Box Score

Saratoga Springs, N.Y.—  The Skidmore College men's basketball team overcame a 10-point deficit over the final 2:46  for a 63-62 win over Rensselaer in Liberty League action, Friday night at the Sports and Recreation Center.  The Thoroughbreds improve to 6-11 overall and 1-5 in Liberty play, while RPI is 9-8 and 3-3.

The Red Hawks opened a 59-49 lead when Skidmore's Bobby Langford (Worcester, Mass.) started a 12-0 Thoroughbred run when he scored on a lay-up with 2:46 to play.  Langford scored five of the 12 points, while Jeff Altimar (Medfield, Mass.) hit a three and Terron Victoria (Albany, N.Y./Bishop Maginn) had a free throw and capped the run with a three of his own with :33 to play to make it 61-59.

RPI regained the lead when D.J. Blakemore (Bloomfield Township, Mich.) went the length of the floor for a lay-up to tie it 61-61 with 23 seconds left. He was fouled and injured on the shot, so Jeremy Bull (Woodbridge, Va.) calmly sank the go-ahead free throw to give the Red Hawks a 62-61 lead.

Altimar got the winner for the Thoroughbreds on a lay-up when he converted a perfect pass from Gerard O'Shea (West Sand Lake, N.Y./Averill Park) with 14 seconds to play.  

Langford led all scorers with 18 points off the bench. He also had seven rebounds, three blocks and four steals.   Altimar finished with 12 points and seven rebounds.  Jake Shechtman (Wynnewood, Pa.) added nine points, going 3-4 from three-point range.

Mike Brion had 13 points and seven boards for RPI.  Sam Simmons had 10 points and four assists.

Skidmore will host Vassar on Saturday at 4 p.m., while the Red Hawks travel to Union.

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Newspaper Box Score
RPI vs Skidmore College
1/30/09 8 pm at Sports&Rec Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
At Sports&Rec Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
SKIDMORE COLLEGE 63, RPI 62
RPI (9-8 , 3-3Liberty)
Mike Brion 6-10 0-0 13; Sam Simmons 5-9 0-1 10; DJ Blakemore 4-10 0-0 9;
Ricky Philatre 4-7 0-0 8; Jeremy Bull 3-5 1-1 7; Tim Rupp 2-9 0-0 5; Jeremy
Colon 2-3 0-0 4; Eric Anderson 1-2 0-0 3; Kyle Jung 1-1 1-2 3; Travis Jones
0-0 0-0 0; Rory Perner 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 28-59 2-4 62.
SKIDMORE COLLEGE (6-11, 1-5)
Bobby Langford 8-10 2-5 18; Jeff Altimar 4-12 2-2 12; Jake Shechtman 3-6 0-0
9; Jon Douglas 3-8 1-2 8; Melvis Langyintuo 2-3 0-0 4; Terron Victoria 1-10
1-2 4; Brian Lowry 1-3 1-2 4; Gerard O'Shea 1-7 0-0 2; Dylan Malloy 1-3 0-0
2; Kyle Clark 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 24-63 7-13 63.
RPI...........................   30   32  -   62
Skidmore College..............   29   34  -   63
3-point goals--RPI 4-11 (Eric Anderson 1-1; DJ Blakemore 1-2; Mike Brion
1-3; Tim Rupp 1-3; Rory Perner 0-1; Jeremy Bull 0-1), Skidmore College 8-28
(Jake Shechtman 3-4; Jeff Altimar 2-7; Brian Lowry 1-3; Jon Douglas 1-4;
Terron Victoria 1-3; Dylan Malloy 0-2; Gerard O'Shea 0-4; Melvis Langyintuo
0-1). Fouled out--RPI-None, Skidmore College-None. Rebounds--RPI 41 (Ricky
Philatre 11), Skidmore College 34 (Jeff Altimar 7; Bobby Langford 7).
Assists--RPI 11 (Sam Simmons 4), Skidmore College 14 (Gerard O'Shea 5).
Total fouls--RPI 15, Skidmore College 13. Technical fouls--RPI-None,
Skidmore College-None. A-275