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	Ichabods look to fuel offense with game at Central Oklahoma Tuesday Washburn (3-2) at Central Oklahoma (4-2) Complete Notes in PDF WIBW Radio Webstream Free Video Webstream Ichabods Basketball Website Bronchos Basketball Website Date: Tuesday, December 5 Time: 8 p.m. Site: Hamilton Field House (3,000); Edmond, Okla. Radio: WIBW-AM 580 Topeka (7:45 p.m.) Rankings: Both teams are unranked WU Coach Bob Chipman: 623-223 in 28th year at WU (.736); 623-223 in 28th year overall (.736); 6-4 vs UCO UCO Coach Terry Evans: 73-50 in 5th year at UCO (.593); 73-50 in 5th year overall (.593); 2-4 vs WU Washburn looks to fuel offense with game at Central Oklahoma Tuesday The Ichabods will return from a 10-day break with an 8 p.m. game Tuesday at Central Oklahoma. Averaging 66 points a game this year, Washburn (3-2) will look to spark its offense against the Bronchos in a series that has produced some of Washburn’s highest scoring games. The Ichabods finished November with their third overtime of the year in a 64-60 win over Cameron November 24. They played all five of their games in a 10-day period with two home games sandwiching trips to Eastern New Mexico and Nevada-Las Vegas. Central Oklahoma is 4-2 after a 104-87 win November 28 against Oklahoma Christian. The Bronchos’ will play at Texas A&M-Kingsville Saturday before hosting Washburn. Following the UCO game, the Ichabods will begin MIAA play by hosting Missouri Western Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Last Time Out for Washburn Washburn 64, Cameron 60 OT Ichabods get by Aggies in third overtime of season November 24, 2006 Washburn survived a second half surge from Cameron and held on for a 64-60 win over the Aggies Friday at Lee Arena. Senior guard Michael Williams led WU with 14 points. Junior forward Brady Sisk made a pair of free throws with under a minute left in the first half to give Washburn a 29-17 lead. Cameron’s junior guard Joseph Bolden followed with a half-court buzzer-beater to cut Washburn’s lead to nine at halftime. The Aggies extended that into a 15-point run as they kept the Ichabods without a field goal the first 6:41 of the second half. CU shot 54 percent in the second half and the Ichabods shot just 33 percent. WU was 9-of-27 from the field during the half and 2-of-10 from 3-point range. In the extra period Washburn turned it around and led the whole way after Williams hit a 3-pointer 1:28 into the period. Washburn was fouled four times in the period and went 6-for-8 from the free throw line. The Aggies missed nine shots in the overtime while WU was 2-for-2. Both teams ended the game shooting 39 percent. Washburn made 14-of-16 free throws while Cameron was 6-of-15. Williams ended the game shooting 5-of-11 from the field with three 3-pointers. Along with him, Phifer, Sisk and Byers all reached double figures in scoring. Snyder led WU with nine rebounds and Phifer had a pair of blocks. Byers was a perfect 6-for-6 from the free throw line. Bolden led CU with 23 points while senior guard Matthew Reid had 11. Senior center Marlon Bernard led the Aggies with nine rebounds. Last Time Out for Central Oklahoma Central Oklahoma at Texas A&M-Kingsville Bronchos will travel to TAMU-Kingsville Saturday before hosting WU December 2, 2006 Last Time Against Central Oklahoma Central Oklahoma 83, Washburn 67 Cold shooting dooms Ichabods in loss to UCO November 29, 2005 The Washburn Ichabods fell to 4-2 with a 83-67 loss to Central Oklahoma in Lee Arena. The Ichabods jumped out to an early 22-14 lead midway through the first half, but a 14-4 run by the Bronchos erased the lead in a wild first half that saw six lead changes and seven ties. UCO tied the score at the break at 34 on a buzzer-beating 3-pointer. In the second half, the Bronchos shot a blistering 62 percent from the field as they opened the half on a 17-5 run eventually building an 18-point lead at 59-41. The Ichabods cut the lead to eight on two different occasions, but would not get any closer the rest of the way. J.B. Murray led the Ichabods with 18 points off the bench. Rashad Adams scored 13. About the Central Oklahoma Bronchos The Bronchos are 4-2 this year with a game at Texas A&M-Kingsville scheduled for Saturday. Central Oklahoma’s two losses came at the Emporia State Classic against Missouri Western and host ESU. Leading Central Oklahoma in scoring this year is Anthony Brown with 23.2 points per game. Sam Belt is scoring 17.0 and leads the team with 6.7 rebounds a game. The Bronchos are averaging 83.0 points a game while allowing 77.2. Last year the Bronchos were 17-13 and finished first in the Lone Star Conference North Division at 9-3. Head coach Terry Evans is 73-50 (.594) in his fifth year as a head coach, all at UCO. Evans played at Oklahoma from 1989-93 and served as OU’s director of basketball operations during 2001-02 before coming to UCO. He is 2-4 in six games against Washburn. WU-UCO series notes: Matchup has history of high-scoring games • The two highest combined scoring games in Washburn history came against Central Oklahoma. The two teams combined for 246 points when UCO won 132-114 on 03/14/92 and then the two totaled 218 points in a 111-107 UCO win on 12/19/98. • The Bronchos were the last team to score 100 points against WU when they scored 111 on 12/19/98. Washburn has gone 131 games since then without allowing 100 points. • The 132 points allowed to the Bronchos in 1992 was the most ever allowed by WU. The 111 allowed in 1998 was the