SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.—Skidmore guard Riley Greene calmly sank three free throws with 0.7 seconds to turn defeat into a 72-71 Liberty League victory over Ithaca College Friday night at the Williamson Center. The win pulls the Thoroughbreds (8-8, 6-3 Liberty) into a three-way tie for second place, only a half-game behind Ithaca (10-5, 6-2).
 

• Tautvydas Kupstas led all scorers with 21 points and had three assists and five rebounds. Green finished with 18 points and four assists. Greg Skoric had his sixth double/double of the season with 12 points and 12 rebounds. Harrison Eichelberger added 10 points and three steals.
• Logan Wendell and Triston Wennersten scored 15 each for the Bombers.
• The first half went back and forth with five ties and seven lead changes, including at the end of the half when Green's layup with 1.5 seconds left put Skidmore up 36-35.
• Ithaca hit three straight threes to open the second half to pull out to a 44-36 lead. The Bombers led by as many as 10, but Skidmore refused to go away.
• Down nine, 61-52 with 9:10 to play, the Thoroughbreds went on an 8-0 run to cut it to 61-60. Kupstas started the run with an off-balance jumper followed by a traditional three-point play. Jake Walsh hit a deep three to close the run with 6:25 to play.

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  It stayed tight the rest of the way. Skylar Sinon made one of two free throws to put the Bombers up 70-67 with :14 left. Eichelberger was fouled on a huge offensive rebound and hit both free throws to cut it to 70-69 with :05 remaining. Wendell went 1-2 from the line with :04 left for a 71-69 advantage.
• Riley was fouled taking a final three-pointer. The officials put 0.7 on the clock and Riley made the first two attempts to tie the game and came back after an Ithaca timeout to seal it.
• Skidmore was 16-25 (64%) from the line, while the Bombers were 15-29 (51.7%). The Thoroughbreds struggled from beyond the arc, going 2-19.
• Before the game, the team honored Kupstas for hitting the 1,000 point mark at Vassar. He now has 1050 points and sits 16^th all-time, two points behind Andre Cook '94.
• COACH Joe Burke: "We showed some resilience tonight. Ithaca can create some matchup problems so we needed to get a little creative. We didn't play great but we executed the game plan and found a way at the end. This group has a knack for closing out close games, I just wish we didn't make so many of them so close.  Have to commend Riley for stepping up and making the 3 free throws at the end. Kid lives in the gym and when you do that good things happen. 
   
  "The challenge for us has been bringing the energy and focus every night. We didn't do that last weekend and need to make that adjustment tomorrow and get more consistent. RPI is a very good team and it is no secret that we knocked them out of the playoffs last year on their home court.  I am sure they will bring an edge with them so we will have to match it."
• NEXT UP: Skidmore will host defending league champion RPI on Saturday at 4 p.m. The Engineers are tied with the Thoroughbreds for second place after a 70-63 double overtime loss to Vassar on Friday.