Women's Basketball | 2/12/2016 12:19:00 PM
Complete Game Notes (PDF)
VS. THE BULLDOGS - Lewis is 2-1 all-time against Truman State. The Flyers won 93-57 last year at Truman State. The Flyers blitzed the Bulldogs with a 51-27 lead at halftime.
CAN CLINCH - Lewis has already clinched a bye in the first round of the GLVC Tournament. The Flyers can clinch their fourth consecutive GLVC East Division Championship on Saturday with a victory over Truman State combined with a loss by Bellarmine to Maryville.
FG'S FOR MBH -
Mariyah Brawner-Henley (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) owns 756 career field goals, the most in Lewis history. She earned the title Feb. 11 at Quincy.
SCORING LEADER BOARD - Brawner-Henley has scored 1,847 career points. She is fourth all-time in Lewis history. She will soon past third place Carey Jewell who scored 1,850 points from 1996-00. Brawner-Henley is also nearing second place Krista Eschoo who scored 1,854 from 1987-91. Darcee Schmidt (2003-07) is Lewis' all-time leading scorer with 1,968 points.
CAREER REBOUND RECORD - Brawner-Henley owns 1,200 career rebounds, a Lewis and GLVC record.
AND WE'RE OFF! - Lewis' 14-0 start to conference play is their longest undefeated streak to start league play in school history. Last year's squad started GLVC play 13-0.
LONG WAYS TO GO, BUT... - If you are wondering...only two teams have ever gone undefeated in GLVC play. The 2005-06 Drury Panthers went 19-0. The 1996-97 Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles went 20-0 in the GLVC.
HALL OF FAME FLYERS - When Lewis is traveling back home on Saturday from a game at Truman State, a pair of former Flyers will be inducted into the Lewis Athletics Hall of Fame during intermission of the Lewis men's volleyball match vs. Ohio State. Mary Moskal (2003-07) scored 1,761 points for Lewis and was the GLVC Player of the Year in 2005-06. Karen Lockyer was the head coach of the Flyers for two seasons from 1975-77 before taking over the volleyball program at Lewis.
LEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWIS - Lewis has won 18 consecutive games. It is the fifth win-streak of 10 or more games in program history and the second longest in school history. The Flyers won exactly 10 in 1984-85 and 1997-98. The 2006-07 Flyers won 13 games in a row while last season's 2014-15 squad set the program record by winning 23 games to open the season.
CENTURY MARK - Since the 2012-13 season, Lewis is 101-16. Only four GLVC teams have won 100 games in a four year span. 1998-02 Northern Kentucky won 113, 1987-91 Saint Joseph's won 103, 2005-09 Drury won 102 and 1994-98 Southern Indiana won 100.
20/20 VISION - The Flyers are in the middle of their 10th 20-win season in program history. Lewis has won 20 plus games for four straight years. The only other time Lewis recorded consecutive 20-win seasons was 1983-84 & 1984-85.
GLVC WINS - Dating back to last season, Lewis has won 18 consecutive GLVC games. It is a new school record.
TIME IS ON MY SIDE - The Flyers have held a lead for 30 minutes or more in 17 of their games. On the season, Lewis has held a lead for 774 minutes and 29 seconds of a possible 960 minutes. That means the Flyers have spent 80.6 percent of the season in the lead.
IT IS A SIMPLE GAME - Lewis has recorded a better field goal percentage than their opponent in every game this season.
DEFENSE, DEFENSE - Only four opponents have reached 40 percent shooting against the Flyers this season. Rockhurst put together the best shooting performance against Lewis this year, finishing with a 48.3 percentage.
DEFENSE LIKE IT'S 1998 - Lewis is limiting opponents to 56.7 points per game. The last time Lewis finished a season with opponents averaging in the 50's was the 1997-98 season when Lewis gave up 55.4 points per game.
TOP 10 OR MORE -
Jessica Kelliher (Waukesha, Wis./Waukesha North) has recorded double-digit points in 22 consecutive games.
GLVC IS FOR MBH -
Mariyah Brawner-Henley (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) is the only player in the GLVC averaging 20 points per game and 10 rebounds per game in conference play thanks to her 21.8 points and 12.8 rebounds average.
