INDIANAPOLIS – For the eighth time in her career, Ursuline senior forward Laney Lewis (Lynchburg, OH / Lynchburg-Clay HS) was announced as the Great Midwest Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Athlete of the Week on Monday.
Lewis has garnered conference weekly honors two times in the current season as she aspires to be a three-time league player of the year to close out her decorated career.
The numbers speak for themselves as Lewis continues to stuff the stat sheet by producing averages of 21 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 blocks and 3.5 steals, per game in the Arrows’ two contests.
Lewis is the conference’s all-time leading rebounder and shot blocker. She currently is third in points scored (1,410), exactly 100 points behind former teammate Erica Huber for second place among all players.
Lewis carved out a double-double, her 16th of the season in a win against Ohio Dominican that pitted two top-tier teams in the standings. She had 18 points and 18 rebounds in an effort that included seven assists, five blocks and four steals.
In a close defeat against Cedarville that put the Yellow Jackets second in the conference standings, Lewis did all she could with a 12-for-13 effort from the field to go with a game-high 24 points, six rebounds, five swatted shots and three thefts.
Lewis also has a pair of triple-doubles this season and a USBWA National Player of the Week award to her credit this year.
Her season averages in the league now sit at 19.4 ppg (2nd), 13.4 rpg (1st), 6.5 apg (1st), .521 FG % (5th) and 2.4 bpg (2nd).
The Great Midwest standings had movement at the top as Cedarville unseated Ursuline in an exciting matchup with a March Madness-type feel. The Yellow Jackets are chasing down Findlay (11-2) as the Oilers prepare to make an apeparance on ESPN3 this weekend against Kentucky Wesleyan in the DII Showcase.
Kentucky Wesleyan is heading towards the nationally-televised stream with momentum currently on a five-game win streak. Ohio Dominican, Walsh and Hillsdale are battling for seeding in the conference tournament that could push either program into the upper half or lower half of the standings.