KENOSHA, Wis. – Roosevelt was edged out 75-70 Monday evening at Parkside in a Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference matchup in Kenosha, Wis.

The Lakers (4-8, 1-3 GLIAC) had the best offensive first half of the Dee Brown era by shooting 64 percent from the field. Forte Prater and Enari Thomas did much of the heavy lifting in that first half, scoring 27 of the Lakers' 40 points in the opening half. Yet the Rangers hung tough and were able to get to the locker room tied at halftime.

In the second half, Roosevelt looked ready to pull away and twice took an eight-point lead against Parkside. The secondary scoring complemented the top duo with Ramean Hinton and Khalil Haywood both making timely baskets during the Lakers' second-half spurt. Hinton finished with 12 points, 10 of which came in the second half, and Haywood scored six of his 10 points over the final 20 minutes.

However, the offensive juice ran out for Roosevelt down the stretch as the Lakers made just 4 of 14 from the field in the final nine minutes of the game to allow the Rangers back into the game. Parkside made five of its last six shots, but still couldn't put away the Lakers. Hinton had a chance to tie the game in the closing seconds, but his 3-pointer rimmed out and Parkside made a pair of free throws to ice the game.

Prater led the way for the Lakers with 20 points while Thomas finished with 19 after sitting much of the second half due to foul trouble. Griffin Yaklich grabbed a team-best eight rebounds and Hinton secured six boards as well.

UP NEXT: The Lakers hit the road to Michigan's Upper Peninsula where it will continue its road swing at 1 p.m. Saturday at Michigan Tech.