Box Score

Saratoga Springs, N.Y.— St. Lawrence had five players in double figures in a 102-84 Liberty League men's basketball win over Skidmore College Friday night at the Sports and Recreation Center.  The Saints have won four straight to go 8-3 overall and 1-0 in Liberty play. Skidmore is 5-8 and 0-2.

The high-scoring contest featured a combined 22 three-point field goals with SLU hitting 10 of 20, including 8 of 13 in the first half.

The teams traded the lead four times in the first half, before the Saints closed the period with 16-7 run over the final 5:14 to take a 54-44 lead into the locker room.

SLU continued its hot shooting in the second half, nailing 18 of 30 field goal attempts (60.0) to keep Skidmore no closer the five points.

Jeff Altimar (Medfield, Mass.) led the Thoroughbreds with 17 points, including five threes.  Jon Douglas (Shutesbury, Mass.) added 14 points and Terron Victoria (Albany, N.Y./Bishop Maginn) tossed in 13 points and had three steals off the bench.  Gerard O'Shea (West Sand Lake, N.Y./Averill Park) had a game-high seven assists and four steals.

Bela Vonnak (Canajoharie, N.Y./Canajoharie) scored 24 points for the Saints.  Richard Williams (Kingston, N.Y.) had a double/double with 15 points and 11 rebounds, while Terry Parham (Petersburg, Virg.) contributed 20 points off the bench.

Skidmore will host Clarkson on Saturday at 4 p.m.


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Newspaper Box Score
St. Lawrence vs Skidmore College
1/16/09 8pm at Sports&Rec Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
At Sports&Rec Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
ST. LAWRENCE 102, SKIDMORE COLLEGE 84
ST. LAWRENCE (8-3, 1-0 Liberty)
Bela Vonnak 8-13 8-10 24; Terry Parham 8-11 2-2 20; Richard Williams 5-9 4-5
15; Josh Sharlow 4-10 1-1 10; Garrett Sharlow 4-8 0-0 10; Ben Araya 2-4 4-4
9; Tom Wopperer 3-9 0-0 7; Tim Hornstein 1-2 0-0 3; Corey Begly 1-1 0-0 3;
Devaun McFarland 0-0 1-2 1; Jon Eppolito 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 36-68 20-24 102.
SKIDMORE COLLEGE (5-8, 0-2 Liberty)
Jeff Altimar 6-15 0-0 17; Jon Douglas 4-7 3-3 14; Terron Victoria 5-13 2-3
13; Kyle Clark 1-3 7-7 9; Brian Lowry 3-6 0-0 7; Jake Shechtman 3-5 0-0 6;
Raoul Oloa 2-3 0-0 5; Gerard O'Shea 1-3 2-2 4; Bobby Langford 2-5 0-0 4;
Dylan Malloy 1-3 0-0 3; Ivan Paladin 1-3 0-0 2; John Mantas 0-0 0-0 0; Sam
Cohen-Devries 0-2 0-0 0; Matt Belsito 0-0 0-0 0; Melvis Langyintuo 0-5 0-0
0. Totals 29-73 14-15 84.
St. Lawrence..................   54   48  -  102
Skidmore College..............   44   40  -   84
3-point goals--St. Lawrence 10-20 (Garrett Sharlow 2-3; Terry Parham 2-3;
Richard Williams 1-2; Corey Begly 1-1; Tim Hornstein 1-2; Tom Wopperer 1-5;
Josh Sharlow 1-3; Ben Araya 1-1), Skidmore College 12-35 (Jeff Altimar 5-11;
Jon Douglas 3-5; Brian Lowry 1-3; Dylan Malloy 1-3; Terron Victoria 1-4;
Raoul Oloa 1-2; Melvis Langyintuo 0-2; Bobby Langford 0-1; Gerard O'Shea
0-1; Jake Shechtman 0-2; Kyle Clark 0-1). Fouled out--St. Lawrence-None,
Skidmore College-None. Rebounds--St. Lawrence 49 (Richard Williams 11),
Skidmore College 30 (Gerard O'Shea 5). Assists--St. Lawrence 19 (Tom
Wopperer 6), Skidmore College 15 (Gerard O'Shea 7). Total fouls--St.
Lawrence 15, Skidmore College 16. Technical fouls--St. Lawrence-None,
Skidmore College-None. A-185