ROMEOVILLE, ILL. - Dan Heimos (Waterloo) set a career record for blocks at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. However, the men's basketball Cougars suffered a road loss at Lewis 69-62.
         The Cougars lost to Lewis despite a 22-point effort from J.B. Jones and 14 points from Heimos.
         Randy Wright lifted the Flyers with 18 points, including four three-pointers.
         With the loss, SIUE is now 18-5 overall and 11-3 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. Lewis improved to 9-12 and 4-10 in the GLVC.
         Heimos now has 104 blocks in his career at SIUE, passing Antone Gallishaw, who blocked 102 shots during the 1988-90 seasons. Heimos' record-breaker came at the 9:54 mark of the first half against Lewis when he thwarted a layup by Steve Turner.
         SIUE now turns its attention to the second half of its four-game road trip. The Cougars next face Quincy on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
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