SAULT STE. MARIE - Lake Superior State shut down a Walsh men's basketball team that entered Saturday's Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference game averaging 82.6 points per game overall and 71 points per game in league play.

The Lakers held the Cavaliers to a season-low 29.1 percent from the field to win 70-55 and extend their win streak to seven games.

Walsh (5-3 overall, 1-3 GLIAC) took off to a 12-2 lead, but Lake Superior State (7-1 overall, 4-0 GLIAC) maintained its composure and dominated the final 16 minutes of the first half, 38-14. An 18-0 Laker run included points by Tony Harris, Josh Goldschmidt, Alex Williams, Mike Smutny, Jake Blake, Mike Nicholson and Jordan Dasuqi.

The Cavaliers closed within five points, 44-39, with 13:40 remaining in the second half. Dasuqi and Smutny hit three-pointers, and Harris made a layup to give the Lakers a 13-point lead, 54-41, with 10:16 to go. LSSU's biggest lead was 17 points, 66-49, at 3:35.

Harris totaled 12 points, five assists and three steals to lead the Lakers. Williams and Dasuqi scored 10 points each, and Nicholson added nine. Williams and Nicholson led LSSU in rebounds with seven each, and Blake had six.

LSSU shot 48.3 percent from the field, including 8-of-23 from three-point range, and made 6-of-8 free throws. The Lakers out-rebounded Walsh, 38-35.

Jesse Hardin Jr. was 8-of-15 from behind the arc and led Walsh with 27 points. The Cavaliers were 10-of-27 from three-point range as a team and made 13-of-17 free throws.

The Lakers play host to Siena Heights at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

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