Complete Game Notes

The Lewis women's basketball team (3-6) closes the 2011 calendar year with a neutral site contest against No. 7 Michigan Tech (7-3) on Friday (Dec. 30). The contest will be played at Portland High School outside of Lansing, Mich. and will start at 2:30 p.m. ET.

YOU AGAIN? - Lewis and Michigan Tech met in the opening round of the NCAA Midwest Regional last season. The host Huskies defeated the Flyers 72-56 to end Lewis' season. Madeline Kish (Oak Forest, Ill./Sandburg) made 4-of-5 3-pointers to finish with 12 points.

AGAINST THE HUSKIES - Michigan Tech leads the all-time series with the Flyers 6-3.

STEALIN' - Labrenthia Murdock (Round Lake, Ill./Round Lake) has a steal in all nine games this season.

MURDOCK FROM THE FLOOR - Labrenthia Murdock (Round Lake, Ill./Round Lake) is having the best shooting season of he career. So far in 2011-12 she is shooting 44.2 percent from the floor (46-of-104). It's above last season's average of 42.1 percent (114-of-271) and her freshman-year shooting percentage of 36.5 percent (97-of-266).

YOUNG BY THE NUMBERS - Lewis' seven newcomers have combined to play 812 minutes, or 43.9 percent of the available court time. The seven have scored 234 points, or 38.7 percent of Lewis' 546 points.

FRESHMAN STARTERS - Lewis head coach Lisa Carlsen is starting two freshmen for the second time in her career at Lewis. In her first season at Lewis, 2007-08, Carlsen started forward Jenny Turpel (Johnsburg, Ill./Johnsburg) and point guard Kady Currin (Cincinnati, Ohio/Seton). Similarly this season the Flyers are starting forward Jess Reinhart (Normal, Ill./Bloomington Central Catholic) and point guard Jamie Johnson (South Holland, Ill./Marian Catholic).

REINHART IN THE SECOND HALF - Of Jess Reinhart (Normal, Ill./Bloomington Central Catholic)'s 58 rebounds, 36 have come in the second half or overtime.

TAKING ADVANTAGE - Junior Sam Rinehart (Marion, Iowa/Marion) is averaging 10.8 points per game in the Flyers' previous four contests, Rinehart's first four starts of the season.  

PERFECT FROM BEYOND THE ARC - Lewis made all five of their second half 3-point attempts against Southern Indiana on Dec, 1. The last time Lewis made every 3-point attempt in a half was when the Flyers drained all five attempts in the first half against Butler on Nov. 21, 2004. Lewis dropped the game at Hinkle Fieldhouse 71-59.

TAKING IT AWAY - The Flyers recorded 20 steals against BYU-Hawaii on Nov. 24th. It was the first time Lewis earned 20 steals in a game since recording 20 at Kentucky Wesleyan on Jan. 20, 2005.

ADDING AN ALL-AMERICAN - The Flyers have added an All-American to their roster. Hannah Koeneman (New Haven, Ind./Woodlan), a 6-2 right-side hitter for the Lewis women's volleyball team, joined the team on Dec. 8. She was named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association All-America Third Team in late November following a stellar senior season with the Lewis women's volleyball team. She recorded a team-high 299 kills with 91 blocks for the Flyers in 2011 and helped Lewis to a 25-7 record. She joins the Lewis women's basketball team with junior eligibility. Koeneman will wear the number 44.

LOOKING FORWARD - Friday's game against Michigan Tech is Lewis' final non-conference contest of the season. The Flyers make the trip down I-55 for a pair of St. Louis based GLVC opponents. First is Maryville on Thursday at 5:15 p.m. Then the Flyers play Missouri-St. Louis on Saturday at 1 p.m.

THREE GAMES, FIVE DAYS - Following Lewis' stretch in St. Louis the Flyers return home for three games over a span of five days. First up is Quincy on Thursday, Jan. 12. Then UIS comes to town two days later. UW-Parkside makes the short drive south to play the Flyers on Martin Luther King Day, Jan. 16. All three games have a 5:30 p.m. tip time. Lewis only has four home games the rest of the season following the stretch.