POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. – Five Skidmore College men's basketball players scored in double figures as the Thoroughbreds erupted offensively, scoring a season-high 97 points in a 97-73 rout of Vassar in Liberty League action Saturday afternoon.
 
The Thoroughbreds got back into the win column, improving to 15-6 overall and 10-2 in conference play. The Brewers fall to 5-16 overall and 1-11 in conference play.
 
Sophomore guard Edvinas Rupkus led all Thoroughbred scorers with 24 points on 8-for-11 shooting from the field, adding 11 rebounds and four assists. Junior guard Jack Morrow was effective from beyond the arc, scoring 18 points on 5-for-8 shooting from three. Senior guard Aldin Medunjanin and sophomore guard Chase Ta each tallied 15 points, and freshman forward Pat Gallagher added 11 points coming off the bench.
 
Alex Seff led all scorers with 31 points, adding five rebounds. Tony Caletti scored 11 points coming off the Vassar bench, and Jesse Browne added 10.
Skidmore opened with a 6-2 run before Vassar scored six straight points to take an 8-6 advantage. Throughout the period, neither side led by more than two points as the lead changed hands.
The game saw 10 ties and six lead changes in the early goings, until the final 4:13 of the half. Skidmore took the lead and never looked back, ripping off 12 straight points toward the end of the half. Ta capped off the flurry with a buzzer-beating 3-pointer, taking a 48-35 lead into the break. 

Skidmore sustained its double-digit lead throughout the second half, pushing the lead to as many as 31 points on a few occasions. The Thoroughbreds finished with 52 percent shooting from the field in the contest, and knocked down 8-of-19 from three.
 
"We found out a lot about our guys tonight," said Skidmore College men's basketball head coach Joseph Burke. "I was proud of how they responded.  We had some good conversation last night and this morning and they answered the call."
 
"We are a good basketball team, but that doesn't mean we have it all figured out. At the end of the day, we have a ton of injuries and a lot of underclassmen on the floor and they are still learning. They now realize that if they don't come dialed in then they are vulnerable but they also know they are capable of beating anyone in the country."
 
 
Skidmore will return home this Friday to host Hobart in the 'Big Green Scream' contest at 8 p.m.