THE BASICS:
 
- Score: MIT 70, U.S. Coast Guard Academy 66
 
- Records: MIT (8-8, 1-1 NEWMAC); Coast Guard (8-8, 1-1 NEWMAC)
 
- Location: Cambridge, Mass. (Rockwell Cage)
 
- The Lead: Trailing by 17 points with 7:09 left in the third quarter, MIT battled back to capture a 70-66 come-from-behind victory over the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in a NEWMAC women's basketball game on Wednesday night. Sophomore Kamsi Nwogu (Algonquin, Ill.) led all players with 17 points, a career-high 15 rebounds, and three assists for the Engineers. Farrah Peterein came off the bench to pace the Bears with 14 points as she shot 5-of-6 on the night, including a 4-of-5 performance from three-point range.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- MIT built a small lead in the first quarter which moved to 17-12 after a three-pointer by sophomore Angie Choi (Cypress, Calif.) with 36 seconds remaining. However, Coast Guard closed out the frame with a trey from Jacqueline Ward.
 
- A layup just 37 seconds into the second quarter gave the Engineers some breathing room, but the Bears capitalized on a three-point play by Glory Blethen and a layup from Julia Mann to go in front 20-19. Nwogu quickly produced her own three-point play, however, Coast Guard took a 23-22 edge after a three-pointer by Peterein. A jumper by first year Alice Hall (Ambler, Pa.) put MIT ahead with under six minutes remaining. The Bears responded with back-to-back buckets by Dorothy Stotts, sparking a 19-3 run which resulted in a 42-27 advantage at halftime.
 
- Coast Guard's margin reached 17 points twice during the third quarter, the last at 46-29 after two free throws by Ward with 7:09 on the clock. Following almost two minutes of scoreless play, a jumper by graduate student Paula Pieper (Greenville, S.C.) helped MIT start to chip away at the deficit as a three-point play by sophomore Olivia Joseph (Newtown Square, Pa.) brought the hosts within 54-46 at the end of the period.
 
- The Engineers continued to attack as Nwogu's layup narrowed the gap to 56-53 at the 7:24 mark. Following an exchange of possessions, the Bears generated an 8-2 spurt which created a nine-point lead (64-55) with 5:18 on the clock. Stotts recorded a three-pointer and then a layup while Peterein knocked down another trifecta.
 
- MIT quickly replied with a layup by Hall, sparking a 15-2 game-ending run. During the last two minutes of regulation, Hall's layup evened the score at 64 but a steal by Blethen set up a go-ahead layup by Mann with 1:08 to go. Hall sank another layup 10 seconds later and after a missed jumper by Coast Guard, Pieper knocked down a jumper with 35 seconds on the clock. Following a missed basket by the visitors, Choi secured the victory with two free throws with seven seconds left to play.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
 
- Choi finished with 16 points and four assists while sophomore Sarah Berman (York, Pa.) posted 13 points. Hall recorded the first double-double of her career on 10 points and a career-high 10 rebounds to go along with three blocks. Pieper dished out a game-high six assists for the Engineers.
 
- Mann and Stotts both notched 11 points as Mann grabbed seven rebounds. Ward tallied nine points, five assists, two steals, and two blocks while Blethen registered nine points and a team-high eight rebounds.
 
- MIT led the way in rebounds (45-39), points in the paint (34-24), points off turnovers (13-11), and second-chance points (15-8). Coast Guard ended the night with a 33-10 advantage in bench scoring.
 
- The Bears outscored the Engineers, 27-10, in the second quarter but the Engineers had the upper hand in the first (17-15), third (19-12), and fourth (24-12) quarters.
 
- MIT shot 42.2 percent (27-of-64) from the floor, 37.5 percent (6-of-16) from three-point range, and 66.7 percent (10-of-15) from the free throw line.
 
- Coast Guard shot 37.1 percent (26-of-70) from the floor, 36.8 percent (7-of-19) from behind the arc, and 87.5 percent (7-of-8) at the charity stripe.
 
UP NEXT:
 
- Both teams continue NEWMAC play on Saturday, Jan. 21. MIT will host Wheaton College at 2:00 p.m. while Coast Guard will travel to nationally ranked No. 11 Babson College for a 1:00 p.m. tip off.
 
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