RICHMOND, Ind. -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology men's basketball team completed the 2020-21 men's basketball season with a 10-2 record after defeating Earlham College 74-56 to retain the John Mutchner Cup on Sunday afternoon.

With the victory, Rose-Hulman secured the highest winning percentage among HCAC teams during the 2020-21 men's basketball season.

The score was tied 26-26 with 5:19 left in the first half, before the Fightin' Engineers closed the opening 20 minutes on a 15-0 run to take a 41-26 halftime lead.  Dillon Duff opened the run with five straight points, Craig McGee scored seven of the next 10 points, and Samvit Ram buried a three-pointer to give Rose-Hulman a double-figure lead at the half.

Earlham closed to within 12 points at 44-32 with 17:26 left, but an 11-1 run by Rose-Hulman pushed the lead to 55-33 and put the game away.  Back-to-back three-pointers from Max Chaplin capped the Fightin' Engineer run.

Duff paced the Rose-Hulman offense with 15 points and eight rebounds.  McGee also reached double figures with 11 points and added a game-high six assists.  Ram and Terry Hicks contributed nine points each, and Chaplin scored six points. 

Rose-Hulman had 13 different players dent the scoring column in the win.  Jamel Barnes led Earlham with 27 of the team's 56 points.

Earlham dropped to 1-7, while Rose-Hulman finishes the 2020-21 campaign with a 10-2 record.  The .833 winning percentage ranks third in Rose-Hulman single-season history, behind the 1977 and 2013 teams that were 24-4.