Women's Basketball | 1/7/2015 1:11:00 PM

Complete Game Notes (PDF)

No. 2 Lewis women's basketball (13-0, 3-0 GLVC) returns to Neil Carey Arena on Thursday (Jan. 8) to face the Missouri-St. Louis Tritons (6-4, 2-0 GLVC). Tip is set for 5:30 p.m. The game can be heard on 1340 WJOL with Mark Vasko on the call. Fans can watch the game for free at www.LewisFlyers.com/watch

VS. THE TRITONS - Lewis is 21-7 all-time against Missouri-St. Louis. Lewis has won 12 of the last 13 contests with UMSL dating back to Jan. 4, 2004. Lewis' only loss to the Tritons was Jan. 7, 2012 at UMSL 66-49. Lisa Carlsen is 6-1 against UMSL. The Flyers and Tritons met in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Midwest Regional last year with Lewis winning 69-64.

THOUSAND TIMES OVER - Juniors Mariyah Brawner-Henley (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) and Jamie Johnson (South Holland, Ill./Marian Catholic) both passed the 1,000 career point total on Jan. 4 at Truman State. In an interesting coincidence, Lewis head coach Lisa Carlsen scored her 1,000th career point in the same venue when playing for Northwest Missouri State. However when Carlsen scored her 1,000th point Truman State went by the name Northeast Missouri State.   

1,000 X THREE - Mariyah Brawner-Henley (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) and Jamie Johnson (South Holland, Ill./Marian Catholic) are not the only 1,000 point scorers on the roster. Senior Jess Reinhart (Normal, Ill./Bloomington Central Catholic) owns 1,390, eighth all-time in Lewis history. A total of 22 Flyers have scored 1,000 points in program history.

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' 13-0 start to the season is the best undefeated stretch to start a season in program history.

AS HAWK WOULD SAY, "STRETCH" - Lewis' 13-game win streak is tied for the longest win streak in school history. The 2006-07 squad also had a stretch of 13 consecutive wins.

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 31-4. 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 six NCAA DII women's basketball squads without a loss. The Flyers are one of just three teams to have reached 13-0, joining Adelphi and Columbus State.  Indiana (PA) is 12-0 on the year, while Emporia State and Florida Tech are 11-0 each.

LETS HEAR IT FOR THE BOYS - When you combine Lewis men's basketball's 10-1 record, Lewis hoops teams are 23-1 this year. The combined .958 winning percentage is the best among all NCAA Division I and Division II schools. That is more than 600 institutions. Meanwhile, Lewis is one of three NCAA Division II schools to have both of their basketball teams ranked in the Top 25. Additionally, Lewis is the only NCAA Division I, II or III team in the state of Illinois to have both teams ranked in the top 25.

UP NEXT - The Flyers continue GLVC play on Saturday (Jan. 10) against Maryville. Tip is set for 1:00 p.m. at Neil Carey Arena.

START EM UP - Jamie Johnson (South Holland, Ill./Marian Catholic) has started all 70 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. She picked up Lewis' fourth honor in five weeks on Jan. 5 when she was named the GLVC Player of the Week one again. She averaged 26 points and 16 rebounds in wins at Quincy and Truman State.

BETTER THAN 50/50 CHANCE - Jamie Johnson (South Holland, Ill./Marian Catholic) is shooting .544 (87-of-160) 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 25th in the nation in scoring with an average of 19.9 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 (13.7) and fifth in the country in defensive rebounds per game (10.0). Her 10 double-doubles are the third most in the country.

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 7-of-17.

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 44-of-70 (73.3 percent) on the season after making 92-of-143 (64.3 percent) last season. She enters Sunday's game 31-of-38 (81.6 percent) at the charity stripe over Lewis' last eight games.

YOU NEVER SHOOT 3's - Jess Reinhart (Normal, Ill./Bloomington Central Catholic) owns a career field goal percentage of .500 (505 of 1008). 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 fifth in the nation with an assist/turnover ratio of 1.30. Individually, Nikki Nellen (New Berlin, Wis./Pius XI) ranks 28st (2.17) in the country.

SCORING POINTS - Lewis leads the GLVC and ranks sixth in the nation in scoring (83.8 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 (.845/197-of-233) while Jess Reinhart (Normal, Ill./Bloomington Central Catholic) ranks second (.824/380-of-461). Reinhart ranks eighth 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 399 career assists, sixth most among-active Division II players and 32nd 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 career-high 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. Brawner-Henley made another run at the record on Jan. 4 when she grabbed 21 rebounds in a game vs. Truman State.

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.