Game Program |
William Smith Notes |
Live Stats |
Live VideoGAMEDAY: The Engineers begin the Liberty League portion of their schedule with games against William Smith and Clarkson on Saturday and Sunday ... Both games begin at 2pm at ECAV Arena.
NON-LEAGUE RESULTS: RPI was 4-5 in non-league contests, including a 60-41 win over Drew on Wednesday afternoon.
AGAINST DREW: RPI came off a 23-day break with a balanced effort in defeating Drew 60-41 on Wednesday ... Ten student-athletes recorded at least one point and 11 had at least one rebound, while the Engineers held the Rangers to 25.9% shooting, including 0 for 13 from 3-point range.
MORE VS. DREW: Rensselaer was led by three players with 10 points apiece against Drew: senior
Ashley Clough also had five rebounds and two blocks, while freshmen
Elizabeth Eckhardt and
Sam Krumbhaar added a pair of rebounds and two steals and three rebounds and two assists, respectively ...
LaKissa Martin, another freshman, contributed eight points and eight rebounds.
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.
DECEMBER: RPI dropped its first game of December before bouncing back to defeat Anna Maria 72-45 behind 19 points from
Ashley Clough ... A loss to Wesleyan was followed by a win over Drew.
1,000 POINT CLUB: Senior
Ashley Clough joined the 1,000 point club when she had 19 points against Anna Maria ... She now has 1,025 career points.
ABOUT WILLIAM SMITH: The Herons have been idle since December 11 when they defeated Ithaca 52-44 behind a 15-point, 13-rebound performance by Mia Morrison ... That victory snapped a five-game losing streak, three of which came in December.
LAST YEAR VS. WILLIAM SMITH: The Engineers defeated the Herons 49-40 on January 23 in Troy behind
Amanda Lynch's 19 points ... RPI outscored the Herons 29-20 in the second half ... Fifteen days after that, Lynch scored 20 points and
Ashley Clough had 11 in a 45-42 win in Geneva ... Ali Pliszka's nine points led William Smith.
SERIES SNAPSHOT: Since the start of the 1988-89 season, William Smith and Rensselaer have played 59 times with the Herons holding a 38-21 series lead ... In games played in Troy, William Smith is 15-13 during that time ... Since the Class of 2016 arrived, the Herons and Engineers are 3-3.
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 ... Ithaca is the league's 11th full member.
