TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Rose-Hulman will take on the Earlham Quakers in their regular-season finale. The game will tip off at Hulbert Arena on Wednesday, February 18, at 7 PM.
ROSE-HULMAN NOTES:
* The Fightin' Engineers have posted an overall record of 8-16.
* RHIT has won three of their last four games to improve to 7-10 in the HCAC.
* The team has recorded an average scoring margin of 16.0 points across those three wins.
* Rose-Hulman is currently the #6-seed in the conference, as they have the tiebreaker over Hanover and Bluffton.
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Sophia Reese is coming off a season-high of nine assists with 13 points against Bluffton.
* Reese is averaging 10.1 points per game on 38.6% shooting from the floor.
* She ranks fifth in the HCAC with 3.7 assists per game, while recording a 1.3 assist-to-turnover ratio, which ranks third in the conference.
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Kaia Peterson scored a career-high 18 points while knocking down 8-11 field goals last week against Mt. St. Joseph.
* She has averaged 14.0 points and 4.7 rebounds per game over the past three contests.
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Katelyn Fennell is coming off her first double-double of the season with ten points and a career-high 13 rebounds.
* Fennell is averaging 14.8 points and 6.3 rebounds per game, while leading the HCAC with a 40.7% three-point percentage.
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CK Gallegos Rodriguez is averaging 8.3 points, 5.0 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 1.8 steals, and 1.8 blocks per game over the last four matches.
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María Godoy Rodriguez scored a season-high 11 points with six rebounds, four assists, two steals, and three blocks against Bluffton.
* She has averaged 3.0 steals and 1.8 blocks per game over the last four games.
EARLHAM NOTES:
* The Quakers are currently 1-23 overall with a 0-17 HCAC record.
* Earlham opened the season with a 78-69 win over Wilmington.
* They have since lost 23 consecutive games and are coming off an 82-55 defeat to Manchester.
* Junior Amari Wright leads the team with 14.2 points per game on 39.0% shooting.
* She leads the HCAC with 4.5 assists, while adding 4.8 rebounds per game.
* Wright has averaged 16.3 points per game over the past four matches, highlighted by a 24-point performance over Bluffton.
* Junior Berkley Shelton has scored 11.5 points per game on 40.3% shooting from the floor.
* She ranks second in the conference with 11.5 rebounds per game.
* Shelton is coming off consecutive double-doubles, and she has recorded 13 total double-doubles this season.
SERIES HISTORY:
* Rose-Hulman will face Earlham for the 41
st time in program history.
* The Fightin' Engineers lead the series with a record of 28-12.
* RHIT is currently on their longest winning streak against Earlham with eight straight wins.
* The Fightin' Engineers took down Earlham 76-56 earlier this season.
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Kaia Peterson scored a team-high 17 points on 6-12 shooting.
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Emma Schipp scored 15 points with ten rebounds, three assists, and two steals.
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Katelyn Fennell added 15 points, nine rebounds, one steal, and one block.
PLAYOFF SCENARIOS:
* The Fightin' Engineers are guaranteed a playoff berth with a win or a Manchester loss to Franklin.
* The highest seed the team can earn in the HCAC Tournament is the #6-seed.
* The Fightin' Engineers are currently in a three-way tie for the #6-seed with Bluffton and Hanover.
* If all three teams end the season with the same record, Rose-Hulman wins the tiebreaker as they have posted a 3-1 record against Bluffton and Hanover.
* If only Rose-Hulman and Bluffton end the season with the same record, Rose-Hulman wins the tiebreaker with a 2-0 head-to-head record.
* If only Rose-Hulman and Hanover end the season with the same record, the tiebreaker will come down to NPI Rankings (linked above) as both teams have a 1-1 head-to-head record.
* If Rose-Hulman, Bluffton, and Hanover lose, but Manchester wins, all four teams will be tied for the #6-seed with a 7-11 conference record.
* In this scenario, Rose-Hulman will be the #6-seed with a 4-2 head-to-head record, Bluffton and Manchester will be the #7 and #8-seeds with a 3-3 head-to-head record, and Hanover will miss the HCAC Tournament with a 2-4 head-to-head record.
* The only way that Rose-Hulman misses the playoffs is if they lose, Bluffton wins, Hanover wins OR Hanover loses but has a higher NPI ranking, and Manchester wins AND Manchester has a higher NPI ranking.
* Rose-Hulman (267) currently has the lowest NPI ranking among Hanover (204), Bluffton (250), and Manchester (260).
ROSE-HULMAN SEASON HIGHS: (*) new addition
