ERIE, Pa. -- Lorenzo Collier scored 29 points and Malcolm Walters put in 23 as the Mercyhurst men's basketball team earned an 86-77 non-conference victory over Notre Dame (Ohio) on Saturday at the Mercyhurst Athletic Center.

Walters also had nine rebounds and four steals while Patrick Smith grabbed six rebounds and Derrick Ellis Jr. dished five assists.

Halil Parks and Oliver Megins led Notre Dame scorers with 19 points apiece. Kyauta Taylor added 14 points and Jack Kelsheimer finished with 12. Angelo Cugini hauled down eight rebounds and Parks made six assists.

The Lakers (5-4) grabbed an early 19-9 lead, scoring eight straight points during that stretch, and never trailed after that. Collier had nine points and Ryan Roland hit a pair of three-pointers as MU built that early 19-9 advantage.

Mercyhurst led by as many as 17 points in the first half before the visiting Falcons trimmed the deficit to a 40-31 halftime score.

Notre Dame (3-8) closed the gap to six points in the second half, but a strong second-half effort by Collier -- 17 points -- helped Mercyhurst hold on for the win.

As a team, the Lakers finished 28 of 62 from the field (45.2 percent) and 11 of 27 from three-point territory (40.7). They went 19 of 23 from the free-throw line (82.6). Notre Dame was 27 of 57 (47.4), 11 of 31 (35.5) and 12 of 13 (92.3), respectively.

Mercyhurst will return to action on Saturday, Dec. 30, with a 3 p.m. home contest against Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference opponent Shippensburg.