TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- The Rose-Hulman Fightin' Engineers picked up a conference win over Earlham College on Wednesday night to win the John Mutchner Cup with a final score of 79-71. This improves the team to 6-3 overall and keeps them undefeated in the conference at 4-0. 

The John Mutchner Cup is dedicated to the legendary John Mutchner, who is a member of the Earlham and Rose-Hulman athletic hall of fames. He was inducted into Earlham's as a student-athlete and into Rose-Hulman's as an administrator. The John Mutchner Cup game is always the first game between Rose-Hulman and Earlham each season. 

Daniel Savovic led the team with 21 points on the night. Other double-figure scorers were Will McElheney with 15 and Evan Gentile with 10. Torres led the team on the glass with eight rebounds in the contest. 

The score remained close in the first half as both teams traded the lead. A made layup by the Quakers tied the game at 33-33 with 3:32 left before halftime. Rose-Hulman finished the final three minutes on a 10-3 run to make the score 43-36 heading into the locker room. 

The Quakers started the second half with a 9-2 run to tie the score at 45-45 in the first three minutes. Rose-Hulman stood down three with 6:02 remaining in the game with the score at 67-64. McElheney made an amazing and-one basket at the rim, drawing the foul to head to the free throw line for a three-point play and a chance to tie the game. McElheney made the free throw to tie the score at 67-67 with 5:22 left on the clock. 

Gentile put the Fightin' Engineers ahead on a huge three-pointer to make the score 72-69. Rose-Hulman didn't look back, relying on strong defensive play and stellar free-throw shooting to close out the game and remain undefeated in the HCAC. 

Rose-Hulman finished the game shooting 55.4% from the field and 33.3% from beyond the arc. The team also out-rebounded the Quakers 34-29. 

The Fightin' Engineers will return to Hulbert Arena to host DePauw on Saturday, December 20, at 2 PM.