LAKELAND, Flo.-- The Lake Erie women's basketball team concluded the Mocs Thanksgiving Classic today with a match against the Lynn University Fighting Knights. They played Lynn close, showing improvement from yesterday's game, but fell just short, 72-64.

Game Recap

The Storm struck first and set the early tone, matching every Lynn push with an answer of their own. The Fighting Knights got ahead late in the first, and the teams stayed close through the second, with Lake Erie tying the game twice before heading into halftime down 39-34.

Lynn opened the third with a run to build a 12-point lead, but the Storm kept battling, cutting the deficit to single digits in the fourth and outscoring the Fighting Knights 20-16. Their rally came up short, however, as they fell 72-64 to close out their trip.

Nina Shaffer and Megan Mares led the team with 13 points each with Shaffer shooting 5-for-9 from the field and Mares going 6-for-11.

Kylie Maxwell again led the Storm on the glass with eight rebounds and now averages seven per game this season.

Looking Ahead

The Storm will begin G-MAC competition on Thursday, December 4th at home against the Walsh Cavaliers at 5:30 p.m.