NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind. --  The Rose-Hulman men's basketball team picked up a big win on the road against Manchester University with a final score of 84-74 in their conference opener. This improves the team to 3-2 overall and 1-0 in the HCAC. 

Miles McGowen led the team recording his second double-double of the season finishing with 22 points and 13 rebounds. McGowen also led the team with five assists in the contest. The Fightin' Engineers had three other players reach double figures in scoring including Joey Schmitz (16), Daniel Savovic (12), and Cole Pride (11).

The Fightin' Engineers came out hot starting the game on a 12-0 run to take the early lead. The team built their largest lead of the game after a made free throw by Jack Jenniges put the score at 29-10 with 11:28 left.

Rose-Hulman would enter the halftime break ahead 51-36. The team finished the half shooting an impressive 60.61% from the field. 

Manchester battled back in the second half to cut the lead to six with the score at 80-74 with 2:16 remaining in the game. The Fightin' Engineers were able to hold off the comeback to claim the win and hand Manchester their second loss of the season. 

Rose-Hulman will continue HCAC play traveling to face Bluffton on Saturday, December 7 at 3 PM.