Saratoga Springs, N.Y. – The Skidmore College men’s basketball team used a balanced scoring attack to defeat Union 83-77 in Tuesday night’s Liberty League matchup at the Sports and Recreation Center. With the win, the Thoroughbreds remain tied for first with a 6-2 league and 13-6 overall record, while the Dutchmen fall to 5-3 in the league and 9-9 overall.
Sophomore Kyle Clark (New York, N.Y.) recorded a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds and also had five assists to lead Skidmore. Melvis Langyintuo (Tamale, Ghana) poured in 14 off the bench on 4-of-6 shooting beyond the arc and Terron Victoria added 13. Jeff Altimar (Medford, Mass.), John Mantas (Niskayuna, N.Y.) and Raoul Oloa (Yaounde, Cameroon) each chipped in with eight points for the Thoroughbreds.
The teams battled back and forth throughout the first half; Skidmore held a six point lead in the first minute and Union held a seven point lead with 9:36 remaining but neither side was able to pull away and the Thoroughbreds took a 40-38 lead into halftime.
Skidmore came out strong in the second half and were able to push their lead to 10 on a layup from Clark with 14:12 remaining. The Dutchmen went on an 8-0 run and cut the lead to two on a three-pointer from Keven Donohue, but the Thoroughbreds answered back with a 15-0 run highlighted by back-to-back threes from Langyintuo and built the lead to 17 points. Union outscored Skidmore 19-8 over the final 9:12 but was never able to get closer than five points.
Donohue led the way for Union, scoring a game-high 26 points (18 in 1st half) on 9-of-14 shooting and 4-of-6 for three. Drew Goldstein added 17 points, while Joey Lokitis had 10 and Matt Covucci scored eight and grabbed 14 rebounds for the Dutchmen.
The Thoroughbreds had 22 assists on 29 made field goals and held a 36-14 advantage over Union in bench scoring.
Skidmore returns to action on Feb. 5 at Hamilton.
Union College vs Skidmore College
2/2/10 8 pm at Sports&Rec Center, Saratoga Springs,NY
At Sports&Rec Center, Saratoga Springs,NY
SKIDMORE COLLEGE 83, UNION COLLEGE 77
UNION COLLEGE (9-9, 5-3 Liberty)
Keven Donohue 9-14 4-6 26; Drew Goldstein 7-11 0-0 17; Joey Lokitis 3-9 2-2
10; Evan Croll 3-5 2-2 9; Matt Covucci 3-7 2-6 8; Rusmir Dzanko 2-5 0-0 4;
Joseph Mason 1-6 0-0 2; Brett Tessler 0-2 1-2 1. Totals 28-59 11-18 77.
SKIDMORE COLLEGE (13-6, 6-2)
Kyle Clark 6-10 3-7 15; Melvis Langyintuo 5-7 0-0 14; Terron Victoria 3-7
6-6 13; Jeff Altimar 2-8 3-3 8; Raoul Oloa 4-6 0-0 8; John Mantas 2-2 2-2 8;
Jon Douglas 3-8 0-0 7; Brian Lowry 2-6 0-3 6; Gerard O'Shea 2-7 0-0 4;
Sakhile Sithole 0-2 0-0 0; Kevin Dahill 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 29-63 14-21 83.
Union College................. 38 39 - 77
Skidmore College.............. 40 43 - 83
3-point goals--Union College 10-16 (Keven Donohue 4-4; Drew Goldstein 3-3;
Joey Lokitis 2-4; Evan Croll 1-1; Brett Tessler 0-1; Joseph Mason 0-3),
Skidmore College 11-27 (Melvis Langyintuo 4-6; Brian Lowry 2-4; John Mantas
2-2; Jon Douglas 1-5; Jeff Altimar 1-4; Terron Victoria 1-3; Gerard O'Shea
0-1; Raoul Oloa 0-2). Fouled out--Union College-Matt Covucci, Skidmore
College-None. Rebounds--Union College 39 (Matt Covucci 14), Skidmore College
32 (Kyle Clark 10). Assists--Union College 16 (Joseph Mason 4; Keven Donohue
4), Skidmore College 22 (Sakhile Sithole 6). Total fouls--Union College 18,
Skidmore College 17. Technical fouls--Union College-None, Skidmore
College-None. A-295