third most allowed. • The 114 points scored by the Ichabods against UCO in 1992 was the sixth highest point total scored by Washburn. • The Washburn-Central Oklahoma series goes back to a pair of games played in 1938-39. The Bronchos won those two games and hold a 10-6 advantage in the series record. • The Ichabods are 2-0 in Edmond, Oklahoma. • The Bronchos have averaged 91.3 points a game in the last 10 games of the series while Washburn has averaged 91.1 in the games. • Washburn scored just 67 and 66 points in the last two meetings but before that averaged 97.3 points a game in the previous eight while UCO averaged 93.3 in those games. • Washburn has reached 100 points three times against UCO. The Bronchos have scored 100 points twice against WU and join Fort Hays State, Rockhurst and Pittsburg State as the only teams to reach to century mark twice against the Ichabods. Both times UCO reached 100 points, the Ichabods did too. • The Bronchos are no stranger to triple digits. They’ve reached 100 points 211 times in 81 years and are 184-27 when reaching that point. They have twice scored 167 points for their highest output. • WU and Central Oklahoma met in the 2004-05 NCAA South Central Region tournament. The Bronchos won that game 84-66 on 03/12/05, Washburn’s last appearance in the NCAA tournament. • UCO is 1-0 in overtime against the ’Bods with the win coming in the 111-107 win on 12/19/98. Chipman second in the MIAA in wins as a league coach Chipman’s win over Kansas Wesleyan gave him his 380th win, making him the second winningest coach while coaching in the MIAA. He now has 382. He entered the year tied with Boyd King, the coach at Truman from 1946-71 who compiled 379 wins while there. Tom Smith, the Missouri Western coach, has over 400 wins under his belt as an MIAA coach to lead all league coaches. A winning history • The Ichabods are 1,332-908 (.595 in 2,240 games) and are in their 103rd season of basketball. • Starting their 23rd season in Lee Arena, the Ichabods are 304-49 (.861). The Ichabods are 1-0 this year at home and they finished the 2005-06 slate 7-6. The Ichabods are 118-18 in Lee Arena since the 1997-98 season. • In 17 seasons as an NCAA II school, the Ichabods have 10 NCAA tournament appearances and nine MIAA titles. Last year snapped a streak of three straight conference championships. • Washburn won the 1986-87 NAIA national championship with a 35-4 record under head coach Bob Chipman in his eighth year as coach. • The Ichabods suffered their first losing season last year since 1976-77 and first of head coach Bob Chipman’s career. They also failed to advance to the MIAA tournament for the first time since joining the league in 1989-90. Up next for the Ichabods The Ichabods will begin MIAA action by hosting Missouri Western Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at Lee Arena. Following that, the Ichabods will play at Cameron December 16. Washburn looking for second road win A win at Central Oklahoma would give Washburn its second road win of the year, topping its total of one from last year. The Ichabods are 1-1 on the road this year with the win coming at Eastern New Mexico and the loss at UNLV. Last year’s lone road win came at Missouri Southern in a 60-56 win on 01/21/06. The Ichabods ended the year 1-8 in road contests last year. Ichabods need offensive boost Washburn is last in the MIAA averaging 65.6 points per game and a .409 field goal percentage. They will be looking to boost those totals when they play Central Oklahoma, a team that the Ichabods have traditionally scored a lot of points against and who is allowing 77.2 a game this year. Senior forward Frank Phifer, Washburn’s leading scorer, is 12th in the MIAA with 14.4 points per game. He is tied for seventh in free throw shooting with a .769 percentage (12-for-16) and the Ichabods are second in the league as a team with a .755 mark. Junior guard Andrew Meile leads WU shooting .909 (10-of-11) from the line but has not made enough to qualify for the league leader board. Phifer gives Ichabods inside presence, leads team in scoring After breaking his ankle in the preseason last year, Phifer leads the team with 14.4 points a game and has reached double figures in all five games. Phifer is shooting 48 percent from the field and is 77 percent from the free throw line, leading the ’Bods with 20 made free throws and 26 attempts. He also leads the team with eight blocks and is second with 30 rebounds. Phifer is 4th in the MIAA in blocked shots with 1.6 per game. His free throw percentage is tied for seventh best and his field goal percentage is 12th. He is also 11th in rebounding with 6.0 per game. At UNLV he led the team with 12 points and six rebounds. He was named to the Eastern New Mexico all-tournament team after scoring 17 points in each game. He had a double-double in an exhibition against Kansas with 22 points and 11 rebounds. Against K-State he was kept to just eight points but he finished the exhibition season strong with 20 against the Alumni. In three games against DI schools this year he is averaging 14.0 points, counting the two exhibitions. With the 12 points against UNLV, Phifer now has 95 points in six games against DI schools, counting exhibitions. He played two exhibitions this year and three in 2004-05 while at Kentucky Wesleyan. He is averaging 15.8 points a game against DI competition. Snyder leads team in rebounding, second in MIAA Junior forward Kyle Snyder leads Washburn and is second in the MIAA with 9.6 rebounds a game. He had