Quakers fall to Rose-Hulman

Gee leads squad with double-double

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(WC Press Release) Terre Haute, IN (December 4, 2003) -- The Quakers of Wilmington College dropped their fourth straight game to start the 2003-04 season, as the team fell to the Engineers of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology 58-54 on Thursday evening.

Sophomore Stephen Gee (West Milton/Milton Union) led the way for the Quakers with 11 points and 11 rebounds, his first double-double of his collegiate career.

The Quakers jumped out to a quick 5-0 lead on back-to-back baskets by David Guy (Webb City, MO/Webb City). Rose-Hulman fought back and took a four-point lead with 11:08 to play in the first half before the Green and White ran off a 14-3 run to take a seven point lead with just over four-and-a-half minutes to play in the stanza, before the hosts ended the period on a 13-2 run, taking a four-point, 32-28 halftime lead.

The hosts came out strong in the second half, and led by 11 with 11 minutes to play in the game before the Quakers cut the deficit to three with three minutes to play. The visitors would get to within three on one more occasion before Rose-Hulman hit a free throw with two seconds left, giving the hosts the four-point victory.

Gee led the Quaker scorers with 11 points while Mike King (Washington C.H./Miami Trace) scored a career-high nine points as Guy and Deon Short (Cincinnati/Mt. Healthy) added seven. Gee pulled down 11 rebounds while four other Quakers had three boards in the contest. B.J. Gordon (Toledo/Scott) dished out a team-best five assists in the loss.

Rose-Hulman was led by Jason Ludwig who scored 18 points on 7-of-12 shooting while Munchie Muskeyvalley added 13 to go with a game-high six assists. Kareem Lee pulled down 12 rebounds to lead the Engineers to go with his nine points.

With the loss the Quakers fall to 0-4 on the season as Rose-Hulman improves to 5-1 on the early season.

The Green and White will look for their first victory of the 2003-04 season on Saturday as they take the hardwood against Heidelberg College at Fred Raizk Arena with tip-off set for 3:00 p.m.