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Washburn University men's basketball team has been red hot of late, winning six of their last seven games and eight of 10.
But the Ichabods, who had won their previous eight conference games by an average of 5.9 points including five wins by three or fewer points, got to do something Wednesday night they hadn't been able to do throughout their MIAA schedule -- celebrate a blowout.
Washburn, which improved to 12-7 overall and 9-4 in the MIAA, used a 14-0 run to open up a 46-29 halftime cushion and outscored the Jets (4-12, 1-10) by a 45-31 margin in the second half to run away with a 91-60 win at Lee Arena.
Newman had played Washburn to a 72-61 decision in Wichita on Dec. 11, but the Ichabods did a much better job of imposing their will on the Jets in Wednesday's rematch.
"That was definitely a point of emphasis, get out in attack mode and get out in transition to start the game,'' Washburn star senior point guard Tyler Geiman said. "We kind of got downhill and got some easy shots and got some other guys going, so that was good.''
Washburn senior Tyler Geiman had a double-double with 20 points and 10 assists in the Ichabods' 91-60 win over Newman Wednesday night. [Photo courtesy of Washburn Athletics]
Geiman led three double-figure scorers for WU with 20 points while Geiman and senior Jeremy Harrell both registered double-doubles.
Geiman added 10 assists to go with his 20 points while Harrell had 12 points and 11 rebounds and Connor Deffebaugh scored 15 points.
Connor Deffebaugh scored 15 points in Washburn's 91-60 MIAA romp past Newman Wednesday night. [Photo courtesy of Washburn Athletics]
Washburn played 14 players in the game and 12 cracked the scoring column.
"It was definitely good to get some other guys in,'' Geiman said. "They've been working hard in practice every day, so that was great to see.''
Washburn coach Brett Ballard agreed.
"It's good to give some of the guys that contribute a lot in practice but don't get in games the opportunity to play,'' Ballard said. "I think that's one of the best things about a game like this. Those guys got some solid minutes and got an opportunity to get out there in front of a crowd, which they deserve.
"So I was pleased with that and obviously was overall pleased with how we played. I thought it was a good overall game for us.''
The Ichabods didn't have a great shooting night from 3-point range (11 of 38) or the free throw line (eight of 18), but WU shot a respectable 46.8 percent from the field overall, while holding Newman to 41.2-percent shooting.
Washburn held a 42-36 rebounding edge and forced 23 Jet turnovers while committing just five floor errors.
Newman was led by Deandre Johnson with 11 points while Israel Barnes added 10 points. Both Johnson and Barnes both grabbed seven rebounds for the Jets.
Washburn will be back at Lee Arena on Saturday for a 3 p.m. game against Central Oklahoma, which is 17-2 overall, 12-1 in the MIAA and the winner of 13 straight games.
The Bronchos took a 97-87 overtime win over the Ichabods in an earlier game.
WASHBURN MEN 91, NEWMAN 60
Newman 29 31 -- 60
Washburn 46 45 -- 91
NEWMANI (4-12, 1-10)
Javorsky 1-2 0-0 3, Johnson 5-8 1-2 11, Barnes 4-15 0-2 10, Strong 3-8 2-2 9, Lee 1-4 0-0 2, Bunn 2-7 1-2 6, Agyapong 0-0 1-2 1, Morris 1-3 5-6 8, Jovanovic2-2 1-3 5, Oliva 2-2 0-0 5, Jones 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-51 11-19 60.
WASHBURN (12-7, 9-4)
Harrell 5-13 0-0 12, Deffebaugh 7-10 0-0 15, Geiman 8-13 1-2 20, Lewis 1-7 0-0 3, Keegan 2-4 0-0 4, Clausing 3-5 3-5 9 Nelson 3-7 0-0 7, Ellis 2-5 0-0 5, Braun 2-5 0-0 6, Monday 1-4 0-0 2, Thorne 0-1 0-0 0, Orr 1-1 3-6 5, Cordes 1-2 1-2 3, Ross 0-0 0-2 0. Totals 36-77 8-18 91.
3-point goals -- Newman 7-17 (Barnes 2-5, Javorsky 1-2, Strong 1-4, Bunn 1-3, Morris 1-2, Oliva 1-1), Washburn 11-38 (Geiman 3-5, Braun 2-5, Harrell 2-8, Deffebaugh 1-1, Lewis 1-7, Nelson 1-4, Ellis 1-3, Thorne 0-1, Monday 0-3, Cordes 0-1), Rebounds -- Newman 36 (Johnson 7, Barnes 7), Washburn 42 (Harrell 11). Assists -- Newman 13 (Lee 8), Washburn 17 (Geiman 10). Turnovers -- Newman 23, Washburn 10. Total fouls -- Newman 22, Washburn 18. Fouled out -- none. Technical fouls -- none.
