The St. Lawrence University Men's Basketball team had a last second shot that could have tied the game fall off the mark as the Saints dropped a 73-70 decision to Skidmore to end the regular season Sunday afternoon in Saratoga Springs.

The loss dropped the Saints (13-11 overall, 9-7 Liberty League) to third place in the final regular-season standings and St. Lawrence will play at Union College Wednesday in the Liberty League Tournament semifinal matchup. Skidmore secured the top seed and will host Vassar who edged Hobart and RIT for the final tournament spot due to tie-breaker procedure. The semifinal winners will faceoff Saturday at the site of the highest remaining seed for the Liberty League Championship and automatic NCAA Division III Tournament berth.

Against Skidmore (16-8, 11-5), the Saints led for nearly the entire first half with the largest lead of seven points on three different occasions. Skidmore battled back to lead by as much as six but a late 3-pointer by Edwards and free throws by Ben Crawford gave the Saints a three-point lead at 39-36 at halftime.

In the second half, Chris Miner made a pair of early layups to give St. Lawrence two different six-point leads but a flurry of 3-pointers allowed Skidmore to take a nine-point lead.

Kyle Kobis sparked a St. Lawrence run that trimmed the lead down to three-points at 64-61 with 7:10 left on the clock.

The teams traded free throws before a Riley Naclerio free throw made it a two-point game at 66-64 with less than five minutes remaining.

After Skidmore went back up by six, Edwards and Kobis hit back-to-back layups cutting the lead back to two points at 70-68.

A Thoroughbred free throw increased the lead to three before Naclerio hit another layup with 19 seconds left to close the gap to 71-70.

Two more Skidmore free throws with 14 seconds remaining allowed the Thoroughbreds to regain the three-point lead and the Saints set up a final shot that would have tied the game but the shot was off the mark as time expired.

Edwards led the Saints with 19 points including 11 in the second half while Willie Zachery added 14, Crawford chipped in 13 and Kobis scored 10 for the Saints. Miner finished with seven points and Naclerio added five points and a team-leading seven rebounds.