THE BASICS:
 
- Score: Wheaton College 90, MIT 64
 
- Records: MIT (4-17, 2-10 NEWMAC); Wheaton College (13-9, 8-4 NEWMAC)
 
- Location: Cambridge, Mass. (Rockwell Cage)
 
- The Lead: On Alumni Day on Saturday afternoon, the MIT basketball team dropped a 90-64 final to Wheaton College at Rockwell Cage.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- The two teams traded the lead back and forth five times over the opening eight minutes of play, along with a pair of ties over that stretch. One of those ties came at 14-14 with 11:52 left in the first as MIT first-year Rome Delgado-Gonzalez (Miami, Fla.) converted a jumper. Marckenley Lima knocked down a three for Wheaton just 20 seconds later to go back in front, followed by another three from Ty Murphy for a 20-14 Lyons advantage.
 
- Over the next 2:34 though, the Engineers used five points from first-year Tim Minicozzi (Belmont, Mass.) to put together an 8-0 run and go back in front at 22-20. The Lyons led by just one at 33-32 with exactly two minutes remaining before the half before ending the period on a quick 8-1 scoring spurt for the 41-34 lead at the half.
 
- Four quick points for Wheaton by Alex Carlisle extended the Lyons lead to double digits for the first time at 45-34 as that grew to 21 at 62-41 over the first eight minutes of the second. The visitors continued to push the offensive pace throughout the final 12 minutes of the game, coming away with the 26-point win to earn the sweep of the regular-season series.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
 
- Delgado-Gonzalez finished the game with a team-high 24 points to go along with four assists and four rebounds in 39 minutes. Minicozzi had 19 points on 4-for-6 shooting from three and sophomore Spencer Lin (Menlo Park, Calif.) finished with 10 points, five rebounds and a game-high seven assists.
 
- Aaron Williams paced Wheaton with a 27-point, 10-rebound double-double, while Carlisle tallied 26 points and Evan Cook led all players with 12 rebounds.
 
UP NEXT:
 
- MIT is back in action on Wednesday, February 15th as the Engineers host Emerson College for the final home game of the year with a 7 p.m. start at Rockwell Cage.
 
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