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Washburn University's women's basketball team didn't have a good offensive night Wednesday until Shae Sanchez and Macy Doebele got hot in the late going.
But when you hold an opponent to 30 points -- an average of 7.5 points per quarter -- you've got to like your chances to pick up a victory.
"I would hope so,'' said Doebele, a 5-foot-11 sophomore out of Hanover. "That's the biggest thing I can say about this team is that no matter what's going, usually we have our defense.
"Everyone grinds through the defensive part of it and that's something we have all committed to doing.''
Washburn senior Shae Sanchez scored 14 points with four 3-pointers in the Ichabods' 47-30 win over Newman Wednesday night. [Photo courtesy of Washburn Athletics]
Sophomore Macy Doebele scored 10 points and went six of six from the free throw line in the Ichabods' 47-30 MIAA win over Newman Wednesday night. [Photo courtesy of Washburn Athletics]
The Ichabods limited the 2-18 Jets, who are still looking for their first MIAA win, to what was believed to be the lowest point total in Newman program history on the way to a 47-30 win at Lee Arena.
Newman's game plan was to milk the shot clock and limit Washburn's possessions, a ploy that was somewhat successful during a 15-14 first half (WU led) and through the first five and a half minutes of the third quarter before the Ichabods (8-9 overall, 6-5 in the conference) ended the quarter with an 11-0 run to take a 28-18 lead into the fourth quarter, getting a lift from Doebele and Lauren Cassaday.
"They've been doing this the last couple of weeks, trying to slow the pace down and get you in lower possessions,'' Washburn coach Ron McHenry said of Newman. "We just didn't handle it very good (in the first half) and thank goodness our defense was good.
"That's been their (modus operandi) for a couple of weeks now and really trying to keep the game at a number they can manage. I thought the kids stayed patient and pressed them up enough to bother them. Defense wasn't an issue tonight, obviously.''
Doebele canned two free throws to open the fourth quarter, pushing Washburn's lead to 30-18, and Sanchez drained three 3-pointers over the final 3:24 as the Ichabods built their biggest lead of the night.
Washburn shot just 35.4 percent from the field and was just four of 20 from 3-point range, but limited Newman to 23.3 percent shooting and a 2 of 15 showing from outside the arc.
Sanchez, a 5-10 senior, accounted for all four of Washburn's 3-point makes and finished with a game-high 14 points while Doebele added 10 points (six of six from the free throw line), sophomore Abby Oliver eight points and Cassaday, a freshman, seven.
Senior Nuria Barrientos tied for game-high honors with eight rebounds.
Newman did not have a player with more than six points.
Washburn will be back at home Saturday to host Central Oklahoma in a 1 p.m. MIAA contest.
WASHBURN WOMEN 47, NEWMAN 30
Newman 9 5 4 12 -- 30
Washburn 9 6 13 19 -- 47
NEWMAN (2-18, 0-14)
Ho 3-9 0-0 6, Nilles 0-3 2-2 2, Dubbert 2-13 0-0 5, Beck 0-4 0-0 0, Vang 2-4 0-0 5, Bello 2-6 2-2 6, Hayes 0-1 2-2 2, White 1-3 2-3 4, Rottinghaus 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 10-43 2-15 30.
WASHBURN (8-9, 6-5)
Cassaday 3-5 1-2 7, Gamble 0-1 0-0 0, Bentley 0-8 2-2 2, Barrientos 2-4 0-0 4, Doebele 2-4 6-6 10, Sanchez 5-9 0-0 14, Oliver 4-8 0-2 8 , Dewey 1-4 0-0 2, Sanz 0-5 0-0 0. Totals 17-48 9-12 47.
3-point shots – Newman 2-15 (Dubbert 1-7, Vang 1-2, Beck 0-4, Nilles 0-1, White 0-1), Washburn 4-20 (Sanchez 4-6, Bentley 0-6, Sanz 0-5, Barrientos 0-1, Doebele 0-1, Dewey 0-1). Rebounds – Newman 26 (Ho 8), Washburn 40 (Barrientos 8). Assists – Newman 7 (Dubbert 4), Washburn 14 (Bentley 4). Turnovers – Newman 14, Washburn 12. Total fouls – Newman 11, Washburn 12. Fouled out – none. Technical fouls – none.
