TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Rose-Hulman hosts the Millikin Big Blue in their first home game of the season. The match will tip off on Tuesday, November 11, at 8 PM.
ROSE-HULMAN NOTES:
* The Fightin' Engineers have started the season with a 0-2 record.
* The team dropped to Case Western and Milwaukee School of Engineering at the MSOE Tournament.
* Sophomore
Katelyn Fennell led RHIT in points and rebounds in both games.
* Fennell is averaging 9.5 points and 8.0 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game on 37.5% shooting.
* Freshman
Kaia Peterson has recorded 8.5 points and 5.5 rebounds per game.
* She has shot 36.4% from the floor, while converting 9-10 (90.0%) of her shots at the free throw line.
* Sophomore
Reagan Lorenzen has scored 8.0 points per game on 31.6% shooting.
* Lorenzen has recorded a team-high 2.0 steals per game.
MILLIKIN NOTES:
* This will be Millikin's first game of the season.
* The Big Blue are coming off a 9-15 season, where they went 7-9 in conference play.
* Millikin took down Carthage by a score of 63-57 in the opening round of the CCIW Tournament.
* The Big Blue lost four starters from last season.
* Sophomore Nikkel Johnson scored a team-high 11.9 points per game on 52.5% shooting.
* Johnson grabbed 5.7 rebounds per game and recorded two double-doubles on the year.
* Senior Bella Dudley scored 6.8 points per game, where she scored in double figures five times.
* Dudley shot 41.6% from the floor, 33.9% from three, and 71.8% at the line.
SERIES HISTORY:
* This will be the third career meeting between Rose-Hulman and Millikin.
* Millikin leads the series with a 2-0 record.
* The teams met last season, where Millikin won 86-80 in overtime.
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Jamie Baum played 43 minutes for RHIT, scoring 27 points on 9-18 shooting.
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Sophia Reese appeared in 41 minutes, scoring 16 points on 6-12 shooting while going 3-5 from beyond the arc.
* Reese also led the team with six assists.
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Emma Schipp put up eight points on 4-8 shooting with a team-high nine rebounds.
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Julia Meyer scored 14 points, shooting 8-9 from the free throw line.
* Meyer hauled in six rebounds, with four coming on the offensive end.
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Reagan Lorenzen recorded 11 points and six rebounds, while shooting 2-5 from three-point range.