BUFFALO, NY -- The RIT (5-0) men's basketball team improved to 5-0 on the season with a 77-68 win at D'Youville College (0-6) on Saturday afternoon. Freshman #Mitch Herman (Webster, NY/Webster Schroeder)# was one of three Tigers in double figures with 18 points. The Tigers are 5-0 for the first time since the 1996-97 season.

RIT shot 47.4 percent from the floor on 27-of-57 shooting, including 9-of-24 shooting from behind the arc. RIT went 14-of-24 from the foul line and held a 49-32 rebounding edge.

Herman led the Tigers with 18 points on 6-of-7 shooting from the floor. #Kamron Davis (Syracuse, NY/Nottingham) had a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds. Freshman (Baldwinsville, NY/C.W. Baker)Sheldon Clay (Detroit, MI/University of Detroit Jesuit)# added 10 points, seven rebounds and three assists, while #Desmond Scott (Murphy, TX/Plano East)# led RIT with four assists.

RIT trailed by as many as 10 points early in the first half, before going on a 14-2 run over a 4:34 span, taking a 26-24 lead on a three-pointer by Herman.

A #Gabe Nicasio (Essex Junction, VT/Essex)# three with 2:04 to play in the first half gave RIT their largest lead of the half at 40-30. The Tigers outscored the Spartans 30-14 over the final 11:07 of the half, leading 42-36 at halftime. Herman led RIT with 12 first-half points, while freshman #Joe Stortini (Red Hook, NY/Loomis Chaffee)# added nine points.

D'Youville cut the RIT lead to 42-40 early in the second half on buckets by Julian Reed and Jon Gemerek to open the half.

The Tigers opened up a 53-43 lead thanks to a 12-3 run by the Tigers, on a free throw by Davis with 15:05 to play in the second half.

Davis drained a pair of free throws with 8:28 to play to give RIT its largest lead of the game to that point, at 67-55.

The Tigers kept the pressure on the Spartans, building their lead to 20 points on a layup by Davis with 5:40 to play.

Davis scored 12 of his 14 points in the second half, while grabbing seven second-half rebounds.

Julian Reed led D'Youville with 19 points and nine rebounds, while Jon Gemerek added 13 points. The Spartans shot 35.7 percent from the floor on 25-of-70 shooting.

RIT returns to action on Wednesday, Dec. 4 in the 48th Annual Wendy's College Classic, the nation's longest running in-season Division III Tournament. The tournament schuedule will be released on Sunday evening.