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ROCHESTER, N.Y. - The RIT women's basketball team (14-4, 7-2 Liberty League) held off a fourth quarter rally to beat Rensselaer (3-11, 1-5 Liberty League) 68-64 in Liberty League-action from Clark Gymnasium Friday evening. It is the ninth win all time versus Rensselaer.
 
Sam Krumbhaar led Rensselaer with 26 points, while LaKissa Martin added 10 points for the Engineers who shot 45.6 percent from the floor.

RIT shot 33.9 percent on 19-of-56 from the floor. The Tigers went 2-of-20 from three-point land, and 28-of-42 from the foul line. Jessica Glaz led RIT with 16 points, eight rebounds, two assists and five steals. Maria Edwards tied her career high with 14 points, while Amanda Olsen added 12 points, while Julia Bender finished with 11 rebounds.

"We were fortunate to walk away with a win tonight," said RIT head coach Amy Reed. "I thought Rensselaer out-played us in the second half."

RPI led throughout much of the first quarter, leading by as many as five points twice. RIT came back in the latter stages of the quarter, outscoring the Engineers 11-3 over the final 4:05 of the quarter to take a 17-15 lead on an old fashioned three-point play by Glaz with 15 seconds to play in the quarter.

The Tigers built their lead to 10 points in the second quarter, outscoring RPI 8-2 to open the frame. Cori Okada gave RIT its largest lead of the game to that point on a free throw with 4:36 to play in the half. A Tara Lynch layup with 2:51 to play gave RIT its largest lead at 34-19. Krumbhaar scored a late layup to make it 36-25 RIT at the half.

Rensselaer pulled to within three points at the 4:43 mark of the third quarter on a layup by Bailei Tetrault, capping a 12-4 run to open the second half. Bender answered with a layup with 4:19 to play in the quarter, extending the Tigers lead to 42-37.

Martin made a pair of free throws with 1:29 to play, cutting the RIT lead to three points again, but the Tigers closed the quarter with a 7-0 burst to take a 50-41 lead into the fourth quarter.

Kate Goodell cut the RIT lead to 54-51 with 4:25 to play in the fourth quarter off an assist from Ellen Boucher. She drained a three with 3:35 to play making it 58-54 Tigers. RIT's lead hovered around five points down the stretch thanks to some timely free throw shooting by the Tigers. Olsen made a pair inside the last two minutes, while Glaz wrapped up the win for the Tigers with a pair of clutch free throws with seven seconds to play making it a 68-64 final.