Archive for December, 2008
Saturday, December 20th, 2008 - 9:06 pm
REC CENTER — Peregrine guard Robert Williams jacked-up a 12-foot jumper that splashed through the net as the buzzer sounded in regulation to tie the game, 90-90, and the home crowd roared. But a little more than five minutes later, at the end of overtime, the RedHawks sent the Peregrine faithful home with a 103-100 nonconference loss, and payback after PUC beat IUN in overtime last month, 89-85, at the Savannah Center in Gary.
With a one-point lead and seven seconds remaining in overtime, RedHawk Jesse Howell was fouled by Williams. Howell hit both free throws giving his team a 3-point advantage. The Peregrines pushed the ball up the court, but never got a clean look at the basket as senior Vince Johnson tried to connect on a jumper that missed as the horn sounded.
The Peregrines (2-10) were paced by sophomores Antonio Hurt (Michigan City) and Michael Patton (Gary West Side). The pair combined for 61 points hitting 72 percent from the field.
Hurt had a career high 33 points shooting 71 percent from the field, including a perfect 2-for-2 from the 3-point stripe. Hurt, the team’s leading scorer averaging 11.9 per game, also had seven rebounds in the loss.
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Saturday, December 20th, 2008 - 12:42 am
REC CENTER — A 13-6 run by the Grenadiers in the second half gave the vistors an 18-point lead that the Peregrines couldn’t overcome in the 66-47 nonconference loss Friday night. The Peregrines trailed 37-26 at the half, but weren’t able to slow down the Grenadiers offense in the opening minutes of the second half.
Sophomore Michael Patton (Gary West Side) led the Peregrines in scoring for the second time this season, scoring 14 points, including a pair of 3-pointers and a rim-rattling tip-in slam dunk. Patton, the team’s leading rebounder averaging 7.7 per game and has 77 total this season, had a team-high nine rebounds in the loss.
Senior Kevin Thomas (Highland) was perfect from the field scoring 10 points, and he also added three rebounds and three assists. In the four games he has played, after missing the first six due to an injury, the 6-8 center is averaging 5.5 points and 5.3 rebounds per game.
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Wednesday, December 17th, 2008 - 12:40 am
REC CENTER — Ahead by six at the half, the Peregrines tightened the screws on defense limiting Taylor University to only a dozen points in 15-plus minutes of action in the second half. PUC also owned the rebounding edge nearly doubling the Trojans output en route to a 53-47 win at home.
Taylor University (6-8) struggled from the field (41 percent) in the second half including a 2-for-12 effort from the 3-point stripe, and only closed the scoring gap with 3:51 to play. The Trojans cut the lead to 47-42 with 1:25 left in regulation, but the Peregrines (2-8) clamped down defensively holding the Trojans to a 2-for-5 performance in the closing seconds of the game.
Peregrine sophomore Antonio Hurt (Michigan City) led his team, for the second consecutive game, with 15 points shooting 54 percent from the floor, including a perfect night from the 3-point stripe. Hurt leads the Peregrines averaging 11.9 points per game.
Senior Kris Krstevski (Lake Central), the team’s fourth leading scorer, hit 60 percent from the 3-point stripe and finished with 11 points, six rebounds and a pair of assists.
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Monday, December 15th, 2008 - 7:34 pm
HAMMOND, Ind. — A busy week of basketball starts Tuesday at 7 p.m. as the men’s team hosts Taylor University from Upland, Ind. The Trojans (6-7) are coming off an upset of previously No. 8 ranked Indiana Tech, NAIA Division II, in the Ivanhoe Classic Championship on Dec. 6.
Taylor University is averaging 63.8 points, 29.2 rebounds and 13.6 turnovers per game this season. Senior guard Alex Daniel leads the team averaging 15.9 points per game.
On Friday, Indiana University Southeast enters the Peregrine nest for a 7 p.m. tilt. 
The Grenadiers (7-5) handed the Peregrines a pair of losses last January in the Recreation Center and in November 2007 in New Albany.The halftime entertainment is Crown Point’s Colonel John Wheeler Middle School cheerleaders.
Closing out the week, the Peregrines battle their backyard rival Indiana University Northwest at 3 p.m., Saturday, in the second game of a basketball doubleheader with the women’s team. 
The Peregrines beat the RedHawks in overtime, 89-85, earlier this month at the Savannah Center. Peregrine sophomore Michael Patton (Gary West Side) led PUC with 18 points, including the overtime winner and the game-tying basket at the end of regulation.
Both games will air on WJOB 1230-AM. The women’s game will be live at 1 p.m. and the men’s game will be tape-delayed to air after the Purdue West Lafayette contest against Davidson that begins at 3 p.m.
The Valparaiso Horizon Gymnastics performers will provide the halftime entertainment at both games.
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Sunday, December 14th, 2008 - 12:53 am
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — In a rematch with Kettle Classic opponent Mount Mercy, the Peregrines stayed close to the home team in the opening 20 minutes of action, including a pair of ties through the first 13 minutes of play. But the Mustangs (6-5) kicked their offense in high gear in the second half leading to the 71-52 loss for the visitors.
The Peregrines (1-8) shot nearly 42 percent from the field, including 25 percent from the 3-point stripe, in the first half and headed to the locker room trailing 33-28 behind Antonio Hurt’s (Michigan City) 10 points in 17 minutes of play. But the offense fell flat in the opening minutes of the second half registering only 10 points in the first 10 minutes of play, while the home team scored 17.
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