February 10, 2005
[Gamenotes] [Final Stats]
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Sheldon Pace led the Bearcats with 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. This was the fifth consecutive game where he scored at least 18 points. |
BOLIVAR, MO. ... Down by 18 with only twelve minutes remaining in the game, Southwest Baptist (11-11 / 5-8 MIAA) sparked an amazing 23-5 run over a span of six minutes to cut the lead all the way down to five points.
Washburn (19-5 / 10-3 MIAA) answered by finding their preseason all-american Travis Robbins three consecutive possessions en route to a game changing 12-1 run to swing the momentum back to the Ichabods and deny SBU the upset victory, 90-80.
Coming from the under-15 minute media timeout and the score tied at 10 in the first half, Robbins scored six straight points that turned into a 21-6 run that consumed over eight minutes and put WU up 31-16 and ended the half on top 43-31.
Robbins led all scorers with 17 points in the first half off of 7-9 shooting mainly from underneath the basket. SBU's Deon Davis led the Bearcats at the half with 12 points in only 12 minutes and finished the night also with 18 points.
A three pointer from Davis, started the late rally for the Bearcats in the second half. Sheldon Pace, who was named this week's MIAA Player of the Week, scored seven of his team high 18 points in the rally and Cedric Ousley had six, finishing with 15 points on the night. David Martin contributed with 10 points in only 14 minutes being nearly flawless from the field, shooting 5-6.
Ousley scored all of his points from three-point range and now is climbing up the SBU all-time three-point record books. In his career, Ousley now has 94 treys, which places him seventh all-time in school history and 256 attempts from beyond the arc, which places him fifth all-time.
Leading the Ichabods was Travis Robbins with 34 points off of an impressive 13-17 shooting from the field and 8-10 from the free throw line. Jerad Head had 20 points for WU off of 5-6 from the three-point line.
Coming into the game, Washburn only averaged 37 percent shooting from beyond the arc, but finished the game shooting over 52% off of 9-17 shooting. Southwest Baptist, second in the nation in made three pointers per game, converted 13 treys off of 36 attempts and is now only 26 three-pointers away from breaking the all-time MIAA record for treys in a season.
The Bearcats now find themselves in a three way tie in the MIAA standings with both Missouri Western and Missouri Southern. Next up for Southwest Baptist is a rematch with the Lions down in Joplin, MO on Saturday, Feb. 10 with tipoff being slated for 7:30 pm.
