updated 01/31/2007

Rebekah Forsyth poured in 26 points and led the game with nine rebounds in the win.

TERRE HAUTE, IND. – Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology improved to 19-2 on the season and moved into a one-half game lead in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference standings with a 69-62 win over Franklin College in women's basketball action on Wednesday night.

Senior Rebekah Forsyth (Farmersburg/N. Central) led the Engineer offense with game-high totals of 26 points and nine rebounds.

Senior Suzy Carlson (State College, Pa.) added 13 points and a season-high nine assists, while junior Jill Floyd (Bloomington, Ill./Olympia) reached double figures with 12 points.

Rose-Hulman shot 51% from the field for the game as the Engineers improved to 11-1 in the HCAC, one-half game ahead of idle Manchester.  Franklin dropped to 12-7 overall and 6-5 in conference play.

Heather Harper came off the bench with 20 points for Franklin, while Courtney Swain poured in 18 for the Grizzlies.

Suzy Carlson set a season-high with nine assists and scored 13 points.

The two teams battled through five ties and five lead changes in the first half, before Rose-Hulman earned a 34-30 lead at halftime.  Forsyth's 16 points offset 11 points from Harper and the Engineers shot 54% in the opening stanza.

In the second half, Rose-Hulman leaped to a 40-30 advantage on back-to-back three-pointers by junior Brittany Moline (Indianapolis/Perry Meridian) and Floyd.  The lead reached as high as 15 points at 60-45 on a layup by Carlson with 8:31 left.

Franklin answered with a charge to close within 64-59 with 3:10 left, after Swain hit a three-pointer and Harper scored on a layup.  A pair of free throws by junior Katie Tharp (Linton) put the Engineers ahead 66-59, but Swain knocked down a three-pointer to make the margin 66-62 with 1:57 left.

Rose-Hulman was able to run a full minute off the clock with its next possession, as the team earned an offensive rebound off a missed three-pointer.  Carlson then added two free throws with 20 seconds to secure the win.

The Engineers stand 19-2 overall and 11-1 in HCAC play.  Rose-Hulman extended its current winning streak to five games and increased its school record for wins in a season with the victory.  The Engineers travel to Transylvania University for another HCAC matchup on Saturday.

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