ROMEOVILLE, Ill. - The Lewis University women's basketball team won its seventh consecutive game Thursday (Jan. 15) with a 53-38 victory over Truman State at Neil Carey Arena. The win moves the Flyers to 9-6 overall, 5-2 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference.
IMPACT PLAYERS
Mallory Ramage (Mattoon, Ill./Loyola Chicago) led the Flyers with 15 points and eight rebounds, while
Yahaira Bueno (Bolingbrook, Ill./Bolingbrook) and
Sammi Campanelli (Huntley, Ill./Huntley) had 11 points each.
Kree Nunnally (Crystal Lake, Ill./Example Academy) totaled eight rebounds, while
Ally Cesarini (La Grange, Ill./Lyons Township) had seven steals.
Emajin McCallop had 10 points for the Bulldogs (8-8)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Not much scoring happened in the first seven-plus minutes of the game as the Bulldogs led 7-5 with 2:50 left in the quarter. A Ramage three-pointer and a free throw and basket from Bueno made it a 6-0 Lewis advantage to close out the quarter and give the Flyers an 11-7 lead.
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Gabi Hoover (Mishawaka, Ind./La Lumiere) layup made it eight straight points before Truman ended its over four minute scoring drought to stop the run and make it 13-9. A basket by
Mercy Lasu (Winnipeg, Canada/D'Youville) and three-pointer by Bueno made it a 13-2 run and gave the Flyers an 18-9 advantage with 7:15 remaining in the half.
Truman scored the next five points, but five points from Campanelli have the Flyers their nine-point advantage back. The teams traded baskets to end the half as Lewis took a 25-16 lead into the break.
The advantage for Lewis was between seven and 11 points throughout the third quarter and it ended the quarter with a 41-31 lead.
Lewis' defense dominated the fourth quarter, not allowing a field goal for the first 5:32 of the quarter as it built a 47-32 lead. The Flyers were able to maintain their double digit advantage throughout the fourth quarter en route to the victory.
GAME NOTES
- Cesarini's seven steals extended her program-record of four or more steals in a game to eight in a row, with 47 steals over that span.
- The Flyers held the Bulldogs to 15-of-48 shooting from the floor (31.3%) and 2-of-15 from beyond the arc (13.3%).
- During the winning streak Lewis has held its opponents below 36 percent shooting from the floor six times.
- Lewis outrebounded Truman 33-21 for the contest.
UP NEXT
Lewis hosts William Jewell Saturday (Jan. 17) at 1 p.m. for Special Olympics Night.
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