Washburn Ichabods vs Northern State // NCAA Central Regional quarterfinals maryville, Missouri // bearcat arena // March 10, 2018 // 2:15 p.m. GAME 32 VS NORTHERN STATE // NCAA FIRST ROUND 2017-18 WASHBURN BASKETBALL 2017-18 WASHBURN 2018 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Championship Regionals Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship Semifinals Quarterfinals Regionals March 10 March 11 March 13 March 20 March 22 March 24 March 22 March 20 March 13 March 11 March 10 1 #Virginia St. (24-4) #Morehouse (25-2) 1 8 Virginia Union (18-14) Fla. Southern (20-10) 8 4 West Liberty (26-3) Eckerd (24-6) 4 5 Shippensburg (23-7) Valdosta St. (26-4) 5 2 East Stroudsburg (24-5) Atlantic South West Florida (28-3) 2 7 Gannon (22-9) Barry (20-8) 7 3 Wheeling Jesuit (26-5) Claflin (25-6) 3 6 West Chester (21-6) Clark Atlanta (24-5) 6 1 #Northwest Mo. St. (27-3) #Lincoln Memorial (30-1) 1 8 Minnesota St. (22-9) King (TN) (19-10) 8 4 Southwest Minn. St. (24-8) 1 2 Clayton St. (23-6) 4 5 Mo. Southern St. (20-9) Carson-Newman (23-7) 5 2 Northern St. (31-3) Central Southeast Queens (NC) (28-3) 2 7 Washburn (22-9) Lees-McRae (23-8) 7 3 Southern Nazarene (27-2) 8 7 UNC Pembroke (26-5) 3 6 St. Cloud St. (23-8) Francis Marion (20-9) 6 1 #Le Moyne (24-6) #West Tex. A&M (27-4) 1 8 Jefferson (21-13) Colo. Sch. of Mines (22-8) 8 4 St. Anselm (22-8) 4 3 Fort Lewis (24-6) 4 5 Saint Rose (20-9) Tex. A&M-Commerce (21-8) 5 2 St. Thomas Aquinas (26-6) East South Central Tex. Permian Basin (25-5) 2 7 Bloomfield (22-7) Ark.-Fort Smith (24-5) 7 3 Bridgeport (25-5) 5 6 Regis (CO) (26-5) 3 6 Merrimack (19-11) DBU (26-5) 6 1 #Ferris St. (32-1) #*Western Ore. (29-1) 1 8 Ohio Dominican (20-10) *Point Loma (21-9) 8 4 Lake Superior St. (24-7) *Cal Poly Pomona (23-6) 4 5 Hillsdale (21-9) *Saint Martin's (24-8) 5 2 Bellarmine (28-2) Midwest West *Dixie St. (23-6) 2 #Host Institution 7 Truman (20-10) *Games will be held March 9, 10 and 12 *Azusa Pacific (20-10) 7 3 Findlay (26-4) All times are Eastern time. *California Baptist (25-5) 3 Information subject to change. 6 Drury (21-7) The eight advancing teams to the Elite Eight will be seeded by the Division II Men's Basketball Committee following completion of the regionals. *UC San Diego (21-10) 6 © 2018 National Collegiate Athletic Association. No commercial use without the NCAA's written permission. The NCAA opposes all forms of sports wagering. 2 WUSPORTS.COM // @ WASHBURNMBB // #GoBODS 2017 2018 WASHBURN BASKETBALL 21 conference titles // 10 MIAA regular season titles // 5 MIAA tourney titles // 12 NCAA tourney appearances // 1 national championship 2017-18 Washburn Basketball Schedule SATURDAY, MARCH 10 // 2:15 P.M. // MARYVILLE, MO. // BEARCAT ARENA WASHBURN (22-9) vs #6/#7 NORTHERN STATE (31-3) N10 vs. Northern State+ L 57-69 Head Coach: Brett Ballard Head Coach: Paul Sather Record at Washburn: 22-9 / 1st year Record at NSU: 157-81 / 8th year N12 vs. Winona State+ W 84-75 Career Record: 55-39 / 3rd year Career Record: 251-143 / 12th year N15 Baker W 69-48 vs Northern State: 0-1 vs Washburn: 1-0 Leading Scorer: Brady Skeens (14.8 ppg) Leading Scorer: D.J. Pollard (12.8 ppg) GAME #32 ICHABODS WOLVES N18 at Rockhurst L (ot) 87-89 Leading Rebounder: Brady Skeens (10.7 rpg) Leading Rebounder: Logan Doyle (7.1 rpg) PROBABLE ICHABOD STARTERS OPENING TIP N21 vs. #1 Northwest Missouri‡ L 78-86 #3 Randall Smith n The Washburn Ichabods return to the NCAA N25 Ottawa W 96-75 6-0 // 170 // Senior // Guard Postseason for the first time since 2012 when Lawrenceville, Ga. N28 at Newman W 84-58 Jacksonville State they will face the No. 6-ranked Northern State Wolves in Maryville, Mo., in the first round of N30 Manhattan Christian W 128-51 PPG RPG APG MPG 7.0 2.1 2.9 24.4 the NCAA Central Regional Tournament at D6 Fort Hays State* W 69-58 #5 Javion Blake 2:15 in Bearcat Arena. n The Ichabods (22-9) and the Wolves (31-3) D9 Nebraska-Kearney* W 78-71 6-3 // 185 // Junior // Guard Olathe, Kan. faced each other in the 2017-18 season opener Olathe East HS D16 at Lindenwood* W 76-74 in