Jan. 5, 2006

Box Score

ROMEOVILLE, Ill. - Led by Mary Moskal (Cherry Valley, Ill./Rockford Boylan)'s game-high 20 points, a total of four Flyers hit double digits in points as Lewis defeated Missouri-St. Louis 78-67 in Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) play Thursday night at Neil Carey Arena.

With the win the Flyers improve to 7-5 overall and 4-1 in the GLVC and remain in first place in the GLVC's East Division.

Shante Glenn (15), Darcee Schmidt (15) and Jackie Waller (12) were the other Flyers to crack double digit points. Glenn also notched game highs in assists (8) and rebounds (7).

Lewis grabbed a 5-2 lead at the 17:23 mark of the first half and never trailed again. The Flyers led 27-10 with 9:03 to play in the first half, but saw that 17-point cushion dwindle to nine by the break.

The Flyers came out strong in the second half, pushing their lead up to 19 by the 11:37 mark, but the Riverwomen scored 19 of the game's next 26 points to pull within seven with 1:53 to play. That's as close as Missouri-St. Louis would get, as the Flyers made 6-of-9 free throws and a lay-up down the stretch to close out the 11-point win.

Courtney Watts, Taylor Gagliano and Jessica Wendeln led the Riverwomen in scoring with 12 points each.

The Flyers were 21-of-29 at the line overall while Missouri-St. Louis went 23-of-34. The Flyers held the edge in rebounding, 37-31, and they made 4-of-11 from downtown while holding the Riverwomen to 1-of-4 from 3-point range.

The Flyers have one day to rest before hosting GLVC Missouri-Rolla on Saturday.