ARLINGTON, Va. -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology men's basketball team improved to 3-0 for the first time in 10 years with a 65-60Â victory over Marymount University in the championship game of the Pablo Coto Invitational on Sunday.
Rose-Hulman relied on a pair of career-high performances in the victory.Â
Terry Hicks scored 18Â points and added a double-double with a career-high 16 rebounds to lead the effort.Â
Max Chaplin added a career-high 17 points off the bench to provide more offense.
The balanced scoring attack also featured
Vuk Djuric and
Samvit Ram with 10 points each. Djuric added eight rebounds, and Ram had a pair of steals.
Hicks was named the Most Valuable Player for the Pablo Coto Invitational and was joined on the all-tournament team by Chaplin.
Montell Cooper led Marymount with 18 points.
Rose-Hulman outrebounded Marymount 47-33 as the key team statistic in the closely contested matchup. The Fightin' Engineers led by as many as 11 points in the second half, before the Saints made several late charges. Free throws in the final seconds by Hicks and Chaplin proved the clinching points in the win.
Rose-Hulman stands 3-0 and hosts DePauw University in a non-conference in-state matchup on Sunday Nov. 28 at 3 pm.