CHICAGO -- The University of Chicago women's basketball team will host Rose-Hulman this Saturday at 2 PM. The Maroons are coming off an undefeated 2-0 weekend at the Midway Classic.
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO NOTES:
* UChicago comes into the weekend with a 3-1 record overall after defeating Marian (WI) and Tufts at the Midway Classic.
* The Maroons picked up their biggest win program history on Saturday with an 84-29 win over the Marian (WI) Sabres.
* The lone loss for UChicago came in overtime to #3 UW-Oshkosh in the St. Norbert Tip-Off Invitational.
* The Maroons won 15 games last year in the first season under head coach
Michelle Gardner-Bilek are tied for the second-most wins by a first-year coach in program history.
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Annabelle Spotts earned All-Tournament team honors in the opening weekend with 13.0 points and 6.0 rebounds per game.
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Chris Sanders leads all scorers this season with 11.5 points per game and seven made threes through the first 4 games.
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Bri Simpson joins Sanders and Spotts in double figures with 10.0 points and 5.5 rebounds per game.
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Kasi Samuda tallied a team-high 15 rebounds in the loss to UW-Oshkosh. She became the first player since 2023 to grab 15 rebounds in a single game for the Maroons.
* The Maroons brought in four freshmen in 2025 with two from California, one from Maryland, and one from Wisconsin.
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Karen Xin and
Ruiqi Liu join the UChicago program after being teammates for the past four years at the Menlo School just south of San Francisco, California
* Following their non-conference matchup with Rose-Hulman, the Maroons will travel to Carroll (WI) on Tuesday, November 25.
ROSE-HULMAN NOTES:
* Rose-Hulman enters the weekend with a 0-5 record overall.
* The Fightin' Engineers are coming off a tough weekend at the WashU Tournament, dropping both their games against Elmhurst and Benedictine.
* Sophomore Katelyn Fennell has been the leader for the team, averaging 11.6 points per game. Fennell is shooting 43.1% from the field through the Fightin' Engineers' first five games. She is also a perfect 7-7 from the free-throw line.
* Freshman Kaia Peterson is coming off a 17-point performance against Benedictine (IL).
* Following their game at UChicago, the Fightin' Engineers will take a week off before heading to North Manchester, Indiana, to open their conference season against the Manchester Spartans.
SERIES HISTORY:
* The Maroons and the Fightin' Engineers are tied 2-2 in the all-time series.
* UChicago picked up a 74-53 win over Rose-Hulman in their last meeting in 2019.
* The Maroons are also 1-1 at home in their games against the Fightin' Engineers.
