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Engineers
Asa Barnhill
Tom Killips
61
Rensselaer RPIMBB 9-6, 3-3 LL
63
Winner RIT RIT 9-6, 3-3 LL
Rensselaer RPIMBB
9-6, 3-3 LL
61
Final
63
RIT RIT
9-6, 3-3 LL
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Rensselaer RPIMBB 32 29 61
RIT RIT 27 36 63

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Steve Jaynes, RIT athletic communications

Men's Basketball Loses Late

Box Score | RPI Athletics on Instagram

ROCHESTER, NY -- The RIT (9-6, 3-3 Liberty League) men's basketball needed a big second half to beat Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (9-6, 3-3 Liberty League) 63-61 in a critical Liberty League game from Clark Gym Saturday. AJ Horde scored with five seconds to play in regulation to give RIT the lead. He then had the steal on RPI's next possession to preserve the win. With the win, RIT moves into a three-way tie with RPI and Hobart for fourth place in the Liberty League standings.

RIT shot 41.9 percent from the floor on 26-of-62 shooting. The Tigers were 6-of-18 from behind the arc, and went 5-of-9 from the foul line. Troy Pierre-Louis (Providence, RI/Berkshire School) led RIT with 19 points, six rebounds and three assists. Anthony Lewis added 11 points, while Horde and Robert Aguilera each had nine rebounds. Horde finished with eight points, nine rebounds, five assists and three steals.

Tom Horvat led Rensselaer with 15 points, while Jonathan Luster added 12 points and eight rebounds. Andreas Kontipidis added 10 points for RPI who shot 40 percent from the floor.

Trailing 32-27 at halftime, RIT rallied in the second half. The Tigers took their first lead at the 10:20 mark on a 3-pointer from Pierre-Louis off an assist from Horde. Wyatt Smith gave the Tigers a 54-50 lead on his bucket with 5:03 to play in regulation. RPI answered with two straight buckets, tying the score at 56-56 on a jumper from Luster with 2:42 to play.

Horde's 3-pointer with 2:21 to play jumped the Tigers lead back to three points. Luster answered back for the Engineers, draining a 3-pointer with 35 seconds to play, tying the score at 61-61. On RIT's ensuing possession, Horde got the ball at the top of the key. Driving to his left he got enough space underneath the hoop to lay the ball in the give RIT a 63-61 lead. On RPI's next possession Horde stripped Horvat as he was trying to make a pass to secure the win for RIT.

RPI held a slight 39-38 rebounding edge. The Tigers scored 34 points in the paint, and nine second-chance points.
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