THE BASICS:
 
- Score: MIT 77, U.S Coast Guard Academy 66
 
- Records: MIT (17-9); Coast Guard (13-13)
 
- Location: Cambridge, Mass. (Rockwell Cage)
 
- The Lead: No. 3 seeded MIT outscored No. 6 U.S. Coast Guard Academy, 25-15, in the fourth quarter en route to a 77-66 victory in the quarterfinals of the NEWMAC Women's Basketball Tournament on Wednesday night. One of four players to reach double-digits in scoring, sophomore Kamsi Nwogu (Algonquin, Ill.) produced 21 points, 10 rebounds, and three steals for the Engineers. Lily Mika powered the Bears with 13 points while adding five rebounds and three steals.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- MIT gradually built an 11-2 lead after a three-pointer by sophomore Sarah Berman (York, Pa.) at the 4:33 mark. Coast Guard went on to outscore the Engineers, 9-4, during the next 2:16 as buckets by Kelly Hagerty bookended the burst. Berman quickly replied with another trey to create an 18-11 lead at the end of the frame.
 
- The Bears used a jumper and a three-pointer by Jacqueline Ward as well as a layup by Hagerty to tie the game at 18 after 1:28 elapsed in the second stanza. Sparked by a layup from first year Alice Hall (Ambler, Pa.), MIT generated a 13-5 run as two free throws by junior Grace Harrington (Seattle, Wash.) increased the margin to 31-23 with 4:08 on the clock. Coast Guard chipped away at the deficit as Glory Blethen's jumper brought the visitors within 35-31 at halftime.
 
- Harrington opened the third quarter with a layup. However, seven straight points by Mika fueled a 20-8 run which resulted in a 51-43 advantage with 2:02 left. During the final 85 seconds, MIT rattled off nine unanswered points, capped by two Nwogu free throws which put the Engineers back in front.
 
- The first 1:24 of the fourth quarter was a back-and-forth affair as there were five lead changes and a tie. Two free throws by Julia Mann gave the Bears a 57-56 lead, however, a layup by Nwogu put the hosts ahead for good and kicked off a 16-6 run that spanned six minutes. Coast Guard's Kira Wood buried a three-pointer to bring it within 72-66 with 1:31 remaining. Following a missed layup by MIT and two unsuccessful free throws by the Bears, sophomore Angie Choi (Cypress, Calif.) knocked down a jumper with 38 seconds to go. The Engineers then closed out the game with a 3-of-4 performance at the charity stripe.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
 
- Graduate student Paula Pieper (Greenville, S.C.) produced 16 points and eight assists while Berman finished with 14 points, including a 4-of-5 performance from three-point range. Hall recorded 11 points and eight rebounds as Choi chipped in nine points, five rebounds, and two steals.
 
- Hagerty totaled 12 points and nine rebounds coming off the bench while Wood posted 10 points and six rebounds. Ward contributed nine points, five assists, and two steals.
 
- MIT ended the night with advantages in rebounds (44-42), points in the paint (34-28), points off turnovers (22-9), and second-chance points (12-10). The Bears led the way in bench scoring (16-6).
 
- The Engineers shot 41.2 percent (28-of-68) from the floor, 41.2 percent (7-of-17) from three-point range, and 73.7 percent (14-of-19) from the free throw line.
 
- Coast Guard shot 37.9 percent (25-of-66) from the floor, 28.6 percent (6-of-21) from behind the arc, and 71.4 percent (10-of-14) at the charity stripe.
 
- This was MIT's first victory over the Bears in the NEWMAC Tournament. Coast Guard defeated the Engineers in the semifinals in 2003 and the quarterfinals in 2015.
 
UP NEXT:
 
- MIT will travel to No. 2 seed and nationally-ranked No. 11/12 Babson College for a NEWMAC semifinal game on Friday, Feb. 24 at 6:00 p.m.
 
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