TERRE HAUTE, IND. -- Defiance College overcame a balanced attack from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology to earn a 61-52 victory in the Engineers Senior Day Game at Hulbert Arena on Saturday.

Anthony Jackson led the Yellow Jackets with 10 points and seven rebounds.  Anthony Pettaway, Mike Floyd and Bryan Post each had nine points for Defiance.

Junior Ron George (Louisville, Ky./ Manual) led the Engineer offense with 16 points on 7-11 from the field.  Senior Jason Bednarko (Athens, Ill.) buried four three-pointers in a 12-point effort, while senior Brian Bibb (Hoopeston, Ill.) had a double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds.

The game represented Senior Day for three members of the Rose-Hulman men's basketball program.  Bednarko has earned a pair of academic all-district honors and scored 530 points in his playing career.  Bibb has tallied 728 points and 486 rebounds as a Fightin' Engineer, while senior David Yaraschefski (Mooresville) ranks eighth in school history in field goal shooting and has totalled 315 points.
 

Ron George sparked a second-half run with eight out of 10 points.

Rose-Hulman jumped out to a 10-6 lead on a three-pointer by junior Phil Sundling (Huntington/North) and a layup by Yaraschefski.  Defiance rallied to take leads of 11-10 and 19-15, before a 10-3 spurt helped the Yellow Jackets take a 32-23 lead at halftime.

In the second half, Rose-Hulman battled back to within five points at 37-32 and 39-34 on scores from George and Bibb.  Defiance pushed the lead back to 12 points at 46-34 with a three-pointer by Eric Stolly.