RENSSELAER Engineers Overall: 3-1 Liberty League: 0-0 No. 5 10 11 12 15 21 22 23 24 34 35 41 42
Name Asa Barnhill Tom Horvat Kevin Davis Jeffrey Coulter Legend Dominguez Rohan Harrison Ryan Kriftcher Mitchel Wayand Bard Featherston Andreas Kontopidis Carter Schneider Patrick Mahoney Marcus Giese
Pos. G G G/F G/F G F/C G G G F F F C
Ht. 6-0 6-0 6-4 6-3 5-11 6-6 6-1 6-2 6-0 6-6 6-6 6-5 6-8
Wt. 175 175 175 195 170 215 185 165 170 205 215 200 195
Yr. Sr. Jr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. So. Jr. Jr. So. Fr. Jr.
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Hometown / High School Gloversville, NY / Gloversville Cranston, RI / Marianapolis Prep. Oxford, NY / Oxford Academy and Central School Oneida, NY / Oneida Hillsdale, NJ / Pascack Valley Hartsdale, NY / The Harvey School Port Washington, NY / The Taft School Saratoga Springs, NY / Stillwater Queens, NY / Xaverian Sherborn, MA / Dover-Sherborn Belmont, NY / Genesee Valley Central School Watervliet, NY / Fordham Prep. Franklin, MA / Franklin
Head Coach: Mark Gilbride Assistant Coaches: Jim Driggs & Erich Kaempffe Manager: Sebaube Dzobo ‘19 Captain: Asa Barnhill ‘18
Clarkson Golden Knights Overall: 2-2 Liberty League: 0-0 No. 3 4 5 10 12 13 14 15 20 21 23 30 32 33 40 44
Name Liam Ellis Aidan Frank Chad Dicenzo Barryn Shark Keenan Gayle Malaquias Canery Jake Purdy Tom Nuttle Matt Hornak Roburt Welch Drew MacInnis Matt Higgins Jason Phelps Joe Lucas Cormac Bettinger Gary Hanley
Yr. Jr. Jr. Fr. So. Jr. Jr. So. Sr. Jr. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Jr. Sr.
Pos. G G G G G G F G F G G G G F F F
Ht. 5-11 5-10 5-9 5-9 6-2 5-10 6-5 6-2 6-3 6-2 6-3 6-3 6-2 6-5 6-8 6-8
Wt. 165 165 175 165 180 160 200 190 185 180 175 170 165 190 265 215
Head Coach: Jeff Gorski Assistant Coaches: Felix Abongo & Shiva Senthil
WWW. CLARKSONATHLETICS.COM Hometown / High School Turner Falls, MA / Turner Falls Schenectady, NY / Schalmont Andover, MA / Pingree School New York, NY / Mt. Saint Joseph Academy Powder Springs, GA / Hillgrove Lawrence, MA / Clinton Canastota, NY / Canastota East Aurora, NY / Nichols School Monroe, CT / Masuk Buffalo, NY / St. Francis North Andover, MA / Proctor Academy South Glens Falls, NY / South Glens Falls Tully, NY / Tully Watertown, CT / Taft School Fayetteville, NY / Fayetteville-Manlius Jordan, NY / Jordan-Elbridge
GAMEDAY (Dec. 1, 2017): The Engineers (3-1) make their home debut with their first Liberty League game of the season as Clarkson (2-2) visits East Campus Arena. FIRST AND LAST: RPI and the Golden Knights will not only begin the league slate against one another, but will also end it on the same floor, February 17 in Potsdam. FOUR STRAIGHT: Rensselaer traveled to Cobleskill, the Roger Williams University Tournament and The Sage Colleges for its first four games ... In going 3-1, the Engineers outscored their opponents, 264213, an average of 66.0-53.3 per game. LAST TIME OUT: On the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, Tom Horvat scored 20 points, Andreas Kontopidis tallied 16 and Mitchel Wayand had 10 as RPI defeated The Sage Colleges, 75-53 ... Horvat finished with a game-high 20 points, after adding 15 points in the second half to lead RPI, which held a 39-32 lead at the half and had a commanding edge on the boards (24-13) ... Sophomore Kevin Davis finished with 15 rebounds (5 off.) with a pair of assists, steals and a block ... Kontopidis added four rebounds, four assists, two steals and two blocks. WEEKLY HONOR ROLL: RPI junior guard Tom Horvat was named to the Liberty League’s Weekly Honor Roll following his performance against Sage last Tuesday. RENSSELAER’S STATISTICAL LEADERS: PPG Andreas Kontopidis 19.0 Tom Horvat 16.3 Marcus Giese 9.3 RPG Kevin Davis 8.8 Assts Andreas Kontopidis 11 Blks Marcus Giese 10 Stls Kevin Davis 8 LAST SEASON: Rensselaer and Clarkson
