Saratoga Springs, N.Y.-- The Skidmore College men's basketball team outscored Castleton State 51-20 over the game's final 14:37 on the way to a 106-85 win Monday night at the Williamson Center.
The Thoroughbreds have won three straight to improve to 3-1, while the Spartans fall to 1-2.
Connor Merrill and Tanner Brooks led six Skidmore players in double figures. Merrill scored 26 points and had 10 rebounds and five blocks off the bench, while Brooks tossed in 24 points to go along with four assists. Aldin Medunjanin had a rare point-assist double-double with 14 points and 10 assists. Kevin Dahill and Doolun Anyam had 10 points each, while Sakhile Sithole scored 11 points.
Jeremy Odena led Castleton with 19 points. Rob Collutti and Dammy Mustapha scored 10 each. Mustapha also had 10 rebounds.
Down 51-49 at the half, the Spartans opened the second with a 17-5 run to take a 65-55 lead with 14:37 to play. It was all Skidmore after that. The Thoroughbreds responded with a 16-5 run to take the lead for good, 70-69 with 10:21 to play. Merrill and Brooks combined for 12 of the 16 points in the run and scored 31 of the team's 55 second half points.
Skidmore shot 55.2% from the floor in the second half, hitting 16 of 29 shots from the floor, while the Spartans struggled, making only 10 of 34 (29.4). For the game, the Thoroughbreds were 36-68 (51.5%) from the floor and went 30 of 36 from the line (83.3 %).
Skidmore returns to action Thursday at SUNY Cobleskill.