SAULT STE. MARIE - Junior Stephanie Fisher and senior Raven Trammell combined for 24 second-half points as the Lake Superior State women's basketball team played its best 20-minute stretch of the season to come from behind and beat Saginaw Valley State 61-54 Thursday at Bud Cooper Gymnasium.

The Lakers (4-11 overall, 4-5 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) are 3-2 in their last five games after getting off to a 1-9 start. They trailed 27-22 at halftime and were down by as many as eight points during the second half.

Fisher, who led all scorers with 19 points, hit a three-pointer at 3:51 of the second half to cut SVSU's eight-point lead to five, 52-47. She had a steal and layup at 2:56 to make it 52-49.

Trammell, who finished with 18 points, had an offensive rebound and layup to trim the deficit to 52-51 with 2:15 remaining. Freshman Mackenzie Edwards' only basket of the game gave the Lakers their first lead, 53-52, since early in the first half.

Alex Morrow, who totaled career highs of 11 points and 15 rebounds, grabbed an offensive rebound and was fouled with 1:18 to go. She made two free throws for a 55-52 LSSU edge, and Trammell made two more after a defensive rebound by April LaCross at the 46-second mark. Trammell went on to go 4-for-4 at the free-throw line during the final 23 seconds.

LSSU shot 41.8 percent from the field for its best shooting performance since Dec. 12. The Lakers were 3-of-16 from three-point range and 12-of-15 at the line. They out-rebounded SVSU, 39-34.

Kayla Womack totaled 16 points and six rebounds to lead Saginaw Valley State (6-6 overall, 4-5 GLIAC). Shelby Herrington and Kristen Greene scored 10 points each. The Cardinals shot 39 percent from the field, including 2-of-11 from behind the arc, and made 6-of-8 free throws.

LSSU plays host to Northwood at 1 p.m. Saturday.

LSSU-SVSU Boxscore