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TOPEKA, Kan. —Washburn swept an MIAA basketball doubleheader from Missouri Southern on Thursday night.
Cam Martin scored 26 points on 12-of-17 shooting and added seven rebounds and three assists to lead the Lions (4-5).
Lawson Jenkins added 12 points for MSSU, while RJ Smith scored eight points and grabbed six rebounds.
Washburn, ranked eighth, improved to 9-1. Tyler Geiman scored 28 points for the Ichabods, who tied a school record by making 18 3-pointers.
Washburn led 47-33 at halftime and extended its lead to 67-44 with 14:44 left.
Southern made 42 percent of its field goal attempts, but Washburn shot 59 percent.
The Lions are at Emporia State at 3:30 on Saturday.
Missouri Southern (4-5) received 15 points and eight rebounds from Carley Turnbull, while Madi Stokes contributed 10 rebounds and nine points.
Kaitlin Hunnicutt and Biance Stocks scored seven points apiece.
Abby Oliver led Washburn (4-4) with 19 points, while Hunter Bentley added 15. Nuria Barrientos posted 12 points and 11 rebounds.
The game was close all the way.
The Lions trailed 39-37 with 5:59 remaning in the game after a hoop from Turnbull, but the Ichabods responded with an 8-1 run. Washburn would never relinquish the lead.
Southern is at Emporia State at 1:30 on Saturday.
The annual Southern Stampede high school cross country race is the latest event to be canceled due to concerns over the spread of the coronavirus.
Bryan Schiding, Missouri Southern’s Director of Cross Country and Track and Field, on Tuesday informed high school coaches and administrators via email of the school’s decision to call off the Stampede, which was scheduled for Sept. 19 at the Tom Rutledge Cross Country Course.
Even if fans were not allowed at the event, there were more than 1,000 high school runners signed up to race on the MSSU campus, causing concerns related to social distancing.
Last week the University of Kansas called off its annual Rim Rock Farm High School Classic, a huge prep cross country meet scheduled for Sept. 26, also due to uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic.