Terre Haute, Ind. - The Franklin College women's basketball team dropped to 9-4 in Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) play with a 76-63 loss to Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology on Wednesday.

The first half featured two big scoring runs. Franklin opened the game on a 12-0 run, before the Fightin' Engineers scored 19 of the next 22 points. A three-point field goal by junior Lauren DeSutter (Pittsboro, Ind./Tri-West) cut Rose-Hulman's lead to two points, 19-17, at halftime.

The Grizzlies trailed 34-30 heading into the fourth quarter, but the hosts scored 20 points in the final frame to secure the victory.

DeSutter scored a game-high 14 points to lead the offensive attack. Junior Kayle Comer (Brownsburg, Ind./Brownsburg) added nine points.

Franklin returns to action on Saturday, February 6, at 2 p.m. when it travels to Defiance College in Defiance, Ohio. Live video and statistics of the game will be available. In-game updates will also be available on Twitter (@FCAthletics). Like the Grizzlies on Facebook (www.facebook.com/FranklinCollegeAthletics), and on Instagram (@fcgrizzlies).