UMSL Game Notes (PDF)

Romeoville, Ill. - The No. 21 Lewis University men's basketball team meets Great Lakes Valley Conference West Division leading UMSL (10-2, 2-0 GLVC) on Thursday (Jan. 8) night, as the Flyers (10-1, 2-0 GLVC) and Tritons batte at 7:30 PM at Neil Carey Arena.  
   Live stats and video streaming of Thursday's contest can be found at www.LewisFlyers.com. The game can also be heard on www.LewisFlyers.com and WJOL (1340 AM) with Mark Vasko providing the play-by-play action for the Lewis Sports Network.

ALL-TIME SERIES - Since entering the Division II ranks, Lewis owns an 19-6 advantage over Missouri-St. Louis in their all-time series.

LAST TIME WE MET - Lewis junior guard Jeff Jarosz (Lyons, Ill./Morton) scored 18 of his game high 22 points in the second half - including the go-ahead jumper with six seconds left - to lift the No. 17 Flyers to the 82-80 win over UMSL at Chuck Smith Court on Jan. 11, 2014.

LAST TIME OUT -  Lewis held off a late surge by Truman State, led by a game-high 22 points from senior guard Ryan Jackson (Bolingbrook, Ill./Riverside-Brookfield), as the Flyers claimed the 74-64 win over the host Bulldogs on Sunday (Jan. 4).

THE LAST TIME - Lewis guard Max Strus (Hickory Hills, Ill./Stagg) has recorded two double-doubles in his freshman campaign for the Flyers. He is the first Flyer rookie to record a double-double since his brother Marty Strus (2008-12) accomplished that feat in 2008.

SMOKIN' HOT - Lewis has won 39 of its last 48 contests dating back to the 2012-13 campaign for a winning percentage of .813.

RANKED SCHMANKED - Lewis has defeated at least one nationally-ranked Division II team in each of the last four seasons. The Flyers have not met a ranked team thus far in 2014-15. 

TOP 10 - Jackson (1,451 points) is in ninth place in school-history in career points. He needs 38 points to pass Al Latham (1957-61) for eighth-place.

1,000/700 ON THE HORIZON - Senior forward Julian Lewis (Flossmoor, Ill./Homewood-Flossmoor) needs 117 points to reach 1,000 for his career and 87 more rebounds to become just the fourth Flyer in school history to notch at least 1,000 points and 700 rebounds in the Division II era.

WINNING WITH CLASS - Lewis' current senior class (2011) needs 10 wins to reach the most victories (75) by a Trost recruiting class, set by last year's seniors.

POUNDING THE GLASS - Lewis currently holds a +8.5 rebounding margin over their opponents through nine games this season. That would be the highest rebounding margin of any Flyer team under Trost's tenure. The previous high under Trost was +4.2 in 2007-08.

FROM WAY DOWNTOWN - Lewis has hit at least 10 three-pointers in three games this season. The Flyers needed the entire 2013-14 campaign to achieve that same feat. They are averaging 7.2 trifectas per game this season.

BENCH MOB - Lewis' bench is averaging 26.9 points and shooting 50.5% (112-for-222) from the field and 44.6% (41-for-92) from three-point range.

HE'S ON FIRE - Senior forward David Niggins (Naperville, Ill./Naperville Central) is shooting 46.3% (31-for-67) from three-point range in his last 18 contests.

LESS IS MORE - The Flyers needed just 47 total field goal attempts to defeat Saginaw Valley State on November 20th. Lewis is 10-3 (.769) since 2012 when taking less than 50 shots in a contest.

TAKING THE LEAD - In Lewis' 10 wins this season, they have trailed just 8:59 out of a possible 400 minutes played.

POURING IN POINTS - Lewis has scored 90+ points twice this season in 10 contests. That's the most times the Flyers have reached the 90-point plateau since they did it three times during the 2011-12 campaign.

SIZEABLE VICTORIES - Lewis has had seven victories of 20+ points or more this season. That's the most since they won eight games by 20+ points or more during the 2003-04 season.

GETTING TO THE LINE - Lewis is 11-0 over the past three seasons when Jackson gets to the free throw line at least 10 times.

MID-RANGE JUMPER? - Lewis has scored just 60 points this season that have not been either a three-point FG, a FG in the paint or a free throw. Those points amount to just 6.8 percent of the Flyers' scoring this season.

POINTS IN THE PAINT - The Flyers have a decisive advantage down low, as Lewis is averaging 37.8 points-per-game in the paint to their opponents' 19.6.

WELCOME BACK - Lewis moved up two spots in the January 6th NABC/Division II Men's Basketball Caoches Poll to No. 21.

SOLID PROGRAM - Lewis is one of two schools in Division II that has both of their basketball teams ranked in the Top 25 along with Indiana (PA). The Lewis women's basketball team is ranked No. 2 in the country in the January 6th WBCA Division II poll.

REALLY SOLID PROGRAM - The combined winning percentage of the Lewis men's and women's basketbal team's is .958 (23-1). It is the best in all of NCAA DI and NCAA DII, which covers more than 600 schools

SCORING IN BUNCHES - Lewis is averaging 80.1 points-per-game in 2014-15, which is the best scoring average by a Flyer team since they poured in 80.9 points-per-game in 1994-95.

ON THE ROAD AGAIN - Lewis' win over Truman State on Sunday helped the Flyers go 2-0 in GLVC road action for the first time since 2003-04.

SEE SAW AFFAIR - Last year's contest between UMSL and Lewis featured 18 ties and 32 lead changes.