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GAMEDAY: The Engineers face Middlebury College in their home opener in a non-league contest.

THIS YEAR'S TEAM: RPI's 12-man roster is made up of three seniors, two juniors, a sophomore and six freshmen ... Rensselaer is led by head coach Mark Gilbride, who is in his second season.

FIRST FOUR: Rensselaer has won three of its first four games to begin the 2015-16 campaign, going 2-1 in road games and 1-0 on a neutral court.

GAME 1: Freshman Tom Horvat scored a game-high 17 points with seven steals, six assists, five rebounds and a blocked shot to lead RPI to a  75-46 win at SUNY Cobleskill ... Two others (Tyler Gendron & Asa Barnhill) also hit double figures for the Engineers, who shot 40.4% from the floor while holding the Tigers to 29.6%

GAME 2: Freshman Andreas Kontopidis scored 24 points to lead the Engineers to an 81-48 victory over Utica in the opening game of the Hilbert College Tip-Off Tournament. 

GAME 3: Hilbert closed the day with four players in double figure scoring and shot at a consistent 53% shooting for both half to defeat Rensselaer 88-71  and win the 6th annual Hilbert Tip-Off Tournament ... Chase Almond led the Engineers with 16 points and eight rebounds, while Andreas Kontopidis had 13 points, hitting a pair of 3's.

ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM: Freshman Andreas Kontopidis was named to the Hilbert College Tip-Off Tournament All-Tournament team after averaging a team-best 18.5 points on 70.0% shooting (14 of 20) with 1.5 rebounds, two assists, two blocks and a steal while averaging 19.5 minutes off the bench. 

GAME 4: RPI used a balanced attack to collect a 71-67 victory at Sage ... Tom Horvat finished with 17 points as he made three shots from beyond the arc, senior Tyler Gendron added 13 points, while senior Chase Almond tallied 11 points with nine boards and four assists.

LIBERTY LEAGUE WEEKLY AWARDS: The Engineers have had a pair of freshmen earn league Rookie of the Week awards through the first few weeks of the season ... Tom Horvat was honored following the first game and Andreas Kontopidis earned recognition the week after. 

ABOUT MIDDLEBURY: The Panthers opened the season with losses to Baldwin Wallace (97-87) and St. Lawrence (63-57) in the Medaille Tournament before defeating SUNY New Paltz on the road (80-63) ... Middlebury spent this past weekend at the Rochester Tournament, losing to Oswego State (70-55) and defeating Johnson State (103-63) ... The Panthers have three road games before making their home debut on December 8 vs. Castleton.