Rose Hulman topples RPI 79-45
Milwaukee, Wis. – Behind Julian Strickland’s (Indianapolis, Ind. /Pike) 23 points, the Rose Hulman (RHIT) Fightin’ Engineers defeated the Rennsselaer Polytechinc Institute (RPI) Engineers 79-45 in the first game of the All Engineers Classic, hosted by MSOE in Milwaukee Wis.
Joining Strickland in the scoring column for RHIT, was Austin Weatherford (Cicero/Hamilton Heights) and Jon Gerken (Defiance, Ohio/Tinora) with 15 and 13, respectively. Gerken had a double-double on the night, leading all players with 11 rebounds.
Leading scorer for RPI was Tyler Gendron (Merrimack, NH / Merrimack), scoring eight for the game. Teammates Jamie Zajac (Merrimack, NH / Bishop Guertin) and Brendan Farley (Burlington, MA / Burlington) added seven points apiece.
RHIT outshot RPI 49%-29% for the game. They also won the battle of the boards 57-30 in their first win of the season. RHIT (1-0) advances to the Tournament final Sunday 3pm facing the winner of the MSOE-Caltech game. RPI will play in the consy match at 1pm. |