No. 21 Men’s Basketball Beats Dutchman

TROY, NY — With the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men’s basketball team leading 12-2, the No. 21 Engineers won’t lose the advantage until they beat Union College 65-49 in Liberty League men’s basketball. There was not. Game at the East Campus Arena. Currently, an RPI of 10:2 overall and 4:1 in meetings is Johnny AmbazoScored 17 points and had 7 rebounds.

Ambazó, a senior forward, opened the scoring with a jumper at 1:14 into the game, but was matched with a basket from Union’s Mike Manley at 17:06. The Engineer rattled off the next eight points with an Ambazo hit from behind the arc. Will Rubin Scoring in the paint, Ambazho dunked two from an assist. Avery EigsterWhen Colin Baker nail the tray.

Down 12-2 with 13:48 remaining, Dutchman Brian Noon stopped the run with two free throws before another Angbazo jumper made it 14-4 with just over 13 minutes into the first half.

A 6-0 stretch by Union pulled them within 6 points of 14-8, but Dom Black And Oigster made the jumper for an 18-10 lead with 9:37 left. Four minutes later from the nearest hoop, Union got a layup from Allen Cummings to make the score 18-12. Will Fredericks refute, Dylan Matchett They added a triple to push the RPI advantage to 11 points, 23-12. The Blacks went 25-12 with 3:02 left and now Union came back with another 6-0 run to get within 7 points at 25-18 with 1:28 on the clock. Sean Regis scored his 2 points and his brother Justin his remaining 4 points. 27-20 and he broke by 7 points.

Angbazo and Eugster (3) scored the opening points of the second half before Noone laid up in the 2nd minute to make it 32-22. :49 Play. Union stayed within double digits until his 3:50 mark when the Oigster jumper made him 55-44 with his 3:50 going into the game. Engineer scored 10 of his 15 points at the end of the final margin.

Rensselaer shot 46.7% (21 of 45 games) and held the Netherlands’ shooting percentage to 31.1% (19 of 61 games). RPI he made 3-of-15 6-of-15 (40%).

Angbazo were joined in double figures by Eugster (13 points) and Black (10 points), who led the team with eight rebounds and three assists. Rubin had 5 boards, 3 assists, 2 blocks and 1 steal for which he scored 8 points.

Norn and Manly both led the Union with 16 points, with Union scoring 6 points and 12 rebounds from Justin Regis.