Box Score Fayette, Iowa – The No. 25 Upper Iowa Peacocks led wire-to-wire as they defeated the Lewis University men's basketball team, 89-72, in Great Lakes Valley Conference men's basketball action Saturday afternoon at Dorman Memorial Gym.
IMPACT PLAYERS
Cael Reichter led the Peacocks (12-2, 7-0 GLVC) with 18 points while Trey Lewis snagged a team-best seven rebounds. Kyle Hrncir tallied six assists for the nationally ranked Upper Iowa squad in the win.
Arius Alijosius (Riverside, Ill./Riverside-Brookfield) led Lewis (4-10, 2-4 GLVC) with 22 points, the fourth time in five contests he's eclipsed 20-or-more points.
Cale Cosme (Chicago, Ill./Brother Rice) poured in a career-high 20 points of his own while
John McCrear (Detroit, Mich./Woodford County) amassed 10 scores of his own.
Ryan Hall (Kettering, Ohio/Kettering Fairmont) led all Lewis players with four assists while
Drew Fisher (Los Angeles, Calif./Crespi Carmelite High School) snagged six rebounds.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Flyer and Peacocks exchanged buckets in the opening three minutes, but an 11-0 run from Upper Iowa gave them their first double-digit lead of the game, 17-6, with 15:32 to play in the first half. After once again exchanging buckets throughout the middle of the half, the Flyers mounted a comeback as a McCrear bucket uncorked an 8-2 run that brought Lewis to within four, 38-34, with 4:52 left in the opening stanza.
Upper Iowa stymied the Lewis push and ended the frame with a 13-5 run and entered the locker room with a 51-39 advantage.
Out of the break, the Flyers knocked down back-to-back buckets, courtesy of McCrear and Cosme, to trim the ranked Peacocks lead to just eight, 51-43, with 18L27 to play. Still, Upper Iowa replied with back-to-back layups to expand their lead back to double-digits. The Peacocks never relinquished their double-digit advantage the remainder of the contest en route to their 89-72 win.
GAME NOTES
- Lewis is now 4-3 all-time against the Peacocks
- Jackson Connor (Marion, Ill./Marion), a midyear transfer from EIU, made his Lewis debut, playing 12 minutes
- The Flyers shot 30-of-65 (.462) compared to 34-of-63 (.540) for the Peacocks.
- Today marked the first game against a ranked team since Lewis faced nationally ranked Missouri S&T last season on Jan. 30, 2025.
UP NEXT
Lewis returns home on Jan. 15 to play Truman State. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
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