Drury Game Notes (PDF)

Romeoville, Ill. - The Lewis University men's basketball team seeks to extend its winning streak to five games and end its nine-game losing streak to Drury University, as the host Flyers (16-6, 8-5 GLVC) and Panthers (16-5, 10-3 GLVC) are set to battle on Thursday (Feb. 12) night at Neil Carey Arena. Tip-off is set for 7:30 PM.
   Live stats and video streaming of Saturday'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 Lewis entered the Division II ranks, the Panthers own an 11-1 advantage over the Flyers in their all-time series.

LAST TIME WE MET - No. 2 Drury used a 15-2 run to open the second half and rally from a four-point halftime deficit to claim the 56-53 victory over No. 19 Lewis at the O'Reily Family Event Center on February 15, 2014.

LAST TIME WE WON - Lewis sophomore swingman Jason Genova hit a three-pointer at the overtime buzzer to give the Flyers the 83-80 win over Drury on November 30, 2006. Current Drury assistant coach Brandon Kimbrough had hit the game-tying shot for the Panthers just seconds earlier.

LAST TIME OUT - Lewis outscored Rockhurst 22-10 to open the second half and earned the 85-65 GLVC win over the host Hawks, extending its winning streak to four games, on Saturday (Feb. 7) afternoon.

COMEBACK FOR THE AGES - Lewis rallied from a 15-point second-half deficit, including being down six points with less than 20 seconds left, in their 74-73 win over William Jewell last Thursday (Feb. 5). That is the biggest Flyer comeback since they rallied from a 16-point, first-half deficit in an 84-70 win over Alaska Anchorage on November 13, 2010.

WE SHOCKED THE WORLD - Lewis' 70-61 win over Indianapolis on January 31st was its first victory over a No. 1 ranked team since an 82-77 triumph over Southern Indiana on January 2, 2004 in Evansville.

RANKED SCHMANKED - Lewis has defeated at least one nationally-ranked Division II team in each of the last five seasons, following their win over No. 1 Indianapolis.

TOP 10 - Senior guard Ryan Jackson (Bolingbrook, Ill./Riverside-Brookfield) (1,616 points) is sixth in school-history in career points. He needs 72 points to pass Brandon Dagans (2005-09) for fifth place.

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.

WELL DONE ROOKIE - Strus has scored at least 20 points in a game four times this season. He is the first Flyer freshman to score 20 points in a game since Jackson did it in 2011-12.

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

1,000/700 ON THE HORIZON - Senior forward Julian Lewis (Flossmoor, Ill./Homewood-Flossmoor) needs 42 points to reach 1,000 for his career and five 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.

TOTALLY TO THE MAX - Strus is the highest scoring (23rd, 12.8 ppg.) freshman in the GLVC.

MID-RANGE JUMPER? - Lewis has scored just 136 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 7.9 percent of the Flyers' scoring this season.

FREEBIES - Lewis is currently shooting 73.9% from the free throw line, which would put them tenth in school-history for single-season free throw percentage. If that holds true, six of Lewis' Top Ten free throw shooting performances for a season will be by a Trost-led team.

POINTS IN THE PAINT - The Flyers have a decisive advantage down low, as Lewis is averaging 36.2 points-per-game in the paint to their opponents' 20.8.
 
POUNDING THE GLASS - Lewis currently holds a +6.0 rebounding margin over their opponents through 22 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 four games this season. That's the most times the Flyers have hit at least 10 trifectas since they did it five times during the 2011-12 campaign.

POURING IN POINTS - Lewis has scored 90+ points three times this season in 21 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 nine victories of 20+ points or more this season, which is the most by a Flyer team during the Division II era (1980-present).

CLOSE CALLS - Lewis' six losses have been by an average of 4.8 points-per-game, including one overtime loss against No. 6 Bellarmine (Jan. 22).

FROM LONG RANGE - Sophomore guard Capel Henshaw (Harrisburg, Ill./Harrisburg) is currently third in school-history in career three-point FG%, as he has converted 44.6% (54-for-121) of his attempts.

FROM LONG RANGE (PART DEUX) - Lewis, led by Henshaw, has seven players who shoot 35% or above from beyond the three-point arc for their careers.

DISHING DIMES - Jackson has dished out 49 of his team-best 82 assists in the Flyers' last nine games, for an average of 5.4 assists-per-game.

SMOKIN' HOT - Lewis has won 45 of its last 59 contests dating back to the 2012-13 campaign for a winning percentage of .763.