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Indianapolis, Ind. - The Lewis University men's basketball team was unable to overcome a season-high 18 turnovers, as No. 15 Indianapolis scored 23 points off the Flyer miscues on their way to the 71-64 Great Lakes Valley Conference victory at Nicoson Hall on Thursday (Jan. 31) night.
Indianapolis junior guard Reece Cheatham posted a game-high 21 points, followed by 13 points from junior guard Tyrae Robinson and 12 points from senior forward James Hollowell. Greyhound sophomore guard Brennan McElroy had nine points, 12 rebounds and a game-high five assists in the win.
"We had no energy or intensity tonight, and combine that with not taking care of the all, you're not going to win many games," Lewis head men's basketball coach
Scott Trost said. "This was our most lethargic game of the year."
With the win, Indianapolis improves to 15-3 on the campaign and 7-3 in conference play, while the visiting Flyers are 11-7 overall and 5-5 in GLVC action.
Lewis sophomore guard
Ryan Jackson (Bolingbrook, Ill./Riverside-Brookfield) (Bolingbrook, Ill./Riverside-Brookfield) topped the Flyers with 15 points and had a game-high five assists. Sophomore guard
Gabe Williams (Chicago, Ill./Farragut) (Chicago, Ill./Farragut) collected a career-high 12 points, while sophomore forward
Julian Lewis (Flossmoor, Ill./Homewood-Flossmoor) (Flossmoor, Ill./Homewood-Flossmoor) chipped in 11 points and a team-high eight rebounds.
For the game, Lewis shot 50.0% (24-for-48) from the field and 93.3% (14-for-15) from the free throw line, but the Flyers were outdone by a torrid Greyhound squad in the second half, as UIndy shot 57.7% (15-for-26) from the field and 50.0% (6-for-12) from three-point land.
UIndy led the game from start to finish, but the Flyers would not go down without a fight, as they whittled down a 14-point, second-half defict to 63-60 with 42 seconds left in the contest following a pair of Williams free throws. Jackson led the charge for the Flyers in the second half, as he posted 13 of his 15 points in the stanza.
On the ensuing in-bounds play, McElroy took a home run pass from Leland Brown for the dunk to extend UIndy's lead to 65-60 with 39 seconds remaining.
The Flyers would turn the ball over on their next possession, securing the win for the Greyhounds.
Lewis returns to action on Saturday (Feb. 2), as the Flyers welcome Saint Joseph's to Neil Carey Arena at 7:30 PM.
