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Engineers Defeat Anderson 62-48 in Home Opener and First HCAC Game; Improve to 5-1
TERRE HAUTE, IND. -- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology continued its best start to a season in women's basketball history with a 62-48 victory over Anderson University in the Engineer home opener and first ever Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference game on Wednesday night in the Hulbert Arena.
Senior Suzy Carlson (State College, Pa.) led the offense with 27 points on the night with four assists, three steals, a pair of blocks and never turning the ball over. This brings her career points total to 999, just a mere point away from the 1,000 mark, an accomplishment only five Rose-Hulman women's basketball players have reached in the school's history.
Also in double digits in scoring, senior Rebekah Forsyth (Farmersburg/N. Central) scored 12 points with 17 rebounds, marking her second double-double of the season and the 48th of her career. Forsyth also led the team with four steals on the night.
Junior Brittany Moline (Indianapolis/Perry Meridian) led the Engineers with five assists and pulled down five rebounds in the game. In a strong Engineer defensive effort, Rose-Hulman forced 21 Anderson turnovers and made them pay with each turnover, massing 22 points from the turnovers.
After the Ravens jumped to a 2-0 lead off a jumper by Anderson's Kayla Martin, the Engineers responded with a jumper by Forsyth to tie the game at two a piece. With 19:01 left, a layup and free throw shot by the Ravens Mandy Seward gave Anderson a 5-2 lead.
The Engineers responded and drove hard with a pair of jumpers by Carlson, bringing the score to an Engineer lead, 6-5 at 18:09. With 17:52 left, Raven Melenda Hawthorne hit a 3-point shot to give Anderson the lead back, 8-6.
But this was Carlson's night. With 16:12 left, Carlson hit a 3-point shot on a pass from Moline and what would be the game winning shot, as the lead never left the Engineers.
The Engineers carried a 29-26 lead into halftime. The three-point lead was the closest the Ravens came for the rest of the night.
The Engineers came out shooting, scoring 33 points in the second half and bringing the lead to as much as 16 with less than a minute left with a layup and free throw shot by junior Katie Tharp (Linton).
Martin of Anderson hit a jumper with 48 seconds remaining to bring the score to the final result of 62-48.
The Engineers rose to a season mark of 5-1 and 1-0 in the HCAC, the best start in school history, as the Ravens fell to 2-4 on the season and 0-1 in the HCAC. The Engineers return to action Saturday afternoon at Hanover College at 1 p.m. | ||||
