THE BASICS:
 
- Score: Salve Regina - 85, MIT - 73
 
- Records: MIT (2-10, 1-2 NEWMAC), Salve Regina (7-5, 1-2 NEWMAC)
 
- Location: Cambridge, Mass. (Rockwell Cage)
 
- The Lead: In its first game since December 11th, the MIT men's basketball team suffered an 85-73 defeat against visiting Salve Regina in a NEWMAC contest on Wednesday evening in Rockwell Cage.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:

- First-year Isaac Dobie (Kitty Hawk, N.C.) opened the game with a three, but Salve Regina scored the next six points to double up the Engineers. Dobie hit another three at 17:07 to bring the teams even. Miles Fiore made a pullup jumper at 16:44 to give the Seahawks the lead, which they held on to for the remainder of the game.
 
- Salve Regina used a 16-0 run in the first half to build a 35-17 lead. MIT followed with a 4-0 run from junior Spencer Lin (Menlo Park, Calif.) to make it a 25-21 game. Sean Seymour gave the visitors a 22-point lead with a free throw as the Seahawks took a 51-30 lead into the half.
 
- James Jolly gave Salve its largest lead of the game with a layup at 14:13 that made it 63-36. A three from sophomore Tim Minicozzi (Belmont, Mass.) followed by a jumper from first-year Mike Ewing (Mendham, N.J.) got MIT to within 15 at 67-52 with 9:44 remaining. First-year Samuel Chen (Bellevue, Wash.) hit a three with four seconds left for the final score of 85-73.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

- The Engineers shot 42.4% from deep (14-33) and 81.8% from the line (9-11).
 
- Minicozzi and Ewing finished with a team-leading 12 points.
 
- Lin just missed a triple-double as he finished with 11 points, seven assists, and nine rebounds.
 
- Declan Walmsley led Salve with 23 points and grabbed seven rebounds.  
 
UP NEXT:
 
- MIT returns to the court on Saturday, January 6th when the Engineers head to Babson for a 1 p.m. game at Staake Gymnasium.