Box Score
Saratoga Springs, N.Y. – Eleven different players scored as the Skidmore College men's basketball team rolled to an 86-52 win over Vassar in Friday night's Liberty League action at the Williamson Sports Center.
The Thoroughbreds improve to 10-7 overall and 4-2 in the league, while the Brewers drop to 3-14 and 1-5.
Jeff Altimar (Medfield, Mass.) hit a three-pointer to open up the game and Skidmore never looked back. Vassar was never able to get closer than five points after the first 1:26 of the game as the Thoroughbreds shot 64.3% from the floor (18-28) and from beyond the arc (9-14) in the first half. A pair of free throws by
Gerard O'Shea (West Sand Lake, N.Y./Averill Park) with two seconds remaining in the first half gave Skidmore a 21 point advantage into the break.
The second half was much of the same as the Thoroughbred continued to shoot well and get contributions from everyone on the floor. They led by as many as 37 after a three-pointer from
Brian Lowry (West Hartford, Conn.) with 4:24 remaining and cruised to the 86-52 win.
Lowry led the Thoroughbreds with 14 points off the bench and
Melvis Langyintuo (Tamale, Ghana) and
Quenten Howard (New Haven, Conn.) added 11 and 10 respectively. All 11 players for Skidmore scored at least four points. O'Shea had a game-high seven rebounds and dished out five assist to go along with two steals and
John Mantas (Niskayuna, N.Y./CBA) had a game-high six assists and three steals.
Nicholas Justiz led the Brewers with 10 points and John Donnelly added eight points and six rebounds.
The Thoroughbreds shot 63.0% from the floor and 56.0% on threes as they outscored Vassar's bench 50-23 and held a 34-14 advantage on points in the paint.
"I thought we played a complete game tonight. Defensively, we did a good job of getting stops and creating tempo" Skidmore coach Joe Burke said. "Offensively, we really shared the ball. When we are at our best this team plays with great balance, tonight was a good example of that."
"We can enjoy this for a couple hours and than have to shift our focus to RPI. They are playing really good basketball and tomorrow will be a very good test for us."
Skidmore hosts Rensselaer on Saturday at 4 p.m.
Newspaper Box Score
Vassar vs Skidmore College
1/28/11 8:00 pm at Williamson Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
At Williamson Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
SKIDMORE COLLEGE 86, VASSAR 52
VASSAR (3-14, 1-5 Liberty)
Nicholas Justiz 4-7 0-0 10; John Donnelly 2-13 4-7 8; Evan Carberry 3-7 0-0
7; Lucas Wager 2-3 3-3 7; Caleb McGraw 2-7 0-0 6; Sam Rappaport 1-2 0-0 3;
Chris Whitney 1-2 1-2 3; Tyler Maland 1-1 0-0 2; Elias Springer 1-2 0-0 2;
Jon Herzog 0-3 2-2 2; Rickey Winkeller 0-0 2-2 2; Abe Gatling 0-0 0-0 0.
Totals 17-47 12-16 52.
SKIDMORE COLLEGE (10-7, 4-2 Liberty)
Brian Lowry 5-6 0-0 14; Melvis Langyintuo 4-6 0-0 11; Quenten Howard 5-10
0-0 10; Jeff Altimar 3-6 0-0 9; John Mantas 3-5 0-0 8; Kyle Clark 4-5 0-0 8;
Brian Moore 2-3 0-0 6; Perun Kovacevic 3-3 0-0 6; Kevin Dahill 2-2 2-3 6;
Terron Victoria 2-5 0-2 4; Gerard O'Shea 1-3 2-2 4. Totals 34-54 4-7 86.
Vassar........................ 28 24 - 52
Skidmore College.............. 49 37 - 86
3-point goals--Vassar 6-12 (Caleb McGraw 2-4; Nicholas Justiz 2-3; Evan
Carberry 1-1; Sam Rappaport 1-1; Elias Springer 0-1; Jon Herzog 0-1; John
Donnelly 0-1), Skidmore College 14-25 (Brian Lowry 4-5; Melvis Langyintuo
3-5; Jeff Altimar 3-6; John Mantas 2-2; Brian Moore 2-3; Terron Victoria
0-2; Gerard O'Shea 0-2). Fouled out--Vassar-None, Skidmore College-None.
Rebounds--Vassar 24 (John Donnelly 6), Skidmore College 30 (Gerard O'Shea
7). Assists--Vassar 10 (Jon Herzog 3), Skidmore College 24 (John Mantas 6).
Total fouls--Vassar 9, Skidmore College 15. Technical fouls--Vassar-None,
Skidmore College-None.
