TROY, N.Y. - Avery Eugster scored 18 points with seven rebounds and four of his teammates had at least 10 points as the No. 18 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men's basketball team improved to 9-1 overall and 3-0 in the Liberty League with an 82-44 victory over Bard College at East Campus Arena. The Raptors fall to 3-5 and 0-3.

Eugster, a junior forward who made 7 of 10 shots, led an offense that shot nearly 50 percent from the floor, including 48.5 percent from three point range. On the other end, the Engineers held Bard to 34 percent shooting with a percentage of 18.2 from behind the arc.

Jonny Angbazo scored 15 points with six rebounds, Brian Kelly had 11 points, and Dom Black and Chuck Clemons both scored 10. Clemons added seven rebounds, while Black had five.

For Bard, Greg Farrow (11 points) and Heston Tucker (10) both scored in double figures, while Caleb Moore had a team-high five rebounds.

Rensselaer led 6-4 four minutes into the game but turned it into an 14-4 advantage on a Eugster layup, a three pointer from Will Rubin and a triple from Colin Baker. The margin remained at least two possessions from that point on.

The Raptors pulled to within five points, 18-13, on a Azriel Almodovar layup with 7:36 to play in the first half, but Clemons made a jumper, Angbazo hit a free throw and Black nailed a three pointer to push the score to 24-13 with 6:00 to go.

A trey from Eugster with 1:14 to play before halftime gave the Engineers a 15-point lead, 34-19, and they went into the break ahead by 13, 34-21. RPI went on to outscore the Raptors 48-23 in the second half on its way to winning for the fourth straight game.