ANDERSON, Ind. -- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology earned its first women's basketball victory of the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference season with a 47-39 win at Anderson University on Wednesday night.

Nosa Igiehon led the Fightin' Engineer offense with career-high totals of 18 points, 21 rebounds and seven blocked shots.  The 21 rebounds are the second-most in Rose-Hulman history, behind the school record of 22 set by Christina Forsyth in 2001.  Igiehon's seven blocked shots are the most by a Rose-Hulman player since Josie Schmidt had eight blocks at Bluffton in 2016.

Hannah Woody also reached double figures with 13 points on a perfect 8-of-8 from the free throw line.  Rose Burnham contributed six points and five rebounds, and Kahlan Jester tallied four points to lead the Engineer scoring.

Defense was the key to the Rose-Hulman victory.  Anderson shot just 27% from the field and the Fightin' Engineers outrebounded the Ravens 49-34 in the victory.  Payton Moore was the only double figure scorer for Anderson with 11 points.

Anderson led 20-16 at the half after a three-pointer in the final minute of the opening 20 minutes.  The Ravens maintained a six-point lead at 32-26 heading into the fourth quarter.

The final 10 minutes belonged to Rose-Hulman.  The Fightin' Engineers scored 11 straight points to take a 37-32 on six points from Igiehon, a three-pointer from Woody and a layup by Nola Wilson.

After Anderson hit a three-pointer at the 4:31 mark, Rose-Hulman scored eight straight points again to push its lead to 45-35 in the final seconds. Woody scored four points, Jester added two free throws and Burnham hit a layup to push the lead into double figures.

All told, Rose-Hulman outscored the Ravens 19-3 over the first 9:29 of the fourth quarter to pick up the win.

Rose-Hulman improved to 2-12 overall and 1-6 in HCAC play, while Anderson dropped to 5-9 and 1-6 in league games.  The Fightin' Engineers host No. 9 ranked Transylvania University on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Hulbert Arena.