GAMEDAY (Feb. 16, 2019): Rensselaer hosts Clarkson in the regular season finale for both teams ... The Engineers are 14-10 overall and 9-8 in the league, while the Golden Knights are 6-18 and 5-12.
SENIOR DAY: The game marks the final regular season contest in the careers of seniors
Marcus Giese,
Tom Horvat,
Andreas Kontopidis and
Ryan Kriftcher ... They will each be honored in a pre-game ceremony.
POST-SEASON: Rensselaer has clinched a playoff bid and will play a first round contest on Tuesday.
STANDINGS: The Engineers are in fifth place in the Liberty League, a game in front of Bard and a game behind Ithaca ... RPI can finish in either fourth or fifth.
TODAY'S SCHEDULE: In addition to Rensselaer hosting Clarkson, the other Liberty League games today are St. Lawrence at Skidmore, Hobart at Union, Ithaca at Vassar and RIT at Bard.
RENSSELAER'S SEEDING SCENARIOS: If RPI and Ithaca finish tied at 10-8, the Engineers own the tiebreaker (2-4 cumulative record vs. teams with better record; Ithaca is 1-5) and will host the Bombers in a first round game on Tuesday ... If Rensselaer and Bard finish tied at 9-9, the Engineers own the tiebreaker (3-5 cumulative record vs. teams with a better record; Bard is 1-7) and travel to Ithaca.
LEAGUE SCENARIOS: The winner of this afternoon's game between St. Lawrence and Skidmore earns the top seed in the Liberty League Playoffs and the right to host next weekend's semifinals and final ... Hobart has clinched the third seed and will host Bard on Tuesday ... The Statesmen were 2-0 against Ithaca, the only team that can tie them at 11 victories.
RPI LAST NIGHT: Sophomore
Patrick Mahoney had 18 points and nine rebounds and the Engineers built a 14-point halftime lead on its way to a 67-60 win over St. Lawrence ...
Tom Horvat had 14 points with six rebounds and six assists and
Marcus Giese scored 13 points with five rebounds and four blocked shots ... St. Lawrence was led by Riley Naclerio, who scored 20 points with seven rebounds.
HELPERS: The Engineers finished with 17 assists on 26 made baskets against the Saints on Friday ... RPI had 11 assists on 15 made field goals in the first half.
CLARKSON LAST NIGHT: Edvinas Rupkus scored 15 points to go along with three assists and three steals and Noah Meren hit for a game-high 19 points, complimented by eight rebounds, as Skidmore defeated Clarkson, 63-46 ... Reese Swedberg and Matt Higgins both scored nine points for the Golden Knights ... Higgins added seven rebounds and two steals.
IN THE FIRST MATCHUP: Five Engineers reached double digits in points in a 96-84 win at Clarkson on November 30.Â