Box Score

GENEVA, N.Y.—The Hobart basketball team avenged an earlier loss to Skidmore with an 85-79 victory in Bristol Gym.

Matt Pebole (Red Hook/Little Silver, N.J.) led Hobart with a game-high 19 points and six rebounds.

The Statesmen (12-8, 5-4) started the game on a 9-2 run, including seven from Pebole. First-year guard Rezin Davis (Hughesville/Hughesville, Pa.) hit a three at the 12:39 mark to give Hobart its first 10-point lead, 24-14.

A 9-2 swing by Skidmore (13-8, 6-4) got the visitor's within three, sophomore guard Raoul Oloa (Yaounde, Cameroon) bookended the surge with three-pointers on his way to a 12-point effort.

The Statesmen went into the break on 6-1 run, leading 48-40. Pebole led all scorers with 11 in the first half.

Hobart stretched its lead to as many as 17 points in the second half, before the Thoroughbreds made a comeback bid. First-year forward Sean Peer (Colonie/Albany, N.Y.) made two free throws with 5:49 remaining to raise the Statesmen lead to 78-66. Peer had five points, four rebounds, and two blocked shots.

Skidmore scored the game's next nine points, including five from sophomore guard Terron Victoria (Bishop Maginn/Albany, N.Y.), to make it a three-point game with 1:50 to go.

Pebole made two free throws at the other end of the floor to make it a two possession lead for the Statesmen. First-year forward Sakhile Sithole (Pietermaritzburg, South Africa) countered with a layup to make it a three point deficit with 1:25 to go, but first-year guard Stefan Thompson (CBA/Syracuse, N.Y.) answered with a layup of his own to complete an 18-point game. Sithole had nine points and a game-high 12 points.

Victoria, who finished with a team-high 13 points, again made it a three-point difference with 29 seconds left, but Davis (14 pts) scored the final three points of the game to close out the victory.

The Thoroughbreds also got double digit performances from sophomore forward Kyle Clark (Poly Prep Country Day/New York, N.Y.), sophomore guard Gerard O'Shea (Averill Park/West Sand Lake, N.Y.), and sophomore guard Melvis Langyintuo (Tamale, Ghana) on 11, 10, and 10 points, respectively.

Skidmore will return home for a Feb. 12 contest against Rensselaer (13-6, 5-4).

HOBART 85, SKIDMORE 79

SKIDMORE (13-8, 6-4 LL)
Terron Victoria 4-11 5-7 13; Raoul Oloa 4-6 2-3 12; Kyle Clark 4-7 2-3 11;
Gerard O'Shea 4-8 2-2 10; Melvis Langyintuo 3-6 2-2 10; Sakhile Sithole 4-16
1-3 9; John Mantas 3-4 0-0 7; Jon Douglas 1-4 0-0 3; Brian Lowry 1-3 0-0 2;
Kevin Dahill 1-1 0-0 2; Jeff Altimar 0-5 0-0 0. Totals 29-71 14-20 79.

HOBART (12-8, 5-4 LL)
Matt Pebole 6-14 7-8 19; Stefan Thompson 5-11 7-8 18; Rezin Davis 6-10 1-2
14; Tim Llewellyn 6-8 0-0 14; Sean Peer 1-1 3-4 5; Adam Salzmann 2-6 0-0 5;
Mark Bruce 2-5 0-0 4; Sean McHugh 1-1 1-2 4; Marc Bertucci 1-5 0-0 2; Greg
Stern 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 30-62 19-24 85.

Halftime--Hobart 48-40.

3-point goals--Skidmore 7-18 (Melvis Langyintuo 2-4; Raoul Oloa 2-3; Kyle
Clark 1-2; John Mantas 1-2; Jon Douglas 1-2; Jeff Altimar 0-1; Sakhile
Sithole 0-1; Gerard O'Shea 0-1; Terron Victoria 0-2), Hobart 6-18 (Tim
Llewellyn 2-4; Sean McHugh 1-1; Rezin Davis 1-2; Adam Salzmann 1-4; Stefan
Thompson 1-3; Greg Stern 0-1; Mark Bruce 0-1; Matt Pebole 0-2). Fouled
out--Skidmore-None, Hobart-Tim Llewellyn. Rebounds--Skidmore 40 (Sakhile
Sithole 12), Hobart 36 (Adam Salzmann 7). Assists--Skidmore 8 (Gerard O'Shea
3; John Mantas 3), Hobart 17 (Tim Llewellyn 6). Total fouls--Skidmore 19,
Hobart 18. Technical fouls--Skidmore-None, Hobart-None. A-400