ROCHESTER, NY -- The No. 8 seed RIT men's basketball team was defeated by No. 5 University of Rochester 80-64 Friday evening from the Palestra on the campus of the University of Rochester in the 50th annual Wendy's College Classic Semifinal. The Tigers will play No. 2 seed SUNY Geneseo in the third place game on Saturday afternoon, also from the Palestra at 3 p.m.

RIT shot 42.6 percent from the floor on 23-of-54 shooting. The Tigers made 12-of-23 from behind the arc, and went 6-of-9 from the foul line. AJ Horde (Oak Park, MI/University of Detroit Jesuit) led RIT with 25 points on 9-of-18 shooting, including 5-of-10 from 3-point land. Mitch Herman (Webster, NY/Webster Schroeder) added 12 points, while Sheldon Clay (Detroit, MI/University of Detroit Jesuit) added seven points. Horde and Lopez led the TIgers with five rebounds apiece.

Jared Seltzer led Rochester 24 points and 14 rebounds. Sam Borst-Smith added 18 points, while Jacob Wittig led the Yellowjackets with six assists. Rochester shot 47.7 percent from the floor on 31-of-65 shooting. The Yellowjackets went 11-of-32 from 3-point land and were 7-of-11 from the foul line.

RIT led by as many as 12 points in the first half, at 18-6, as Horde scored 17 points over the opening 20 minutes. Rochester answered with a 19-6 run, taking a 25-24 lead on layup by Wittig with a little less than seven minutes to play in the half. The Yellowjackets built a 10-point lead on a jumper by Seltzer late in the half. RIT responded, cutting the lead to 41-34 on a 3-pointer by Clay.

"I thought we got a little impatient offensively in the second half," said RIT head coach Bob McVean. "Defensively, we gave them too many looks and they took advantage of them."

RIT got to within five points in the second half, but could get no closer as the Yellowjackets shot 52.6 percent from the floor in the second half. Freshman Randy Golda (Lackawanna, NY/Park School) pulled RIT to within five points with 11:12 left in the game, but Rochester was able to pull away and make key shots down the stretch.

Rochester held a slight 34-32 rebounding edge. The Tigers scored 20 points in the paint and five second chance points.