GAMEDAY (Feb. 9, 2020): The Engineers (12-8; 8-5) host a rare Sunday matinee with Ithaca (15-5; 11-2) visiting East Campus Arena ... This game was originally scheduled for Friday night, but was postponed due to inclement weather and hazardous travel.

STANDINGS: The Bombers are in first place in the Liberty League with an 11-2 record ... St. Lawrence and Vassar also have 11 wins, but they both have three losses ... Rensselaer is in fifth with eight wins ... The top six teams in the final standings advance to the post-season.

REMATCH: Sunday's game is a rematch of a January 25 meeting between RPI and the Bombers, which the Engineers won 56-54 with a last second basket.

JANUARY 25: Senior Celia Tomlinson collected an inbounds pass while cutting to the basket and laid in the game-winning shot with 0.1 seconds left in the fourth quarter to give RPI a 56-54 victory at Ithaca ... After Rensselaer tied the game at 54-54 with 47 seconds remaining, the Bombers had three shots to break the deadlock, but were off the mark on each ... RPI's ensuing possession was stopped with a foul under the basket with 1.8 left on the clock, leading to Brielle Sharry feeding Tomlinson, who tallied.

STATISTICAL LEADERS: In the first meeting with Ithaca, Celia Tomlinson finished with 11 points and a game-high 13 rebounds for Rensselaer ... Teammate Sam Krumbhaar led all scorers with 18 points, while also registering three rebounds, three assists and seven steals ... Ines Ortea also reached doubled digits with 12 points ... The Bombers were were paced by KellyAnne O'Reilly's 16 points, which included four three-pointers ... Grace Cannon had 13 points and Cassidy O'Malley scored 10 points with a team-high nine rebounds.

LONE BRIGHT SPOT: The Engineers' win over Ithaca is its only victory in its last five games, including a pair of road losses last weekend ... RPI had won four of its previous five games before its recent stretch. 

ALL-TIME AGAINST ITHACA: The Engineers are 7-16 against the Bombers, including 3-6 in Troy ... There have been 18 conference games with Rensselaer trailing 13-5.

LAST 10: RPI is 4-6 in its last 10 games with Ithaca with three games (1-2) in Troy.

LAST SEASON: The Engineers lost to the Bombers 72-66 in overtime on February 2, 2019 ... They were defeated 55-44 at home on January 18.
 
RPI YESTERDAY: Vassar put five student-athletes in double figures and defeated Rensselaer 81-70 ... Sam Krumbhaar led RPI with 25 points.

ITHACA YESTERDAY: The Bombers handed Union a 59-51 loss for its fifth straight victory, the last four being on the road ... Cassidy O'Malley (25 points) and Grace Cannon combined for 39 points.