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There was a time Tuesday night, as brief as it might have been, where Washburn's men's basketball team looked like it might be in some trouble against visiting Lincoln.
Leading 42-31 at the half, Washburn saw Lincoln cut a 13-point deficit to a single point (48-47) with 15:07 left, but the Ichabods answered in a hurry, running off 10 straight points to build its advantage back to 11 with 12:25 remaining and Washburn cruised the rest of the way for an 87-72 MIAA win at Lee Arena, improving to 13-3 on the season.
"We didn't finish the (first) half well again and then we had a stretch there kind of towards the beginning of that second half where I thought we played a little cool,'' Washburn coach Brett Ballard said. "There's a fine line between confident and cool and then all of a sudden I looked up and (the Blue Tigers) are back in the game.
"I loved how our guys responded though and went on the run and then kind of kept them at arm's length the rest of the half. This team's explosive offensively and we can go on those runs.''
Junior Jalen Lewis led the way with 20 points as Washburn improved to 13-3 with an 87-72 MIAA win over Lincoln Tuesday night. [Photo courtesy of Washburn Athletics]
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The quick MIAA women's basketball turnaround between Northeastern State and Washburn benefitted the RiverHawks, who pulled out a 47-44 win Tuesday in Tahlequah, Okla.
Washburn had claimed a 76-66 victory over the RiverHawks Saturday at Lee Arena and the Ichabods led much of Tuesday's rematch before Northeastern took advantage of the Ichabods' fourth-quarter offensive woes to improve to 5-12 overall and in the MIAA.
Washburn led 24-20 at the half and 38-33 at the start of the fourth quarter after leading by 7, but Northeastern ended the game on an 11-2 run over the final 5:18 to drop the Ichabods to 7-9 on the season.
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Seaman's girls bowling team continued its dominating season in Monday's Manhattan triangular at Little Apple Lanes, sweeping the individual and team titles, while the Viking boys came up six pins behind the host Indians.
Seaman's girls swept the top four places on the way to a 2,371-1,990 victory over Junction City, led by junior individual champion Kaitlin Evans, who rolled a 614 series.
Alex Trembley finished second for the Vikings with a 594 series while Katie Price was third (564) and Makenzie Millard fourth (547).
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Highland Park's boys basketball team ran its winning streak to six games Monday night, rallying for a 57-50 Centennial League win at Emporia.
The Scots, who improved to 9-5 overall and 8-3 in the league, trailed 24-17 at the half after a 15-4 second quarter by Emporia, but Highland Park outscored the Spartans 40-26 in the second half.
Highland Park used an 18-8 third quarter to take a 35-32 advantage into the fourth quarter and outscored Emporia 22-18 the rest of the way.
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The fact that Saturday’s home MIAA basketball game against Northeastern State was postponed was a good news, bad news scenario for Washburn University’s men’s basketball team.
The postponement, due to COVID-19 protocols at Northeastern State, gave the Ichabods, who have been battling injuries and illness, a few extra days to get ready for Tuesday's 6 p.m. makeup contest against Lincoln at Lee Arena.
But the postponement also makes an already hectic schedule over the final three weeks of the regular season even busier, with the Ichabods now working in the Northeastern makeup game on Feb. 23 in addition to its regular-scheduled contests.
“It will give us a little bit of a chance to hopefully get some guys off of sickness and hopefully heal up a little bit,’’ Washburn coach Brett Ballard said. “But at some point you’ve got to make those games up and we’re running out of time to get the season in.
“Probably right now it feels good, but when you’ve got to make these up in the next two weeks or so you may not like it as much.’’
Washburn star point guard Tyler Geiman leads 12-3 Washburn into Tuesday's home makeup game against Lincoln. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
The No. 17-ranked Ichabods, 12-3 overall and in the MIAA, will face a Lincoln team (8-7, 8-7) in a game that was originally scheduled for Dec. 19 but postponed because members of the Blue Tiger squad were out because of COVID protocols.
