PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. – Skidmore College senior guard Aldin Medunjanin set the men's basketball all-time assist mark as the Thoroughbreds fell to Plattsburgh 86-78 on Tuesday afternoon.
 
Skidmore falls to 5-2 on the season, while Plattsburgh improves to 6-1.
 
Medunjanin set the mark on his seventh assist of the contest, on a feed to sophomore guard Edvinas Rupkus early in the second half. He finished with eight assists and now has 440 career assists, breaking the previous mark of 438.

Rupkus led the way in scoring, tallying 33 points on 12-for-18 shooting from the field. Medunjanin finished with 13 points, while senior guard Royce Paris finished with 12 on 4-for-5 shooting from the field.
 
Erik Mack finished with 26 points, five rebounds and two blocks to lead the Cardinals, while Eli Bryant finished with 25 points, going a perfect 8-for-8 from the free throw line.
 
Skidmore began to pull away midway through the first half, going on a 27-11 run to take their largest lead of the game at 40-27. Junior forward Marcus Jackson hit a short jumper with time running down in the first, giving the Thoroughbreds a 42-32 lead heading into halftime.
 
Plattsburgh started strong in the second half, going on a run of its own, eventually taking the 55-53 lead with 10:45 to go in the game. The Cardinals extended the lead to as much as seven, before the Thoroughbreds started the comeback. After a layup by Medunjanin reduced the Thoroughbred deficit to two at 75-73, Bryant hit a 3-pointer on the other end. On the next Skidmore possession, Mack picked off a pass, going the other way with the bucket.

"It's a tough loss for our group," said Skidmore College men's basketball head coach Joe Burke. "We controlled the game for 20 minutes but we got a little out of character in the 2nd half. Plattsburgh played really well so you have to give them credit. We need to defend without fouling, it's hard to win when you give a team 29 points from the foul line on their home court so we will look at the film and get better from this. The loss stings today but you can't get where we want to go without playing this type of schedule.  As it has in the past, it will pay dividends going forward. On Saturday we face another difficult road challenge as we play a really good Middlebury team."
 
The Thoroughbreds shot 48.4 percent (30-for-62) from the field in the contest, holding the Cardinals to 43 percent. The Cardinals out-rebounded the Thoroughbreds 38-29.
 
The Thoroughbreds will next take on Middlebury in Vermont on Saturday at 4 p.m.