Box Score Chester, Pa.--One night after losing its opener in overtime, the Skidmore College men's basketball team bounced back for an overtime win, 56-55 over Widener University in the Widener Tip-Off for Autism Awareness Tournament.
 
Connor Merrill hit a three-pointer with 0.03 seconds left on the clock for the win.
 
The basket completed a dramatic comeback for the Thoroughbreds (1-1).  Down 51-43 with 3:51 to play in regulation, Skidmore scored the final eight points to force the overtime.
 
Sakhile Sithole started the run with a layup with 3:48 left.  Tanner Brooks hit a three off a Widener miss to cut it to 51-48. Eli Johnston had a heads-up steal and found Brooks again for another three to tie it, 51-51, with 2:22 to play. Neither team scored the rest of regulation.
 
Widener scored the first four points of the overtime to lead 55-51.  Brooks hit a pair of free throws with 1:06 left to cut it to 55-53.  Aldin Medunjanin corralled a missed Widener free throw with 30 seconds to play for Skidmore. After a time out, the Thoroughbreds worked for the last shot, the buzzer-beating three by Merrill.
 
Merrill finished with 15 points and eight rebounds. Brooks scored 14 points and Medunjanin added 11.

"Widener put on a great tournament for a great cause" said coach Joe Burke.  "I was pleased with our effort and energy all weekend.  Our young team got a valuable experience against two quality opponents."

"On friday I thought we made too many mistakes down the stretch and to be quite honest with you we didn't make enough winning plays" he added.  "Tonight, I think we grew up a little bit and learned some lessons. The final shot was obviously huge but our fight to stay in the game despite not making shots is a testament to the teams mental toughness."
 
Skidmore will host Southern Vermont on Nov. 20 at 7 p.m.