Borenstein made a pair of treys before halftime putting her two behind Brower's career mark. Less than a minute into the second half she made her third. Borenstein tied the record at the 12:26 mark, forging the eighth of 11 ties on the day. Then with 8:49 to go, she appeared to break mark with a shot that was long, bounced high off the iron and dropped through the cylinder. However, on the bounce the ball grazed a support cable for the backboard and the officials correctly waved off the bucket.
 
Tied at 61, the final deadlock of the day, with 2:49 to go, Borenstein dialed up the record breaker, a clean swish that put the Herons (14-2, 7-0) in the lead for good. Borenstein was 6-of-19 from the floor and also broke Brower's record for most 3-point attempts (16) with 17 long distance calls.
 
After Ashley Clough (11 pts, 8 rebs) made 1-of-2 at the free throw line, to make it a two-point game, first-year Melanie Patterson followed with five straight points, making a layup and turning an RPI turnover into a triple and a 69-62 Heron lead.
 
The Engineers (4-12, 2-5) were able to close the gap to three, 70-67, with under four seconds remaining, but Patterson closed out the victory by going 1-of-2 at the line with less than a second left. She finished with 10 points and seven rebounds.
 
In the first half, the Herons led by as many as eight, but an 11-2 run by the visitor's put them in the lead by a point. Junior forward Amanda Lynch led the charge with six of her game-high 21 points. She also grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds.
 
Clough made the final basket of the half to send her team into halftime with a 31-29 edge. That momentum carried over into the second half, as the Engineers were able to build their biggest lead of the day, a 47-41 lead with 13:47 to go, but William Smith countered with seven of the game's next nine points to draw even on Borenstein's record-matching trey.
 
Heron junior forward Chloe Hayter scored 17 points and collected eight caroms before fouling out with 2:11 remaining. Senior guard Erin O'Brien handed out a game-high six assists. William Smith shot 35.5 percent from the floor, 29.6 percent from beyond the arc, and sank as many free throws as RPI attempted (19-of-27).
 
The Engineers also got a 20-point game from junior guard Courtney Reynolds who was 8-of-15 from the floor with four threes. RPI shot 43.8 percent from the floor, including 50 percent in the second half, and 35.7 percent from beyond the arc. The Engineers' could have rewritten the ending with a better showing at the charity stripe. Rensselaer made just 6-of-19 at the foul line (31.6%).
 
William Smith will be back in action at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 28, when the Herons visit Union. Rensselaer returns home to host Vassar at 6 p.m. on Tuesday.