THE BASICS:
 
- Score: Endicott College 85, MIT 63
 
- Records: MIT (1-2), Endicott (1-1)
 
- Location: Beverly, Mass. (MacDonald Gymnasium)
 
- The Lead: An 18-2 run to start the second half put the game out of reach for the MIT men's basketball team who fell 85-63 to Endicott College on Wednesday night. Sophomore Tim Minicozzi (Belmont, Mass.) led the way for the Engineers off the bench with a 14-point, seven rebound effort in the loss.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- The two teams traded buckets for the first eight-and-a-half minutes of action, but following a 12-12 tie with 11:22 left, Endicott went on a 14-4 run to build up a 10-point lead with 6:46 remaining in the first half. The run featured a trio of treys for the Gulls.
 
- After MIT was able to get within 28-20 at the 5:15 mark, Endicott added another 7-0 run thanks to back-to-back trips to the charity stripe and a three-pointer from Jeff Hill. The two teams traded baskets down the stretch and a trey from Minicozzi got the Engineers back to a single digit deficit before the half. However, a free throw from Hill increased the margin to 41-33 at the intermission.
 
- The Gulls kicked off the second stanza with an 18-2 run, establishing a 57-35 advantage with 14:29 left in the game. The run was halted with a pair of first year Merlin Gogolin (New York, N.Y.) free throws, while a Minicozzi and-one brought made it a 19-point game.
 
- The Engineers had a 10-2 run of their own over a three-minute span thanks to a pair of three-pointers from junior Spencer Lin (Menlo Park, Calif.) and first year Samuel Chen (Bellevue, Wash.) which to cut the Gulls' lead to 66-52 with 7:17 to go in the game. That was as close as it would get as Endicott hung on for the win.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
 
- Coming off the bench, Lin tallied 12 points, eight rebounds and six assists while Chen totaled 12 points and three rebounds.
 
- Endicott was paced by a game-high 20-point effort from Hill, who also added four rebounds, five assists and a pair of steals. Ty Vitko generated 17 points, five rebounds, three assists, three steals and a block while Elijah Kinney finished with a near-double-double with 13 points and nine rebounds.
 
- The Gulls led the way in rebounds (48-38), points in the paint (38-20), assists (21-12), and fastbreak points (7-0) while MIT added 42 points off the bench to Endicott's 22.
 
- MIT shot just 35.4 percent (23-of-65) from the floor but were bested by a 45.1 percent day for Endicott (32-of-71).
 
- The Engineers finished with a 31.6 percent 6-of-19) shooting percentage from three-point range, and were 11-of-15 from the free throw line (73.3 percent)
 
- Endicott added a 32.4 percent mark (11-of-34) from behind the arc, and 71.4 percent (10-of-14) at the charity stripe.
 
UP NEXT:
 
- MIT returns to the court on Saturday, Nov. 18 when they face Macalester College on the campus of Boston University at 2 p.m. The game was recently moved from the Rockwell Cage to The Roof in Case Gymnasium.
 
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