GAMEDAY (Dec. 6, 2019): The Engineers (4-1) play their first conference contest of the season with the Saints of St. Lawrence (2-3) visiting East Campus Arena.

UNEXPECTED BREAK: RPI last played on November 26, though it was scheduled to play Smith on Monday ... That game was postponed due to inclement weather ... The Engineers and Pioneers will now play December 12 in Westhampton, Mass.

ALL-TIME AGAINST ST. LAWRENCE: The Engineers are 26-44 against the Saints, including 15-18 in Troy ... There have been 62 conference contests with St. Lawrence leading 40-22.

LAST 10: RPI is 3-7 in its last 10 games versus SLU with each coming in league play ... Two wins came in Troy.

LAST SEASON: The teams split the two meetings last year with both squads winning on the road.

DECEMBER 1, 2018: LaKissa Martin scored 19 points and RPI scored 20 points off 23 turnovers in defeating St. Lawrence 54-50 ... Rensselaer's Brelle Sharry scored 12 points with a team-high nine rebounds, while Martin also recorded two steals ... Chelsea Van Tassel and Annabella Pugliese scored nine points and grabbed three rebounds each for the Saints ... Katie Frederick recorded six points, a team-best 10 rebounds, four steals and five blocks for SLU.

FEBRUARY 15, 2019: Ava McCann scored 11 of her 20 points in the fourth quarter to lead St. Lawrence to a come-from-behind 52-51 victory over RPI ... McCann tied the game at 3:59 and then she put the Saints in front with a 3-pointer with 2:51 left ... Ines Ortea pulled RPI to within a point a minute later, but the Engineers did not score again ... Annabella Pugliese had nine points, six rebounds and four assists and Chelsea Van Tassel had five points and a game-high 12 rebounds for the visitors ... LaKissa Martin was Rensselaer's leader in points (19) and rebounds (10) ... Celia Tomlinson added eight points and six rebounds.

BACK AND FORTH: Rensselaer and St. Lawrence have alternated victories in each of the last five meetings ... SLU has three wins in that span.

RPI LAST TIME OUT: Senior guard Sam Krumbhaar scored a game-high 25 points to lead RPI to a 76-67 victory at The Sage Colleges on November 26 ... Senior guard Ines Ortea added 19 points, while junior guard Courtney Lewis scored 17 ... Rensselaer shot 42% for the night and forced 25 turnovers ... It also had a 39-34 rebounding advantage, led by senior forward Celia Tomlinson's 15 boards.

STREAKING: The Engineers enter the game on a four-game winning streak.

LEAGUE LEADERS: The Engineers' Celia Tomlinson is first in the Liberty League in rebounds per game (13.8) and blocked shots (2.8) ... St. Lawrence's Katie Frederick is second in rebounds (12.2) and third in blocks (1.6) ... RPI's Sam Krumbhaar is first in the conference in assist/turnover ratio (2.3) and assists per game (3.4).

ST. LAWRENCE TO DATE: The Saints began the season with a loss to St. John Fisher in Canton (62-58) before defeating Colby (66-59) ... They then lost to Colby-Sawyer (63-58) before beating Plattsburgh (60-39) but losing to Potsdam (66-61) on November 23.