SCHENECTADY, N.Y. – The RIT (10-10, 7-8 Liberty League) Women's Basketball team lost 61-40 at Union (10-12, 8-8 Liberty League) Saturday. Junior Kaleesha Joseph led the Tigers with 14 points, while sophomore Emma Waite finished with 10 points.
 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Joseph scored off an assist from senior Sarah Henretta late in the first quarter to give the Tigers a 12-11 lead.
• Union's Amber Raisner scored with three seconds to play in the opening quarter to give the Dutchwomen a 15-14 lead.
• Henretta cut the Union lead to 21-20 on her bucket with 4:46 to play in the half.
• Union closed out the first half on a 10-2 run to lead 31-22 at the break.
• Joseph led RIT with 12 points and five rebounds, shooting 5-of-8 from the floor in the first half.
• Union's Darby Leid gave the Dutchwomen a 36-24 lead on her bucket with 6:45 to play in the third quarter.
• Senior Alyssa Juergens capped of 6-0 Tigers spurt with her bucket late in the quarter that cut the Union lead to 36-30.
• Junior Meg Roy cut the Union lead to six points on her basket with 7:36 to play in the fourth quarter.
• Leid scored with 5:19 to play to extend the Union lead to 45-33, as the Dutchwomen outscored RIT 22-10 in the fourth quarter.

 
GAME NOTES

• RIT shot 16-of-52 from the floor, including 2-of-11 from beyond the arc.
• Juergens led the Tigers with eight rebounds, while Waite had three assists.
• Raisner led Union with a game-high 23 points.
• RIT slips to sixth place in the Liberty League standings with three games remaining in the regular season.

 
UP NEXT
RIT is scheduled to return to action on Tuesday (Feb. 15) at home against Ithaca at 5:30 P.M.