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Live VideoGAMEDAY: The Engineers return from a 23-day break to close out 2015 with a non-league game against Drew University ... The visiting Rangers played at MIT on Tuesday.
THIS YEAR'S TEAM: RPI's 12 roster is made up of three seniors, one junior, five sophomores and six freshmen ... Rensselaer is led by head coach
John Greene, who is in his 15th season.
SECOND HOME GAME: Rensselaer has played just one home game thus far this season, defeating Simmons 80-40 in the season opener on November 14 ... The Engineers have played three neutral site games and four road contests since.
NOVEMBER: The first month of the season saw RPI post a 2-3 record ... The Engineers were led in scoring by
Bailei Tetrault (12 points) and
LaKissa Martin (12) in the opener and
Sam Krumbhaar (18) and
Ashley Clough (17) against Babson.
MORE VERSUS SIMMONS: RPI shot close to 50% from the floor and 60% from three-point range in an 80-40 victory over the Sharks.
MORE AGAINST BABSON: The Engineers came out strong in the second half and took a 48-42 lead at the end of three quarters before relying on strong defense and consistent offensive production to stay in control of the Beavers, who they beat 64-54.
DECEMBER: RPI dropped its first game this month before bouncing back to defeat Anna Maria 72-45 behind 19 points from
Ashley Clough.
1,000 POINT CLUB: Senior
Ashley Clough became a member of the 1,000 point club when she had 19 points against Anna Maria and enters today's game with 1,015 career points.
LIBERTY LEAGUE WEEKLY AWARDS: The Engineers have had a pair of freshmen earn league Rookie of the Week awards this season ...
Sam Krumbhaar was honored on November 23 and
Elizabeth Eckhardt earned recognition on December 7.
ABOUT DREW: The Rangers, who are coached by former St. Lawrence standout Brittany Gaetano, began the year in its own tournament, losing the championship to SLU (56-44) ... They have since won four games including a 61-55 win over then -No. 21 FDU-Florham in a non-league game.
LEAGUE NEWS: On December 17, Liberty League Commissioner Tracy King announced that Ithaca College accepted the Liberty League's invitation for full membership and will begin competing in the conference no later than the 2018-19 academic year ... IC is the league's 11th full member.