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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology men's basketball team travels to the South side of Indianapolis on Wednesday, January 29, as they get set to battle the Franklin Grizzlies at 7:30 PM.

ROSE-HULMAN NOTES:
* The Fightin' Engineers stand at 11-7 overall and 8-3 in the HCAC on the season, and they sit in third place in the HCAC standings, just behind Franklin and Anderson.
* Rose-Hulman became just the fifth team in the last 21 years of the HCAC to start the conference season 7-0.
* The team is coming in following a 1-1 week with a 95-71 win over Manchester and a 70-65 loss to Transylvania.
* The Fightin' Engineers shattered the school record for three-pointers made in a single game with 20 triples in the win over Manchester. The previous record of 15 made three-pointers was set in 2018, and the team's total was just one shy of the all-time HCAC record of 21, set back in 2014 by Defiance College.
* Miles McGowen reached a career milestone earlier this season as he became the 33rd player in school history to join the 1,000-point club. He was also the first Fightin' Engineer to reach this milestone since Craig McGee and John Czarnecki in 2020.
* Joey Schmitz leads the team in scoring with 13.2 points per game, 50 three-pointers made, and 30 steals in his breakout freshman campaign.
* Miles McGowen has been another standout, averaging close to a double-double with 12.2 points per game and 9.5 rebounds per game.
* Kobe Stoudemire and Daniel Savovic are also averaging double figures this season with 11.4 and 10.0 points per game. Stoudemire is the team leader in assists with 48 as well.
* The Fightin' Engineers were picked to finish fourth in the HCAC preseason coaches poll, receiving 53 poll points.
* After traveling to Franklin, Rose-Hulman will return home this weekend to take on the Berea Mountaineers on Saturday, February 1, at 3 PM. 

FRANKLIN NOTES:
* Franklin currently sits in second in the HCAC standings with a record of 13-5 overall and 9-2 in the HCAC.
* The Grizzlies come in following a 96-61 slaughter of Bluffton on Saturday afternoon.
* Franklin is led by Lynn King averaging 11.1 points per game and 7.2 rebounds per game.
* Braden Flanagan (10.5), Jessie Morgan III (10.3), and Cooper Matthews (10.1) join King in scoring in double figures throughout the course of the season.
* Matthews also leads the team with 37 steals and 48 steals.
* Franklin was selected to finish sixth in the HCAC preseason poll receiving 47 points, but they have more than exceeded expectations through this point of the season.
* After hosting Rose-Hulman, Franklin will remain in their home gym to host the Earlham Quakers on Saturday, February 1, at 3 PM. 

SERIES HISTORY:
* Franklin leads the all-time series 50-43 over Rose-Hulman, including a 68-61 victory over the Fightin' Engineers just two weeks ago.
* The Grizzlies have only swept the season series with Rose-Hulman once in the past 15 years as they won both games in the 2019-20 season by two points.
* The all-time series is tied 15-15 in games played at Franklin College.
* The Fightin' Engineers won the first-ever meeting with the Grizzlies as they brought home a 27-24 victory back in 1909.

CAREER STATS NOTES:
* Miles McGowen - 1st in Offensive Rebounds (253), 1st in Offensive Rebounds/Game (2.9), 7th in Field Goal Percentage (53.8%), 7th in Rebounds/Game (8.0), and 11th in Rebounds (699)
* Joey Schmitz - 5th in Minutes/Game (30.56)
* Kobe Stoudemire - 13th in 3-Point Field Goals Made (110), 11th in 3-Point Field Goals Attempted (315)

SINGLE-SEASON STATS NOTES:
* Miles McGowen - 1st in Offensive Rebounds/Game (3.4), 15th in Offensive Rebounds (61)

HCAC STANDINGS:
1) Anderson (15-3, 10-1 HCAC)
2) Franklin (13-5, 9-2 HCAC)
T3) Rose-Hulman (11-7, 8-3 HCAC)
T3) Transylvania (10-8, 8-3 HCAC)
5) Hanover (10-8, 6-5 HCAC)
6) Mount St. Joseph (9-9, 5-6 HCAC)
7) Berea (9-9, 4-7 HCAC)
8) Bluffton (4-14, 3-8 HCAC)
T9) Manchester (6-12, 1-10 HCAC)
T9) Earlham (1-17, 1-10 HCAC)