TOURNAMENT NOTES
LIVE STATS / LIVE AUDIO
TERRE HAUTE, IND.
-- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology squares off
with Hanover College in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic
Conference Women's Basketball Semifinal Game on Saturday at 5
p.m. at Franklin College.
The No. 6 seeded Fightin' Engineers upset No. 3 Manchester 48-37 on Friday night to earn their first postseason victory in program history.
Alisa Dickerson, Sheree Williams and Heather Finnell each reach double figures to lead the balanced Rose-Hulman offense against Manchester. The Fightin' Engineers also held Manchester to just 21% from the field to earn the win.
Rose-Hulman improved to 9-17 on the season and hopes to advance to its first conference tournament title game in program history on Saturday.
Hanover finished the regular season at 20-4 overall and tied for the HCAC regular season title at 16-2 in league games. The Panthers received a first-round bye as the No. 2 seed for the conference tournament.
Live in-game stats and audio links for Saturday's semifinal game are online at www.rose-hulman.edu/sports.
2012 HCAC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE:
FIRST ROUND - Friday Feb. 24 -
hosted by Franklin
#4 Transylvania 57, #5 Defiance 42
No. 6 Rose-Hulman 48, #3 Manchester 37
SEMIFINALS - Saturday, Feb. 25 -
hosted by Franklin
#1 Franklin vs. #4 Transylvania, 3 p.m.
#2 Hanover vs. #6 Rose-Hulman, 5 p.m.
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME - Sunday, Feb. 26 - hosted by
Franklin
Semifinal Winners, 2 p.m.