Box Score Saratoga Springs, N.Y.-- The Skidmore College men's basketball team outscored Castleton State 51-20 over the game's final 14:37 on the way to a 106-85 win Monday night at the Williamson Center.
 
The Thoroughbreds have won three straight to improve to 3-1, while the Spartans fall to 1-2.
 
Connor Merrill and Tanner Brooks led six Skidmore players in double figures. Merrill scored 26 points and had 10 rebounds and five blocks off the bench, while Brooks tossed in 24 points to go along with four assists. Aldin Medunjanin had a rare point-assist double-double with 14 points and 10 assists. Kevin Dahill and Doolun Anyam had 10 points each, while Sakhile Sithole scored 11 points.
 
Jeremy Odena led Castleton with 19 points. Rob Collutti and Dammy Mustapha scored 10 each. Mustapha also had 10 rebounds.
 
Down 51-49 at the half, the Spartans opened the second with a 17-5 run to take a 65-55 lead with 14:37 to play. It was all Skidmore after that. The Thoroughbreds responded with a 16-5 run to take the lead for good, 70-69 with 10:21 to play. Merrill and Brooks combined for 12 of the 16 points in the run and scored 31 of the team's 55 second half points.
 
Skidmore shot 55.2% from the floor in the second half, hitting 16 of 29 shots from the floor, while the Spartans struggled, making only 10 of 34 (29.4).  For the game, the Thoroughbreds were 36-68 (51.5%) from the floor and went 30 of 36 from the line (83.3 %).

"I thought that was a very good win for us" said coach Joe Burke. "Castleton does a good job of making you play at their tempo and I thought it made us uncomfortable in the 1st half.  I was pleased with how we responded in the second half. Its no secret we have young guards and I was proud of how they responded. I thought our forwards also did a good job of finishing plays."
 
Skidmore returns to action Thursday at SUNY Cobleskill.
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Newspaper Box Score
Castleton vs Skidmore College
11/26/12 7pm at Williamson Center
At Williamson Center
SKIDMORE COLLEGE 106, CASTLETON 85
CASTLETON (1-2)
Jeremy Odena 6-12 6-6 19; Dammy Mustapha 3-11 3-4 10; Rob Collutti 3-5 2-4
10; Logan White 3-6 1-2 9; Mark Comstock 2-15 3-5 8; Chad Copeland 3-7 1-2
8; Chris Barletta 3-7 1-1 7; Denny Wilhelm 2-4 0-1 5; David Brandt 2-3 0-0
4; Casey McGraw 1-3 0-0 3; Doug Krouse 0-2 2-2 2; Corey Kimball 0-0 0-0 0;
Chad Pulver 0-1 0-0 0; Tanner Darwell 0-5 0-0 0; Scott Therriault 0-0 0-0 0;
Tyler Ackley 0-1 0-1 0. Totals 28-82 19-28 85.
SKIDMORE COLLEGE (3-1)
Connor Merrill 8-12 8-10 26; Tanner Brooks 9-16 5-5 24; Aldin Medunjanin 4-8
5-5 14; Sakhile Sithole 3-6 4-5 11; Doolun Anyam 3-6 4-4 10; Kevin Dahill
4-9 2-3 10; Nanribet Yiljep 2-4 1-2 6; Eric Lowry 1-5 0-0 2; Eli Johnston
1-2 0-0 2; Brian Moore 0-0 1-2 1; Miguel Santiago 0-0 0-0 0; Gabe O'Brien
0-0 0-0 0; Isaac Carp 0-0 0-0 0; Nick Volpe 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 35-68 30-36
106.
Castleton.....................   49   36  -   85
Skidmore College..............   51   55  -  106
3-point goals--Castleton 10-32 (Rob Collutti 2-4; Logan White 2-4; Mark
Comstock 1-2; Casey McGraw 1-3; Jeremy Odena 1-4; Denny Wilhelm 1-2; Chad
Copeland 1-1; Dammy Mustapha 1-6; Tanner Darwell 0-5; Doug Krouse 0-1),
Skidmore College 6-13 (Connor Merrill 2-3; Aldin Medunjanin 1-2; Sakhile
Sithole 1-2; Tanner Brooks 1-2; Nanribet Yiljep 1-2; Eric Lowry 0-1; Doolun
Anyam 0-1). Fouled out--Castleton-None, Skidmore College-None.
Rebounds--Castleton 50 (Dammy Mustapha 10), Skidmore College 50 (Connor
Merrill 10). Assists--Castleton 12 (Chris Barletta 6), Skidmore College 21
(Aldin Medunjanin 10). Total fouls--Castleton 28, Skidmore College 23.
Technical fouls--Castleton-TEAM, Skidmore College-None. A-365