ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. - The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men's basketball team won for the sixth straight time, defeating Bard College 76-46 in a Liberty League contest. The Engineers close out the fall semester on a six-game winning streak and are now 6-2 overall and 3-0 in the conference. The Raptors fall to 0-8 and 0-3.

Mason Memmelaar led the way RPI, which has averaged a margin of 26.0 in its last six wins. Each of its victories have been by at least 18 points. The sophomore forward led all players with 22 points and nine rebounds. He made 10 of 22 shots, while chipping in with three assists and three steals.

Also in double figures for the Engineers, who led 35-17 at halftime, were senior Mitchel Wayand freshman Will Rubin. Wayand finished with 14 points, while Rubin went for 12. Seven others had at least two points.

The Raptors played evenly with the Engineers early on, as freshman guard Elliot Harris scored five quick points for Bard. With RPI leading 10-5 six minutes into the first half, freshman guard Kevin Le and sophomore forward Stamatis Koulouris made back-to-back baskets to get the Raptors within a point, but the Engineers started to pull away. The visitors went on a 24-4 run to blow the game open late in the half for its 35-17 lead into the intermission.

The Raptors looked to trim the lead early in the second following a pair of three pointers, which cut the Engineers' lead down to 15 points, but Bard was never able to close the gap. RPI followed up the Raptors' push with nine consecutive points to put the game out of reach, and cruised the rest of the way.

Stefanos Psarras led Bard with 15 points, while Harris picked up 10.

Both Bard and Rensselaer are now on break and return to action in January.