TERRE HAUTE, IND. -- Robert
Morris-Springfield relied on a balanced scoring attack to earn a
69-40 victory over Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in women's
basketball action on Thursday night.
Stephanie Brake led the Eagles
with 18 points, while KeAmber Vaughn added 14 and Katie Fleetwood
scored 13 for the victors.
For Rose-Hulman, junior
Liz Ridgway (Grosse Pointe, Mich./Northwestern U.) scored 12
points on 6-8 from the field with seven rebounds to lead the
offense.
Senior Jill Floyd
(Bloomington, Ill./Olympia) added seven points, while sophomore
Shayna Banet (Canton, Ga./Woodstock) pitched in with four
points and seven rebounds.
Rose-Hulman and Robert Morris-Springfield battled to a 6-6 tie early
in the contest, as Ridgway scored the first six Engineer points.
The Eagles relied on a 15-4
run to take a 21-10 lead midway through the first half and gradually
pulled away for a 35-20 lead after 20 minutes.
Robert Morris-Springfield
improved to 4-8 on the season, while Rose-Hulman dropped to 3-4
overall. The Engineers return to action on Tuesday at Marian
College in Indianapolis.
