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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology women's basketball team fell to Mount St. Joseph on Wednesday night 68-56 at Hulbert Arena.

Jamie Baum had a career game for the Fightin' Engineers with 24 points and 18 rebounds in the loss to the Lions. Baum's 18 rebounds rank as the 7th most in a single game in Rose-Hulman history.

After a back and forth first quarter, Mount St. Joseph used a 15-2 run to extend their lead to double figures for the first time in the game at 23-13, and they would enter the halftime locker room with a 29-21 lead at the break.

The Lions extended their lead to 14 late in the third quarter, but a pair of layups by Sophia Reese and a big three by Julia Meyer cut the lead to four at 43-39. However, Mount St. Joseph answered just before the final buzzer in the third quarter with a three of their own to grab the momentum back themselves.

In the fourth quarter, both teams just kept trading buckets back and forth as neither team was able to gain an advantage. Rose-Hulman continued to fight, but they couldn't get any closer than nine points, and they would fall 68-56.

Reese joined Baum as the only other Fightin' Engineer to reach double figures with 11, and Meyer finished with 7 in the loss.

With the loss, the Fightin' Engineers fall to 10-13 on the season and 7-9 in the HCAC. They return to action on Saturday, February 15, as they host the Bluffton Beavers on Senior Day in their final home game of the 2024-25 season.