Box Score

Saratoga Springs, N.Y.-- Senior forward Jon Douglas (Amherst, Mass./Amherst Regional) and sophomore guard Melvis Langyintuo (Tamale, Ghana/Lawrenceville) scored 18 points each to lead the Skidmore College men's basketball team to a 110-58 win over Southern Vermont College, Tuesday at the Sports and Recreation Center.

The Thoroughbreds remain unbeaten at 4-0, while The Mountaineers fall to 2-3.

Southern Vermont scored the game's first eight points led 18-7 with 13:40 to play in the first half, before the Thoroughbreds erupted for a 29-5 run to take a 36-23 lead with 7:12 to play and then a 22-6 run to close out the half with a 58-29 lead.

Langyintuo came off the bench to score 14 of his 18 points during the run. Douglas hit three threes for nine first-half points.

Everyone got into the game in the second half with Skidmore's bench outscoring Southern Vermont's bench, 62-6. The Thoroughbreds also scored 41 points off 31 Mountaineer turnovers.

Douglas finished 6-7 from three-point range, while Langyintuo was 8-10 from the floor. John Mantas (Niskayuna, N.Y./CBA) and Sakhile Sithole (Pietermaritzburg, South Africa) scored 10 points each off the bench. Gerard O'Shea (West Sand Lake, N.Y./Averill Park) scored nine points and had six assists and three steals, while Terron Victoria (Albany, N.Y./Bishop Maginn) contributed eight points, three assists, and four steals.

Derrick Cenicola led Southern Vermont with 17 points.

The Thoroughbreds are at Hartwick on Dec. 1.

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Newspaper Box Score
Southern Vermont vs Skidmore College
11/24/09 8 pm at Sports&Rec Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
At Sports&Rec Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
SKIDMORE COLLEGE 110, SOUTHERN VERMONT 58
SOUTHERN VERMONT (2-3)
Derrick Cenicola 5-8 6-8 17; Joe Karnik 5-12 2-6 13; Lance Spratling 3-11
6-8 12; Cameron Herrington 4-5 0-0 8; Jordan Smith 1-2 2-4 4; Chris Holland
1-3 0-0 2; Brett Clatworthy 0-4 2-2 2; Keith Gaston 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 19-45
18-28 58.
SKIDMORE COLLEGE (4-0)
Melvis Langyintuo 8-10 0-2 18; Jon Douglas 6-7 0-0 18; Sakhile Sithole 4-5
0-2 10; John Mantas 3-4 4-4 10; Gerard O'Shea 3-5 1-1 9; Terron Victoria 4-6
0-0 8; Garrett Bush 3-5 0-0 7; Kyle Clark 2-5 3-4 7; Kevin Dahill 2-3 2-2 6;
Jeff Altimar 2-7 0-0 6; Raoul Oloa 2-6 0-3 5; Ivan Paladin 1-2 1-1 3; Brian
Lowry 1-4 0-0 3. Totals 41-69 11-19 110.
Southern Vermont.............. 29 29 - 58
Skidmore College.............. 58 52 - 110
3-point goals--Southern Vermont 2-10 (Derrick Cenicola 1-2; Joe Karnik 1-2;
Cameron Herrington 0-1; Chris Holland 0-1; Brett Clatworthy 0-3; Lance
Spratling 0-1), Skidmore College 17-35 (Jon Douglas 6-7; Melvis Langyintuo
2-4; Sakhile Sithole 2-2; Gerard O'Shea 2-2; Jeff Altimar 2-6; Brian Lowry
1-2; Raoul Oloa 1-5; Garrett Bush 1-3; Kyle Clark 0-1; Terron Victoria 0-2;
John Mantas 0-1). Fouled out--Southern Vermont-None, Skidmore College-Brian
Lowry. Rebounds--Southern Vermont 31 (Lance Spratling 9), Skidmore College
35 (Melvis Langyintuo 6). Assists--Southern Vermont 11 (Chris Holland 3;
Lance Spratling 3), Skidmore College 29 (Gerard O'Shea 6). Total
fouls--Southern Vermont 17, Skidmore College 24. Technical fouls--Southern
Vermont-Lance Spratling, Skidmore College-Ivan Paladin. A-175