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Washburn Rural enters Thursday's city swimming championships as the two-time team champ, but the 2022 city meet has a chance to be one of the most competitive overall in recent seasons.
The Junior Blues cruised to their second straight title last season by a decisive 402.5-292.5 margin over runner-up Hayden, but perennial city stalwart Seaman had just one entry due to COVID-related issues.
![Nathen Trachta won four gold medals in last season's city swimming and diving championships, helping lead Washburn Rural to its second straight city team title. [File photo/TSN]](/images/2024/08/Nathen_Trachta-league.jpg)
Nathen Trachta won four gold medals in last season's city swimming and diving championships, helping lead Washburn Rural to its second straight city team title. [File photo/TSN]
Senior Nathen Trachta was a four-event gold medalist a year ago, winning both of his individual events while also swimming on a pair of winning relays as the Junior Blues won nine of 12 events.
Trachta took first in the 100-yard butterfly in 54.57 seconds and the 100 backstroke in 56.16 while also swimming on the 200 free and 400 free relays and Rural also got a city title from junior Cordell Dimick in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:10.59).
Luke Perkins was able to sweep his two individual events for Shawnee Heights last season in the city meet, taking first in the 200-yard individual medley (2:04.48) and 500-yard freestyle (5:07.88), and Perkins also swam on the T-Birds' winning 200 medley relay (1:54.03).
Heights returning standout Tanner Zerger was also a city champion in the 200 medley relay in 2021.
Topeka High finished third in the team standings in last year's city meet while Shawnee Heights was fourth.
Rural's Trachta, Dimick and Jalen Eilert were first-team All-City selections last season along with Heights' Perkins and Topeka High's Perry Payne.
The city meet will get under way with diving competition at 1:30 p.m., followed by the swimming events.
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Seaman finished a city-high third-place in Tuesday's 13-school Topeka Invitational boys swimming meet at the Capitol Federal Natatorium, while Washburn Rural's Jack Miranda won an individual title in the 100-yard freestyle.
Free State and Lawrence finished one-two in the team standings with 401.5 and 352 points while Seaman was third with 306 points.
Miranda was the city's lone individual champ, winning the 100 freestyle in 51.49 seconds, and Miranda teamed with Jalen Eilert, Sean Carr-Metzger and Nathen Trachta to finish second in the 200 free relay as the Junior Blues finished fifth as a team (197.5).
Seaman's Daniel Ramirez placed second in the 200 freestyle (1:58.02) and Adin Florence took second in the 100 backstroke (1:08.65) while Colin O'Rourke was third in the 200 individual medley (2:13.97)
Shawnee Heights' foursome of Truman Brede, Guillaume Hamblet, Luke Perkins and Tanner Zerger finished second in the 200-yard medley relay (1:47.24) while Zerger was second in the 50 free (23.64) and Perkins took second in the 100 butterfly (54.29) and the 100 backstroke (56.04).
Zerger, Evan Hoobler, Perkins and Hamblet finished third in the 200 free relay (1:36.27), helping the T-Birds finish seventh in the team standings.
TOPEKA HIGH INVITATIONAL
Tuesday at Capitol Federal Natatorium
Team scores
Free State 401.5, Lawrence 352, Seaman 306, Piper 213, Washburn Rural 197.5, Olathe South 176, Shawnee Heights 136, Junction City 104, Salina Central 100, Hayden 98, Salina South 80, Topeka High 71, Emporia 39.
Individual results
200 medley relay — 1. Piper (Huisman, Hein, White, Briggs), 1:47.03; 2. Shawnee Heights (Brede, Humblet, Perkins, Zerger), 1:47.24; 3. Lawrence, 1:49.08.
200 freestyle — 1. Christian, Lawrence, 1:54.77; 2. Ramirez, Seaman, 1:58.02; 3. Rea, Free State, 2:08.49.
200 individual medley — 1. Lule-Paredes, Lawrence, 2:04.60; 2. Bonnell, Free State, 2:04.79; 3. O'Rourke, Seaman, 2:13.97.
50 freestyle — 1. Whittaker, Lawrence, 23.46; 2. Zerger, Shawnee Heights, 23.64; 3. Berland, Salina South, 23.86.
One meter diving -- 1. Higgins, Emporia, 249.50; 2. Ahlvers, Free State, 241.55; 3. Kohl, Manhattan, 223.20.
100 butterfly — 1. Bonnell, Free State, 54.27; 2. Perkins, Shawnee Heights, 54.29; 3. Smith, Olathe South, 55.07.