St. Joseph, Mo., at the Hillyard Classic hosted PPG RPG APG MPG by Missouri Western with the Ichabods falling D18 at Lincoln* W 77-63 14.2 3.4 2.4 28.3 69-57. TM n D30 Avila W 79-61 #13 Tyas Martin The Ichabods fell in their last game 80-74 6-4 // 175 // Junior // Guard to Northwest Missouri in the MIAA J6 Emporia State* W 83-69 Wichita, Kan. Championship game in Kansas City on Sunday. Wichita East HS n J11 Northeastern State* W 82-70 The Wolves, who are riding a 10-game win- PPG RPG APG MPG ning streak entering the NCAA Regional, won J13 Central Oklahoma* W 49-47 10.6 3.0 1.1 21.5 the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference #22 Brady Skeens Postseason and Regular Season titles topping J17 at Missouri Southern* W 86-78 6-7 // 211 // Senior // Forward Lenexa, Kan. Southwest Minnesota in tournament finals J20 at Pittsburg State* L 74-76 Shawnee Mission Northwest HS 81-75 on Feb. 27 in Sioux Falls, S.D. n J24 Southwest Baptist* W 89-60 PPG RPG APG MPG The Wolves are ranked No. 6 in the NABC Top 14.8 10.7 2.4 29.7 25 poll and No. 7 in the D2SIDA poll. J27 Central Missouri* L 55-63 n #40 David Salach Saturday's game will be the second in the series 6-7 // 210 // Junior // Forward between the two teams. F1 at Nebraska-Kearney* W 87-73 n Overland Park, Kan. Brady Skeens leads the team with 14.8 ppg and F3 at Fort Hays State* W 76-60 Blue Valley Northwest HS Javion Blake is averaging 14.4 ppg while Tyas F7 Missouri Western* W 78-74 PPG RPG APG MPG Martin is the third Ichabod averaging double 6.2 4.0 1.1 24.1 figures this season at 10.6 ppg. F10 #6 Northwest Missouri* L 50-58 n Brady Skeens leads the team on the glass with WHERE TO FIND IT ... 10.7 rebounds a game adding 14.8 points per F13 at Emporia State* L 66-68 Radio KTPK 106.9 FM game shooting 73 percent from the field hitting Play-by-Play Jake Lebahn F17 at Southwest Baptist* W(ot) 102-100 179 of 245 attempts with 2.4 blocks per game … Color Analyst Dan Lucero F22 at Central Oklahoma L 65-73 in MIAA play he is averaged 15.2 ppg and 11.1 Video Online themiaanetwork.com rpg. F24 at Northeastern State W(ot) 88-86 n During the three games of the MIAA M2 vs Nebraska-Kearney (QF) W 85-75 Tournament in Kansas City, Skeens averaged 18.7 ppg connecting on 20 of 26 shots from the M3 vs Fort Hays State (SF) W 77-53 field (.769 shooting percentage) adding 11.0 STAT COMPARISONS BY THE NUMBERS M4 vs #7 Northwest Missouri (finals) L 74-80 SCORING FG% REBOUND AST/TO PTS FG% 3FG% FT% RBS ASSISTS BLOCKS STEALS DEFENSE DEFENSE MARGIN RATIO M10 vs #10 Northern State (QF) 2:15 p.m. 80.0 .507 .394 .746 37.1 16.1 4.2 5.3 65.5 .425 +8.4 +1.4 M21-24 NCAA National Tournament TBA 78.0 .487 .341 .685 37.6 15.2 4.0 5.8 68.7 .411 +7.1 +1.1 + Hillyard Tip-Off Classic (St. Joseph, Mo.) ‡ Played in Kansas City, Mo. | * MIAA game SID/MBB Contact Gene Cassell Basketball Press Box (785) 670-1754 Twitter twitter.com/wusports Bold Office Phone (785) 670-1791 Website www.wusports.com YouTube youtube.com/wusports Home Games in Email [email protected] Facebook facebook.com/wusports ICHABOD BROADCAST NOTES Pts: 22, two times Randall Smith // G // 6-0 // 170 // Sr. // Lawrenceville, Ga. Was 2 of 2 from the field Rebs: 7, at SBU 1/30/16 GP GS Min/G FG% 3PT% FT% Reb/G Ast/G Stl Blk Pts/G scoring 7 points in 1st Asts: 16, vs MSSU, 2/6/16 3 31 31 24.4 .375 .273 .760 2.1 2.9 21 3 7.0 Stls: 3, three times meeting with NSU HIGHS CAREER Mins: 49, at SBU, 1/30/16 Drew Pyle // G // 6-3 // 175 // So. // McPherson, Kan. Pts: 17, at ESU, 1/7/17 Rebs: 4, at Metro (P.R.) 11/25/16 Did not appear in first game GP GS Min/G FG% 3PT% FT% Reb/G Ast/G Stl Blk Pts/G Asts: 3, two times 4 16 0 8.8 .381 .355 .800 1.2 0.4 6 0 2.9 with NSU Stls: 2, Avila, 12/30/17 CAREER HIGHS CAREER Mins: 23, vs MSSU, 1/19/17 Pts: 26, at LWU, 12/16/17 Javion Blake // G // 6-3 // 185 // Jr. // Olathe, Kan. Rebs: GP GS Min/G FG% 3PT% FT% Reb/G Ast/G Stl Blk Pts/G Scored 13 points hitting 3 of 8, vs UCO, 2/23/17 4 3-pointers in 1st meeting Asts: 7, two times 31 30 28.3 .472 .403 .712 3.4 2.4 23 1 14.2 Stls: 5 with NSU 4, vs St.