THE BASICS:
 
- Score: MIT - 94, Emerson - 93
 
- Records: MIT (6-17, 5-9 NEWMAC), Emerson (9-13, 5-8 NEWMAC)
 
- Location: Boston, Mass. (Brown and Plofker Gym)
 
- The Lead: Two late scores from first year Isaac Dobie (Kitty Hawk, N.C.) helped lead the MIT men's basketball to its second-straight win in a back-and-forth one-point road win against Emerson on Wednesday night at Brown and Plofker Gym. Five Engineers scored in double figures, led by Dobie's game-high 25 points.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:

- The Engineers took a 9-3 lead with a layup from first year Merlin Gogolin (New York, N.Y.) at 18:19. Sophomore Tim Minicozzi (Belmont, Mass.) made it an eight-point lead with a layup at 17:40. Emerson used a 9-0 run to take an 12-11 lead at 14:59, but MIT responded with a 7-0 run that featured four points from first year Will Bland (Virginia Beach, Va.) to regain the lead.
 
- A three from Guillermo Gassett Ruiz gave the Lions the lead at 11:03, and the two teams remained close through the remainder of the half. A three from Dobie put MIT up 38-37 with 5:07 left, as the Engineers ended the half on a 17-6 run to take a 52-43 lead into the break. First year Samuel Chen (Bellevue, Wash.) scored ten points for MIT during the run.
 
- Emerson opened the second half on an 11-0 run to take a 54-52 lead. Dobie ended the run with a layup to tie the game at 54, and the two teams continued to go back and forth. Jacob Armant hit a three with 10:48 left to give Emerson a 70-67 lead and followed with a layup to make it a five-point game. Two free throws from junior Spencer Lin (Menlo Park, Calif.) tied the game at 74 with 8:24 remaining.
 
- First year Mike Ewing (Mendham, N.J.) converted a three-point play to give MIT an 81-78 lead, but Emerson tied the game again with a three from Shay Roban. A three from senior Luke Wagner (Austin, Texas) and another three-point play from Ewing gave MIT an 86-81 lead with 4:59 left. Ten-straight points from Emerson gave them a 91-87 lead with 2:34 left, but Dobie hit back-to-back shots, including a three with 50 seconds left to give MIT the lead, and the Engineers held on for the 94-93 win.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

- Dobie recorded his seventh game of at least 20 points, and his second straight game of 25 or more points. He has scored in double-digits in the last six games. In addition, he also grabbed six rebounds.
 
- Gogolin added 15 points and a team-high seven rebounds. Minicozzi finished with 13 points, Ewing had 12, and Chen finished with 10.
 
- The Engineers got 25 points off their bench and shot 52.9% from the floor.

UP NEXT:
 
- The Engineers will play their last regular season home game on Saturday, February 10th when they welcome WPI to Rockwell Cage for a 3 p.m. contest.
 
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