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66
Winner WPI WPI 19-2,10-1 NEWMAC
41
MIT MIT 12-9, 5-6 NEWMAC
Winner
WPI WPI
19-2,10-1 NEWMAC
66
Final
41
MIT MIT
12-9, 5-6 NEWMAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
WPI WPI 31 35 66
MIT MIT 14 27 41

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Men's Basketball Drops 66-41 Home Final to No. 22 WPI

THE BASICS:
 
- Score: No. 22 WPI 66, MIT 41
 
- Records: MIT (12-9, 5-6 NEWMAC); No. 22 WPI (19-2, 10-1 NEWMAC)
 
- Location: Cambridge, Mass. (Rockwell Cage)
 
- The Lead: No. 22 WPI jumped out to a 15-0 lead early in the first half as the MIT men's basketball team dropped an eventual 66-41 final to the Engineers in a NEWMAC contest on Wednesday night at Rockwell Cage.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- Behind a trio of three-pointers, WPI staked to a 15-0 lead over the first seven minutes of play. The Worcester Engineers took a 31-14 lead into the half break as they shot 46.1 percent from the field and held MIT to 16.7 percent shooting in the period.
 
- In the second, WPI maintained at least an 18-point advantage over the Cambridge Engineers as the visitors completed the regular-season series sweep with the 25-point victory.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
 
- Senior Giannis Chatziveroglou (Athens, Greece) led MIT with a 12-point, 11-rebound double-double to go with nine points and seven rebounds by senior Ian Hinkley (Raleigh, N.C.) and five assists from junior Alex Cho (San Diego, Calif.).
 
- John Lowther was the leading scorer in the game with 19 points for WPI, along with 12 points for John Adams and an 11-point, 12-rebound double-double by Colin McNamara.
 
- MIT forced 16 WPI turnovers and posted 11 assists on 15 made field goals. WPI outrebounded the hosts by a 45-38 margin, including a 37-28 margin on the defensive glass.
 
UP NEXT:
 
- The Engineers are back in action on the road on Saturday, February 12th as the team travels to Wheaton College for a 1 p.m. start.
 
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