ROCHESTER, N.Y.— Tautvydas Kupstas and Greg Skoric combined for 38 points to lead the Skidmore College men's basketball team to an 88-58 Liberty League win at RIT Friday night. The Thoroughbreds are 9-9 overall and 7-4 in league play. The Tigers are 8-9 and 4-6.

• Skoric became Skidmore's career rebound leader with 10 for the game, giving him a total of 781. He moved past David Burch '99 who had 775. His 17 points has him within striking distance of 1000 with 958.
• Kupstas had a team-high 21 points on 9-13 (69.2%) shooting. He moved into 13^th on the all-time scoring list with 1087 points.
• Riley Greene and Mark Engel scored 12 points each. Greene had five assists.
• Skidmore used a 13-2 run and then a 12-3 run to open the game up with a 53-33 lead at the half. It was a 30-point lead, 69-39 nine minutes into the second half.
• The Thoroughbreds shot 50 percent from beyond the arc (12-34), including an impressive 8-11 (72.7%) in the first half.
• Skidmore scored 21 points off 15 RIT turnovers.
• The win completed the regular season sweep of the Tigers. The Thoroughbreds won 78-76 on Jan. 7. Skidmore has won six of its last seven and 10 of its last 12 games against RIT.
• Coach Joe Burke:
• Coach Joe Burke: "We needed a game where we played 40 minutes of good basketball and I thought we did that tonight. The guys executed the game plan, we had good balance and we got good effort from our bench. Long bus ride back from Rochester, we need to get some rest and play with the same level of energy at Union tomorrow.
• "Congrats to Greg on an incredible accomplishment. His transformation and flat out improvement over his 4 years here has been incredible. I am happy he is healthy and getting the recognition he deserves"
• NEXT. UP: Skidmore travels to Union for a 4 p.m. game. The Dutchmen beat the Thoroughbreds 74-61 on Jan. 6.