ROCHESTER, NY -- The RIT men's basketball team was defeated by Redeemer University 86-85 in exhibition action from Clark Gymnasium on Saturday.

Redeemer's Rayvon Thompson hit a pair of clutch free throws to give the Royals a come-from-behind win. He led all scorers with 32 points on 10-of-22 shooting. RIT's AJ Horde (Oak Park, MI/University of Detroit Jesuit) led RIT with 23 points. Joe Stortini (Red Hook, NY/Loomis Chaffee) added 19 points and seven rebounds, while Anthony Lewis (Rochester, NY/Churchville-Chili) added 11 points off the bench for the Tigers. RIT led 44-37 at the half, but led by as many as 20 points in the first half. Redeemer outscored the Tigers 49-41 in the second half.

RIT opens the regular season on Tuesday, Nov. 15 when the Tigers face D'Youville College at 7 p.m. in Buffalo, N.Y.