TWO-GAME HOMESTAND: Rensselaer hosts crosstown-rival Sage College on Tuesday night at East Campus Arena (6pm).

RPI DEFATED BY HARTWICK: Rensselaer was held to just 20.8% shooting from the floor and the Engineers were defeated by Hartwick, 59-30, in the second round of the Holiday Inn Classic at Lambros Arena ... Senior Amanda Lynch had a game-high eight points for the Engineers, who trailed 32-17 at halftime ... She also had five rebounds in 21 minutes ... Junior Ashley Clough led Rensselaer with six rebounds, while chipping in five points ... Eleven other members of the Engineers got on the scoresheet with at least one point ... Hartwick, which made 40.0% of its shots, got a game-high 22 points from Emily Stone, who made 8 of 9 shots from the floor.

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EARLY LEADERS: Junior Ashley Clough leads the team in both scoring (17.0 ppg) and rebounding (8.6 rpg), while averaging 32.2 minutes per contest ... Senior captain Amanda Lynch is second at 15.6 points and 7.2 boards per game, while shooting 92.6% from the free throw line ... Classmate and fellow skipper Courtney Reynolds rounds out the top three scorers with 6.6 points per contest ... Captain and fellow senior Bailei Tetrault leads the club with 14 assists, while netting 5.0 points per contest.

GATORS STANDOUTS: Sophomore Frankie Pearson leads Sage in scoring at 12.0 points per game ... She connects on a team-high 86.7 of her free throw attempts ... Senior Megan Bowman is averaging 10.8 points per contest, to go along with a team-best 4.0 assists ... Classmate Amie Jefferson is also averaging double-figures at 10.2 points per game.

GATORS TOP COBLESKILL: Sage delivered a 67-36 win over Cobleskill on Saturday ... Sage led 39-10 at the break as sophomore guard Frankie Pearson scored 14 points ... She shot 4 of 9 in the first half as Sage held the Fighting Tigers to a 20.0% shooting performance from the floor (5-25) ... By game's end Pearson and senior forward and team tri-captain, Amie Jefferson each had 14 points on the afternoon, while Jefferson had a team-best 9 boards ... Senior guard Lea McClain added eight points, while rookie Genevieve Schoff added six points in her first home start as a Gators.

NOVEMBER 26, 2013: Five players reached double figures in scoring as Sage defeated Rensselaer, 83-76, at Kahl Gym ... A back and forth first half saw each team brief leads ... Ashley Clough netted 13 of her game-high 21 points in the opening 20 minutes, on 6 of 11 shooting ... Jeadell Quinn recorded eight points, on 4 of 4 shooting from the field in the opening half ... After trading baskets to begin the second half, the visitors went on a 5-0 run to take a 40-35 lead, 2:30 in ... Amanda Lynch converted on a three-point play to cap the scoring ... Rensselaer maintained a marginal lead until the 8:39 mark of the half, when Amie Jefferson scored from inside the lane to give the Gators a 54-53 advantage. Lynch answered on the ensuing RPI possession to regain a one-point edge, but a lay-up by Pearson and a free throw from Krystyn Knockwood put the hosts up 60-56, with 8:30 to play ... Sage did not relinquish the lead for the remained of the contest.

THE CAPTAINS: Seniors Amanda Lynch, Courtney Reynolds and Bailei Tetrault will lead the Engineers on the field for the 2014-15 season.

BY POSITION: The Engineers roster consists of eight guards, six guard/forwards and three forward/centers.

BY CLASS: The team is made up of seven freshmen, one sophomore, five juniors and four seniors.

RENSSELAER'S COACHES: The Engineers are led by 14th-year head coach John Greene ... He is a 1990 graduate of the University of Massachusetts ... Greene is assisted by Matt Jennifer Wehner and Mike Griffin.