THE BASICS:
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- Score: Babson College 92, MIT 57
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- Records: MIT (4-19, 2-12 NEWMAC); Babson College (17-8, 10-4 NEWMAC)
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- Location: Babson Park, Mass. (Staake Gymnasium)
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- The Lead: In the 2022-23 season finale, the MIT men's basketball team fell to Babson College by a 92-57 margin on Saturday afternoon at Staake Gym.
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HOW IT HAPPENED:
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- The game was even through the first 11 minutes as the Beavers held a slight 19-17 lead with 9:08 left in the first half after MIT first-year
Tim Minicozzi (Belmont, Mass.) nailed a three-pointer for his second of four triples on the afternoon. Babson countered with a strong 26-3 run though over the rest of the period to take a 45-20 lead into halftime.
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- Babson shot 57.1 percent from the field in the second half and hit four three-pointers as the Beavers came away with the home victory.
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INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
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- Minicozzi led MIT with 18 points on 7-for-14 shooting, along with 17 points each from sophomore
Spencer Lin (Menlo Park, Calif.) and first-year
Rome Delgado-Gonzalez (Miami, Fla.). Delgado-Gonzalez also added team-highs in rebounds with eight and assists with four in 36 minutes of play.
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- Five Babson players ended the game in double figures, led by
Mark Woolhouse with 18 points and eight rebounds in 26 minutes off the bench.
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