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.

Sophomore Antonio Hurt (Michigan City), the team’s leading scorer averaging 11.9 points per game, finished with eight points, grabbed four rebounds, swiped a pair of steals and had a pair of shot blocks.

Indiana University Southeast (9-5) shot 51 percent from the field in the opening 20 minutes and finished with 49 percent for the game, while the Peregrines (2-9) struggled in the second half hitting 32 percent from the field and finished with 33 percent.