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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology women's basketball team travels to Bluffton to take on the Beavers on Saturday at 1 PM in the first game of an HCAC doubleheader.

ROSE-HULMAN NOTES:
* The Fightin' Engineers come in at 2-4 on the season after taking down Anderson in their HCAC opener on Wednesday night.
* Rose-Hulman dropped a pair of close games to Illinois Wesleyan (79-65) and Depauw (76-70).
* Jamie Baum, a second-team all-HCAC selection in 2022, is leading RoseHulman in scoring with 15.3 points per game. She scored a career-high 25 points in the loss to La Verne earlier this season.
* Senior guard Ashley Black has led the team in scoring in back-to-back games last week with 22 against Caltech and 16 against Illinois Wesleyan.
* CK Gallegos-Rodriguez became just the third Fightin' Engineers to record a double-double in the Midwest Challenge with 14 points and 10 rebounds.
* Manuella Shomba has led the team in scoring with career-highs in back-toback games. She tallied 18 points and 8 rebounds in the loss to DePauw, and she recorded 19 points and 14 rebounds in the win over Anderson.
* The Fightin' Engineers will return to their home court on Saturday, December 9 as they host the Mount St. Joseph Lions at 1 PM.

BLUFFTON NOTES:
* Bluffton comes into the game at 1-3 on the season entering their HCAC opener.
* The Beavers picked up their first win of the season in their last game, a 78-70 victory over Heidelberg.
* Olivia Zender leads the team at 12.8 points per game at 48% shooting from the field.
* Katie Neuhart also averages double-figures with 10.0 points and 7.0 rebounds per game.
* The Beavers have struggled shooting from the outside at just 19% this season.
* Bluffton returns to the court on Wednesday evening as they host the Manchester Spartans.

SERIES HISTORY:
* Rose-Hulman leads the all-time series 16-14 over the Beavers.
* Bluffton has won two of the last three meetings between the two teams.
* The Fightin' Engineers won six straight games against Bluffton prior to these three.

STATS LEADERS:
MINUTES - Jamie Baum (36.3)
POINTS - Jamie Baum (15.3)
FIELD GOAL % - Grace Roland (50.9%) (27-53)
3-POINT % - Grace Roland (33.3%) (4-12)
FREE THROW % - Jamie Baum (94.1%) (32-34)
REBOUNDS - Manuella Shomba (7.2)
ASSISTS - Sophia Reese (3.0)
STEALS - Ashley Black / CK Gallegos-Rodriguez (1.7)
BLOCKS - Grace Roland (1.0)

CAREER STATS NOTES:
* Jamie Baum - 5th in Minutes/Game (34.7)

HCAC STANDINGS:
T1) Hanover - 1-0 (2-2)
T1) Rose-Hulman - 1-0 (2-4)
T3) Mount St. Joseph - 0-0 (6-0)
T3) #2 Transylvania - 0-0 (4-0)
T3) Franklin - 0-0 (3-1)
T3) Manchester - 0-0 (3-2)
T3) Bluffton - 0-0 (1-3)
T3) Defiance - 0-0 (0-6)
T9) Anderson - 0-1 (3-3)
T9) Earlham - 0-1 (2-3)