JOLIET, Ill. – The local outside temperatures dipped to their lowest of the season Tuesday night, and the Lady Peregrines were plagued with one of their lowest shooting performances of the season in the first half against the University of St. Francis. The team hit only 25 percent of its shots from the field, none from beyond the 3-point arc, to finish with 21 points at the half and trailed 46-21 in the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Contest. In the second half, the Lady Peregrines (5-16 overall, 1-4 CCAC) boosted their shooting to 38 percent, but it wasn’t enough to overcome the 25-point deficit created in the opening half. And for only the second time all season, no Purdue University Calumet player was able to notch a 3-point basket in the loss.

Senior center Jessica Hamman (Highland) led the Lady Peregrines with 21 points, her season high, more than 10 points above her season average. Hamman hit 41 percent of her shots from the field and 87 percent from the charity stripe. She also grabbed five rebounds and had two steals.

Off the bench, junior Stephanie Peacock (Rockford Boylan) scored 10 points, her second highest total of the season, grabbed four rebounds and had two steals. Junior Linsey Smith (Lake Central) was shut out from the field for the first time this season. Smith, who ranks third in free throw shooting percentage in the CCAC at 86 percent, scored nine points on 10 attempts from the foul line. She leads the team in scoring (11.3 points per game) and at the free throw line hitting 79 percent overall.

The Lady Peregrines host the Archers from Moody Bible Institute on Thursday beginning at 6 p.m., one hour earlier than normal tip-off.