THE BASICS:
 
- Score: Coast Guard - 109, MIT - 84
 
- Records: MIT (2-12, 1-4 NEWMAC), Coast Guard (9-4, 2-2 NEWMAC)
 
- Location: New London, Conn. (Roland Hall)
 
- The Lead: Four members of the MIT men's basketball team scored at least 10 points, however, the Engineers dropped a 109-84 NEWMAC road contest to the United States Coast Guard Academy on Tuesday evening.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:

- Back-to-back threes from first-year Mike Ewing (Mendham, N.J.) and sophomore Tim Minicozzi (Belmont, Mass.) cut the Bears' lead to 16-13, but Coast Guard used an 8-2 run to go up 24-15. First-year Michael Zhang (Jacksonville, Fla.) then scored back-to-back buckets to make it a six-point game with 9:12 remaining in the half.
 
- A 7-2 run capped by a three from first-year Isaac Dobie (Kitty Hawk, N.C.) made it 39-35 Coast Guard with 3:50 left in the first half, however, the Bears ended the half on a 13-4 run to take a 52-39 halftime lead.
 
- Coast Guard built a 17-point advantage early in the second half as they opened the second frame on a 5-1 run.  First-year Merlin Gogolin (New York, N.Y.) made it a 12-point game with his 17th point of the game at 12:25, but the Bears did not let MIT get the lead below double-digits as the home team won by a final score of 109-84.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

- Gogolin led the way for MIT with 23 points followed by Dobie with 20 points and a team-leading six rebounds.
 
- Junior Spencer Lin (Menlo Park, Calif.) poured in 10 points and dished out a team-high six assists, while Bland finished with 11 points. The Engineers had nine different players record a point in the game.
 
- Coast Guard had three players score at least 20 points, led by Mitch Shettles with 22, Declan Rooney with 21, and Luke Farrell with 20.
 
UP NEXT:
 
- MIT returns home to Rockwell Cage for a 7 p.m. NEWMAC contest against Emerson on Thursday, January 11th.
 
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