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RIT Men’s Basketball plays Skidmore College on Jan. 12, 2024 at Clark Gym in Henrietta , N.Y. (Evie Linantud/RIT Athletic Communications)
Evie Linantud
86
Winner Skidmore SKD 4-9,2-5 Liberty League
83
RIT RIT 7-5,3-2 Liberty League
Winner
Skidmore SKD
4-9,2-5 Liberty League
86
Final
83
RIT RIT
7-5,3-2 Liberty League
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Skidmore SKD 36 50 86
RIT RIT 32 51 83

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Men's Basketball loses 86-83 to Skidmore

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – RIT junior guard Chase Dickens scored 24 points in the Tigers 86-83 loss to Skidmore, Friday.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Senior guard Brock Bowen hit two straight three-pointers early in the first half to give RIT a 6-3 lead.
  • Senior forward Kenny Wilburn scored off an assist from junior forward Jackson Otis to increase the Tiger's lead to 8-3.
  • Skidmore's Jake Walsh tied the score at 11-11 on his three-pointer with 14:57 to play in the first half.
  • Junior forward Josiah Turner cut the Skidmore lead to 14-13 on his bucket with 11:38 remaining.
  • Jack LaGarde capped off an 11-2 Skidmore run with his layup with 9:06 to play to give Skidmore a 25-13 lead.
  • Bowen scored with 5:08 to play to cut the Thoroughbred's lead to 27-23.
  • Dickens capped off a 15-9 RIT run with his bucket with 41 seconds to play in the half to cut Skidmore's lead to 36-32.
  • Wilburn cut the Skidmore lead to two points on a driving layup early in the second half.
  • Skidmore's Nick Padilla scored to give Skidmore a 47-42 lead, while Aidan Roy scored with 9:06 to play to increase the Thoroughbred's lead to 58-48.
  • Joey Skoric scored with 3:14 remaining to give the Thoroughbreds a 70-55 lead, while Walsh converted a pair of free throws with one-minute remaining to give the Thoroughbreds a 79-69 lead.
  • Dickens drained a three-pointer with 58 seconds to play to make it a seven-point deficit and another three with 28 seconds remaining to cut the lead to 83-77.
  • After a Skidmore turnover, Dickens hit a another three-pointer to cut the lead to 83-80 and tied the score with his three-pointer with five seconds to play.
  • Skidmore's Hakeem Daphnis hit a three-pointer with three seconds remaining to make it an 86-83 final.
 
GAME NOTES
  • RIT shot 31-of-77 (40.3%) from the floor, including 14 three pointers
  • Skidmore held a 49-42 rebounding edge
  • Bowen finished with 17 points
 
WHAT'S NEXT
RIT returns to action on Saturday (Jan. 13) against Vassar at 4:00 p.m.