MOUSE IN THE HOUSE -
Alyssa Dengler (Chicago, Ill./Trinity), or 'Mouse' to her teammates, is leading the league in GLVC games only in assist/turnover ratio at 2.37. She has 45 assists for 19 turnovers.
"MO" BLOCKS -
Mariyah Brawner-Henley (Skokie, Ill./Niles North), or Mo to her teammates, ranks second all-time in Lewis career blocks with 132. Julie Fruendt's (1981-85) 215 is first.
SINGLE-GAME BOARDS - Lewis senior
Mariyah Brawner-Henley (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) grabbed a career-high 23 rebounds on Jan. 7 vs. Drury. It also tied the Lewis school record for single-game rebounds. Julie Fruendt also grabbed 23 rebounds in a game against Valparaiso during the 1984-85 season.
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.
HOME IS WHERE THE WINS ARE - Since the start of the 2012-13 season, Lewis is 47-2 at home.
WBCA POLL - Lewis has been ranked in the USA TODAY/WBCA NCAA DII Poll for 36 consecutive polls, dating back to Jan. 14, 2014.
FREE FOR THE FROSH - Freshman
Jessica Kelliher (Waukesha, Wis./Waukesha North) has shown a propensity for getting to the free throw line. Of her 446 points on the season, 98 have come from the charity stripe. She had 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 64.9 percent (174-of-268).
AS A MATTER OF FACT... -
Jessica Kelliher (Waukesha, Wis./Waukesha North)'s field goal percentage this year is on pace to be the best shooting performance in school history. The current record for single-season shooting percentage is 61.0 by Gloria Robinson from 1988-89.
GETTING AHEAD OF OURSELVES - For perspective on
Jessica Kelliher (Waukesha, Wis./Waukesha North)'s current field goal percentage, if she could finish her career with her current average she would rank in the top 10 all-time in NCAA DII history in career field goal percentage. Only six players in DII history have ever averaged 65.0 percent or better for their career.
FRESHMEN FLYERS -
Jessica Kelliher (Waukesha, Wis./Waukesha North) is averaging 18.6 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.
WHAT'S THE POINT -
Jessica Kelliher (Waukesha, Wis./Waukesha North)'s 18.6 points per game ranks third in the nation among freshmen. Keiona Matthews (Texas A&M International) is averaging 21.6 points per game. Fatima Adams (Arkansas State) is averaging 20.6 points per game.
IN THE NATION - Lewis is...
2nd in field goal percentage (50.3)
7th in opponent field goal percentage (34.1)
12th in 3-point field goal percentage (38.4)
16th in points allowed (56.7)
16th in scoring margin (16.4)
16th in rebound margin (8.2)
10 OR MORE -
Mariyah Brawner-Henley (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) has started 85 games in her Lewis career. She has scored in double-digits in 83 of them. Her two starts where she came up short, she had eight points.
DOUBLE-DOUBLE QUEEN -
Mariyah Brawner-Henley (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) won the NCAA DII double-double title with 23 in 2013-14 and shared it in 2014-15 with 25. This year she has 16, in second behind Northwood's Jordyn Nuerenberg's 17.
DOUBLE TROUBLE -
Mariyah Brawner-Henley (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) owns 67 career double-doubles. Second most in NCAA DII history. That is where she will stay, as even if she records a double-double in each game all the way to the NCAA National Championship game, she can't catch the all-time leader Celeste Trahan (Elizabeth City St.) who had 84 from 2005-08.
MAKING BASKETS -
Mariyah Brawner-Henley (Skokie, Ill./Niles North)'s 208 field goals this season are the most in NCAA DII.
WAITING IS THE HARDEST PART -
Alyssa Dengler (Chicago, Ill./Trinity) has played in 117 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 18 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 (67), rebounds (1,200) and made field goals (756). She is third in scoring (1,847).
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.
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.
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.
50 IS ENOUGH - Lewis picked up a 54-41 win over Drury on Jan. 7. It was the first time Lewis won a contest while scoring less than 60 points since defeating Missouri S&T 50-42 on March 8, 2013 in the GLVC Tournament in Evansville, Indiana.
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.
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.
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.
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.
