ROMEOVILLE, ILL. – Junior Shawnta Johnson knocked down a game-tying three-pointer from the top of the key with 6.4 seconds to play, but host Lewis scored the game-winner three seconds later as the No. 19 ranked Flyers avoided an upset with a 70-68 win over the visiting University of Missouri-St. Louis women's basketball team Thursday night in Great Lakes Valley Conference play.
 
Lewis' Jessica Kelliher got the ball on the left block, slid under the basket and laid it up and in on the right side to give her team the victory.
 
UMSL, playing the first of three road games over a five-day span, slips to 7-5 overall, including 2-3 in the GLVC, while Lewis improves to 13-3 overall, including 5-1 in the league.
 
Numbers of Note
-Sophomore Laura Szorenyi scored 20 points for UMSL, while junior Jordan Fletcher added 19 points. The duo combined to shoot 13-of-25 from the field.
 
- The Tritons shot 40 percent and held a 32-26 rebounding advantage, including a 9-2 edge on the offensive end, while Lewis shot 54 percent.
 
-Johnson and senior Robneisha Lee each pulled down six rebounds, while Lee added four assists and two steals.  
 
-The game featured seven ties and nine lead changes.
 
How it Happened
Lewis held a 14-10 lead after the first quarter, and 33-32 at the break, netting a shot with six seconds on the clock to erase the Tritons' 32-31 lead on Fletcher's layup 15 seconds earlier.
 
A 12-2 start to the third quarter by the Flyers gave Lewis its biggest lead of the game at 45-34 at the 6:11 mark, but the Tritons end the stanza on a 21-8 run for a 55-53 lead heading into the final 10 minutes.  Szoreyni scored 11 of her points during that run.
 
A jumper by junior Sammie Sproul tied it at 60-60 with 5:12 left in the game before five unanswered by the Flyers. A pair of free throws by Lewis' Jamie Johnson with 37 seconds remaining gave Lewis a 68-65 lead.
 
Johnson's game-tying three came after an sideline inbounds play in which Fletcher found Johnson at the top of the key and banked it in.
 
Up Next
UMSL continues its roadswing on Saturday at Wisconsin-Parkside at 1 p.m.