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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology men's basketball team returns to action at 3 PM on Saturday, February 1 as they host the Berea Mountaineers for the first time in program history.

ROSE-HULMAN NOTES:

* The Fightin' Engineers stand at 12-7 overall and 9-3 in the HCAC on the season. They currently sit in a tie for second place in the HCAC with Franklin and Transylvania at 9-3.
* Earlier this season, Rose-Hulman became just the fifth team in the last 21 years of the HCAC to start the conference season 7-0.
* The Fightin' Engineers are coming off a 63-61 win over Franklin College on Wednesday night.
* Rose-Hulman shattered the school record for three-pointers made in a single game with 20 triples earlier this season 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 is the first Fightin' Engineer to reach this milestone since Craig McGee and John Czarnecki in 2020.
* Joey Schmitz leads the team with 13.2 points per game, 54 three-pointers made, and 31 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 9.9 rebounds per game.
* Kobe Stoudemire and Daniel Savovic are also averaging double figures this season with 11.7 and 10.0 points per game. Stoudemire is the team leader in assists with 51 as well.
* The Fightin' Engineers were picked to finish fourth in the HCAC preseason coaches poll, receiving 53 poll points.
* After hosting Berea, Rose-Hulman will continue their conference schedule at 7:30 PM on Wednesday, February 5 as they host Hanover College.

BEREA NOTES:

* Berea enters the weekend with a record of 9-10 overall and 4-8 in the HCAC as they sit in seventh in the HCAC standings so far this season.
* The Mountaineers come off a 79-77 loss to Transylvania University on Wednesday.
* The team is led by Trey Minter, averaging 21.2 points per game this season. He currently ranks 27th in NCAA Division III in points per game.
* Demetris Phillips (15.5) and Bryce Riley (14.1) are also averaging double figures for the Mountaineers this season.
* Phillips is the team leader in rebounds averaging 9.3 rebounds per game.
* The Mountaineers were picked to finish seventh in the HCAC preseason poll, receiving 29 points. 
* After traveling to face Rose-Hulman, Berea will host Transylvania at 7:30 PM on Wednesday, February 5.

SERIES HISTORY:

* Rose-Hulman leads the all-time series 6-3 over the Mountaineers including a 75-73 victory on January 4.
* This season's meetin was the first game between the Fightin' Engineers and the Mountaineers since the 1969-70 season when Berea defeated Rose-Hulman 120-112.
* This will be the first time in program history that the Fightin' Engineers host Berea in Hulbert Arena.

CAREER STATS NOTES:

* Miles McGowen - 1st in Offensive Rebounds (261), 1st in Offensive Rebounds/Game (3.0), 7th in Field Goal Percentage (53.9%), 7th in Rebounds/Game (8.1), and 10th in Rebounds (716)
* Joey Schmitz - 3rd in Minutes/Game (30.63)
* Kobe Stoudemire - 10th in 3-Point Field Goals Attempted (321) and 13th in 3-Point Field Goals Made (113)

SINGLE-SEASON STATS NOTES:

* Miles McGowen - 1st in Offensive Rebounds/Game (3.6) and 5th in Offensive Rebounds (69)

HCAC STANDINGS:

1) Anderson (16-3, 11-1 HCAC)
T2) Franklin (13-6, 9-3 HCAC)
T2) Rose-Hulman (12-7, 9-3 HCAC)
T2) Transylvania (11-8, 9-3 HCAC)
5) Hanover (11-8, 7-5 HCAC)
6) Mount St. Joseph (9-10, 5-7 HCAC)
7) Berea (9-10, 4-8 HCAC)
8) Bluffton (4-15, 3-9 HCAC)
9) Manchester (7-12, 2-10 HCAC)
10) Earlham (1-18, 1-11 HCAC)