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ROMEOVILLE, Ill.  – In front of 1,019 fans, the largest crowd of the season, No. 1 Lewis women's basketball kept their perfect record in tact with an 85-73 victory over Indianapolis on Saturday (Jan. 31) afternoon at Neil Carey Arena.

The Flyers led 44-36 at the break thanks to considerable foul trouble for the visiting Greyhounds. Indianapolis finished the first 20 minutes with five players committing two or more fouls. Two Greyhounds eventually fouled out. The Flyers finished the game with three players holding four fouls. 
 
Lewis quickly stretched their eight-point halftime lead to 12 points at 53-41 three minutes into the second half. The Greyhounds responded, however, and scored the next seven points to make it a five-point game.
 
While the Flyers never trailed in the second half, it was close throughout most of the final 20 minutes. The closest Indianapolis advanced was to two points at the 65-63 with 6:13 remaining. Junior Alyssa Siwek (Palos Heights, Ill./Mother McAuley) followed with a 3-pointer for Lewis on the next possession. Her shot started a 14-6 stretch for Lewis over the next four minutes. The push put the contest away. Senior Kristin Itschner (Metamora, Ill./Peoria Notre Dame) had two free throw line jumpers and two assists during the 14-6 stretch.

Itschner finished with 14 points, two blocks and a steal. Junior Mariyah Brawner-Henley (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) recorded 22 points. Fellow junior Jamie Johnson (South Holland, Ill./Marian Catholic) also had 22 points while adding seven assists.
 
"We had some different players step up today including Kristin with some big shots," Lewis head coach Lisa Carlsen said. "We're going to see close games like this and it was good to close this one out."
 
Senior Nikki Nellen (New Berlin, Wis./Pius XI) picked up five assists to bring her career total to 450. She now ranks second all-time in Lewis history in assists. She is 50 short of Brittney Diener (2003-07) who finished with 500 in her Lewis career.
 
Lewis improves to 21-0 (11-0 GLVC). Indianapolis falls to 8-9 (6-5 GLVC). Lewis hits the road to Kansas City next week. First up is a 5:30 p.m. start at William Jewell on Thursday (Feb. 5).