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Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Men's Basketball Travels to Bluffton on Saturday at 2 PM

2/3/2023 9:00:00 AM

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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology men's basketball team takes their two-game winning streak on the road to Bluffton for a 2:00 tip time. 

ROSE-HULMAN (11-9, 8-5 HCAC) GAME NOTES:
* Rose-Hulman has struggled on the road at just 5-7 this season. They lost their last two road gamesto Anderson and Transylvania.
* Max Chaplin leads the team with 13.8 points per game. He recorded his career high of 26 points in the win over Defiance earlier this season.
* Miles McGowen also averages double figures with 12.0 points and 8.6 rebounds per game with seven double-doubles. McGowen recorded 14 points and 10 rebounds in the win over Mount St. Joseph last Saturday.
Willie BowmanBradley Harden, Kobe Stoudemire have been lights out from three, shooting a combined 70-163 (43%) this season.
* Chaplin led the team with 10 points in the win over Earlham.
* Stoudemire added 10, and Bowman and Terry Hicks each added 9 points in Wednesday's win.
* Nick Sales is completing his first year at Rose-Hulman. Sales was associate head coach at Marietta for the past nine seasons where he won seven OAC regular season championships, made three NCAA tournaments, and reached the NCAA Division III Final Four in 2022. Sales was 204-45 on staff at Marietta.
* Rose-Hulman returns to the road on Wedbesday evening at 7:30 PM as they visit Manchester. The Fightin' Engineers took down Manchester 82-79 in Hulbert Arena back in early January.

BLUFFTON (4-16, 2-11 HCAC) GAME NOTES:
* Bluffton comes in at 4-16 on the season and 2-11 in the HCAC.
* The Beavers have wins over Bethany (WV), Defiance, Kalamazoo, and Mount St. Joseph this season.
* Bluffton has fallen in eight straight games coming into this weekend.
* The Beavers took 1st-place Anderson to double-overtime last week.
* Bluffton is led by freshman guard Brady Wheeler at 11.4 points per game on the season.
* Junior Michael Stammen and freshman Nevin Robson combine for 15 points per game as well.
* Three-point shooting is the key to success for the Beavers. In games that they shoot over 40% from three, they are 2-3 including their double-overtime loss to Anderson.
* Bluffton returns home on Wednesday night as they host Earlham on Senior Night.

SERIES HISTORY:
* Rose-Hulman leads the all-time series 20-10.
* Max Chaplin and Bradley Harden led the Fightin' Engineers with 14 points in the 74-50 win earlier this season.
* The Fightin' Engineers have won five consecutive meetings and 10 of the last 12 with the Beavers.
* Rose-Hulman is 7-1 at Bluffton going back to the 2012-13 season.

HCAC STANDINGS:
T1. Anderson (10-3)
T1. Manchester (10-3)
3. Hanover (9-4)
T4. Rose-Hulman (8-5)
T4. Franklin (8-5)
T4. Transylvania (8-5)
7. Mount St. Joseph (6-7)
8. Earlham (3-10)
9. Bluffton (2-11)
10. Defiance (1-12)
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