Women's Basketball | 1/3/2015 2:16:00 PM

Complete Game Notes (PDF)

No. 2 Lewis women's basketball (12-0, 2-0 GLVC) returns to play on Sunday (Jan. 4) at Truman State (8-2, 2-0 GLVC) in a 1 p.m. tip. The Great Lakes Valley Conference contest will be hosted by Truman State at Pershing Arena. A win for the Flyers would be their 13th straight, matching the longest win streak in school history.

VS. TRUMAN STATE - Lewis is 1-1 all-time against Truman State with both meetings coming last year, Truman State's first season in the GLVC. Lewis won 98-72 at Neil Carey Arena but fell 84-70 in the GLVC Tournament. Truman State went on to win the GLVC Championship.

AIM FOR 1,000 - A pair of Flyers are nearing 1,000 career points. Junior Jamie Johnson (South Holland, Ill./Marian Catholic) enters the contest with 986 career points while junior Mariyah Brawner-Henley (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) owns 975 career points. All-time in Lewis history, 20 players have reached the 1,000 career points plateau. Teammate Jess Reinhart (Normal, Ill./Bloomington Central Catholic) has already reached 1,000 points.

SPEAKING OF JESS - Jess Reinhart (Normal, Ill./Bloomington Central Catholic) is rising up the list of all-time scorers. She owns 1,371 career points, eighth all-time in Lewis history. Seventh place is Mary Niego's (1980-83) 1,563 points.

TWO GOOD - Lewis' No. 2 national ranking is the Flyers' highest in program history. It is the best ever ranking for a men's or women's basketball team at Lewis. The 1984-85 men's team earned the No. 3 ranking for consecutive weeks in January 1985.

HOT START - The Flyers' 12-0 start to the season is the best undefeated stretch to start a season in program history.

STRETCH - Lewis' 12-game win streak is the longest win streak under head coach Lisa Carlsen. The streak is the longest for a Lewis team since the 2006-07 squad won 13 in a row, which stands as the longest in school history.

THE LEWIS FIVE - When Nikki Nellen (New Berlin, Wis./Pius XI), Jamie Johnson (South Holland, Ill./Marian Catholic), Kristin Itschner (Metamora, Ill./Peoria Notre Dame), Jess Reinhart (Normal, Ill./Bloomington Central Catholic), Mariyah Brawner-Henley (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) start the Flyers are 30-4. This group has never lost at home as a starting unit.

ONLY THE LONELY - Lewis is the only undefeated team in the Great Lakes Valley Conference and one of nine NCAA DII women's basketball squads without a loss. The other eight undefeated teams in the nation are: Alaska Anchorage, Columbus State, Adelphi, Emporia State, Florida Tech, Indiana (PA), Carson-Newman and Michigan Tech.

UP NEXT - The Flyers return home on Thursday (Jan. 8) for a GLVC contest against UMSL. Tip is set for 5:30 p.m. at Neil Carey Arena.

START EM UP - Jamie Johnson (South Holland, Ill./Marian Catholic) has started all 69 games she has played in a Lewis uniform.

PLAYER, PLAYER (OF THE WEEK) - Jamie Johnson (South Holland, Ill./Marian Catholic) owns two GLVC Player of the Week Awards this year. She took home the first honor on Dec. 1 for her play against St. Edward's and Rollins. She was named the Rollins Tournament MVP as she scored 32 against St. Edward's and 24 against Rollins. She came back the next week to earn GLVC Player of the Week once again (Dec. 8). She scored a career-high 36 points against St. Francis (Ill.) on Dec. 6.

MBH IS GLVC POTW - Mariyah Brawner-Henley (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) earned Lewis' third GLVC Player of the Week honor on Dec. 22 in 2014-15 after helping Lewis to wins over Trevecca Nazarene, Northern Michigan and Grand Valley State. She averaged 17.7 points and 11.3 rebounds per game on the week.

BETTER THAN 50/50 CHANCE - Jamie Johnson (South Holland, Ill./Marian Catholic) is shooting .543 (82-of-151) on the season. Johnson shot .344 as a freshman and .433 as a sophomore.

