ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. – RIT senior forward Kevin Ryan scored 27 points in the Tigers 95-92 loss at Bard, Saturday.
 
Junior guard Brandon Weiss tallied a career-high 18 points, while sophomore guard Chase Dickens and junior guard Matt Caggiano each scored 10 points.
 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• RIT trailed 51-37 at halftime, but outscored the Raptors 47-33 in the second half.
• Junior guard Mark Osime hit a three-pointer off an assist from sophomore guard Brock Bowne early in the second half to cut the Raptors lead to seven points.
• Bard's Tyler Bruns drained a three-pointer with 15:20 remaining to increase the Raptor's lead to 63-49.
• Senior forward Kevin Ryan converted an old-fashioned three-point play that cut the deficit to 11 points.
• Junior guard Matt Caggiano score on a pull-up jumper with 12:31 remaining to cut the Bard lead to 70-60, while junior guard Brandon Weiss made it an eight-point game on his bucket with 11:10 remaining.
• Sophomore guard Chase Dickens scored to cut the Bard lead to 78-71, and Ryan made it a five-point game with a pair of free throws with 6:21 to play.
• Ryan made one-of-two free throws with 4:07 remaining to make it 78-76.
•  Bruns scored on a turn-around jumper with 3:47 to play to give Bard an 80-76 lead.
• Ryan tied the score 80-80 on his layup off an assist from Dickens
• Dickens scored with 2:18 to play to tie the score at 82-82.
• Bard's Azriel Almodovar scored with 59 seconds to play to give the Raptors an 84-82 lead.
• Dickens tied the score at 84-84 with 13 seconds to play.
• Dickens scored early in overtime to give the Tigers an 86-84 lead.
• Lazaros Panagiotounis tied the game at 88-88 on his basket with 2:57 remaining.
• Elliot Harris gave Bard a 90-88 lead on his layup with 2:04 to play.
• Ryan made a pair of free throws with 1:24 to play in OT that tied the score at 90-90.
• Almodovar scored with 54 seconds to pay to give Bard a 92-90 lead, but Ryan made two more free throws to tie the score at 92-92.
• Harris made one-of-two free throws with 17 seconds remaining in overtime to give Bard a 93-92 lead.
• Bruns made a pair of free throws in the closing seconds of overtime to make it a 95-92 final

 
GAME NOTES

• RIT shot 31-of-64 from the floor, including 8-of-19 from beyond the arc.
• Bard out-rebounded the Tigers 48-40.
• The Tigers scored 30 points in the pain.