ROCHESTER, NY – The RIT (9-11, 3-8 Liberty League) women's basketball team snapped a four-game losing skid Friday with a 73-64 win over Rensselaer (11-9, 7-4 Liberty League) in front of over 100 girls from the Rochester City School District who were in attendance for National Women and Sports Day. 

Ashlynn Pamitesso was one of four Tigers to score in double figures, tallying 16 points. Jessica Glaz (Rockaway Beach, NY/Scholars Academy) chipped in 14 points, while Merissa Maiorano (Rochester, NY/Pittsford Mendon) added 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Tigers, who held a 47-37 rebounding edge.
 
Amanda Lynch led Rensselaer with 21 points, while Bailei Tetrault tallied 14 points. Ashley Clough added 12 points and grabbed seven rebounds for Rensselaer.

The Tigers shot 39.3 percent from the floor on 24-of-61 shooting. RIT was 6-of-11 from behind the arc and 19-of-28 from the foul line.
 
RIT took a 36-18 lead into halftime, shooting 38.2 percent from the floor. Palmitesso led the Tigers with nine first-half points, while Maiorano and Olsen each scored seven. The Tigers never trailed in the first half, leading by as many as 23 points.

The Engineers woke up in the second half, tallying 46 points on 51.6 percent shooting from the floor. Lynch's bucket with 15:34 to play capped off an 11-1 run by the Engineers to start the second half, cutting the Tigers lead to 37-29.

After a Maria Edwards (Forrest Hill, MD/The John Carroll School) three made it a 13-point RIT lead, RPI cut the lead to 42-36 on a lynch layup with 13:10 to pay. The Engineers got as close as three points when Clough converted a pair of free throws with 2:27 to play making it a one-possession game.
  
That would be as close as RPI would get in the second half as RIT outscored the Engineers 15-9 over the final 2:27, getting clutch free throws down the stretch from Glaz Edwards and Maiorano to preserve the win for the Tigers.

RIT scored 26 points in the paint and 16 second-chance points. The Tigers got 29 points off the bench and tallied 19 points off of seven Rensselaer turnovers.
 
The Tigers return to action on Saturday against Liberty League foe Skidmore College at 2 p.m. on the floor of Clark Gym.