SCHENECTADY, NY – Mike Greeman and Daniel Wohl scored 21 points each to lead Williams College to an 86-77 victory over Skidmore College in the first game of the 2014 Sig Makofski Men's Basketball Tournament at Union College's Viniar Athletic Center Saturday night.

Skidmore was led by Aldin Medunjanin, who scored a game high 26 points with five boards and four assists, and Erik Sanders scored added 21 points. Connor Merrill scored 14 and had four boards for Skidmore, which shot 48% and 71% from the free throw line.

Ryan Kilcullen scored 17 points and pulled down seven rebounds and Hayden Rookie-Ley scored 15 and made all nine of his free throws for the Ephs. Williams had a 37-23 rebounding advantage and shot 46% for the game and 91% at the line (31 for 34).

Williams had a four point lead at the half at 43-39, but Skidmore had 20 of those points off turnovers (forcing 18 for the night). Skidmore led by six with a 63-57 lead with 9:12 left featuring six points by Sanders. But the Ephs had a run of 14-2 run capped by a Wohl layup with 4:02 left and never trailed by less then five points the rest of the contest.

"Great game that unfortunately we come up on the wrong side of," said Skidmore coach Joe Burke. " I thought we played well enough offensively to win the game but we just couldn't get the stops we needed at the end. You can't have breakdowns against Williams because they know how to make you pay. We also have to figure out what's going on with the fouls. They shot 34 foul shots to our 14 and I thought we were the more aggressive driving team.

"We have three gut wrenching losses to three terrific teams. It's hard right now but I am confident we will benefit from this."

Skidmore plays Sunday at 2 p.m. against Westfield State while Williams takes on host Union at 4 p.m. Sunday.