TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology closed the game on a 17-5 run to pick up a 71-60 men's basketball victory over Manchester University on Wednesday night at Hulbert Arena.

Manchester took the lead at 55-54 on a score by Quentez Columbus with 6:50 remaining.  A three-pointer by Bradley Harden, a score from Isaac Farnsworth and a basket from Miles McGowan put the Engineers up 61-55 at the 3:36 mark.

After a 3-pointer by Columbus brought Manchester within 61-58, Rose-Hulman answered with the next eight points to secure the victory.  Max Chaplin scored four points and McGowen added four points in the spurt.

Chaplin led four Rose-Hulman players with 12 points.  Harden added 11 points, and McGowen joined Zachary Jackson with 10 points each.

The efforts were career-high scoring nights for both Harden and Jackson, who reached double figures in a game for the first time in their Rose-Hulman careers.

Other key Fightin' Engineer contributors included Terry Hicks and Willie Bowman with six points each; Vuc Djuric with five points and seven rebounds; and Farnsworth with four points and four rebounds.

Columbus led Manchester with 18 points.  Ty Lynas added 16 points in a Manchester performance that remained strong for the full 40 minutes despite just six players appearing in the game.

Rose-Hulman relied on its rebounding to help key the victory, outrebounding the Spartans 59-27 for the game.

Rose-Hulman improved to 12-8 on the season and 8-6 in HCAC play, while Manchester dropped to 8-13 and 7-7 in league games.  The Fightin' Engineers return to action on Saturday at 3 pm at Defiance College.