THE BASICS:
 
- Score: Emerson College 86, MIT 56
 
- Records: MIT (4-18, 2-11 NEWMAC); Emerson College (15-9, 10-3 NEWMAC)
 
- Location: Cambridge, Mass. (Rockwell Cage)
 
- The Lead: In 2022-23 home finale, the MIT basketball team dropped an 86-56 final to visiting Emerson College at Rockwell Cage.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- The Engineers took the lead at 2-0 on a jumper from first-year Tim Minicozzi (Belmont, Mass.) and eventually built to a 17-12 lead with 9:37 on the clock following a three-pointer from junior Luke Wagner (Austin, Texas).
 
- Emerson embarked on a 10-0 scoring run over the next 4:42, using six points from Jarred Houston to seize a 22-17 advantage. The Lions extended that lead to six at 29-23 with 1:58 left in the first before a three from Minicozzi and a layup from first-year Parker Spann (Omaha, Neb.) pulled MIT within just one. The final points of the half came with just two seconds on the clock as first-year Rome Delgado-Gonzalez (Miami, Fla.) knocked down a pair of free throws for the 30-29 score at the break.
 
- Minicozzi paced MIT in the first half with 14 points, including a pair of three-pointers, while Houston tallied 15 points and seven rebounds over the opening 20 minutes.
 
- In the second, the Lions were led by 10 points from Houston over the first 4:58 of the half to push the advantage to double figures at 43-33. After the Engineers sliced the lead in half at 43-38 just moments later, Emerson answered with a decisive 22-10 run that ended with the score at 65-43 in favor of the visitors. Houston controlled the paint over the remainder of the half as Emerson came away with the eventual 30-point win.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
 
- Minicozzi finished the game with 19 points in 40 minutes, along with 11 points and nine rebounds from Delgado-Gonzalez and an 11-point, 12-rebound double-double by Spann. Houston finished with a 37-point, 14-rebound double-double with three blocks as he was 17-for-22 from the field for Emerson. Nate Martin added 10 points in 18 minutes to go along with four assists, one block and two steals.
 
UP NEXT:
 
- MIT wraps up the 2022-23 season on Saturday, February 18th as the Engineers travel to Babson College for a 1 p.m. start.
 
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