GREENCASTLE, Ind. – The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology men's team battled in a tight opening night matchup before narrowly falling 80-75 to DePauw University on Friday night.
The contests featured 11 ties and 10 lead changes as the score remained within seven points throughout the entire 40 minutes.
Max Chaplin led the Rose-Hulman offense with 16 points.
Bradley Harden and
Zachary Jackson tied career-high scoring performances with 11 and 10 points, respectively.
Simon Blair rounded out the four Fightin' Engineer double-figure scorers with 10 points.
Terry Hicks added 8 points and 10 rebounds, and
Vuk Djuric also scored 8 points.
Elijah Hales led all scorers for DePauw with 26 points. Camden Brown also reached double figures for the Tiger with 11 points and a team-high 8 rebounds.
Rose-Hulman and DePauw also completed a single-digit margin in the game for the 10th time in the series last 12 meetings. The Fightin' Engineers held a 69-66 lead in the final four minutes, but a 7-0 run by DePauw set the stage for the late rally.
DePauw improved to 2-0 on the season with the victory, while Rose-Hulman stands 0-1. The Fightin' Engineers return to action in the Great Lakes Invitational with a matchup against Baldwin Wallace on Friday afternoon at Wabash College.
