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Lebanon, Ill. – The No. 25 Lewis University women's basketball team stayed perfect in Great Lakes Valley Conference action with a 72-62 victory over McKendree University on Thursday (Jan. 16) at the Statham Center.
The Flyers picked up their eighth-straight victory to improve to 11-2 on the year and 5-0 in GLVC play, while the Bearcats fall to 6-7 on the season and 1-4 in league action.
Lewis sophomore forward
Mariyah Brawner-Henley (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) led the Flyers' offense as she collected her 12
th double-double of the season with 18 points and 11 rebounds, as well as blocked three shots. Junior forward
Jess Reinhart (Normal, Ill./Bloomington Central Catholic) chipped in 17 points, eight rebounds, two assists, one block and one steal while redshirt sophomore guard
Jamie Johnson (South Holland, Ill./Marian Catholic) tallied 17 points, seven rebounds, and four steals for the Flyers.
Lewis got out in front from the start and didn't relinquish the lead to McKendree at any point of the contest. The Flyers' kept pounding the ball down low, out-scoring the Bearcats, 40-28, in the paint. Lewis also out-rebounded the home squad, 49-39, which helped the Flyers tally 22 second-chance points while holding McKendree to only five points.
McKendree tried to slow the Lewis offense with a zone defense but the Flyers were able to wear it down, despite going 3-for-20 (.150) from long range.
"We did a decent job on the glass tonight," Lewis head women's basketball coach
Lisa Carlsen said. "When McKendree went to the zone, we struggled scoring the ball from the perimeter.
"As our post-players got more involved, we found soft spots in their defense and hit our shots."
The Bearcats' offense was led by Danielle Amann-Stewa's 17 points while Brittany Willis and Caty Ponce both scored 11 points.
The Flyers stay on the road for the fourth-straight contest, when they take on Illinois Springfield in Springfield, Ill., on Saturday (Jan. 18). Tip-off is set for 1 PM at the Recreation and Athletic Center.
