CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. -- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology missed a potential game-tying 3-pointer at the buzzer as Wabash College held on for a 67-64 men's basketball victory on Wednesday night.
Rose-Hulman trailed 67-64 with 5 seconds remaining, and a full-court pass was deflected out of bounds to give the Fightin' Engineers one last chance to tie the score from in front of the bench. A contested 3-pointer by
Max Chaplin fell out at the buzzer as Wabash improved to 4-1 on the season.
Chaplin and
Terry Hicks led the Rose-Hulman offense with 13 points each.Â
Dillon Duff added 12 points. Hicks had a team-high 9 rebounds, while
Vuk Djuric pitched in with a team-high 3 assists.
Other key contributors included
Trey Wurtz with 8 points and
Jackson Kabrick with 7 points.
Jack Davidson led the Wabash offense with 16 points. Ahmoni Jones and Kellen Schreiber also reached double figures with 15 and 13 points, respectively.
Rose-Hulman held a 34-28 advantage at the half, but Wabash hit 6 three-pointers in the second half to rally from an 11-point deficit in the second half to secure the win.
The Fightin' Engineers stand 3-2 on the season and travel to Transylvania University for the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference opener on Saturday at 3 pm.