ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- The Rose-Hulman men's basketball team suffered a loss to the #4 WashU Bears on Friday night with a final score of 84-59. This drops the team to 0-2 to start the season. 

Miles McGowen led the Fightin' Engineers one rebound short of a double-double with 12 points and nine rebounds. Kobe Stoudemire also reached double figures with 11 points shooting 2-4 from beyond the arc. 

WashU opened the game establishing a 12-point lead in the first 10 minutes of play. The Fightin' Engineers ended the half on a made three-pointer by Joey Schmitz to cut the Bears lead to eight with a score of 39-31 at the halftime break.

Wash U was able to control the momentum in the second half building their lead to defeat Rose-Hulman. The Fightin' Engineers finished the game shooting 41.1% from the field and 35% from beyond the arc. 

Rose-Hulman will return to action in their home opener against Illinois Tech on Saturday, November 23 at 4 PM. 


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