TERRE HAUTE, IND. -- Marian College sophomore Megan Egenolf buried a three-pointer in the final seconds of regulation to force overtime, and the host Knights overcame a strong Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology effort to earn a 62-60 overtime victory in women’s basketball action on Tuesday night.

Rose-Hulman’s effort featured a season-high four players in double figures.  Senior Katie Tharp (Linton) led the offense with a season-high 15 points.  Junior Liz Ridgway (Grosse Pointe, Mich./Northwestern U.) added 12 points, senior Jill Floyd (Bloomington, Ill./Olympia) scored 10 points and freshman Theresa Henke (Alexandria, Ky./Bishop Brossart) also tallied 10 points.

Jessica Carr led three Marian players in double figures with 18 points and 13 rebounds.  Mandy Kot pitched in with 11 points on 6-6 from the free throw line and Egenolf scored 10 for the winners.

Rose-Hulman jumped out to a 6-3 lead in the first four minutes, courtesy of two baskets by Procter.  Marian answered with a 12-2 run to claim a 15-8 lead midway through the opening half.

Four straight points from Ridgway knotted the score at 15-15, before Marian captured a 21-17 advantage.  The Engineers held the Knights without a basket in the final 6:23 of the first half, however, to take a 26-23 halftime lead on three consecutive field goals by Henke.

After a tightly contested second half, Marian earned a 47-43 lead in the final three minutes.  A field goal by Tharp and a free throw by Procter brought the Engineers within 47-46.  Procter then swished a pair of clutch free throws to give Rose-Hulman a 48-47 advantage with 56 seconds left.

Carr narrowly missed a layup on the next possession, with Tharp grabbing a key rebound in traffic.  Following a Marian foul, Floyd buried two more free throws to give Rose-Hulman a 50-47 edge with 20 seconds.

Megan Egenolf answered with a three-pointer on the following possession to tie the score at 50-50 with seven seconds remaining and a 30-foot shot by Floyd fell just short at the buzzer.

In the overtime, a pair of layups by Ridgway gave Rose-Hulman a 54-52 lead midway through the frame.  Marian relied on an 8-2 run to take a 60-56 lead, before a layup by Tharp with nine seconds left brought the Engineers within 60-58.

Mandy Kot buried a pair of free throws with seven seconds left to give Marian a 62-58 lead, and Tharp added a shot in the lane at the buzzer to bring Rose-Hulman within the final margin.

Marian improved to 9-2 with the victory, while Rose-Hulman dropped to 3-5 overall.  The Engineers return to action at the Kalamazoo Invitational on Dec. 29-30.