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Saratoga Springs, N.Y.-- The Skidmore College men's basketball team jumped out to a 10-0 lead and never looked back on the way to a 77-42 win over Cobleskill in the season opener for both teams Tuesday night at the Williamson Sports Center.
Melvis Langyintuo led a balanced Thoroughbred offense with 16 points in only 15 minutes. Skidmore had 12 players score in the contest. Langyintuo was 6-8 from the floor, including 2-3 from three-point range.
Terron Victoria hit for 10 points to go along with four steals.
Gerard O'Shea added six points, five assists, and three steals, while
Nanribet Yiljep came off the bench to score seven points and pull down four rebounds in his first collegiate game.
Jessie Allen scored 13 points off the bench as the lone Fighting Tiger in double figures.
The Thoroughbreds kept Cobleskill off the board until Brendan Davis hit a three with 15:29 to play to make it 10-3. That was a close as the Fighter Tigers would get in the contest, with the home team leading by as many as 23 in the first half.
"First off it was great to be back out there. I want to thank the administration for the banner ceremony and the great group of fans that showed up to support us" coach Joe Burke said. "Last year was really special and I know the players were really excited to have the season recognized."
"I was happy with the way we set the tone early in the game. Our success last year was because we took pride in becoming a good defensive team. The goal was to carry that mindset into this year and I thought tonight was a good start."
"Offensively we had good balance and that is going to be key for this group. We have a bunch of good players and every night it could be somebody different who steps up."
Skidmore hit 12 threes in the contest, shooting 12-31 (.387) from beyond the arc. Cobleskill struggled from long range, going 4-20 (.200) from three-point range.
The Thoroughbreds return to action at home Nov. 22 against Southern Vermont College at 7 p.m.
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Newspaper Box Score
Cobleskill vs Skidmore College
11/15/11 8 pm at Williamson Center
At Williamson Center
SKIDMORE COLLEGE 77, COBLESKILL 42
COBLESKILL (0-1)
Jessie Allison 5-7 2-2 13; Brendan Doherty 2-10 4-4 9; Alexis Nunez 2-6 0-0
5; Jack Jeffres 2-3 0-2 4; Tarik Payton 2-11 0-0 4; Clint Foster 1-3 0-0 3;
Dustin Van Lieu 0-5 2-2 2; Dane Brown 1-4 0-0 2; Jordan Wheeler 0-0 0-0 0;
William McBride 0-0 0-0 0; Taurin Miller 0-1 0-0 0; Frantz Desire 0-0 0-0 0.
Totals 15-50 8-10 42.
SKIDMORE COLLEGE (1-0)
Melvis Langyintuo 6-8 2-4 16;
Terron Victoria 4-8 0-0 10;
Brian Lowry 3-8
0-0 8;
Kevin Dahill 3-4 2-2 8;
Nanribet Yiljep 2-2 1-3 7;
John Mantas 2-9
1-2 6;
Gerard O'Shea 2-6 0-0 6;
Raoul Oloa 2-3 0-0 5;
Connor Merrill 2-3 0-0
4;
Eli Johnston 0-0 3-4 3;
Brian Moore 0-2 2-2 2;
Sakhile Sithole 1-2 0-0 2;
Quenten Howard 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 27-59 11-17 77.
Cobleskill.................... 14 28 - 42
Skidmore College.............. 34 43 - 77
3-point goals--Cobleskill 4-20 (Alexis Nunez 1-2; Brendan Doherty 1-5;
Jessie Allison 1-2; Clint Foster 1-3; Dane Brown 0-1; Dustin Van Lieu 0-3;
Tarik Payton 0-4), Skidmore College 12-31 (
Melvis Langyintuo 2-3; Brian
Lowry 2-6;
Terron Victoria 2-3;
Gerard O'Shea 2-4;
Nanribet Yiljep 2-2; John
Mantas 1-5;
Raoul Oloa 1-2;
Quenten Howard 0-2;
Sakhile Sithole 0-1; Brian
Moore 0-2;
Connor Merrill 0-1). Fouled out--Cobleskill-None, Skidmore
College-None. Rebounds--Cobleskill 33 (Jack Jeffres 7), Skidmore College 39
(
Sakhile Sithole 5). Assists--Cobleskill 9 (Brendan Doherty 4), Skidmore
College 22 (
Gerard O'Shea 5). Total fouls--Cobleskill 16, Skidmore College
14. Technical fouls--Cobleskill-None, Skidmore College-None. A-265
