Complete Game Notes

The Norse of Northern Kentucky (12-4, 5-3 GLVC) are up next for the Lewis women's basketball squad (4-12, 2-6 GLVC). Lewis travels to Highland Heights for the 2 p.m. CT start on Saturday, Jan. 21.

AGAINST THE NORSE - Northern Kentucky leads the all-time series with Lewis 45-6. The Norse hold an eight game winning streak over the Flyers with Lewis' last victory coming on Jan. 6, 2007 in a 75-64 decision at Neil Carey Arena. The Flyers' last victory at Northern Kentucky came on Dec. 19, 1996 (54-49)

LAST TIME WE MET - Northern Kentucky defeated Lewis 55-45 on Jan. 4, 2011 last season at Neil Carey Arena. Labrenthia Murdock (Round Lake, Ill./Round Lake) led Lewis with 16 points.  

FOR STARTERS - Thursday's starting lineup against Bellarmine (Johnson, Itschner, Nellen, Rinehart and Reinhart) was Lewis' ninth starting combination of the season.

IT'S NIKKI...NI-NI-NI-NIKKI - Nikki Nellen (New Berlin, Wis./Pius XI) has started the last three games for Lewis and has made the most of her opportunity. Against UIS she scored 10 points, all in the second half. Thursday at Bellarmine she recorded a career-high 14 points and nine assists. She played a team-high 34 minutes in the contest at Bellarmine.

REINHART OF GOLD - Freshman Jess Reinhart (Normal, Ill./Bloomington Central Catholic) has also started the last three games for Lewis. She's scored in double-figures in each game and is shooting 55.5 percent (15-of-27) from the floor in the three contests.

HELPING HAND - Nikki Nellen (New Berlin, Wis./Pius XI)'s nine assists against Bellarmine on Thursday were the most for a Lewis freshman since Brittney Diener recorded 10 against Missouri-St. Louis on Jan. 29, 2004.

WRITE HER NAME IN INK - Freshman point guard Jamie Johnson (South Holland, Ill./Marian Catholic) is the only Flyer to have started every game for the Flyers.

SAM I AM - Junior Sam Rinehart (Marion, Iowa/Marion) scored a career-high 19 points on 6-of-7 shooting against UIS on Saturday, Jan. 14.

CALL SHERWIN-WILLIAMS - Lewis scored a season-high 48 points in the paint against UIS on Saturday.

JOHNSON & JOHNSON - In conference games only, freshman Jamie Johnson (South Holland, Ill./Marian Catholic) ranks 10th in the GLVC in assists per game (3.43). She is the only freshman in the top 15 in the category. She recorded seven assists against Maryville on Jan. 5, a career-best for the young Flyer.

HOW YOUNG ARE THEY? - Lewis' eight newcomers have combined to play 1491 minutes, or 45.9 percent of the available court time. The newcomers have scored 374 points, or 39.5 percent of Lewis' 1041 points.

THEY'RE SO YOUNG... - Lewis started four freshmen (Johnson, Nellen, Itschner, Reinhart) with sophomore Lauren Mead (Wauconda, Ill./Wauconda) against UIS on Saturday. It's the first time Lewis started four freshmen in a game since Nov. 21, 2003 when Darcee Schmidt, Mary Moskal, Erin Cox and Brittany Diener started against Grand Valley State in Allendale, Mich. Lewis won the contest 60-57.

REJECTED - Sophomore Lauren Mead (Wauconda, Ill./Wauconda) ranks fourth in the GLVC in blocked shots per game with a 1.25 average. She's recorded a block in all but three games this year. She totaled four against McKendree on Nov. 14.

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 - Hannah Koeneman (New Haven, Ind./Woodlan) joined the Lewis women's basketball team on Dec. 8. The name might be familiar to those around the GLVC as she was an American Volleyball Coaches Association All-America Third Team selection as a senior right side hitter for Lewis in 2011. Koeneman recorded a team-high 299 kills with 91 blocks for the Flyers in 2011 and helped Lewis to a 25-7 record. The 6-2 forward with junior status for basketball last played organized basketball in high school.

UP NEXT - Lewis returns home for a Thursday, Jan. 26 contest with Indianapolis. The game will be aired live on Lakeshore Public Television at 5:30 p.m.