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CANTON, N.Y. - Senior LaKissa Martin scored 19 points and the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) women's basketball team scored 20 points off 23 turnovers and the Engineers defeated St. Lawrence University 54-50 in a Liberty League contest at Ronald T. Burkman Gymnasium. RPI improves to 6-2 overall and 1-1 in the conference, while the Saints drop to 3-3 and 1-1.

After five ties in the first quarter, the Engineers' Lyndsey Stone gave Rensselaer a 16-13 lead after ten minutes of play. The Engineers maintained a slight lead throughout the second quarter, but a last second layup from Annabella Pugliese tied the game at 23 just before halftime. At the half, St. Lawrence shot 11-for-22 from the floor for 50 percent to the Engineers 29 percent (9-for-31).

The Engineers nearly doubled their first half score in the third quarter alone and outscored the Saints 31-27 in the second half to take home the win. Dylan Watkiss landed a 3-pointer late in the fourth quarter to close the Saints gap to two points, but Elizabeth Eckhardt finished with a jumper for Rensselaer.

Freshman Brelle Sharry, who made 5 of 9 shots, scored 12 points and grabbed a team-high nine rebounds. Martin also recorded two steals, while Stone posted two blocks for Rensselaer.

Chelsea Van Tassel and Pugliese scored nine points and grabbed three rebounds each for St. Lawrence. Katie Frederick recorded six points, a team-best 10 rebounds, four steals and five blocks for the Scarlet and Brown. 

St. Lawrence shot 42 percent from the floor and 27 percent from the arc, compared to Rensselaer's 32 percent and 22 percent, respectively.