NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind. – The Manchester University men's basketball team suffered a 79-56 setback on Friday night to visiting Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Stauffer-Wolfe Arena.

Cold perimeter shooting plagued the Black & Gold in the first half. Manchester was held to just 3-23 shooting from downtown in the opening 20 minutes. Manchester made 8-of-20 three-point attempts in the second half, finishing 11-43 (25.6%) from three-point territory for the game.

The Fightin' Engineers also knocked down 11 triples on Friday, shooting 11-27 (40.7%). Rose-Hulman shot 28-62 for the game, good for 45.2%. RHIT also went a perfect 12-12 at the free throw line.

Brandon Christlieb (Ashley, Ind./Prairie Heights) led the Black & Gold with 15 points and four rebounds. Mitch Mendenhall (New Haven, Ind./Woodlan) chipped in 11 points.

Freshmen Hunter Perlich (Fort Wayne, Ind./Churubusco) chipped in eight points off the bench, while Coy Hampton (Park Forest, Ill./Crete Monee) added six points and three rebounds.

Craig McGee led four Engineers in double figures with 15 points

Up Next: The Spartans (2-7) will travel to Rose-Hulman (7-2) tomorrow night for a 3:30 p.m. road contest in Hulbert Arena.