THE BASICS:
 
- Score: Babson - 84, MIT - 68  
 
- Records: MIT (4-17, 4-8 NEWMAC), Babson (10-11, 6-6 NEWMAC)
 
- Location: Cambridge, Mass. (Rockwell Cage)
 
- The Lead: The visiting Babson Beavers used a 46-point second half to defeat the MIT men's basketball team 84-68 on Wednesday night in Rockwell Cage.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:

- First year Will Bland (Virginia Beach, Va.) set up classmate Merlin Gogolin (New York, New York) for back-to-back jumpers to open the scoring for the Engineers. The teams played a tightly contest first 10 minutes of the half with the largest lead being four points by the Beavers.
 
- Gogolin gave MIT a 22-20 lead at 9:31, and senior Spencer Lin (Menlo Park, Calif.) made it a four-point Engineer lead at 8:27. Bland scored four straight points to put the hosts up 28-22 with 6:48 left in the half. The Beavers chipped away at the lead, and a layup from Jared Flaks tied the game at 33. The Beavers made five of six free throws to end the half with a 38-35 lead.
 
- Babson built a nine-point lead, but Lin got the Engineers to within three with his shot from deep at 13:11 to make the score 50-47. The Beavers held on to the lead until a three from sophomore Tim Minicozzi (Belmont, Mass.) put MIT up by one, 58-57. Babson quickly regained the lead, and after two free throws from first year Isaac Dobie (Kitty Hawk, N.C.) got MIT to two points, Babson went on a 17-3 to seal the 84-68 win.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

- Dobie finished with a team-high 17 points and pulled down six rebounds. Gogolin added 16 points and had a team-leading seven boards. Bland finished with 16 points and four assists and, Lin added 10 points.
 
- Babson was led by Aidan Horan with 20 points, and Timmy O'Toole finished with a double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds.
 
- The Beavers went 23-24 from the charity stripe including a perfect 17-17 in the second half. MIT finished 18-26 from the line.

UP NEXT:
 
- The Engineers stay on Rockwell as they will welcome Coast Guard to Cambridge at 2 p.m. on Saturday, February 3rd.  
 
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