Women's Basketball | 1/6/2016 9:51:00 AM
Complete Game Notes (PDF)
VS. THE LADY PANTHERS - Lewis is 6-9 all-time against Drury. This will be Drury's fifth visit to Neil Carey Arena since the two clubs first met in 2006. Lewis is 1-3 all-time against Drury in Romeoville. The only victory came Nov. 30, 2006 by a score of 76-64. The Flyers would go on to defeat Drury in the GLVC Championship game that season, before falling to Drury in Romeoville in the second round of the NCAA Midwest Regional. Lewis' last win against Drury was Jan. 3, 2013 at Drury (78-55).
REBOUND RECORD -
Mariyah Brawner-Henley (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) made Lewis history on Dec. 30 vs. Cumberland when she became the program's leader in career rebounds. She passed Julie Fruendt's total of 1,043 from 1981-85 with her 10th rebound of the game in the third quarter. Brawner-Henley now holds the record with 1,062 boards.
GLVC RECORD - If you were wondering, the career rebounding record for a GLVC player is Sloan Haughey's 1,187 for Saint Joseph's from 1989-93.Â
1,500 & 1,000 -
Mariyah Brawner-Henley (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) recorded her 1,500th career point and 1,000th rebound in the contest vs. Indianapolis (Dec. 5). She is one of only four active women's basketball players in NCAA DI, DII or DIII with 1,500 points and 1,000 rebounds.Â
SEEING DOUBLE - Junior
Alyssa Siwek (Palos Heights, Ill./Mother McAuley) recorded 11 points and 10 assists at Wayne State (Mich.) on Dec. 20, 2015. The last time a Flyer recorded a double-double in points and assists was
Nikki Nellen (New Berlin, Wis./Pius XI) on Jan. 23, 2014 at home vs. Southern Indiana. Nellen, Lewis' all-time assists leader, had 11 points and 10 rebounds in Lewis 95-85 win over the Screaming Eagles.Â
FOUR IS ENOUGH - Lewis attempted only four 3-pointers on Wednesday (Dec. 30) against Cumberland. They made all four. The last time Lewis attempted four or fewer 3-pointers in a game was Jan. 25, 2014 at Bellarmine. In that game, Lewis missed all four attempts.
FREE FOR THE FROSH - Freshman
Jessica Kelliher (Waukesha, Wis./Waukesha North) has shown a propensity for getting to the free throw line. Of her 237 points on the season, 65 have come from the charity stripe. She is 65-of-83 (78.3 percent) for the season including a 10-of-10 performance against Ferris State on Nov. 29, 2015.
FROSH FROM THE FLOOR -
Jessica Kelliher (Waukesha, Wis./Waukesha North) has been nearly as effective when being guarded, as she ranks second in the nation in field goal percentage at 66.2 percent (86-of-130).Â
FRESHMEN FLYERS -
Jessica Kelliher (Waukesha, Wis./Waukesha North) is averaging 18.2 points per game. She is in rare territory as the last Lewis freshman to average that many points was Chris Toscas' 23.7 points per game in 1988-89. No freshman has averaged 14.0 points or more since Toscas.
SCORIN' SIWEK - The loss of three starters from last season meant someone was going to have to make up the scoring from last year. Enter junior
Alyssa Siwek (Palos Heights, Ill./Mother McAuley). She has scored 115 points this season on 36 field goals. Last season she recorded 60 points on 17 field goals for the entire year. Siwek has been especially dangerous from beyond the arc, making 17-of-31 3-point attempts this season. Her 54.8 percentage from beyond the arc is the best in the GLVC.
IN THE NATION - Lewis is...
1st in field goal percentage (51.6)
1st in 3-point field goal percentage (43.5)
11th in scoring margin (19.3)
16th in scoring per game (78.0)
27th in opponent field goal percentage (34.6)
10 OR MORE -
Mariyah Brawner-Henley (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) has started 74 games in her Lewis career. She has scored in double-digits in 72 of them. Her two starts where she came up short, she had eight points.
DOUBLE TROUBLE -
Mariyah Brawner-Henley (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) owns 60 career double-doubles. Here is how she ranks all-time in NCAA DII history. For Brawner-Henley to reach the NCAA DII record of 84, she would need to have a double-double in every game the rest of the way, including the GLVC and NCAA Tournament.
