Jan. 6, 2011

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ROMEOVILLE, Ill. - The Lewis women's basketball team never trailed in their victory over the Prairie Stars of UIS on Thursday evening at Neil Carey Arena. Lewis won the Great Lakes Valley Conference game 83-56.

Lewis led 35-19 at halftime after scoring the first 10 points of the game. Senior Carol Kruckman (Libertyville, Ill./Libertyville) scored eight of her team-high 15 points in the first half.

"Carol did a nice job of finishing tonight," head coach Lisa Carlsen said. "When you get the ball to her down low chances are it is going in the basket."

All 11 Flyers scored a point for Lewis. Eight of the 11 Flyers scored at least seven points. Senior Jenny Turpel (Johnsburg, Ill./Johnsburg) missed her fifth double-double of the season by one point after grabbing 10 rebounds and scoring nine points with two blocks. On Tuesday against Northern Kentucky she missed a double-double by just one rebound. Turpel's nine points gives her 1,572 for her career, moving her into sixth all-time. Her two blocks ties her for third all-time at Lewis with 107.

The Lewis bench scored 30 of their 40 points in the second half. Junior Madeline Kish (Oak Forest, Ill./Sandburg/Eastern Illinois) led all Lewis bench players with 12 points thanks to four 3-pointers. Freshman Alexus Grayer (Washington, Ill./Washington) totaled nine points and had three steals.

"Some of the players that haven't been playing much lately did a number of things well tonight," Carlsen said.

The Flyers held a 44-to-22 edge in rebounds. Lewis shot 53.4 percent (31-of-58) from the floor while limiting the Prairie Stars to 37.1 percent (23-of-62) shooting.

UIS falls to 4-8 (0-5 GLVC). Lewis improves to 7-6 (3-2 GLVC). The Flyers finish their four games in seven days stretch on Saturday when the Flyers host Quincy at 5:30 p.m. The game will be aired live on Lakeshore Television.