Box Score

Bennington, Vt.—The Skidmore College men's basketball team came from behind to beat Southern Vermont College 76-71, Tuesday night. The Thoroughbreds improve to 2-1 with the win.

 

Skidmore scored 25 points off 21 SVC turnovers, including 19 points off turnovers in the second half. The Thoroughbreds came from six points down in the second for the win.  Skidmore shot 71 percent from the line,  hitting 26 of 37 free throws, including 14 of 19 in the second half.

 

Sophomore Jeff Altimar led four Thoroughbreds in double figures with 14 points. Junior Bobby Langford added 11 points and six rebounds. Freshman Gerard O'Shea scored 10 points and had six assists, while junior Jon Douglas contributed 10 points (7-8 from the free throw line).

 

The Thoroughbreds play Lycoming College in the first round of the University of Rochester Flower City Classic on Nov. 29.

 

Skidmore College vs Southern Vermont

11/25/08 7:00PM at SVC Field House

At SVC Field House

SKIDMORE COLLEGE 76, SOUTHERN VERMONT 71

SKIDMORE COLLEGE (2-1)

Jeff Altimar 3-10 6-8 14; Bobby Langford 5-11 1-2 11; Gerard O'Shea 2-10 6-9

10; Jon Douglas 1-6 7-8 10; Brian Lowry 2-5 2-3 7; Terron Victoria 2-10 1-2

6; Jake Shechtman 2-3 0-0 5; Melvis Langyintuo 2-3 0-0 4; Sam Cohen-Devries

1-3 2-3 4; Raoul Oloa 1-2 1-2 3; Ivan Paladin 1-3 0-0 2; Jay King 0-0 0-0 0;

Kyle Clark 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-66 26-37 76.

SOUTHERN VERMONT (1-3)

Deandre K.-Ebron 10-18 3-7 23; Joe Karnik 7-10 2-5 16; Lance Spratling 4-18

4-6 14; Avery Mitchell 3-9 0-0 9; Brendan Kordana 3-10 0-0 7; Ben

Naaktgeboren 0-2 2-2 2; Ian Gray 0-2 0-0 0; Chris Holland 0-0 0-0 0; Emory

Wheeler 0-2 0-0 0; Cameron Herrington 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-71 11-20 71.

Skidmore College..............   40   36 -   76

Southern Vermont..............   41   30 -   71

3-point goals--Skidmore College 6-23 (Jeff Altimar 2-6; Terron Victoria 1-4;

Jon Douglas 1-4; Brian Lowry 1-2; Jake Shechtman 1-1; Raoul Oloa 0-1; Ivan

Paladin 0-1; Melvis Langyintuo 0-1; Gerard O'Shea 0-3), Southern Vermont

6-19 (Avery Mitchell 3-6; Lance Spratling 2-6; Brendan Kordana 1-4; Ian Gray

0-1; Emory Wheeler 0-1; Ben Naaktgeboren 0-1). Fouled out--Skidmore

College-None, Southern Vermont-Joe Karnik. Rebounds--Skidmore College 28

(Bobby Langford 6), Southern Vermont 51 (Deandre K.-Ebron 15).

Assists--Skidmore College 14 (Gerard O'Shea 6), Southern Vermont 17 (Avery

Mitchell 5). Total fouls--Skidmore College 22, Southern Vermont 27.

Technical fouls--Skidmore College-None, Southern Vermont-None. A-256