Box Score

Worcester, Mass.— The Skidmore College men's basketball team had its record setting-season end against #9 Amherst College in the first round of the NCAA Division III Championships at Worcester Polytechnic, 79-39.

The Thoroughbreds struggled from beyond the arc, hitting only 2 of 21 three point attempts for the game, while the Lord Jeffs hit 10 of 21.

Skidmore, making its first NCAA tournament appearance, finishes with an 18-10 record. Amherst moves on to the second round with a 23-3 mark.

Amherst freshman Aaron Toomey (Greensboro, NC) led all scorers with 16 points in a balanced scoring attack.  Senior Conor Meehan (Meriden, CT) tallied his first double-double of the season for Amherst with 15 points and 10 rebounds while Taylor Barrise (Allendale, NJ) contributed 10 points and six boards.

Toomey did his damage on a five-for-10 effort from the field which included four three pointers. Meehan also ended the evening with five assists while Holmes grabbed eight boards for Amherst.

Junior Terron Victoria (Albany, NY) paced Skidmore with 10 points while classmate Melvis Langyintuo (Tamale, Ghana) chipped in with six points and six caroms.

The Thoroughbreds jumped out to a 7-2 lead five minutes into the contest as Langyintuo sparked the run for Skidmore with a dunk.

But Amherst would get back into the game with a 24-4 spurt for the commanding 26-11 advantage with 5:47 remaining. The Lord Jeffs led by as much as 19 points with 3:29 to play (34-15) before settling for the 38-20 score at the intermission.

Amherst opened the game ice cold connecting for just one of their 12 attempts before they ended the period knocking back a sizzling 55.6 percent of their field goals (15-for-27).

After the Lord Jeffs scoring peaked at 50-24 four minutes into the second frame, Skidmore netted five consecutive points to trim the lead to 21 with 14:23 left, but that was a close as they would get the rest of the way.

"A lot of the credit has to go to Amherst, I think they're a terrific basketball team and we knew that coming in," said Skidmore coach Joe Burke. "We competed hard, which is what we do but we needed to play harder to win this one.

"You look back on it and its been a remarkable year with what we've accomplished. We're disappointed in how we played tonight, there's no question about it. We know we're better than what we put on the floor tonight but at the same time we broke a ton of school records and reached the NCAA tournament for the first time."


Newspaper Box Score

Skidmore vs Amherst

3/4/11 5:30pm at Worcester, MA

At Worcester, MA

AMHERST 79, SKIDMORE 39

SKIDMORE (18-10)

Terron Victoria 3-9 3-4 10; Melvis Langyintuo 2-8 2-3 6; Kyle Clark 3-10 0-0

6; Gerard O'Shea 2-8 0-2 5; Jeff Altimar 2-9 0-0 4; Quenten Howard 1-3 1-1

3; Perun Kovacevic 1-3 0-0 2; Sakhile Sithole 1-2 0-0 2; John Mantas 0-2 1-3

1; Raoul Oloa 0-2 0-0 0; Dylan Malloy 0-1 0-1 0; Brian Moore 0-0 0-0 0; Eli

Johnston 0-0 0-0 0; Kevin Dahill 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 15-57 7-14 39.

AMHERST (23-3)

Aaron Toomey 5-10 2-2 16; Conor Meehan 6-11 1-2 15; Taylor Barrise 4-9 0-0

10; Allen Williamson 4-8 1-1 9; Jeff Holmes 4-7 1-2 9; Willy Workman 4-7 0-0

9; Tim Prowitt 3-3 0-0 7; Peter Kaasila 1-2 0-0 2; Kurt Bennett 1-2 0-0 2;

Pierce Edwards 0-1 0-0 0; Connor Johnson 0-1 0-0 0; Landrus Lewis 0-0 0-1 0;

David Kalema 0-1 0-0 0; Tom Killian 0-3 0-0 0; David Waller 0-3 0-0 0.

Totals 32-68 5-8 79.

Skidmore...................... 20 19 - 39

Amherst....................... 38 41 - 79

3-point goals--Skidmore 2-21 (Terron Victoria 1-4; Gerard O'Shea 1-3; Kyle

Clark 0-2; Jeff Altimar 0-6; Quenten Howard 0-1; Perun Kovacevic 0-1; Dylan

Malloy 0-1; Melvis Langyintuo 0-3), Amherst 10-21 (Aaron Toomey 4-6; Conor

Meehan 2-4; Taylor Barrise 2-5; Willy Workman 1-1; Tim Prowitt 1-1; Pierce

Edwards 0-1; Tom Killian 0-1; David Waller 0-1; Jeff Holmes 0-1). Fouled

out--Skidmore-None, Amherst-None. Rebounds--Skidmore 28 (Melvis Langyintuo

6), Amherst 56 (Conor Meehan 10). Assists--Skidmore 5 (Gerard O'Shea 2),

Amherst 16 (Conor Meehan 5). Total fouls--Skidmore 16, Amherst 18. Technical

fouls--Skidmore-None, Amherst-None. A-800

2011 NCAA Men's Basketball Division III Tournament First Round
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