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SOMERS, Wis. – The Flyers lost at the same time they won. Lewis women's hoops dropped an 86-61 decision at No. 16 UW-Parkside on Thursday (Feb. 23) evening to close out the regular season. However thanks to a Quincy victory over UIS, Lewis edges UIS for the 12^th and final bid to the 2012 Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament.
 
As the No. 12 seed Lewis will travel to No. 5 Missouri S&T on Sunday (Feb. 26) for the GLVC Tournament First Round contest. The game will start at 1 p.m. A win and Lewis advances to the GLVC Quarterfinals. The Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Championship game will be held in Springfield, Ill. March 1-4.
 
Lewis began their GLVC Championship run last year by also playing Missouri S&T in the First Round.
 
The Flyers' only lead of the game came on a basket by freshman Jess Reinhart (Normal, Ill./Bloomington Central Catholic) (Normal, Ill./Bloomington Central Catholic) in the first minute. Lewis trailed 25-15 with 7:41 remaining in the first half before the Rangers went on a 16-0 run to take control of the contest.

“We got outworked in the first half because they were a lot more physical than we were,” Lewis head coach Lisa Carlsen said.
 
Reinhart finished with 15 points. Junior Labrenthia Murdock (Round Lake, Ill./Round Lake) (Round Lake, Ill./Round Lake) totaled 14. Senior Madeline Kish (Oak Forest, Ill./Sandburg) (Oak Forest, Ill./Sandburg/Eastern Illinois) had 10. Junior Hannah Koeneman (New Haven, Ind./Woodlan) (New Haven, Ind./Woodlan) provided six points and seven rebounds off the bench.
 
Jadee Rooney led the Rangers with 17 points.
 
UW-Parkside improves to 22-4 (15-3 GLVC) and earns the GLVC East Division Championship. Lewis finishes the regular season 7-19 (5-13 GLVC).