AURORA, NY -- RIT (1-3) sophomore guard Matt Caggiano scored 20 points and graduate student Chase Lewis scored 17 to lead the Tigers to a 90-81 win at Wells (3-3) Tuesday evening.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Junior Keegan Ocorr capped off an 8-0 run that turned a 5-point RIT deficit into a 1-point Tigers lead midway through the first half.
• RIT outscored Wells 32-19 over the final 12:08 of the opening half to lead 49-37 at the break.
• Lewis led RIT with 11 first-half points, while sophomore forward Kevin Ryan tallied eight points.
• Senior Michael Young extended the RIT lead to 51-37 on his dunk early in the second half.
• Logan Jacobs hit a jumper with 13:34 to play to pull the Express to within six points.
• Lewis' jumper capped off an 11-5 Tigers run to give RIT a 65-53 lead.
• Caggiano extended the Tigers lead to 14 points on his 3-pointer, but Wells cut the lead to five points on a dunk by Ivan Oduro-Domphreh with 2:23 to play.
• Timely free throw shooting by Ocorr and Lewis inside the last minute helped seal the win for RIT.

GAME NOTES

• RIT shot 33-of-63 from the floor, including 10-of-25 from beyond the arc.
• Caggiano finished with 20 points on 8-of-13 shooting, while Lewis shot 6-of-9 from the floor, including 3-of-6 from 3-point range.
• Senior Curtis Nesbit tallied 11 points and aded three assists, while Ryan finished with 10 points and seven rebounds.
• Ty McBride led Wells with 23 points.

UP NEXT
RIT returns to action on Saturday (Nov. 27) against Pitt-Bradford in the opening game of the 2021 Harold J. Brodie Tournament.