THE BASICS:
 
- Score: Emmanuel College 84, MIT 67
 
- Records: MIT (2-6); Emmanuel College (3-3)
 
- Location: Cambridge, Mass. (Rockwell Cage)
 
- The Lead: In the final home game of the fall semester, the MIT men's basketball team dropped an 84-67 final to visiting Emmanuel College on Thursday night in Rockwell Cage. The win is the first for the Saints in the all-time series since the 2004-05 season and just the second overall in the series.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- The Engineers took an early lead at 6-3 following a pair of free throws from first-year Rome Delgado-Gonzalez (Miami, Fla.) and continued to lead at 8-5. Ricky Martin's three tied it at 8-8 for the Saints and the visitors quickly moved out to a nine-point lead at 19-10 with 12:10 remaining in the first.
 
- MIT put together a run and clawed its way back to within 30-26 at the 5:10 mark following a three-point play from first-year Parker Spann (Omaha, Neb.). Emmanuel answered in a big way though as a 13-6 run made it at 43-32 margin at the half as Spann hit a pair of free throws as the period expired.
 
- In the second half, the Engineers continued to trail by 12 at 55-43 following a Spann layup before the Saints stretched the lead up to 20 for the first time on a three-point play from Zaire Baines. The visitors led by as many as 27 points on two occasions, en route to the 17-point final margin.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
 
- Spann paced the Engineers with 22 points on 9-for-11 shooting in 21 minutes off the bench. Delgado-Gonzalez nearly registered his third double-double with a 17-point, nine-rebound showing to go with 10 points from first-year Landon Dolvin (Westfield, Ind.).
 
- Five Saints ended the game in double figures, with Donte Pope and Baines each picking up 15 points. Pope also had a team-high nine rebounds as Emmanuel held a 44-31 rebounding advantage overall. Martin posted 14 points on a team-high four three-pointers, while Ken Jean-Francois and Walker Baillargeon each had 10 points.
 
- The Saints outscored MIT by a 36-3 margin from three-point land as they knocked down 12 threes on the night.
 
UP NEXT:
 
- MIT is back in action on Saturday, December 3rd as the Engineers wrap up the schedule for the first semester with a road game at Fitchburg State beginning at 2 p.m.
 
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