TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology rallied from an 11-point deficit in the final five minutes of regulation to force overtime, but Earlham College took control in the extra session to earn a 66-59 men's basketball victory on Tuesday night.
Earlham built a 55-44 lead with 5:07 remaining, before Rose-Hulman scored the final 11 points of regulation to force an overtime knotted at 55-55.Â
Terry Hicks scored two straight field goals,
Dillon Duff added two free throws, Hicks buried a three-pointer and
Max Chaplin tied the game with a jumper at the 42-second mark. Rose-Hulman earned a stop on the final two Earlham possessions and the game went an extra five minutes.
Chaplin hit a 3-pointer to give Rose-Hulman a 58-57 lead with 4:17 left in the extra session. Earlham closed the game on a 9-1 run to pick up the victory.
The tightly contested game was tied both at halftime at 30 and at the end of regulation at 55. Rose-Hulman relied on its 32-27 rebounding edge to force overtime.
Hicks led Rose-Hulman with a double-double of 11 points and 10 rebounds.  Duff and Chaplin also contributed 11 points, and Duff pitched in with seven rebounds.Â
Trey Wurtz and
Willie Bowman pitched in with seven points each.
Jaden Terry paced Earlham with 14 points. Kolden Vanlandingham added a double-double of 13 points and 11 rebounds for the Quakers. Zachariah Andre and Tommy Makabu also reached double figures with 11 and 10 points, respectively.
Earlham improved to 8-9 overall and 4-6 in league play, while Rose-Hulman fell to 10-8 and 6-6 in conference games. The Fightin' Engineers return to action on Senior Day this Saturday at 3 pm at Hulbert Arena against Bluffton University.