By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Washburn University's men's basketball team had seven players score at least eight points en route to an 87-72 MIAA road win over Missouri Southern Thursday night.
The Ichabods, who improved to 9-6 overall and 6-3 in the MIAA, pushed their season-best win streak to three games with their fifth win over the last six games.
"This is definitely a tough place to play and it's good to get a win,'' Washburn star point guard Tyler Geiman told KTPK Radio after the game
Jeremy Harrell led the Ichabods with 13 points and added seven rebounds while Geiman recorded the 12th double-double of his career with 12 points and tied a career-high with 16 rebounds while also dishing out seven assists.
With his 16 rebounds, Geiman becomes the first Ichabod to record at least 600 rebounds and 600 assists in an Ichabod career.
Washburn star senior point guard Tyler Geiman scored 12 points and tied his career-high with 16 rebounds as the Ichabods won their third straight game, 87-72 at Missouri Southern. [Photo courtesy of Washburn Athletics]
Jalen Lewis and Jonny Clausing added 12 points apiece for Washburn.
The Ichabods, led 44-38 after a first half that included 12 lead changes and 23 points from the Washburn bench.
The Lions (8-5, 5-2 MIAA) led 22-17 before a 7-0 Washburn run at the midway point of the half put Washburn up by two points.
The Lions came back to take a 34-30 advantage with 4:45 in the opening half, but the Ichabods finished the half on a 14-4 run capped by a Michael Keegan 3-pointer that gave Washburn its six-point advantage.
The Ichabods scored the first six points of the second half to take a 12-point lead and Washburn would go on to lead by as many as 20 in the second half.
"We're getting there for sure,'' Geiman said of Washburn's recent hot streak. "Not being healthy is real tough, especially as a team, but the guys have really rallied around each other, helped everyone out, the coaches have been great and it's nice to get back healthy and get on a roll and hopefully we can keep this thing going.''
Missouri Southern was led by Christian Bundy with a game-high 18 points.
The Ichabods shot 49 percent from the field, hitting 33 of 68 shots and finished 14 of 16 from the free throw line while making their final 14 charities of the game.
Missouri Southern was held to 28 of 66 shooting, going five of 16 from 3-point range in the second half.
The Ichabods finished with a 43-35 rebounding advantage and out-scoried the Lions 50-34 in the paint.
The Ichabods committed a season-low four turnovers while forcing 13 miscues for the Lions.
The Ichabods will be in action at Pittsburg State on Saturday.