SCORING IN BUNCHES - Jamie Johnson (South Holland, Ill./Marian Catholic) ranks 24th in the nation in scoring with an average of 20.1 points per game. It leads the GLVC. The total is on track to be a career best for the guard. As a freshman in 2011-12 she averaged 8.7 points per game. She redshirted the following year due to injury and returned last season to score 17.3 points per game.
 
ON THE BOARDS - Junior Mariyah Brawner-Henley (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) ranks third in the nation in rebounds per game (13.1) and sixth in the country in defensive rebounds per game (9.5).

YOU SHOOT 3's NOW TOO!? - Mariyah Brawner-Henley (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) made just 1-of-6 3-point attempts last season as she earned GLVC Player of the Year honors. In 2014-15 she has already made 6-of-15.

BETTER AT THE LINE TOO - Mariyah Brawner-Henley (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) has improved in 2014-15 at the free throw line also. She has made 40-of-54 (78.0 percent) on the season after making 92-of-143 (64.3 percent) last season. She enters Sunday's game 27-of-32 at the charity stripe over Lewis' last seven games.

YOU NEVER SHOOT 3's - Jess Reinhart (Normal, Ill./Bloomington Central Catholic) owns a career field goal percentage of .501 (501 of 1001). Just one of those shots was a 3-pointer. She missed it. She took it Jan. 19, 2013 at Bellarmine. That one 3-pointer came in a desperation attempt with one second remaining and down four points to Bellarmine.

KEEP IT - Lewis ranks sixth in the nation with an assist/turnover ratio of 1.30. Individually, Nikki Nellen (New Berlin, Wis./Pius XI) ranks 21st (2.21) in the country.

SCORING POINTS - Lewis leads the GLVC and ranks ninth in the nation in scoring (83.0 points per game). It is on pace to be head coach Lisa Carlsen's highest scoring team. Her first seven teams averaged 69.7 points per contest with last season's squad averaging a tenure-best 78.3 points per game.

FREE FOR A REASON - By the numbers, the two best free throw shooters in school history are on the roster. Jamie Johnson (South Holland, Ill./Marian Catholic) ranks first in career free throw percentage (.843/193-of-229) while Jess Reinhart (Normal, Ill./Bloomington Central Catholic) ranks second (.826/369-of-447). Reinhart ranks sixth of all active NCAA DII players for career free throw percentage as the stat requires 250 attempts.

HELPING HAND - Nikki Nellen (New Berlin, Wis./Pius XI) owns 396 career assists, seventh most among-active Division II players and 33rd among all three NCAA Divisions. Her career total ranks eighth in career history. Kady Currin (2007-11) is seventh with 408. Cathy Stubitsch (1982-86) is sixth with 410.

D1 AND DONE - Lewis made history this year before the season even started by becoming the first non-DI school to defeat three DI teams in exhibitions. The Flyers topped Loyola-Chicago, Northern Illinois and Marquette.

JUST TOOK ONE WIN - Thanks to Lewis' season opening win over Saginaw Valley State, Lewis head coach Lisa Carlsen is now the program leader in wins. It was her 118th career win. She passed Brian Michalak's (1993-2002) career total of 117-126.

CLEANING THE GLASS - Junior Mariyah Brawner-Henley (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) recorded 21 points and 22 rebounds in Lewis' 83-75 victory over Northwood on Nov. 15, 2014. Her 22 rebounds was one short of tying the Lewis program record for rebounds in a single game. Julie Fruendt holds the record with 23 boards against Valparaiso during the 1984-85 season.

BASKETBALL 101 - Lewis scored 101 points vs. Upper Iowa on Nov. 22. The last time Lewis scored 100 points in a non-overtime game was Dec. 16, 2003 when Lewis topped Saint Xavier (Ill.) 105-83.

1 VS. 5 - Lewis limited Upper Iowa to only five field goals in the second half on Nov. 22. Jamie Johnson (South Holland, Ill./Marian Catholic) recorded six field goals herself in the half. Lewis outscored the Peacocks 43-18 in the final 20 minutes.