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Potsdam, N.Y. - Senior Ashley Loggins scored 17 points, grabbed 16 rebounds and had six steals as the Clarkson University women's basketball improved its winning streak to 11 straight games with a 72-54 victory over Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) on Friday night at Alumni Gymnasium.

The Golden Knights moved to 16-4 overall and 9-2 in conference games with the victory, tying for the second longest winning streak in school history. Rensselaer fell to 5-14 overall and 1-9 in conference games. 

The first half was full of mini-runs for both teams as neither had more than a six-point advantage. Clarkson scored the first four points, but the Engineers responded with a 10-0 run in a 3:44 span. That margin slowly evaporated as Clarkson came back to tie the score at 16-16 on a pair of free throws. With the score tied at 18, Clarkson went on an 8-2 run to take a six-point lead of its own, but the Engineers tied things up at 28 with an 8-2 run of their own.

With Rensselaer looking to tie the score once again in the final minute, Raeanna Dunn picked up a loose ball at the top of the key and went the other way for a two-on-one, which was finished for Alyssia Marsal to give Clarkson a 32-28 edge at the break.  Marsal had eight points to lead the Knights, while Colleen Daley produced four points, seven rebounds and a block in nine minutes off the bench. For Rensselaer, Sam Krumbhaar had 10 points and Shaina Iton produced eight points, five boards, two steals and a block. Neither team shot particularly well from the floor, but both made up for that deficit with solid production from the free throw line, with the Engineers going 10-for-11 and Clarkson shooting 8-for-9.

The second half was more of the same at the start as Clarkson pushed its lead to eight points (38-30), but watched Rensselaer go on a 10-0 run, including eight straight points from Krumbhaar, to take a 40-38 lead. That was the last burst from the Engineers, as Clarkson turned a tie (41-41) into a modest seven-point lead with a Daley jumper and two 3-pointers from Devin Sorell, as the teams finally broke their collective futility from beyond the arc.

Starting the fourth quarter the Engineers scored a basket to pull within four (49-45), but RPI went cold and the Knights continued to score to push their advantage into double figures. Rensselaer finally tallied again with under two minutes to go, but the 7:28 stretch without a point was too much to overcome.

Krumbhaar finished with a game-high 20 points while LaKissa Martin scored 11 points in 17 minutes off the bench. 

Loggins surpassed 1,500 career points with her effort. Devin Sorell tossed in 15 points, while Marsal and Stephanie Grobe also each added 12 points for Clarkson.