THE BASICS:
 
- Score: MIT 71, Wheaton College 43
 
- Records: MIT (17-7, 8-2 NEWMAC); Wheaton (10-14, 2-8 NEWMAC)
 
- Location: Norton, Mass. (Emerson Gymnasium)
 
- The Lead: A 10-3 run by MIT late in the second quarter created a double-digit lead that would hold as it went on to defeat Wheaton College, 71-43, in a NEWMAC women's basketball game on Wednesday night. In a balanced scoring performance, junior Kamsi Nwogu (Algonquin, Ill.) paced the Engineers with 13 points and nine rebounds to go along with four assists, one block, and one assist.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- MIT inched out to a 7-2 lead following a three-pointer by graduate student Christina Antonakakis (Holmdel, N.J.). The Engineers maintained a small cushion as a pair of layups by junior Olivia Joseph (Newtown Square, Pa.) late in the quarter gave the visitors a 14-8 advantage.
 
- Wheaton stayed close for most of the second quarter until MIT generated eight unanswered points, fueling a 10-3 run during the final 3:32 of the quarter which resulted in a 25-24 halftime score. Antonakakis kicked things off with a trey while junior Elise Harvey (Wayland, Mass.) converted a three-point play. Nwogu then went 4-for-4 at the free throw line.
 
- The Engineers outscored the Lyons, 24-10, as a 16-3 run during the last six minutes of the quarter moved the score to 59-34. Joseph once again produced a pair of late layups, including one right before time expired.
 
- In a relatively balanced fourth quarter, MIT had a 12-9 scoring advantage.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
 
- Junior Angie Choi (Cypress, Calif.) posted 12 points and two assists while Antonakakis generated 11 points, five assists, and four steals. Joseph finished with eight points, six rebounds, two blocks, and two steals as sophomore Alice Hall (Ambler, Pa.) tallied seven points, seven rebounds, three blocks, and three steals.
 
- The Engineers led the way in rebounds (46-39), bench scoring (23-12), fastbreak scoring (10-9), points off turnovers (20-11), points in the paint (28-22), and second-chance points (15-2).
 
UP NEXT:
 
- MIT wraps up the regular season when it visits new NEWMAC opponent Salve Regina University on Saturday, Feb. 17 for a 1:00 p.m. tip off.
 
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