Box Score

Cobleskill, N.Y.— Jeff Altimar led all scorers with 17 points to lead the Skidmore College men's basketball team to a 79-72 win over SUNY Cobleskill, Wednesday night at Lorio Gym. It was the season opener for the Thoroughbreds, while Cobleskill falls to 0-2.

Down 35-31 at the half, Altimar scored 13 of his 17 points in the second half to spark the comeback. Terron Victoria added 14 points and five steals, while Brian Lowry came off the bench to score 13 points, hitting seven of eight from the free throw line.

“Our kids played really hard and found a way to persevere in the end against a talented and well coached Cobleskill team,” said Skidmore coach Joe Burke. “I have known (Cobleskill) coach Allen for awhile and he has that program doing great things. We were really fortunate to get a quality win on the road in a challenging environment.”

The teams were whistled for a combined 50 fouls, with Skidmore connecting on 26 of 37 free throws for a 70.3 percentage. The Tigers struggled from the line, shooting 48.3 percent on 14 of 29 attempts.

“Our kids refused to give in,” Burke added. “They were very athletic and we needed to be tough to compete and I thought our guys did that, especially down the stretch. It was a total team effort.”

Also for Skidmore, John Mantas had a team-high nine rebounds and Gerard O'Shea had eight points and seven assists.

The Thoroughbreds are at Tufts University on Saturday at 7 p.m.

Newspaper Box Score
Skidmore College vs SUNY COBLESKILL
11/17/10 7:00 PM at Iorio Gymnasium, Cobleskill, NY
At Iorio Gymnasium, Cobleskill, NY
SKIDMORE COLLEGE 79, SUNY COBLESKILL 72
SKIDMORE COLLEGE (1-0)
Jeff Altimar 4-10 6-8 17; Terron Victoria 5-11 3-3 14; Brian Lowry 2-9 7-8
13; Gerard O'Shea 1-5 6-7 8; Kevin Dahill 4-5 0-1 8; Sakhile Sithole 3-5 1-2
7; John Mantas 1-3 0-1 3; Kyle Clark 1-1 1-3 3; Perun Kovacevic 1-2 1-2 3;
Raoul Oloa 1-3 0-0 2; Melvis Langyintuo 0-1 1-2 1; Quenten Howard 0-0 0-0 0.
Totals 23-55 26-37 79.
SUNY COBLESKILL (0-2)
Haneef Scott 5-10 5-7 16; Tyrone Mitchell 6-12 1-3 16; Carl Thomas 5-10 4-7
14; Brendan Doherty 4-10 0-1 11; Craig Orner 2-4 1-2 6; Damion Longmore 2-2
1-4 5; Damon Franklin 1-5 1-2 3; Donovan Johnson 0-1 1-3 1; Roshawn Polight
0-0 0-0 0; Andre Hobson 0-1 0-0 0; Tarik Payton 0-0 0-0 0; Jack Jeffres 0-1
0-0 0; Taiquan Newkirk 0-1 0-0 0; Jaquan Spear 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-57 14-29
72.
Skidmore College.............. 31 48 - 79
SUNY COBLESKILL............... 35 37 - 72
3-point goals--Skidmore College 7-26 (Jeff Altimar 3-5; Brian Lowry 2-7;
John Mantas 1-3; Terron Victoria 1-4; Perun Kovacevic 0-1; Raoul Oloa 0-2;