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GAMEDAY (Jan. 17, 2017): The Engineers (9-6; 3-3 Liberty League) look for their second straight home win as they welcome Vassar (5-10; 1-6) to East Campus Arena for a league contest.

STREAKY: After posting two wins in a row, Rensselaer has lost two consecutive games ... Both defeats came last weekend when the Engineers traveled to Hobart (67-52) and RIT (63-61).

FRIDAY NIGHT: Hobart used a stout defense and a balanced offense to defeat RPI, 67-52 ... Sophomore Colin Dougherty paced Hobart with 16 points on 8-of-14 shooting and classmate Jamal Lucas added 10 points and three steals ... RPI got a game-high 17 points from sophomore guard Tom Horvat, who was 3-of-6 from 3-point range ... Sophomore forward Andreas Kontopidis scored 12 points.

SATURDAY'S GAME: RIT needed a big second half to beat RPI, 63-61 ... The Tigers' AJ Horde scored with five seconds to play in regulation to give RIT the lead ... He then had a steal on RPI's next possession to preserve the victory ... Horde finished with eight points, nine rebounds, five assists and three steals ... Tom Horvat led Rensselaer with 15 points, while senior Jonathan Luster added 12 points and eight rebounds ... Andreas Kontipidis had 10 points.

TIGHT RACE: RPI, RIT and Clarkson are in a three-way tie for fourth place in the Liberty League standings ... The top four teams qualify for the league's post-season tournament. 

BALANCED ATTACK: Rensselaer has four players who average at least 10 points per game, led by Tom Horvat (15.7) and Andreas Kontopidis (15.6) ... Seniors Jonathan Luster (12.6) and Brian Hatcher (10.8) also reach the 10-point plateau regularly.

LAST SEASON VS. VASSAR: The Engineers split their games with the Brewers in 2015-16, losing on the road on January 12 (70-62) and winning at home on February 21 (71-63) ... Guard Jesse Browne scored a career-high 24 points to lead Vassar to its win ... Tom Horvat had 17 points for the Engineers ... In the rematch, Tyler Gendron scored a team-high 21 points to lead the Engineers on Senior Day ... He made 7 of 10 shots, including 5 of 6 from three-point range, while collecting six rebounds, three steals, an assist and a block ... Vassar's Browne scored a game-high 22 points, along with five rebounds, three assists, a block and a steal while playing all 40 minutes.

OF LATE: Vassar beat Bard last Tuesday (69-61) before falling to Clarkson (76-60) and St. Lawrence (97-79) on Friday and Saturday ... All three were home games for the Brewers.
RPI scored the final 13 points to defeat St. Lawrence by 11 points, 72-61 ... Trailing 61-59 with just over two minutes to play, RPI tied the game on a put-back and then made a three-point shot with 1:30 to go ... A layup made it 66-61 with 53 seconds remaining and four free throws followed by a layup concluded the scoring ... Tom Horvat led RPI with 15 points, along with four rebounds, a game-high five assists and a steal. 

CAPTAINS: RPI will be led by three senior captains in Brian Hatcher, Nate Kane and Jonathan Luster ... In his first three years, Hatcher played all 77 game and averaged 6.1 points and 4.1 rebound ... He had 74 assists, 76 steals and 57 blocks ... Kane is coming off a year in which he led the team in assists with 74 and was third in steals with 27 ... He averaged 5.8 points and 2.6 rebounds ... Luster started all 25 games last season and averaged a team-best 32.8 minutes per contest ... He scored 7.7 points per game with 3.6 rebounds and 62 assists, 18 steals and six blocked shots.

NEWCOMERS: The Engineers have three freshmen on this year's team in Kevin Davis (G/F), Mitchell Wayand (G) and Carter Schneider (F).

GLOBAL REACH: Rensselaer has five different states represented on its roster.

2015-16: RPI finished last season with a 12-13 overall record and a 6-10 mark in the Liberty League ... The Engineers were 5-6 at East Campus Arena and 2-0 on neutral courts.

ALL-ROOKIE TEAM: Rensselaer's Tom Horvat was unanimously named to the Liberty League All-Rookie Team ... He started all 25 games and led the Engineers in scoring, averaging 15.3 points per game, field goals (145), three-pointers (58) and steals (74) ... He was second in assists (73) and minutes per game (32.6) ... Horvat shot 40.4 percent from the field, averaged 3.3 rebounds and registered six blocks.

ALL-ACADEMIC: The 2015-16 Liberty League Winter All-Academic Team included three from RPI men's basketball: Nate Kane (nuclear engineering), Will Lewis (Psychology) and Jonathan Luster (civil engineering) ... Honored student-athletes must have had at least sophomore athletic and academic standing with a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.20.

WEEKLY AWARDS: RPI had two student-athletes earn four weekly Liberty League honors a season ago ... Tom Horvat was the Rookie of the Week three times, while Andreas Kontopidis earned the same award once.