By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
No. 3-ranked Washburn University basketball is in San Antonio for a pair of games in the River City Classic, facing St. Edward's on Tuesday and Texas-Permian Basin on Wednesday, with both games tipping off at 7 p.m.
Washburn's men's basketball team visited the Alamo in San Antonio prior to playing games on Tuesday and Wednesday in the River City Classic. [Washburn basketball]
The Ichabods are 9-0 and were ranked No. 3 in the NABC Top 25 coaches poll and third in the latest D2CIDA poll released on Dec. 10. The ranking is the highest by an Ichabod team since earning a No. 2 ranking on Dec. 18, 2012.
The St. Edward's Hilltopers are 8-3 this season and coming off a 96-58 win over Western New Mexico on Dec. 7 while the Falcons from Texas Permian Basin are 6-2 after topping Oklahoma Christian 80-77 on Dec. 12.
Prior to facing the Ichabods, the Falcons will host Central Missouri on Dec. 17 in San Antonio.
The Ichabods are off to their best to begin the season at 9-0 since starting the 2003-04 season 16-0 en route to the MIAA regular-season championship.
Senior Andrew Orr became the 28th member of the Ichabod 1,000-point club with a free throw at Fort Hays State last time out and he now has 1,009 career points.
Above Orr on the career scoring chart are Leonard Conkleton and Dave Hull with 1,011 points and Shannon Kruger with 1,014 points.
Senior Michael Keegan has 854 career points in 105 career games as an Ichabod and he has moved into sixth all-time at Washburn in career blocks with 84. He also moved into the top 10 on the all-time steal chart with 119.
St. Edward's is led by Gavino Ramos with a 14.2 scoring average while Lewis Rowe averages 12.8 points and Mason Courtney and Blake Nielsen average 11.3 apiece.
Alex Matthews leads Texas-Permian Basin with a 16.1 scoring average while Freddie Word scores 15.0 points per game, Dario Domingos 13.9 and D.J. Armstrong 12.3.
After returning from San Antonio the Ichabods will wrap up the 2024 calendar year at Central Missouri on Dec. 21 before returning after the holiday break at Emporia State on Jan. 4.
The Ichabods will finally return home for games against Missouri Western on Jan. 8 and Northwest Missouri on Jan. 11.
