INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Lewis Flyer women's basketball team opened the game on a 14-1 run on its way to an 88-63 victory on Saturday afternoon at Nicoson Hall in Indianapolis, Ind. The Flyers (13-4, 6-1 GLVC) made a season-high 12 3-pointers in the contest and shot 60 percent (12-for-20) from beyond the arc.

Kayla Brewer (Milwaukee, Wis./Milwaukee School of Languages) got Lewis off and running scoring the first five points and 11 of the team's first 14 points. The Flyer defense held the Greyhounds (5-12, 2-5 GLVC) without a field goal for the first 5:30 minutes until Alexa Bailey knocked down a jumper.

"We were really satisfied with our start," women's basketball head coach Samantha Quigley Smith said. "We've been having really good starts on the road and just have to maintain that energy throughout the game.

"We were able to get great contribution from the perimeter from Kayla Brewer (Milwaukee, Wis./Milwaukee School of Languages), Katie Gardner (Franklin, Wis./Pius XI) and Reilly Olmstead (Brownsburg, Ind./Brownsburg). That makes things much more comfortable for our bigs."

The lead grew to 18-3 but UIndy countered with a 7-2 run to cut the margin to 10 on a three-pointer from Taylor Drury with 1:25 left in the quarter. Lewis pushed its lead back to 14 points thanks to a pair of free throws from Jessica Kelliher (Waukesha, Wis./Waukesha North) and bucket from Carley Graverson right before the end of the quarter.

The Flyers carried that momentum over into the second quarter scoring 13 of the first 17 points to build a 23-point lead with 4:50 left in the half. The Greyhounds answered with six straight to cut the lead to 17 points but were unable to get any closer than that as Lewis ended the half scoring eight of the last 10 points to carry a 45-22 lead into the locker room.

The Flyers shot 59 percent (17-for-29) from the floor in the first half, was 9-of-17 from three and shot 67 percent at the foul line. They outrebounded the 'Hounds 16-13 and were led in scoring by Brewer with 14 points while Kelliher added eight.

Lewis opened the third quarter on a 9-2 run to build its largest lead of the game at 54-24. The Flyers shot only 30 percent in the stanza but were able to maintain their lead by going 14-of-17 at the foul line. Rachel Hinders (Johnston, Iowa/Johnston), Chrissi Ekhomu (Bolingbrook, Ill./Joliet Catholic) and Kelliher led the way with four points each in the frame.

UIndy cut the margin to 18 points four different times in the final 10 minutes but were unable to get any closer than that as Lewis shot 50 percent from the field, was 3-for-3 from downtown and made 8-of-9 free throws.

The Flyers had 11 players score in the contest led by Brewer and Kelliher with 17 points each. Olmstead and Ekhomu added nine points apiece while Hinders and Tierney Lockett (Richton Park, Ill./Rich South) finished with eight points each. Hinders pulled down a game-high eight rebounds.

Lewis did a great job on Martha Burse holding her to just five points in the contest. Burse entered the game second in the GLVC in scoring with 22.8 points per game but was held to 2-of-10 shooting. Devin Ferguson led three Greyhounds in double figures with 15 points while Tina Negoescu added 13 and Bailey dropped in 10.

The Flyers return to action on Monday evening traveling up to Kenosha, Wis., to take on Wisconsin-Parkside at 5:30 p.m.