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Romeoville, Ill. - The Lewis University men's basketball team hopes to continue its winning ways, as the Flyers (15-6, 7-5 GLVC) travel to Kansas City to meet Rockhurst (6-14, 2-10 GLVC) for a 3 PM tip-off at the Mason-Halpin Fieldhouse on Saturday (Feb. 7) afternoon.
   Live stats and video streaming of Saturday's contest - provided by Rockhurst - can be found on on www.LewisFlyers.com.

ALL-TIME SERIES - Since Lewis entered the Division II ranks, the Flyers hold a 7-5 advantage over Rockhurst in their all-time series.

LAST TIME WE MET - Rockhurst gave No. 22 Lewis a scare, but the host Flyers, led by a game-high 26 points from junior guard Ryan Jackson (Bolingbrook, Ill./Riverside-Brookfield), held on for the 73-69 GLVC victory over the visiting Hawks at Neil Carey Arena on February 6, 2014.

LAST TIME OUT - Lewis rallied from a six-point deficit to William Jewell with less than 20 seconds remaining and capped it off with a Jackson buzzer-beating jumper to give the visiting Flyers the 74-73 GLVC win over the Cardinals on Thursday (Feb. 5) night.

COMEBACK FOR THE AGES - Lewis trailed William Jewell by 15 points with less than seven minutes to go in the contest. 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 - Last Saturday's win over Indianapolis was Lewis' first over a No. 1 team since an 82-77 victory over Southern Indiana on January 2, 2004 in Evansville.

TOP 10 - Jackson (1,616 points) is sixth in school-history in career points. He needs 76 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.

1,000/700 ON THE HORIZON - Senior forward Julian Lewis (Flossmoor, Ill./Homewood-Flossmoor) needs 57 points to reach 1,000 for his career and 15 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 four wins to reach the most victories (75) by a Scott Trost recruiting class, set by last year's seniors.

TOTALLY TO THE MAX - Strus is the highest scoring (23rd, 12.6 ppg.) freshman in the GLVC.

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 last week.

MID-RANGE JUMPER? - Lewis has scored just 130 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 74.3% from the free throw line, which would put them seventh 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.

TAKING THE LEAD - Prior to Thursday's game against William Jewell, Lewis had only trailed 33:30 out of a possible 560 minutes played in their 14 victories. Against the Cardinals, Lewis trailed for 38:09.

POINTS IN THE PAINT - The Flyers have a decisive advantage down low, as Lewis is averaging 35.9 points-per-game in the paint to their opponents' 21.0.
 
POUNDING THE GLASS - Lewis currently holds a +5.9 rebounding margin over their opponents through 21 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 44.4% (52-for-117) 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 40 of his team-best 73 assists in the Flyers' last eight games, including a career-high nine dimes against McKendree (Jan. 15).

SMOKIN' HOT - Lewis has won 44 of its last 58 contests dating back to the 2012-13 campaign for a winning percentage of .759.