Women's Basketball | 2/19/2016 11:26:00 AM
Complete Game Notes (PDF)
VS. THE PUMAS - Lewis is 38-31 all-time against the Pumas of Saint Joseph's College. That total includes a 68-55 victory on Dec. 3, 2015 of this season.
Mariyah Brawner-Henley (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) had 20 points and 13 rebounds in the contest. The Flyers have won the last five meetings with the Pumas. Saint Joseph's last victory came Jan. 28, 2012 at Saint Joseph's by a score of 87-82. The Flyers have had considerable success against Saint Joseph's in Romeoville, as the Pumas last victory at Neil Carey Arena was Feb. 24, 1998 62-64 in a GLVC Tournament contest. That puts Lewis' win streak over Saint Joseph's at Neil Carey Arena at 16 straight.
TODAY IS SENIOR DAY... - Lewis will honor
Mariyah Brawner-Henley (Skokie, Ill./Niles North),
Jessie Tennant (Algonquin, Ill./Jacobs),
Alyssa Dengler (Chicago, Ill./Trinity) and
Sophie Lichte (Reedsburg, Wis./Reedsburg) prior to Saturday's contest.
DIVISION CHAMPS - The Flyers have already clinched the GLVC East Division Championship for a fourth consecutive season.
FIELD GOALS FOR MBH -
Mariyah Brawner-Henley (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) owns 773 career field goals, the most in Lewis history. She became the all-time leader in the category on Feb. 11 at Quincy.
SCORING LEADER BOARD -
Mariyah Brawner-Henley (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) has scored 1,889 career points. She is second all-time in Lewis history. Darcee Schmidt (2003-07) is Lewis' all-time leading scorer with 1,968 points.
CAREER REBOUND RECORD - Brawner-Henley owns 1,219 career rebounds, the most of any GLVC player in league history.
QUITE THE DUO -
Mariyah Brawner-Henley (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) and
Jessica Kelliher (Waukesha, Wis./Waukesha North) are the second best scoring pair in the nation with Brawner-Henley at 12th (20.5 ppg) and Kelliher at 31st (18.1 ppg). Their 38.7 combined points per game fall just behind Texas A&M Int'l's Keiona Mathews (20.9) and Jessica Prieto (19.4).
ALMOST THERE - 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.
TWO YEARS IN THE GLVC - The Flyers suffered only one loss last year in GLVC play. Only one school, the 1996-97 and 1997-98 Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles, have gone two straight years with only one combined conference loss. The 1996-97 team was 20-0 while the following year USI went 19-1.
LEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWIS - Lewis has won 20 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 103-16. Only four other 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 20 consecutive GLVC games. It is a new school record.
ROAD WARRIORS - Lewis has finished the 2015-16 campaign undefeated in road GLVC games for a second straight year.
TIME IS ON MY SIDE - The Flyers have held a lead for 30 minutes or more in 19 of their games. On the season, Lewis has held a lead for 846:55 of a possible 1040 minutes. That means the Flyers have spent 81. 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 56.4 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 24 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 21.7 points and 12.4 rebounds average.
THAT'S DECENT - How dominating of a rebounder is Brawner-Henley compared to the rest of the GLVC? She has grabbed more defensive rebounds (226) than the second best rebounder in the league (UIS' Syerra Cunningham) has grabbed total rebounds (213).
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 2.29. She has 48 assists for 21 turnovers.
"MO" BLOCKS -
Mariyah Brawner-Henley (Skokie, Ill./Niles North), or Mo to her teammates, ranks second all-time in Lewis career blocks with 136. 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 48-2 at home.
WBCA POLL - Lewis has been ranked in the USA TODAY/WBCA NCAA DII Poll for 37 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 473 points on the season, 105 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 63.7 percent (184-of-289).
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.
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.
NATION'S BEST -
Jessica Kelliher (Waukesha, Wis./Waukesha North) is NCAA Division II's leading freshman scorer, averaging 18.2 points per game.
IN THE NATION - Lewis is...
3rd in field goal percentage (49.9)
8th in opponent field goal percentage (33.8)
15th in points allowed (56.4)
16th in rebound margin (7.3)
17th in 3-point field goal percentage (38.9)
17th in scoring margin (15.8)
10 OR MORE -
Mariyah Brawner-Henley (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) has started 87 games in her Lewis career. She has scored in double-digits in 85 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 18, in second behind Northwood's Jordyn Nuerenberg's 19.
DOUBLE TROUBLE -
Mariyah Brawner-Henley (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) owns 68 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 225 field goals this season are the most in NCAA DII.
WAITING IS THE HARDEST PART -
Alyssa Dengler (Chicago, Ill./Trinity) has played in 119 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 (68), rebounds (1,219) and made field goals (773). She is third in scoring (1,889).
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.
