ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. - On Friday night, the Skidmore College men's basketball team broke open a six-point game with a 17-0 run over the last six minutes of the first half, then went on to defeat Vassar handily.

The similarities between that game and Saturday's game at Bard are eerie.

On Saturday, Skidmore broke out to an 11-1 lead, but Bard got back in it, and trailed just 25-23 with 6:47 left until the break.

The Thoroughbreds went on a 17-3 run, took a 16-point lead into the half, and blew Bard out, 91-52.

Box score

Skidmore (13-6 overall, 7-3 Liberty League) got 27 points from senior Melvis Langyintuo (Tamale, Ghana) and didn't allow Bard to get any closer than 14 in the second half. In fact, Skidmore made 7-of-13 three-pointers and scored 49 points in the final 20 minutes.

Senior guard Gerard O'Shea (West Sand Lake, NY) added 16 points, five rebounds and eight assists, while seniors Terron Victoria (Albany, NY) and Kyle Clark (New York, NY) added 10 points apiece. The Thoroughbreds, still in the thick of the Liberty League playoff chase, host Clarkson on Tuesday night at 8.

Bard (3-16, 1-10) got 14 points from senior Yonah Greenstein, who went 5-for-5 from the field, including 4-for-4 from beyond the three-point arc. Senior Matt Shubert added 13 points, and freshman Francis Arnold contributed nine points, four rebounds and seven assists.

The Raptors next host Green Mountain College in a non-league game on Tuesday night at 7.