Rural with a game-high 19 points while seniors Kate Hinck and Tenly Bunck added 15 and 14 points, respectively.
Senior Tenly Bunck had 14 points with three 3-pointers in Washburn Rural's 59-38 win over Shawnee Mission Northwest Tuesday night. [Photo by Doug Walker/Special to TSN]
Senior Kate Hinck scored 15 points with a pair of 3-pointers in Washburn Rural's 59-38 win over Shawnee Mission Northwest Tuesday night. [Photo by Doug Walker/Special to TSN]
Bunck connected on three 3-pointers and Hinck two as five Rural players combined for eight treys.
Shawnee Mission Northwest did not have a player score more than eight points.
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By RICK PETERSON
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas – The No. 2-ranked Washburn Ichabods opened the River City Classic with an 87-67 win over the St. Edward's Hilltoppers on Tuesday night, turning a two-point lead with under seven minutes to go into a 20-point victory.
Sophomore Brayden Shorter scored 25 points with seven 3-pointers in Washburn's 87-67 win over St. Edward's Tuesday in San Antonio. [File photo/TSN]
The Ichabods will wrap up non-conference play on Wednesday at 7 p.m. against Texas Permian Basin in San Antonio.
After falling behind 3-0 after the Hilltoppers hit their opening shot of the game, Washburn jumped out to a 9-3 lead and eventually went up 22-13 after Brayden Shorter's fourth 3-pointer midway through the first half.
The Hilltoppers hit back-to-back 3-pointers to trim the lead to three at 22-19, but Jack Bachelor answered with a 3-pointer of his own followed by another Shorter deep shot and a fastbreak dunk by Michael Keegan as the Ichabods scored nine straight points to go up 34-21 with 4:41 to play.
Shorter then hit his sixth and seventh 3-pointers of the half to put WU in front 40-25 and Jacob Hanna and Bachelor finished the scoring in the half with two free throws each as the Ichabods took a 44-32 lead into the break.
Starting the second half, Washburn (10-0) pushed out to a 15-point lead with 17:47 to play in the game, but the Hilltoppers (8-4) would slowly chip away trimming an eight-point Ichabod lead with 10:45 to play down to two with 6:30 to play at 65-61.
A driving score by Hanna, followed by a Shorter jumper with another drive by Hanna and a bucket by Andrew Orr stretched the Ichabod lead back to eight with 4:47 left.
The Hilltoppers scored a basket after a pair of free throws by Hanna, pulling within eight, but a 3-pointer by Brady Christiansen from the corner moved the Ichabod lead back to 11 with 3:56 to go as the Ichabods closed with a 14-2 leading to post the 20-point win in the first meeting between the two schools.
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BAYAMON, P.R. -- Washburn University women's basketball hit the century mark as it wrapped up its time at the Puerto Rico Clasico with a 100-43 win over Ana G Mendez on Tuesday afternoon.
Junior Yibari Nwidadah (middle) scored 16 points to lead five double-figure scorers in Washburn's 100-43 win on Tuesday in Puerto Rico. [Photo courtesy of Washburn Athletics]
The Ichabods got back to .500 on the year at 6-6 as they return to conference action against Central Missouri in Warrensburg on Saturday at 1 p.m.
Junior Yibari Nwidadah picked up where she left off the day before, scoring the first six points of the game for Washburn to help build a 9-1 lead at the 5:28 mark.
The advantage grew to double figures with 3:17 to go at 17-6. The Trinos scored the next five points to pull within six in the final minutes before the Ichabods finished on a 6-0 run to lead 23-11 after one.
The Ichabods began the second quarter with a 13-0 run, capped by a fastbreak layup from Madelyn Amekporfor at the 7:33 mark. The lead grew to 30-points after Payton Sterk made a pair of free throws with 4:05 left in the half.
Washburn's defense tightened up after the first quarter, holding the Trinos to 1-16 shooting (6.25 percent) in the quarter and just four points to lead 52-15 at halftime.
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By CHARLES SPURLOCK
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The Seaman Viking boys pulled away from the Kansas City-Turner Bears after a close first quarter Tuesday night, taking a 66-47 home United Kansas Conference victory.
In the first quarter, the Vikings jumped out to a quick lead, but the Bears were able to cut into the deficit and trail 14-11 at the end of the quarter.
Senior Bryer Finley (2) tied for game-high scoring honors with 19 points in Seaman's 66-47 win over Turner. [File photo/TSN]
But for the remainder of the game, Seaman was able to lock in defensively.
“I thought the key for us was our defense in the second quarter,” Seaman coach Craig Cox said. The Vikings held the Bears to 2-9 shooting from the field and only 4 points.
The defensive intensity continued in the third quarter as Seaman extended its lead to 51-31.
Cox commented on the play of a couple of his players, “It was nice to see junior Landon Wiltz and senior Bryer Finley take advantage of the opportunities they had throughout the game.”