100 freestyle — 1. Miranda, Washburn Rural, 51.49; 2. Moore, Free State, 53.27; 3. Lamb, Junction City, 53.42.
500 freestyle — 1. Khosh, Free State, 5:17.68; 2. Cowardin, Lawrence, 5:19.53; 3. Christian, Lawrence, 5:25.68.
200 freestyle relay — 1. Lawrence (Whittaker, Tell, Christian, Oral), 1:36.25; 2. Washburn Rural (Eilert, Miranda, Carr-Metzger, Trachta), 1:36.27; 3. Shawnee Heights (Zerger, Hoobler, Perkins, Humblet), 1:36.28.
100 backstroke — 1. Smith, Olathe South, 54.68; 2. Perkins, Shawnee Heights, 56.04; 3. Lule-Paredes, Lawrence, 56.86.
100 breaststroke — 1. Hein, Piper, 1:06.38; 2. Florence, Seaman, 1:08.65; 3. Sanner, Junction City, 1:08.73.
400 freestyle relay — 1. Lawrence (Oral, Christian, Lule-Paredes, Whittaker), 3:31.07; 2. Free State, 3:35.52; 3. Piper, 3:39.74.
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Turnovers and foul trouble were the achilles heel for the Cair Paravel Latin boys in a 67-41 home loss to Bishop Ward on Tuesday night.
Lion standouts Carter Brian, Noah Hastert and Zach Clark all were in significant foul trouble early in the first quarter.
The three starters picked up two fouls each before the first quarter ended. Bishop Ward was able to draw four charges in the first quarter, which had an impact on the Lions’ foul troubles early in the contest.
Bishop Ward’s interior offense dominated in the first quarter along with the Cyclones' defense in the paint.
“We have got to get tough,'' Cair Paravel coach Mike Malloy said. "We were bullied with a lot of bodies on us.''
Bishop Ward had the hot hand all night long on Tuesday, with the Cyclones hitting seven 3-point shots against the Lions.
Lorenzo Hernandez, shooting a free throw, scored 17 points for Bishop Ward in the Cyclones' 67-41 win over Cair Paravel Tuesday night. [Photo by Isaac Deer/TSN]
Three of those long-range shots were from Lorenzo Hernandez, who led the Cyclones with 17 points on the night.
Cair Paravel had a difficult night defending the Cyclones' key bench contributors as Bishop Ward had 36 points off of the bench. Hernandez, Chris Galloway, and TJ Maddox were the main catalysts from the Cyclone bench.
“You have to play through those kinds of things,'' Malloy said. "We have to play better defense. We have to suck it up. If you can’t do anything else, you better play defense.''
The second quarter was the worst chapter in Tuesday night’s book for Cair Paravel, with the Lions outscored 24-3 in the quarter. Seventy-five percent of the 24 points scored by the Cyclones were from the bench. Pressing defense by Bishop Ward created easy fastbreak opportunities that spread the floor out.
“We didn’t protect the paint,'' Malloy said. "That’s where (Bishop Ward) got a good amount of offense against us. We weren’t committing to the switches. People would holler switch, but the other guy wouldn’t. Next thing you know (the Cyclones) were getting layups instead of forcing things out of the paint.''
While the Cair Paravel defense struggled, some parts of the Lions’ offense thrived.
Clark led the Lions with 17 points and Ethan Everhart had 10 points.
The Lions want to completely erase Tuesday night’s contest out of their memory.
“We have to forget about the night. It’s done, so we have to forget about that. I’ve pretty much already forgotten about it,” said Malloy.
The (6-3) Lions will travel to (3-4) Maranatha Christian Academy to take on the Eagles on Friday night.
BiSHOP WARD BOYS 67, CAIR PARAVEL BOYS 41
Bishop Ward 19 24 16 8 – 67
Cair Paravel 14 3 10 14 – 41
Bishop Ward (7-2) – Hernandez 6 2-2 17, Campbell 4 1-2 9, Rector 3 1-2 9, Pickens 3 1-2 8, Galloway 3 0-1 6, Maddox 3 0-0 6, Brown 2 1-3 5, Jones 1 0-0 3, Holmes 1 0-0 2, Braden 0 2-2 2.
Cair Paravel (6-3) – Clark 6 5-6 17, E. Everhart 3 2-2 10, Hastert 3 0-2 6, Pavlik 1 1-1 3, Gossard 0 2-2 2, Will 0 2-2 2 S. Everhart 0 1-2 1.
3-point goals -- Cair Paravel 2, Bishop Ward 7. Total fouls -- Cair Paravel 18, Bishop Ward 22.
