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LEBANON, Ill. - No. 2 Lewis women's basketball out-rebounded McKendree 50-31 to pick up a 91-71 Great Lakes Valley Conference road win on Saturday (Feb. 21) afternoon. The win clinches the GLVC East Division Championship for the Flyers. Lewis has now won the GLVC East crown in three consecutive seasons.

The win is also Lewis' 16^th GLVC win of the season. It matches the single season school record last year's team set when they finished with 16 conference wins.

Five Flyers finished in double-digits with senior Jess Reinhart (Normal, Ill./Bloomington Central Catholic) leading the way with 17 points. She now owns seventh place in career scoring at Lewis all to herself with 1,580 points. Junior Mariyah Brawner-Henley (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) picked up her 20th double-double of the season thanks to a performance of 18 points and 11 rebounds.

"Our post players did a nice job of scoring around the basket today," Lewis head coach Lisa Carlsen said.

Senior Alexus Grayer (Washington, Ill./Washington) came off the bench to add 16 points on an efficient 4-of-7 performance beyond the arc. Junior Jamie Johnson (South Holland, Ill./Marian Catholic) totaled 14 points. Senior Kristin Itschner (Metamora, Ill./Peoria Notre Dame) totaled 10 points with four assists. 

McKendree's final lead of the game came at 8-7. The Flyers led the rest of the way. After committing only four fouls on Thursday at UIS, Lewis stayed out of foul trouble once again on Saturday. McKendree never entered the double bonus with four fouls being called on Lewis in the first half and eight in the second half. 

Of Lewis' 50 rebounds, 19 were of the offensive variety. Lewis out-scored McKendree in the paint 44-36.

The visiting Flyers out-shot the Bearcats 48.6 percent to 43.6 percent.

Lewis improves to 26-1 (16-1 GLVC). McKendree falls to 2-23 (1-16 GLVC). The Flyers close the regular season on Thursday (Feb. 26) at UW-Parkside. A win would set a new program record for single season conference wins.