ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. - The Bard College men's basketball team lost to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 53-44, in a Liberty League game on Tuesday night.

Bard sophomore Greg Farrow led the Raptors with a career-high 23 points. Tyler Bruns added eight points, Elliot Harris had seven, and Azriel Almodovar led Bard with nine rebounds and three steals.

"There are no moral victories, but I am so impressed with the fight we showed tonight," Bard coach Michael Lenahan said. "We are really starting to show our identity as a team. But RPI showed why they were the regular season champions last year - they find a way to win games like this."

Bard has two more conference games this week, at Union on Friday, and at Vassar on Saturday.