By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
No. 10-ranked Washburn University men's basketball will be back in Lee Arena at 6 p.m. on Tuesday night, hosting MIAA rival Pittsburg State in a non-conference contest.
Sophomore Brayden Shorter leads a balanced Washburn offensive attack with a 15.8 scoring average and 12 3-pointers. [File photo/TSN]
The Ichabods are 4-0 on the season after a 77-55 win over Rockhurst in Kansas City, Mo. last Friday.
Washburn had four players reach double figures against the Hawks as WU improved recorded its fourth straight double-digit victory.
Jacob Hanna scored a game-high 19 points and added five rebounds for Washburn while Brayden Shorter scored 16 points with four 3-pointers and Michael Keegan had 15 points with nine rebounds and five assists. Jack Bachelor scored 11 points with six rebounds and four assists for the Ichabods.
The win over the Hawks snapped a four-game Washburn losing streak to Rockhurst in Mason-Halpin Fieldhosue
All five WU starters are averaging in double figures, with Shorter leading the way with a 15.8-point average with 12 3-pointers.
Andrew Orr is averaging 15.5 points, followed by Hanna at 14.8, Bachelor at 11.3 and Keegan at 11.0 points a game.
Bachelor leads the Ichabods with 22 assists while Keegan has 12 steals.
Brady Christiansen is averaging a team-high 8.3 rebounds for Washburn.
Pittsburg is 2-2 this season after topping William Jewell, 61-60. Washburn leads the all-time series with the Gorillas, 110-78. The Ichabods have won the last 23 of the last 27 meetings, including the last eight overall.
The Ichabods are 34-3 in Lee Arena against PSU and 38-16 against the Gorillas in MIAA play.
All four of the Gorilla games this season have been played in Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo.
Former Missouri Southern standout Avery Taggart leads four Gorillas averaging in double-figure, scoring at 14.3 points a game while hitting a team-high 11 3-pointers. R.J. Forney Jr. is averaging 13.0 points, Darrell Washington 10.5 and Tanner Mans 10.3 points a game.
Pittsburg State is averaging 69.25 points a game while allowing 73.3 points per contest.
The Ichabods will host William Jewell on Saturday and Peru State on Nov. 30 before opening MIAA play at Nebraska-Kearney on Dec. 5.
