TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - The Rose-Hulman men's basketball team will play its regular season finale at Manchester University on Saturday February 17.  Tipoff is set for 5 p.m. following the women's game.  Rose-Hulman has clinched a bid to next week's HCAC Conference Tournament.  If the Fightin' Engineers win on Saturday then RHIT will be the #2 seed and will play in the HCAC Semifinals at Mount St. Joseph next Friday.  If Rose loses then the Fightin' Engineers will be the #3 seed and play the #6 seed in the HCAC Opening Round at Mount St. Joseph on Friday.  If Rose wins and Mount St. Joseph loses to Earlham then the Fighitn' Engineers will host the HCAC Tournament as the #1 seed.

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Rose-Hulman News & Notes

* The Fightin' Engineers are currently 15-9, 13-4 HCAC.  
* RHIT is 10-3 since returning from Christmas Break.
* Rose-Hulman has won two straight games over the Spartans and Rose is 8-2 in the last 10 meetings with Manchester.
* Freshman Craig McGee leads Rose in scoring, rebounding, and assists this year with 14.5 ppg, 5.4 rpg, and 5.7 apg.

Manchester News & Notes

* Manchester is 6-18, 4-13 HCAC this season.
* The Spartans topped Bluffton 85-81 on Wednesday February 14.
* Junior Adrian Johnson ranks second in the HCAC in scoring, averaging 18.9 ppg.  Johnson is also 4.7 assists per contest. 

Rose-Hulman 77, Manchester 72

* RHIT topped the Spartans by five points in Terre Haute earlier this season back on Dec. 16.
* Craig McGee had 16 points and four assists in the win.
* Nick McGrail chipped in 11 points and Ryuji Aoki added 14 points off the bench to help lead Rose past Manchester.