Box Score

Saratoga Springs, N.Y. – The Skidmore College men's basketball team completed a weekend sweep of Liberty League opponents with a 64-45 win over Vassar College Saturday at the Sports and Recreation Center. 

The Thoroughbreds are now 2-5 in conference play and 7-11 overall, with the Brewers (7-11, 2-5 Liberty) falling to an identical record.

An evenly-played first-half featured six lead changes and ended with Skidmore ahead by three after a Jon Douglas (Shutesbury, Mass.) lay-up with five seconds left in the half. 

In the second half, Skidmore held a two point lead, 47-45, with 4:22 left to play before it went on a 17-0 run, helped by shooting 10-11 from the free-throw line, to end the contest at 64-45.  Sophomore Jeff Altimar (Medfield, Mass.) hit four of the 10 Thoroughbred free-throws during the span and finished with six points and nine rebounds.

Skidmore held a hefty 41-29 rebounding advantage in the contest and shot a smooth 40.7% (22-54) from the field, while hitting 16-18 (88.9%) from the charity stripe. 

Douglas finished with 16 points and six rebounds for the Thoroughbreds.  Freshman Terron Victoria (Albany, N.Y./Bishop Maginn) chipped in 12 points and four assists.

Senior Matt Nunn (Lower Gwynedd, Pa.) had 21 points and was 8-10 from the field to lead the Brewers.

Skidmore will continue Liberty League action at Union on Feb. 3. 

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Newspaper Box Score
VASSAR vs Skidmore College
1/31/09 4 pm at Sports&Rec Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
At Sports&Rec Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
SKIDMORE COLLEGE 64, VASSAR 45
VASSAR (7-11,2-5 Liberty)
Matt Nunn 8-10 4-4 21; Caleb McGraw 0-5 6-7 6; Chris Whitney 2-3 0-0 4;
Brian Butterworth 1-7 2-2 4; Joe Davis 1-10 1-3 3; Nicholas Justiz 1-2 0-0
2; Matt Gertenbach 1-1 0-0 2; Lenny Holt 1-4 0-2 2; Casey Black 0-2 1-2 1;
David de la Torre 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 15-46 14-20 45.
SKIDMORE COLLEGE (7-11,2-5 Liberty)
Jon Douglas 6-12 3-3 16; Terron Victoria 5-8 1-1 12; Dylan Malloy 3-4 1-1 7;
Bobby Langford 2-5 2-3 6; Jeff Altimar 1-7 4-4 6; Gerard O'Shea 1-4 3-4 5;
Kyle Clark 2-6 0-0 4; Jake Shechtman 1-2 0-0 3; Melvis Langyintuo 1-3 0-0 3;
Brian Lowry 0-3 2-2 2; John Mantas 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-54 16-18 64.
VASSAR........................   21   24  -   45
Skidmore College..............   24   40  -   64
3-point goals--VASSAR 1-13 (Matt Nunn 1-2; Caleb McGraw 0-2; Brian
Butterworth 0-4; Joe Davis 0-3; Nicholas Justiz 0-1; David de la Torre 0-1),
Skidmore College 4-20 (Jake Shechtman 1-2; Terron Victoria 1-3; Jon Douglas
1-5; Melvis Langyintuo 1-3; Gerard O'Shea 0-2; Kyle Clark 0-1; Brian Lowry
0-1; Jeff Altimar 0-2; Dylan Malloy 0-1). Fouled out--VASSAR-None, Skidmore
College-None. Rebounds--VASSAR 29 (Brian Butterworth 8), Skidmore College 41
(Jeff Altimar 9). Assists--VASSAR 9 (Lenny Holt 3), Skidmore College 10
(Terron Victoria 4). Total fouls--VASSAR 15, Skidmore College 16. Technical
fouls--VASSAR-None, Skidmore College-None.