POUGHKEEPSIE, NY - The Vassar College Men's Basketball team battled to its third straight victory on Saturday evening as the Brewers completed the season series sweep of the Rochester Institute of Technology in a 63-61 triumph at the Athletics and Fitness Center. The Brewers improve to 9-13 overall and 7-8 in Liberty League play while the Tigers fall to 11-11 overall and 7-8 in conference action.

FIRST HALF

• RIT scored first eight points of the game as Brock Bowen and Chase Dickens knocked down three-pointers before Vassar went on a 15-2 to take a 15-10 lead on a jumper from sophomore JP Miranda.
• The Tigers drew even at 15 following five straight points from Matt Caggiano until sophomore Nathan Denham's layup at the 8:37 mark put the Brewers ahead 21-15.
• RIT tied the game at 27 on a free throw from Kenny Wilburn before junior Alex Walters drilled a three-pointer as Vassar took a 30-29 lead into the halftime break.
• Vassar shot 35.5-percent from the field, including 4-for-13 from three-point range, while going 4-for-6 from the free throw line.
• RIT finished the first half shooting 31.0-percent overall while going 4-for-12 from three and 7-for-8 from the free throw line.

SECOND HALF

• Vassar went ahead 34-31 on a dunk from senior Case Parsons before Keegan Ocorr's jumper drew the Tigers even at 36 with 16:27 remaining.
• Josiah Turner tallied four straight points to go ahead 40-36 until the Brewers tied it at 44 all on a jumper from first year Avery Lee.
• Two free throws from Bowen put the game at 53 all with 6:35 to go before buckets from Miranda and Denham pushed Vassar ahead by four.
• Another layup from Denham kept the Vassar lead at four with 3:02 remaining until Bowen laid in a bucket to even it up at 61 with 1:41 to go.
• Adams and Lee each connected on a free throw in the final minute to make it 63-61 as the Brewers got a defensive stop to earn its third straight victory.
• Vassar finished shooting 56-percent in the second half while going 1-for-5 from three and 4-for-11 from free throw line.
• The Tigers shot an even 50-percent, including 1-for-7 from three, and 5-for-8 from free throw line.

FOR THE BREWERS

• Denham tallied a team-high 13 points off the bench while adding three rebounds and three steals.
• Lee recorded 11 points and eight boards while Adams scored 10 points.
• Parsons finished with eight points and four rebounds while first year Kreekor Karageuzian handed out a team-high four assists.

FOR THE TIGERS

• Caggiano finished with a game-high 15 points off the bench while Bowen tallied 14 points, four rebounds and two assists.
• Turner recorded 12 points, seven boards and three assists along with Dickens adding nine points, three steals, two blocks and two assists.

GAME STATS

• Vassar finished the game shooting 44.6-percent overall while going 5-for-18 from three-point line and 8-for-17 from the free throw line.
• RIT shot 40-percent from the field, including 5-for-19 from three and 12-for-16 from the free throw stripe.
• The Brewers held a 15-9 edge in points off turnovers, 10-7 advantage in second chance points and 40-32 in points in the paint.

UP NEXT

• Vassar plays the regular season home finale against RPI at 4:00 p.m. for Senior Day.
• RIT squares off with Skidmore on the road at 4:00 p.m.