Skidmore Basketball: Thoroughbreds Fall in Holiday Classic Opener

GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA — The Skidmore College men’s basketball team opened play at the Springhill Suites Guilford Holiday Classic with an 83-60 defeat to Concordia-Moorhead on Dec. 29.

The Thoroughbreds (4-4) came out firing, scoring 40 points on an efficient 15-of-28 shooting in a high-scoring first half, but couldn’t sustain the production as the Cobbers (8-2) strung together a decisive 27-7 run midway in the second half to turn a back-and-forth contest that featured eight lead changes and eight ties into a lopsided result.

“I thought for 20 minutes we competed hard and it looked like we might be okay coming off the layoff. But in the second half, we looked like a team that hasn’t played in 23 days,” said Head Coach Joe Burke. “That’s a good basketball team we lost to. They played a tough physical style just as you would expect, and I thought they wore on us. It was a great opportunity, but we just didn’t compete hard enough for the entire game. I’m confident we will learn from it and build on it.”