PAINESVILLE, Ohio - A timely 10-0 run late in the second half of Friday's Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference women's basketball game gave Lake Superior State the lift it needed to secure its first GLIAC win of the 2014-15 season.

LSSU (5-4 overall, 1-4 GLIAC), which beat the Storm 48-44, trailed by as many as seven points during the first half and nine during the second. The Lakers were behind 38-30 until Stephanie Fisher and Mackenzie Edwards ignited their team with three-pointers at 7:20 and 6:41 of the second half. A Megan Manninen steal led to Edwards' triple, and an April LaCross rebound led to a game-tying layup by Kelsey Ance at 5:53.

Fisher hit a jumper at 5:04 to give LSSU its first lead of the second half, 40-38.

Manninen made a layup at 1:59 to break a 42-42 deadlock. Fisher hit what turned out to be a game-deciding three-pointer at the 1:20 mark.

Fisher finished with 18 points, five rebounds and four assists. Edwards followed with eight points, and LaCross totaled nine rebounds. LSSU shot 32.7 percent from the field, making 5-of-24 three-point attempts and 11-of-19 free throws. The Lakers out-rebounded the Storm, 38-33.

Kaeding Skelton totaled 10 points and seven rebounds, and Morgan Berry added nine points to lead Lake Erie (7-4 overall, 2-3 GLIAC). The Storm shot 38.3 percent from the field, including 2-of-10 from three-point range, and made 6-of-13 free throws.

LSSU held Lake Erie to season lows in three-pointers and free throws made.

Lake Erie led 18-14 at halftime.

LSSU plays at Ashland at 1 p.m. Sunday.

Boxscore