WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Tyree Coe (Fishers, Ind./Fishers) scored 23 points to lead the Purdue University Northwest men's basketball team in a 75-56 nonleague loss to No. 23 Keiser University (Fla.) Tuesday night in the first game of the Marietta Rappaport Holiday Classic.

Coe (Fishers, Ind./Fishers) made 9-of-17 shots from the field, including 5-of-11 from 3-point land, and added five rebounds, and two assists in the loss, while junior teammate Torrance Johnson (Chicago Heights, Ill./Chicago Hope Academy) (Chicago Heights, Ill./Chicago Hope Academy) notched his seventh double-double of the season with 15 points and 10 rebounds.

Sophomore Max Clifford (Franklin, Ind./Roncalli) (Franklin, Ind./Roncalli) chipped in 13 points to round out PNW's leaders.

Purdue Northwest (5-9) returns to action Wednesday when the Pride take on Ave Maria (3-9), who fell to Marian (Ind.) 74-60 in the tournament's first contest.

PNW trailed at the break to the Seahawks (10-2) – who won their seventh-straight game – by a score of 38-21. Keiser opened the game on a 5-0 run, but PNW managed to respond, thanks to two triples by Coe, by taking its only lead of the game, 13-12, at the 14:45 mark.

A Coe made layup tied the game at 20-all with 10:22 to go in the first half, but the Seahawks would close out the frame on a 18-1 run to take the momentum heading into the locker room.

The closest the Pride would get was 12, 44-32, when Clifford drained a 3 at the 16:34 mark, but KU would answer with five straight points to hold off any comeback.

PNW shot 35.3 percent (18-of-51) from the field and 33.3 percent (9-of-27) from 3-point land, compared to 37.1 percent (26-of-70) and 33.3 percent (6-of-18) for Keiser.

The Seahawks scored 34 points off 26 PNW turnovers, while committing just seven of their own to help capture the win.

Purdue Northwest will take on Ave Maria beginning at 4 p.m. CT Wednesday at the Contess de Hoernle Student Life Center.