TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology men's basketball picked up a Senior Day victory on Saturday against Bluffton University, 70-60.  Rose-Hulman improved to 11-8 overall and 7-6 in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference, while Bluffton fell to 5-14 and 1-10 in the HCAC.

The team honored its two seniors before the game - Samvit Ram and Trey Wurtz. 

Ram has appeared in 68 games with 30 starts.  So far, his career totals include 317 points and 129 rebounds.  He is set to graduate with a degree in mechanical engineering and a minor in data science.

Wurtz has appeared in 66 contests and started 23.  In his career, he has scored 326 points and grabbed 178 rebounds.  Wurtz, a graduate student, earned a degree last May in civil engineering and is currently enrolled in the structural engineering master's degree program.

To open the game, Bluffton scored seven total points in the first three minutes to Rose-Hulman's six.  In the following 13 minutes, the Fightin' Engineers amassed a 23-6 run to build their lead to 15 at the halftime break.

Bluffton battled back and made their own 13-0 run midway through the second half, and the Engineers' nine-point lead was cut to three with 7:08 remaining in the game.

The Fightin' Engineers took control with a 9-0 over the next 90 seconds.  Vuk Djuric led the run with seven points and three rebounds in less than two minutes.

Max Chaplin led the offensive attack with 17 points.  Djuric finished with 13 points, including 11 in the second half, along with grabbing eight rebounds.  Ram was the third Engineer in double figures with 10 points and four rebounds.

Wurtz and Dillon Duff each scored eight points.  Wurtz added four rebounds and three assists, while Duff recorded four rebounds.

Terry Hicks and Bradley Harden combined for 10 points, seven rebounds, and nine assists.  Both Isaac Farnsworth and Miles McGowen each scored two points. 

The men's hoops team host the Spartans of Manchester University on Wednesday, February 9.