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61
Winner Rensselaer RPI 15-9,11-6 Liberty League
50
Clarkson CLK 7-15,3-13 Liberty League
Winner
Rensselaer RPI
15-9,11-6 Liberty League
61
Final
50
Clarkson CLK
7-15,3-13 Liberty League
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Rensselaer RPI 11 14 18 18 61
Clarkson CLK 9 17 8 16 50

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Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | February 21, 2020

Hot Third Quarter by Engineers pushes RPI past Clarkson, 61-50

Potsdam, NY – Sam Krumbhaar got hot from the perimeter in the second half and turned small deficit into an 11-point win for the visitors as the Clarkson University Women's Basketball team dropped a 61-50 decision to the Engineers Friday night at Alumni Gymnasium

The Golden Knights fell to 7-16 on the season and 3-14 in Liberty League games while the Engineers moved to 15-9 and 11-6. Clarkson will close out the regular season on Saturday against Union College, while RPI travels to take on St. Lawrence.

The third quarter proved to be the difference on Friday night, as RPI outscored Clarkson 18-8 in the period right after the halftime break. Krumbhaar scored 17 of her game-high 24 points in the second half, including a stretch of nine points in less than three minutes to open up the period.

Both teams started off fairly slow, though Clarkson did score on its first possession of the game. Each team had just one field goal in the first six minutes before finally breaking through on offense. RPI closed out the first period shooting 5-for-18 and Clarkson was 3-for-13. The second quarter again had a slower pace with a few opportunities going down to the wire on the shot clock. RPI held a modest advantage of five points on two different occasions, but Clarkson chipped away with some long range shots. The game was finally tied at 23-23 when Rachel Marion went into the lane and converted a layup and made the ensuing free throw, and then Mariah Benavides followed with a 3-pointer with a shade under 90 seconds remaining to give Clarkson its first lead since it was 2-0. A short jumper by Celia Tomlinson pulled the Engineers back within one in the final minute.

Clarkson was much better in the second quarter on offense, shooting 6-for-12 from the floor, while the Engineers were only a touch better at 6-for-17. Benavides had 10 points in the first half on 3-for-5 shooting, while Tomlinson tossed in nine points and also snagged four rebounds.

RPI outscored Clarkson 18-8 in the third quarter, including a 14-3 run in the first five minutes of the second half to take a 39-29 lead. Clarkson closed to within four in the early moments of the fourth quarter when Hannah Earl hit a 3-pointer and followed that up with a pair of free throws on the next possession. However, the Engineers responded with eight straight points, including a pair of 3-pointers from Krumbhaar. RPI held at least a double-digit lead for the remainder of the game, save for a late free throw that pulled Clarkson within nine in the waning moments.

Mariah Benavides led the Knights with 16 points, shooting 5-for-11 from the floor with four 3-pointers, and Rachel Marion added 10 points and eight boards. For RPI, Krumbhaar had 24 points while Ines Ortea chipped in 12 points and seven boards.



 
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Players Mentioned

Hannah Earl

#20 Hannah Earl

G/F
5' 8"
Junior
Rachel Marion

#24 Rachel Marion

G/F
5' 7"
Junior
Mariah Benavides

#3 Mariah Benavides

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5' 1"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Hannah Earl

#20 Hannah Earl

5' 8"
Junior
G/F
Rachel Marion

#24 Rachel Marion

5' 7"
Junior
G/F
Mariah Benavides

#3 Mariah Benavides

5' 1"
Freshman
G