The Mavericks held off Washburn 69-67 in the MIAA Tournament championship game Sunday in Kansas City.

UNO (22-8) won its first MIAA trophy in just its second year in the league. The win also gave the Mavs an automatic bid into the NCAA South Central Region tournament next weekend. The pairings and location of the eight-team tournament will be announced later Sunday night.

The Mavericks claimed their first postseason tournament title since 2007-08, the last year of the North Central Conference. UNO will be making its 12th trip to the NCAA tournament. The Mavericks last advanced two years ago.

Jeff Martin, who missed nine of his first 11 attempts, hit a three-pointer with 3:11 remaining that put the Mavs up by five, 67-62. Logan Stutz then scored four straight for the Ichabods to pull them to within a point with 2:27 to go.

His field goal ended up being the last one of the game by either team. Dion Curry made one of two free throws with just under two minutes remaining to put the Mavs up by two. De'Andre Washington then hit a free throw at the :50 mark to pull Washburn to within a point.

Tyler Bullock missed a three-pointer and WU called a timeout after securing the rebound. The Ichabods missed their three-point attempt after that and Aaron Terry was fouled after getting the rebound with :03 remaining and his team up by one.

He made the first free throw and missed the second. WU got the rebound and William McNeill caught a cross-court pass too far under the basket to get a good shot as time expired.

Bullock, the tournament MVP, led the Mavericks with 19 points. Eugene Bain added 11 and he, Matt Newman and Bullock all tied with six rebounds. Alex Welhouse had six points off 3-of-5 shooting and he pulled in three rebounds in 11 minutes on the court. Andrew Bridger had nine points and six assists.

The Mavericks shot 40 percent while the Ichabods shot 43 percent from the field. The Mavericks were just 22 percent (7-for-32) from three-point range. Washburn edged UNO in rebounds 35-34.

The game featured five ties and nine lead changes, most of them in the first half. Nate Daniels' three-pointer with :46 remaining in the first half tied the score and Virgil Philistin's free throw gave Washburn a 31-30 lead at halftime.

The Mavs took the lead right away in the second half as Bullock scored four straight points. Washburn regained it, but a three-point play from Eugene Bain put the Mavs up for good at the 16:51 mark.

Those three points turned into a 10-2 run that put UNO up by eight, 46-38. That ended up being the Mavs' biggest lead of the game. Washburn quickly closed within a point at the 10:08 mark and then the Mavs never led by more than five the rest of the game.

Stutz led the Ichabods with 23 points as he went 7-for-9 from the field and 9-of-11 from the free throw line.