a double-double at Eastern New Mexico with a career-high 17 rebounds. He also had 12 points that game and a career-high four assists. Against both Cameron and Fort Hays State he pulled down nine rebounds. Snyder is scoring 5.0 points a game and shooting 9-of-24 from the field and 7-of-10 from the free throw line. Byers leads team with 51 percent shooting Returning for his sophomore season is forward Paul Byers. He has double-digit efforts in four of five games this year, already passing his total of two double-figure games from last year. He leads the team with a .514 field goal percentage (18-for-35). He is averaging 10.2 points, second on the team, and 4.8 rebounds a game. He was 11-of-16 during two games in the ENMU Shootout for 31 points. Byers has started all but one game this year. In his only game off the bench he scored 10 points and had six rebounds against Cameron. Last year he played all 26 games with 19 starts and he led the Ichabods with 31 blocks, the seventh highest single-season total at WU and 14th highest career total. He can get near the Washburn top-five with a repeat performance this year. Meile leads team in steals, seventh in the MIAA Junior Andrew Meile comes back for his third year as the only returning starter at guard. He exploded for 18 points against Fort Hays State off 6-of-11 shooting in the first game of the ENMU shootout. Against UNLV he was 4-of-6 for 10 points. He leads the team with eight steals and is tied for seventh in the MIAA with 1.4 steals per game. Meile is nearly perfect at the free throw line this year, shooting .909 (10-of-11). He made his first eight of the year. In three exhibitions this year he had 12.7 points a game, 3.7 rebounds and led WU with seven steals. Meile averaged 8.6 points per game last year with 4.5 rebounds and 2.8 assists. He reached double figures 10 times and had a career-high of 20 against Central Missouri. He led the team with 43 3-pointers and finished second shooting .426 from behind the arc. He finished the season strong, averaging 17.3 points per game in the final four games. Williams giving WU senior leadership as starting guard Senior Michael Williams has started all five games as Washburn’s point guard. He is averaging 8.8 points a game, 2.2 assists and 1.0 steals. He transferred to WU last year after playing a season at Northern Iowa. Williams led Washburn with 14 points against Cameron and also threw in double digits with 16 in the season opener against Kansas Wesleyan. He leads the team with 15.0 points per game in the two home contests. Williams played in 19 games for UNI last year and scored 12 points with six rebounds and five assists. Prior to that, he played two years at Hutchinson Community College. Sisk leading Ichabods off the bench Junior forward Brady Sisk leads the Washburn non-starters with 45 points off the bench. He is third on the team with 9.0 points a game and second with 19 field goals and 44 attempts. He led the Ichabods in the season opener with 19 points, a team season-high, and scored 10 against Cameron. Last year Sisk led the team with 14.4 points a game. He played in 23 of 26 games with 13 starts. Ichabods looking for a solid starting five Last year the Ichabods started 11 different players and used nine different starting lineups. Their best combination managed just three wins. Guard Andrew Meile started 24 of the 26 games, the most for any returner, and the team picked up nine of its 10 wins when he started. Washburn returns seven letterwinners, including four with a lot of starting experience. Forward Paul Byers returns after starting 19 games and going 8-11 when starting. This year Washburn’s Williams, Meile, Byers, Snyder and Phifer have started four of the five games and are 2-2. Against Cameron junior guard Reed Hein started in place of Byers and that combination has gone 1-0. Final notes on the Cameron game • Washburn is now 2-1 this year in overtime games and 29-23 all-time. The record for most overtimes in a year is five, set in 1994-95. • The Ichabods used a new starting lineup for the first time this year. Junior guard Reed Hein started his first game in place of Byers. Hein had one rebound and one assist in 22 minutes. • Phifer has reached double figures in scoring all five games this year. • The two teams will meet again December 16 at CU. Bods and Ends • Kyle Snyder’s 17 rebounds against ENMU was the most since Travis Robbins pulled in 17 on 11/30/04 against Mid-American Nazarene. Joe Luebcke holds the WU single-game record with 23 boards against Emporia State in 1974. • Washburn’s 48 rebounds against ENMU was the most since 2004-05 for the Ichabods. They doubled up the Greyhounds 48-24 on rebounds and held a 17-1 advantage on offensive rebounds. • With WU’s win over ENMU ending in regulation, the Ichabods avoided going into overtime for the third straight time, something WU has never done. The Ichabods opened the year with a pair of OTs, marking the sixth time they have played consecutive overtimes and first to start a season. • WU’s 55 points scored against UNLV is the fourth lowest total in a game since joining DII and lowest against a DI team. • UNLV is the first team to shoot 50 percent against WU this year and the first in the last 15 games. Southwest Baptist was the last team to shoot at least 50 percent, hitting 52 percent of its shots on 01/14/06. • The Ichabods are 29-23 all-time in overtimes with the two wins and one loss this year. Washburn is now 6-6 all-time in 12 games that went into at least double-overtime.