TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – The Fightin' Engineers overcame a double digit deficit to take down the Wabash Little Giants 90-82.
Wabash shot a perfect 5-5 to start the game, where they took an early 14-0 lead.
Evan Gentile and
Eli Sego each added a pair of threes, before a
William McElheney scored a tough layup to reduce the deficit to 17-12.
Jack Jenniges added a pair of layups, but Wabash responded with an and one layup by Jack Clark. Clark would keep the Little Giants in the lead, as he converted on a layup to make it a 26-21 game.
Joey Schmitz knocked down a three pointer on the fast break, and an offensive rebound followed by a layup from
Nate Smith would give Rose-Hulman their first lead of the game at 28-27.
Daniel Savovic and Smith each added fast break layups to close out the half, where Rose-Hulman would trail 35-34.
The Little Giants hit a pair of three pointers to start the second half from Deric Cannady and Cam Fennell. Cannady would later score on another three point attempt, where Wabash was able to stretch the lead to 51-40.
With Rose-Hulman still trailing by 11, Sego converted on an and one layup, before
Christian Torres added a layup. Two minutes later, Torres scored an and one of his own, where the Fightin' Engineers were able to cut the lead to 60-58.
Gentile put Rose-Hulman back in the lead with six minutes remaining, as he scored on a layup. Both teams continued to trade baskets, where a three pointer from Gentile made it a 71-66 game. The Fightin' Engineers followed that up with a 6-0 run, where Pride hit a mid-range jumper, before a Torres steal led to a Smith layup.
With Wabash forced to foul, Smith converted 7-8 of his free throws to keep Rose-Hulman ahead by a score of 86-77.
Sam Piontek and Gentile each closed out the game shooting 2-2 at the line, where the Fightin' Engineers secured the victory by a score of 90-82.
Evan Gentile led Rose-Hulman with 16 points, shooting 6-9 from the floor and 2-3 from beyond the arc. He added two rebounds and dished out three assists.
Nate Smith scored 13 points, shooting 3-6 from the field and 7-8 at the free throw line. He hauled in five rebounds, while recording two assists, two steals, and two blocks.
Jack Jenniges put up 12 points on 5-8 shooting. He grabbed a team-high seven rebounds and added two assists, one steal, and one block.
Christian Torres scored 11 points on a perfect 4-4 shooting from the floor. He added five rebounds and one steal.
Cole Pride finished the game with nine points, six rebounds, three assists, and one block.
William McElheney added eight points, five rebounds, and one block.
Rose-Hulman will continue the season at the University of Chicago Tournament. RHIT will begin the competition against Oberlin on Saturday, November 14 at 3 PM ET (2 PM CT).
