REC CENTER — A Vince Johnson tip-in with 20 seconds left pulled the Peregrines to within three, 93-90, as close as they had been in the second half. Six seconds later, Judson’s Dewayne Robinson, the game’s high scorer, missed a pair of free throws giving the Peregrines another shot at tieing the contest.

And 10 seconds later when freshman Jarrid Bradley grabbed the rebound after a missed 3-point attempt with 3.2 ticks left, the Peregrines had one more chance to knot the game. But a turnover on the in-bounds pass swiped by Robinson sealed the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference win for the Eagles.

PUC (3-22 overall, 3-7 CCAC) trailed by as much as a dozen points throughout the second half, but never quit on both ends of the floor. The Peregrines cut the Eagle lead to three points four times during the half, but never grabbed the lead in the loss.

Junior Antonio McNeal (Hammond Gavit) led the Peregrines with 25 points, including six made in the final four minutes before fouling out of the contest. McNeal has led the team in scoring in the last five of eight games and leads the team scoring 12.4 per game.

Johnson (Bishop Noll) hit 54 percent of his shots for 19 points and collected three rebounds. The senior forward is averaging 9.2 points and 6.5 rebounds overall and 11.7 points and 7.9 rebounds in the CCAC.

Sophomore guard Robert Williams (Gary West Side) scored a dozen and grabbed six rebounds. He’s averaging 7.3 points and 2.7 rebounds per game this season.

Antonio Hurt (Michigan City) scored 11 points off the bench. The sophomore is the team’s second leading scorer averaging 11.6 per game.

The Peregrines host the St. Ambrose University Fighting Bees (10-16) on Saturday at 3 p.m. in the second game of homecoming.