THE BASICS:
 
- Score: MIT - 86, Salve Regina - 81
 
- Records: MIT (4-16, 3-8 NEWMAC), Salve Regina (10-10, 4-7 NEWMAC)
 
- Location: Newport, R.I. (Rodgers Recreation Center)
 
- The Lead: All five starters scored in double-figures as the MIT men's basketball team rallied for its second straight win as the Engineers hung on for the 86-81 road NEWMAC win over Salve Regina on Saturday afternoon.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:

- First year Will Bland (Virginia Beach, Va.) put MIT up 7-2 with a jumper at 16:06. His dunk and a three from sophomore Tim Minicozzi (Belmont, Mass.) put the Engineers up nine at 14:31. MIT continued to build on its lead as a three from senior Spencer Lin (Menlo Park, Calif.) made it a 20-12 Engineer lead. Salve went on a 13-0 run to pull ahead 30-22, but five straight points from Bland got MIT to within three.
 
- First year Merlin Gogolin (New York, N.Y.) put MIT back in the lead with a layup with 2:14 remaining, but the Seahawks quickly went on a 10-0 run to go up 40-34 and the Seahawks took a 43-38 lead into the break.
 
- Bland tied the game at 45 with a three-point play, however, Salve quickly built a seven-point advantage. A layup from first year Isaac Dobie (Kitty Hawk, N.C.) tied the game at 54 with 13:28 remaining.
 
- Bland again gave the Engineers the lead with two free throws at 11:39, and a three-point play from Minicozzi gave MIT a 62-57 lead. Dobie hit a three to make it a seven-point MIT lead, but Salve quickly cut the lead to one on a layup from Declan Walmsley.
 
- A four-point play from Bland with 4:59 left sealed the win for the Engineers as a three from Dobie made it an 11-point lead, and the Engineers held on for the 86-81 win.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

- Bland led the way with 25 points, followed by Minicozzi with 21 points.
 
- Dobie added 10 points and a team-high eight rebounds. Gogolin and Lin each finished with 11 points.
 
- MIT scored 26 points off 17 Salve Regina turnovers.

UP NEXT:
 
- MIT is back on the court on Wednesday, January 31 when they host NEWMAC for Babson for a 7 p.m. contest at Rockwell Cage.
 
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