There was quite a show at the Bullman Multi-Purpose Building Saturday, but unfortunately for UMR fans, it didn't come from the team wearing the white uniforms.
After the home crowd was wowed by the performance of the Extreme Team during the halftime intermission, visiting Lewis managed to subdue the excitement by shooting 55.2 percent from the floor in the second half and outscored the Miners 42-24 in the final 20 minutes in a 79-59 win over UMR.
Despite shooting just 34.4 percent in the opening half, the Miners overcame an 11-point deficit to trail by just two at halftime at 37-35. But once the second half started, the Flyers outscored UMR 18-4 over the first five minutes to take a 16-point lead and never allowed the Miners to get any closer than 14 for the duration of the contest.
Lewis jumped out to an 15-4 lead before the Miners started finding the mark from the field. UMR missed eight of its first 10 shots before Tyrone Davidson's basket at the 14:31 mark started a 10-1 Miner spurt to draw the team to within two.
The Flyers maintained the lead, however, throughout the half and got it out to nine again at 32-23 before the Miners outscored them 12-5 to finish the half down by two. Yamani Ball's two free throws with 22 seconds to play before halftime trimmed the margin to that point.
Lewis came out and scored the first seven points of the second half, then after Shea Wiemann followed up a Marquis Jones miss with a basket for the Miners' first points of the half, scored 11 of the next 13 and took a 16-point lead at 55-39 on Stephan Bolt's lay-in with 15:10 to play.
The Flyers' (10-7, 5-4 GLVC) advantage grew to as many as 26 points in the second half with most of the damage being done by either Bolt (26 points and 14 rebounds) or Jason Genova (24 points and five three-pointers), who combined to scored 50 of Lewis' 79 points on the afternoon.
UMR had four players in double figures, with Owain Hall leading the way with a career-high 15 points. UMR also got 12 points from Ball, 11 from Wiemann and 10 from Davidson as it dropped to 7-10 overall and 2-8 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference.
The Miners finished the afternoon shooting just 31.1 percent from the field.
UMR will return to action with a non-conference game Tuesday at Oakland City. Game time will be at 7 p.m. in Oakland City, Ind.
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