ONE HOME, ONE AWAY: The Engineers return to East Campus Arena after playing three straight on the road last week ... RPI hosts William Smith on Friday (6pm), before traveling to cross-town rival Union on Saturday (4pm).

ENGINEERS FALL AT ST. LAWRENCE: Behind 17 points from Caroline Dalton, St. Lawrence recorded a 65-45 win over Rensselaer, last Saturday at Burkman Gym ... Dalton led St. Lawrence in the first half, scoring 11 points ... Kara McDuffee followed with eight points, as the Saints held a 31-24 advantage at halftime ... McDuffee finished with a double-double of 13 points and 10 boards to help lead St. Lawrence, which shot 35.9 percent (23-64) from the floor ... RPI out-rebounded the Saints by a 49-37 margin, led by Shaina Iton, who pulled down a game-high 14 caroms for the Engineers ... Amanda Lynch paced the Rensselaer scorers, finishing with a double-double of 19 points - a game-high - and 11 rebounds ... Bailei Tetrault added eight points for the Engineers, who were held to 25.0 percent (14-56) shooting, including going just 2-for-11 from 3-point range.

FOLLOW THE ACTION: Live statistics for this weekend's action – and all Rensselaer home games – can be followed at http://www.sidearmstats.com/rpi/wbball.

WATCH ONLINE: Home games can be seen at www.rpiathletics.com/watch/wbball. 

RENSSELAER LEADERS: Junior Ashley Clough leads the team with 15.3 points and 8.1 rebounds per game ... She is followed by senior captain Amanda Lynch at 14.3 points and 8.5 boards per contest ... Fellow captain and senior Bailei Tetrault rounds out the top three scorers with 6.9 points per game ... Tetrault also has a team-high 35 assists to go along with 26 steals.

ITON HONORED FOR SECOND TIME: Freshman Shaina Iton earned her second consective Liberty League Rookie of the Week award after averaging a double-double of 10.0 points and 10.5 rebounds last week, as the Engineers went 2-1 in Liberty League play ... She also registered two assists, two steals and a team-high six blocked shots ... Iton has played in all 16 games for the Engineers this season, including nine as a starter ... She is averaging 5.8 points and 7.8 rebounds in 23.0 minutes per contest ... The former Peekskill High School standout has recorded 18 assists, 13 steals and a team-high 50 blocked shots ... She has recorded double-digit points four times and double-digits rebounds five times.

RECIPE FOR SUCCESS: The Engineers are 5-1 this season, when RPI senior captain Amanda Lynch records a double-double ... She recorded 19 points and 11 rebounds on Saturday as RPI lost for the just the first time when she acomplished the feat.

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

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

UPCOMING ACTION: Rensselaer is back on the court tomorrow afternoon, when it travels to Schenectady to face area-rival Union College (2pm).

JANUARY 9, 2015: Ashley Clough scored 24 points and pulled down 12 rebounds - both game-highs - to lead Rensselaer to a 75-54 win over Union at East Campus Arena ... The team's leading scorer, Clough made 10 of 18 shots from the field, including three three-pointers ... She also had a steal and a block in 35 minutes ... Amanda Lynch scored 13 points with five rebounds and Bailei Tetrault added 10 points with three assists and two steals ... Shaina Iton finished with eight points and 11 rebounds, two assists and two blocks ... The Dutchwomen were led by senior Kate Thompson, who had 15 points and seven rebounds, along with two assists, two blocks and steal ... Abby Katz had a team-high eight rebounds, including five offensive, with four points and a steal ... Erin Lyons was also active, scoring eight points with six rebounds ... Union jumped out to a 6-3 lead in the first three minutes of the game before RPI scored the next seven points for a four-point advantage, 10-6 ... The visitors kept things close the next three minutes, but the Engineers began to pull away by scoring 10 of the next 14 points for a 20-10 advantage with 6:57 left in the first half. The lead increased to 28-12 when Clough made a jump shot with 3:54 left and the Engineers led, 35-20 at halftime ... RPI shot 40.5% (15 of 37) in the first half, while holding the Dutchwomen to just 28.6% (8 of 28) shooting ... The second half followed suit as the lowest lead RPI held was 11 points, which happened on two separate occasions, once at the 7:37 mark and again with 5:36 to go ... Rensselaer outscored Union 16-6 the rest of the way for the final margin.