TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Rose-Hulman will look to defend home court as they take on the Mt. St. Joseph Lions on Wednesday, January 7, at 7 PM.
ROSE-HULMAN NOTES:
* The Fightin' Engineers currently sit at 2-3 in the HCAC with a 3-9 overall record.
* Rose-Hulman has won three of their past five games.
* The team is coming off an 80-75 loss to Berea.
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Katelyn Fennell scored a career-high 30 points against Berea while shooting a perfect 5-5 at the three-point line.
* Fennell leads the Fightin' Engineers with 13.5 points per game, while adding 5.7 rebounds per game.
* She is shooting 48.8% from the floor, 40.0% from three, and 83.3% at the free throw line.
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Sophia Reese recorded a season-high nine assists without committing a turnover against Berea.
* She is currently averaging 6.5 points, 2.5 rebounds, and a team-high 4.3 assists per game.
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Kaia Peterson has scored 10.8 points per game on 48.0% shooting from the field.
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Emma Schipp has added 9.2 points and a team-high 5.8 rebounds per game.
* Schipp has averaged 15.0 points per game over Rose-Hulman's last three games.
MT. ST. JOSEPH NOTES:
* The Lions have recorded a 4-1 mark in the HCAC while going 7-5 overall.
* The team is currently on a two-game winning streak, having defeated Norwich and Manchester.
* Senior Karlee Mills has scored a team-high 13.5 points per game on 41.5% shooting.
* Mills has scored in double figures in five straight games for an average of 16.4 points per game.
* Mills also ranks third in the HCAC with 2.8 steals per game.
* Senior Morgan Jenkins has scored 11.1 points per game on 40.9% shooting from the floor.
* Jenkins leads the team with 6.4 rebounds per game.
* Junior Hailey Guingrich has recorded 10.3 points and 6.2 rebounds per game on 53.2% shooting.
* Guingrich leads the HCAC with 1.9 blocks per game.
* She has recorded four or more blocks in three games on the season.
SERIES HISTORY:
* The Fightin' Engineers will take on Mt. St. Joseph for the 41
st time in program history.
* Rose-Hulman leads the series with a record of 28-12.
* The Fightin' Engineers recorded 18-straight victories from 2011 to 2019.
* The Lions are currently on a five-game winning streak, with two overtime wins.
* Mt. St. Joseph won their last meeting by a score of 72-61.
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Jamie Baum led all scorers with 22 points, shooting 7-15 from the floor and 8-9 at the charity stripe.
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Sophia Reese and
CK Gallegos Rodriguez each added 13 points in the match.
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