Senior Rebekah Forsyth (Farmersburg/N. Central) paced the Engineer attack with an 18-point, 13-rebound effort for her 53rd career double-double. Senior Suzy Carlson (State College, Pa.) added 17 points for Rose-Hulman, while junior Jill Floyd (Bloomington, Ill./Olympia) had eight.

Melenda Hawthorne scored 13 points to lead the Anderson attack, while Katla Martin added 12. The Engineers held Anderson to 28% shooting and just 20 points in the second half, while hitting 19 of 28 free throw attempts to overcome a 28% shooting performance in the game.

With the victory, Rose-Hulman moved to 9-1 in Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference play and remains tied for first in the league with Manchester College. The Engineers also added to their school record for victories in a women's basketball season.

Anderson jumped out to a 28-15 lead on a three-pointer by Lauren Vail with 3:50 left in the first half. Rose-Hulman rallied with a 10-2 run to close the first half to move within 30-25 at the break.

In the second half, Anderson maintained an eight-point lead at 43-35 on a layup by Tiffany Bowsher with 6:39 left. The Engineers answered with a 10-3 run to move within 46-45 on a layup by junior Candace Procter (Southfield, Mich./Groves) with 4:16 left.

Rose-Hulman finally gained the lead at 47-46 on two free throws by Carlson with 3:33 left. A three-pointer by Floyd and two more Carlson tosses made the score 52-47 with 51 seconds left.

Hawthorne answered with a three-pointer to move the Ravens within 52-50 with 41 seconds left. Forsyth clinched the victory with a pair of free throws with four seconds remaining.

Rose-Hulman stands 17-2 overall and travels to Bluffton University for another conference matchup on Saturday. Anderson dropped to 11-8 overall and 6-4 in league play.

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