split the season series last year with both teams winning at home ... The Engineers captured the first meeting, 62-54 on January 6, but the Knights got revenge on January 28 in Potsdam, 74-65. JANUARY 6, 2017: RPI outscored Clarkson 41-16 in the second half, led by Tom Horvat’s 15 points, and the Engineers came back from a 17-point halftime deficit to defeat the Golden Knights, 62-54 ... Horvat had a team-high 20 points with six rebounds, three assists and two steals ... Nate Kane added 10 points, while Marcus Giese had seven points, six rebounds, an assist, a block and two steals ... Derek Hart had 23 points with 13 rebounds, two assists, a steal and a pair of blocked shots ... Mike Hayduk finished with 12 points. JANUARY 28, 2017: Sophomore backcourt mates Liam Ellis and Malaquias Canery combined for 32 points on 12 of 17 shooting to lead Clarkson to a 74-65 win over RPI ... The Engineers were led by Andreas Kontopidis, who scored 20 points in 27 minutes off the bench, while Brian Hatcher added 19 points on 8 of 11 shooting ... Ellis scored 16 points and added six rebounds and six assists, going 6 of 8 from the field ... Canery had 16 points, shooting 6 of 9 from the floor, while Derek Hart put up 14 points with nine rebounds. CLARKSON TO DATE: The Golden Knights have alternated losses and wins through its first four games ... It lost to Bridgewater State before beating Green Mountain ... Clarkson then lost to Oswego and beat SUNY Potsdam ... This game in Troy is the first outside of Potsdam for the Knights. CLARKSON’S STATISTICAL LEADERS: PPG Liam Ellis Matt Higgins Matthew Hornak RPG Matt Higgins
13.5 11.5 9.5 5.3
2017-18 STANDINGS School Skidmore RPI Hobart Ithaca Union RIT Clarkson St. Lawrence Bard Vassar
Lge. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
Pct. PF PA Overall Pct. PF PA 0.000 0 0 4-0 1.000 356 293 0.000 0 0 3-1 0.750 264 213 0.000 0 0 2-1 0.667 242 225 0.000 0 0 2-1 0.667 252 226 0.000 0 0 2-2 0.500 326 288 0.000 0 0 2-2 0.500 284 297 0.000 0 0 2-2 0.500 283 263 0.000 0 0 1-3 0.250 328 343 0.000 0 0 1-3 0.250 316 311 0.000 0 0 0-4 0.000 303 374
Last 10 4-0 3-1 2-1 2-1 2-2 2-2 2-2 1-3 1-3 0-4
Streak Won 4 Won 1 Lost 1 Won 2 Lost 2 Lost 1 Won 1 Lost 1 Won 1 Lost 4
Assts Liam Ellis Blks Matt Higgins & Gary Hanley Stls Liam Ellis & Keenan Gayle
18 3 6
2017-18 Schedule & Results NOVEMBER Wed. 15 at Fri. 17 vs. Sat. 18 at Tue. 21 at
Cobleskill 68-50 W Framingham St.^ 62-40 W Roger Williams^ 70-59 L The Sage Colleges 75-53 W
DECEMBER Fri. 1 Sat. 2 Tue. 5 Fri. 29 vs. Sat. 30 vs.
CLARKSON* 6pm ST. LAWRENCE* 2pm MCLA 7pm Lancaster Bible# 6pm TBD# 1pm or 3pm
JANUARY Fri. 5 Sat. 6 Tue. 9 Fri. 12 Sat. 13 Fri. 19 Sat. 20 Fri. 26 Sat. 27 Tue. 30
at Skidmore* at RIT* HOBART* VASSAR* BARD* at Ithaca* at Union* RIT* SKIDMORE* at Hobart*
FEBRUARY Fri. 2 Sat. 3 Fri. 9 at Sat. 10 at Fri. 16 at Sat. 17 at
UNION* ITHACA* Bard* Vassar* St. Lawrence* Clarkson*
6pm 2pm 6pm 6pm 2pm 6pm 2pm 6pm 2pm 6pm 6pm 2pm 6pm 2pm 6pm 2pm
Home games in CAPS ^ – Roger Williams University Tourn. * – Liberty League Games # – St. John Fisher College Tournament
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