TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology men's basketball team will compete for the Rhodes College Invitational championship on Sunday at 2 p.m. Central Time. The Fightin' Engineers will square off with Louisiana College in the championship game.
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MEDIA GAME NOTES
Rose-Hulman (1-0) News & Notes:
- Rose-Hulman won the opening round game of the Rhodes College Invitational on Saturday, defeating LaGrange 78-72.
- Four Fightin' Engineers reached double figures in the LaGrange win. Charlie Aimone had 18 points, Craig McGee scored 14, and the duo of Ryuji Aoki and Luke Callahan had 13 each.
- has been picked as the HCAC preseason favorite in a poll of league coaches released earlier this month.
- Rose-Hulman returns four starters from a team that won a share of the 2017-18 HCAC regular season championship and captured hosting rights for last season's conference tournament.
- Craig McGee leads the returning starters after pacing Rose-Hulman in scoring, rebounds, assists and steals. The first-team all-conference selection averaged 14.1 points per game and was named both the HCAC and D3hoops.com Great Lakes Region Freshman of the Year.
- Charlie Aimone and John Czarnecki are two returning starters that also averaged double figures in scoring. Aimone is a two-time second-team all-HCAC honoree with 970 career points who averaged 12.4 points per game last season. Czarnecki was chosen to the all-HCAC Tournament Team in 2018 and shot 61% from the field while averaging 10.4 points per game.
- Nick McGrail is the team's fourth returning starter after averaging 6.3 points per game. Returnees also include double-figure scorers Luke Callahan (10.6 ppg) and Ryuji Aoki (10.0 ppg).
Sunday's Opponent: Louisiana College (2-1)
- Louisiana College stands 2-1 on the season. The Wildcats lost the opener 86-84 to Birmingham Southern, then defeated Centenary 61-58.
- In Saturday's Rhodes College Invitational game, Louisiana College defeated host Rhodes 82-59.
- Louisiana College had five players score between 8 and 13 points in the Rhodes victory. Lashard Powell had a team-high 13 points in 15 minutes of action.
