SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – St. Lawrence erased an 11-point halftime deficit to defeat the Skidmore College men's basketball team, 65-55, in the penultimate game of the regular season on Friday. St. Lawrence improves to 16-7 (12-5 Liberty League). The Thoroughbreds are 12-12 and 10-7.
 

• Skidmore can finish fourth with a win on Saturday against Clarkson and a Hobart loss against Rensselaer. The thoroughbreds can finish no worse than fifth.
• St. Lawrence shot at a 53.6 percent rate in the second half, after opening at 29.6 percent as a team in the first half.
• Trey Syroka led the way for the Saints with 20 points, six assists, six rebounds, and five steals.
• For Skidmore, Tautvydas Kupstas finished with a game-high 21 points. He has scored 20 or more in three straight and six of his last seven games.
• Mark Engel scored 13, while Riley Greene finished with a game-high 10 rebounds and five assists.
• Baskets were hard to come by in the first half. St. Lawrence went nearly six minutes without a point as the Thoroughbreds scored 12 unanswered. Skidmore led by as much as 12 and settled for an 11-point advantage at the break after Kupstas nailed a 3-pointer in the period's final second.
• Skidmore continued to lead in the second half, but St. Lawrence chipped away at the deficit until it was down to one near the mid-way point of the half. Miles Davis scored six St. Lawrence points in a row to give the guests their first lead since they were ahead 4-2 early on. Will Engelhardt converted a four-point play for the Saints with 2:38 left to put the finishing touches on the victory.
• Coach Joe Burke: "Disappointing loss, we just didn't execute and do the things we talked about in preparation. Credit St Lawrence though, I thought they brought a lot of energy.  
  We were up at halftime but I honestly didn't feel good about it.  I hate the way we played from start to finish. I was probably too confident in our ability based on how we attacked in the first meeting and we certainly didn't replicate that. As the head coach I will take responsibility, we have to find a way to bounce back tomorrow and try and get some momentum."
• NEXT UP: Skidmore will look to close the regular season strong on Saturday when it hosts Clarkson for Senior Day and the Big Green Scream. Festivities begin with the women's game at 2 p.m. The men's contest is scheduled for a 4 p.m. tip off.