ANDERSON, Ind. -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology women's basketball team dropped a road HCAC contest on Saturday afternoon with a 75-68 loss to the Anderson Ravens.

After a back and forth first quarter, the Ravens blew the game open in the second quarter as they outscored the Fightin' Engineers 15-4 to take a 33-17 lead into the locker room.

Anderson ballooned their lead to 18, the largest of the game, with 4:26 remaining in the third quarter, but the Fightin' Engineers responded in a hurry with a 12-0 run in the next three minutes to cut the lead back to six heading into the final quarter.

The Ravens came alive in the final quarter again to grow the lead back to 15 at 69-54, but Rose-Hulman answered once more with a 12-2 run to cut the lead to five. However, their late push would come up short as they fell 75-68.

With the loss, Rose-Hulman falls to 10-12 on the season and 7-8 in the HCAC. The Fightin' Engineers return to action on Wednesday, February 12, as they host the Mount St. Joseph Lions in their penultimate home game of the season.