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Heather Converse
Liz Brady '20

Women's Basketball Kevin Beattie, Associate Athletic Director

Women's Basketball Back Home on Saturday

GAMEDAY (Dec. 7, 2019): The Engineers play their second game in as many days with a matinee against Clarkson in a Liberty League matchup.

ALL-TIME VS. CLARKSON: The Engineers are 52-22 against the Golden Knights, including 30-8 in Troy ... There have been 62 conference contests with RPI leading 43-19.

ALL-TIME STREAKS: Rensselaer's longest winning streak against Clarkson was 31 games, which went from January 31, 1997 to February 4, 2011 ... RPI's longest losing streak to the Golden Knights is five games, which took place from February 17, 1990 to February 21, 1992.

MORE RECENTLY: The Engineers are 2-2 in their last four meetings with Clarkson ... Both teams have won their two home games in that span of two seasons. 

LAST 10: RPI is 4-6 in its last 10 games versus Clarkson with each coming in league play ... Two wins have come in Troy.

FEBRUARY 16, 2019: Elizabeth Eckhardt had a game-high 18 points and LaKissa Martin had 11 points and 11 rebounds to Rensselaer to a 67-46 victory over Clarkson at East Campus Arena ... The game was the season finale for both teams ... Ines Ortea added 17 points with nine rebounds for RPI, which saw six others tally at least two points ... Carly Assimon had a team-high 11 points for the Golden Knights ... Kati Gotch scored 10 points and Molly Stewart had nine with a team-best seven rebounds.

NOVEMBER 30, 2018: A 14-0 run to end the second quarter put Clarkson ahead and the Golden Knights secured a 59-46 win over Rensselaer ... Carly Assimon led Clarkson with 16 points ... Ines Ortea scored 20 points and Elizabeth Eckhardt had 16 for the Engineers.

RPI ON FRIDAY NIGHT: Celia Tomlinson scored 20 points and Ines Ortea had 18 to lead the RPI to a 74-60 victory over St. Lawrence ... Tomlinson led all scorers, while also pulling down five rebounds to go with five assists, three blocks and a steal ... Ortea added five rebounds, three assists and two steals ... RPI forced 22 turnovers with the help of 13 steals ... Erin Kumler led St. Lawrence with 17 points.

CLARKSON TO DATE: The Golden Knights entered the weekend with a 4-1 record thanks to victories over Morrisville (65-33), Potsdam (78-70), Cazenovia (70-52) and Canton (57-24) ... Clarkson's lone loss came at the hands of Wisconsin-Superior (67-50) in the final of the Max Ziel Tournament at Oswego.

SCORING AVERAGES: Clarkson outscored the opposition by almost 23 points (67.5-44.75) in its first four victories.

CLARKSON ON FRIDAY NIGHT: Emma Buonanno produced her second double-double of the season with game-highs in both points (16) and rebounds (11), but Clarkson fell victim to late free throws in dropping a 47-45 decision at Union.
SEMESTER FINALE: RPI was scheduled to host Smith College on Monday but that game was postponed due to inclement weather ... The Engineers and Pioneers will instead play December 12 at 5:30pm in Northampton, Mass.
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Players Mentioned

Elizabeth Eckhardt

#20 Elizabeth Eckhardt

G
5' 8"
Senior
LaKissa Martin

#44 LaKissa Martin

F
5' 10"
Senior
Ines Ortea

#24 Ines Ortea

G
5' 7"
Senior
Celia Tomlinson

#3 Celia Tomlinson

F
6' 0"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Elizabeth Eckhardt

#20 Elizabeth Eckhardt

5' 8"
Senior
G
LaKissa Martin

#44 LaKissa Martin

5' 10"
Senior
F
Ines Ortea

#24 Ines Ortea

5' 7"
Senior
G
Celia Tomlinson

#3 Celia Tomlinson

6' 0"
Senior
F