1. 84 - Celeste Trahan (Elizabeth City St.) 05-08
2. 64 - Carlita Jones (Clarion) 92-95
3. 61 - Lillian McGill (Dist. Columbia) 08-11
4. 60 - Heather Cigich (Clarion) 02-05
4. 60 -
Mariyah Brawner-Henley (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) (Lewis)
RECORD HIGH - Lewis' 111 points against Alderson Broaddus on Nov. 22 marked the most in a regulation game for the Flyers in program history. Lewis matched the number in an 111-105 triple-overtime win at Indianapolis on Jan. 30, 2014, but in 40 minutes of basketball, the Alderson Broaddus total is the best. The previous high for a regulation game was a 110-105 win over Chicago State in 1981.
JOIN THE RANKS - Lewis' No. 2 ranking was the highest preseason ranking school history.
PERFECT X2 - A pair of Flyers put together perfect shooting games in consecutive days. Freshman
Jessica Kelliher (Waukesha, Wis./Waukesha North) was 7-of-7 from the floor and 6-of-6 from the free throw line against Davis & Elkins (Nov. 21). The following day
Alyssa Siwek (Palos Heights, Ill./Mother McAuley) shot 7-of-7 from the floor and 1-of-1 from the free throw line against Alderson Broaddus (Nov. 22).
20/20 -
Jessica Kelliher (Waukesha, Wis./Waukesha North) wasted little time earning her first career 20-point game, doing so in her fifth career contest with 20 against Davis & Elkins (Nov. 21). She earned her first 20-point contest well before her current All-American teammates did.
Mariyah Brawner-Henley (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) did so in her eighth career game, but it was her only 20-point game of her freshman year.
Jamie Johnson (South Holland, Ill./Marian Catholic) didn't have a 20-point game in her freshman year of 2011-12. She redshirted due to injury in 2012-13, and then it took another 10 games as a redshirt sophomore in 2013-14 before she scored 20 points. It was Johnson's 38th career contest.
WAITING IS THE HARDEST PART -
Alyssa Dengler (Chicago, Ill./Trinity) has played in 106 career games, but her first career start didn't come until her 99th career game on Nov. 25 against GVSU.
QUARTER OR MORE - Lewis has won 17 games by 25 points or more since the last time they lost a game by 25 points (94-59 at Central Missouri on Dec. 16, 2011).
SPEAKING NATIONALLY - Of all current players in NCAA Division II,
Mariyah Brawner-Henley (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) leads the nation in career double-doubles (60), rebounds (1,062) and made field goals (653). She is fifth in scoring (1,609).
TONIGHT'S TOP 10 LIST -
Mariyah Brawner-Henley (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) is eighth in career scoring at Lewis. She could rise up the top 10 scoring list this season. For context, Darcee Schmidt (2003-07) is Lewis' all-time leading scorer with 1,968 points. Mary Moskal (2003-07) ranks fifth with 1,761 points.
"MO" BLOCKS -
Mariyah Brawner-Henley (Skokie, Ill./Niles North), or Mo to her teammates, ranks third all-time in Lewis career blocks with 116. She is unlikely to catch first place Julie Fruendt's (1981-85) 215. However second place Jenny Turpel's (2007-11) 123 blocks are in sight.
FETED FLYER – Earlier this year,
Jessie Tennant (Algonquin, Ill./Jacobs) won the Lincoln Academy of Illinois Laureate Award, this award honors individuals whose contributions to the betterment of humanity have been accomplished in or on behalf of the State of Illinois, or, whose achievements have brought honor to the state because their dedication exemplifies the great Illinoisan whose name it bears. Only one senior student at each of the four-year institutions in Illinois are honored for overall excellence, in both curricular and extra-curricular programs.
BEASTS OF THE EAST - Lewis has won the GLVC East Division for three straight seasons. In the 2015-16 GLVC Preseason Poll, the Flyers were picked to win it again.
THE COURSE TO THE COURT - The Flyers welcome sophomore
Rachel Sweeney (Highlands Ranch, Colo./Mountain Vista) to the squad this season. Sweeney is known for her success on the Lewis women's golf team where she earned GLVC Freshman of the Year in 2014, as well as All-GLVC and WGCA All-East Region team accolades in 2015. In October of 2015 she was named the GLVC Women's Golfer of the Month. Sweeney's 75.1 career average is the best in school history.
GLVC POTY X2 - Lewis owns the last two GLVC Players of the Year.
Mariyah Brawner-Henley (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) won the title in 2013-14.
Jamie Johnson (South Holland, Ill./Marian Catholic) earned the honor in 2014-15. However Johnson is out the rest of the season with an injury.Â
