THE BASICS:
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- Score: MIT 91, U.S. Coast Guard Academy 71
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- Records: MIT (12-8, 5-5 NEWMAC); U.S. Coast Guard Academy (5-14, 2-8 NEWMAC)
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- Location: New London, Conn. (Roland Hall)
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- The Lead: After a close first half between the two teams, the MIT men's basketball team outscored Coast Guard by a 48-31 margin the second period to push to a 91-71 road victory over the Bears on Saturday afternoon. In the win, senior
Ian Hinkley (Raleigh, N.C.) set the MIT career record for three-pointers made as he had tied the mark earlier in the week at Springfield. The previous record of 288 was set by Jamie Karraker '12 as Hinkley had tied that mark in the team's win at Springfield earlier in the week.
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HOW IT HAPPENED:
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- The Engineers staked to a nine-point advantage over the first 9:10 of the game, including two free throws at that point by senior
Dan Pilsbury (Millington, N.J.) to give MIT a 22-13 edge. MIT continued to lead by seven at 43-36 following a three from first-year
Spencer Lin (Menlo Park, Calif.) before a jumper and two free throws by
Jarrod Jackson got the hosts to within three at the half.
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- In the second, a layup from
Garrett Drummond put the Bears in front for the second time and the first time since the early minutes at 48-47. Following a first-year
Kade Killeen (Austin Texas) three for MIT that put the Engineers in front for good, the visitors went up by double digits at 65-55 on a Pilsbury layup and later built the edge to 20 with a jumper by junior
Alex Cho (San Diego, Calif.).
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INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
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- Cho paced the Engineers with a near double-double at 24 points and nine assists on 10-for-16 shooting from the field. Pilsbury posted a near double-double as well with 18 points and nine rebounds, along with 10 points and seven boards by Hinkley. In addition, junior
Tim Kostolansky (Walnut Creek, Calif.) was outstanding again off the bench with 15 points on 6-for-8 shooting in 15 minutes.
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- For the Bears, Drummond led the team with 18 points with 13 by Jackson and
Declan Rooney.
Tyler Perez picked up a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.
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UP NEXT:
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- The Engineers return home on Wednesday, February 9th as WPI visits Rockwell Cage for a 7 p.m. start.
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