Box Score
Senior forward Drew Desmaris (St. James, N.Y.) hit a lay-up while being fouled and connected on the free-throw with three seconds remaining in the game as the Union College men's basketball team slipped by Skidmore College, 85-82, Tuesday evening at the Viniar Athletic Center.
The win puts Union at an even 4-4 record in the Liberty League and 11-7 overall. Skidmore falls to 7-12 and 2-6
In the first half, Union gained a seven point lead off of two foul shots by Steve Madej (Burnt Hills, N.Y.) lead before senior Nick Ciresi (Kings Park, N.Y.) hit a three-pointer with 13 seconds left to put Union up by 10, 43-33, at the half.
The Dutchmen built a 15-point advantage mid-way through the second half but Skidmore would go on a 19-4 run with 4:57 left to tie the score.
Altimar tied the score when he took a pass from inside and set up to calmly hit his sixth three of the game to put the score at 82-82 with 14.4 seconds left.
Union charged up the court and quickly got the ball into big-man Desmaris, who put the lay-up in and hit the free-throw for the 85-82 win..
Skidmore was clutch from behind-the-arc, hitting 13-33 including nine in the second half. Union was consistent from the field throughout, hitting 52.5% (31-59) from the field with 10 coming from downtown.
Altimar had the hot-shooting hand as he hit 7-15 with six from long range, ending with 23 points. Freshman
Terron Victoria (Albany, N.Y./Bishop Maginn) contributed 14 points while Douglas added 10.
Madej finished with 22 points with Desmaris recording 21.
Skidmore will continue conference play at Clarkson and St. Lawrence on Feb. 6-7.
Newspaper Box Score
Skidmore College vs UNION
2/3/09 8:00 PM at Viniar Athletic Center, Schenectady, NY
At Viniar Athletic Center, Schenectady, NY
UNION 85, SKIDMORE COLLEGE 82
SKIDMORE COLLEGE (7-12,2-6 Liberty)
Jeff Altimar 7-15 3-4 23;
Terron Victoria 5-11 2-2 14;
Jon Douglas 3-5 1-2
10;
Jake Shechtman 3-9 2-2 9;
Gerard O'Shea 1-6 4-4 7;
Melvis Langyintuo 3-6
0-0 6;
Bobby Langford 2-3 0-4 4;
Kyle Clark 0-1 4-6 4;
Sam Cohen-Devries 1-4
1-1 3;
John Mantas 0-1 2-2 2;
Dylan Malloy 0-0 0-0 0;
Matt Belsito 0-0 0-0
0;
Brian Lowry 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 25-63 19-27 82.
UNION (11-7,4-4 Liberty)
Lauren Hennessey 7-17 4-4 22; Michelle Rogers 8-13 5-7 21; Joey Lokitis 8-15
1-2 19; Talitha LindenDarrow 6-8 0-0 16; Matt Covucci 2-4 0-2 4; Rusmir
Dzanko 0-2 2-2 2; Brett Tessler 0-0 1-6 1. Totals 31-59 13-23 85.
Skidmore College.............. 33 49 - 82
UNION......................... 43 42 - 85
3-point goals--Skidmore College 13-33 (
Jeff Altimar 6-13;
Jon Douglas 3-4;
Terron Victoria 2-5;
Jake Shechtman 1-4;
Gerard O'Shea 1-3;
Brian Lowry 0-2;
Melvis Langyintuo 0-2), UNION 10-21 (Talitha LindenDarrow 4-6; Lauren
Hennessey 4-8; Joey Lokitis 2-5; Rusmir Dzanko 0-1; Michelle Rogers 0-1).
Fouled out--Skidmore College-
Bobby Langford, UNION-Matt Covucci.
Rebounds--Skidmore College 36 (
Jeff Altimar 7), UNION 39 (Michelle Rogers
8). Assists--Skidmore College 12 (
Terron Victoria 5), UNION 22 (Matt Covucci
6). Total fouls--Skidmore College 22, UNION 20. Technical fouls--Skidmore
College-None, UNION-Joey Lokitis. A-135
