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GENEVA, N.Y. - Andreas Kontopidis scored 27 points and Tom Horvat had 22, but it was not enough as the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men's basketball team suffered a 77-69 loss at Hobart College on Tuesday night. The first-place Statesmen won its 10th straight game to improve to 16-3 overall and 11-1 in the Liberty League. The Engineers saw their winning streak stopped at two games and they are now 10-9 and 5-7.

Hobart led by six points, 34-28, at halftime behind 10 points from Jamal Lucas, but the Engineers cut it to one points, 66-65, on a Horvat three-pointer with just over two minutes left. The Statesmen answered with a pair of free throws before Kontopidis made it 68-67 with 1:35 to play. Hobart scored the next five points (73-67) and then countered two more Horvat free throws with four of its own for the final margin.

Kontopidis was RPI's first half catalyst with 17 points on 7 of 11 shooting in the first 30 minutes. Horvat connected for 16 second half points, including 4 of 6 from three-point range. He added two rebounds, a block, an assist and a steal in 35 minutes. Kontopidis had nine rebounds, two assists and a steal. Marcus Giese scored four points with nine boards. 

Lucas finished with 21 points on the other end with Colin Dougherty notching 16 and nine rebounds. 

The Engineers are back on the court on Friday when they host Union College at 8pm at East Campus Arena.