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.