GAMEDAY (Jan. 21, 2020): The Engineers (10-4; 6-1) play a mid-week game with league foe Bard College (5-9; 0-7) serving as the opposition.
BACK HOME: After league games on the road on Friday and Saturday, Rensselaer plays its sixth home contest of the season ... RPI has four more regular season games at ECAV following Tuesday's tilt.
BACK ON THE BUS: The Engineers travel to Vassar on Friday for a game at 5:30pm and to Ithaca on Saturday for a 2pm tip.
ALL-TIME AGAINST BARD: The Engineers are 17-0 against the Raptors, including eight wins in Troy ... RPI averages 65.6 points per game against Bard.
DECEMBER 11: RPI has already played the Raptors this season, defeating them 84-68 in Annandale-on-Hudson ...
Celia Tomlinson scored 23 points with 11 rebounds and three others reached double digits ... RPI outscored Bard 18-13 in the third quarter to push its lead to 15 and the Raptors couldn't get closer than 13 the rest of the way ...
Courtney Lewis scored 18 points and
Ines Ortea had 16 with seven assists and four steals in the win ... Freshman
Heather Converse scored 13 points with nine rebounds ... Jess Rylander had 19 points, five assists, two steals and a block for Bard, which got 15 points from Christina Kiser and Caleigh DeCaprio.
LAST SEASON: The Engineers posted victories of 64-38 in Troy (Feb. 8) and 55-52 on the road (Jan. 12) against Bard in 2018-19.
RPI ON THE WEEKEND: Three Tigers scored in double figures and RIT handed Rensselaer its first league loss, 86-71 on Friday ... RIT shot 58.5 percent from the floor on 31-of-53 shooting, including 10-of-20 from beyond the arc ...
Celia Tomlinson led Rensselaer with 17 points and 10 rebounds, while
Courtney Lewis tallied 15 points ...
Ines Ortea chipped in 18 points for the Engineers, who shot 40.0 percent from the floor ... On Saturday at William Smith, a 7-0 run late in the fourth quarter helped Rensselaer defeat the Herons, 68-63 ... Tomlinson led the way with game-highs of 23 points, 15 rebounds and six blocked shots ... Ortea scored 14 points and handed out a team-high three assists, while
Sam Krumbhaar and Lewis each scored 12 points.
WEEKLY HONOR ROLL: Rensselaer senior
Celia Tomlinson was named to the Liberty League Weekly Honor Roll after she averaged 20.5 points, 12.5 rebounds, 3.5 blocks, 2.0 assists and 1.0 steal in 32.0 minutes over two games last weekend ... She was first on the team in points, rebounds and blocks.
1000 POINTS: RPI senior
Sam Krumbhaar joined the program's 1000-points club on January 11 against Skidmore ... She currently has 1029 points.
BARD OF LATE: The Raptors are on a four-game slide after defeating Pratt Institute 60-40 on January 7 in Brooklyn.