CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Sophomore Wyatt Mowery (Winston-Salem, N.C.) had a career night with a personal-best 24 points to help MIT win a wild 98-97 NEWMAC shootout with Coast Guard Academy on Tuesday night at Rockwell Cage.

In addition to Mowery, MIT junior Parker Spann (Omaha, Neb.) and junior Rome Delgado-Gonzalez (Miami, Fla.) combined for 37 points. The game featured seven ties and 12 lead changes, with both teams shooting above 50 percent from the field. Coast Guard junior Luke Farrell (Ortley Beach, N.J.) scored a career-high 37 points on 10-of-17 shooting to keep the Bears competitive.

THE BASICS:

• Scores: MIT 98, Coast Guard 97
• Records: MIT (8-6 Overall, 2-3 NEWMAC), Coast Guard (6-7 Overall, 2-2 NEWMAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Spann scored the opening four points and the Engineers put up six tallies before Coast Guard got on the board with a made free throw 2:06 into the game. Tech made it a 15-5 double-digit lead with a Spencer Lin (Menlo Park, Calif.) jumper at 15:01.
• The Engineers' margin fluctuated between six and 14 throughout much of the first half with both teams matching the other offensively. Spann recorded 13 points in the opening frame while Delgado-Gonzalez and sophomore Merlin Gogolin (New York, N.Y.) finished the half with nine and eight points respectively. Coast Guard senior Declan Rooney (Seattle, Wash.) hit a late turn around jumper to make it 47-40 in MIT's favor at halftime.
• Spann once again opened a half with four straight points, making it 51-40. The Engineers extended the lead to 15 at 59-44 with 16:20 on the clock.
• Coast Guard launched an 12-1 run to make it a tie game at 67-67 with 9:23 in the second half. Bears junior Trevor Parks (Oldsmar, Fla.) hit a pair of threes and Farrell increased his point total to 27. A Parks layup gave Coast Guard its first lead of the game with just under nine minutes of action to go.
• The lead ping-ponged back and forth seven times over the next several minutes. The Bears went on a 7-0 run highlighted by a made jump shot and two free throws by senior Ben Yagey (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) to go up 80-76 with less than five minutes remaining.
• A Lin triple put MIT back in front 81-80 at 3:41. The teams once again handed the lead back and forth with Lin and Mowery trading blows with Farrell and Rooney.
• Tied at 86-86, Mowery converted a three-point play to put MIT up three at the 2:05 mark. Farrell responded by going 2-for-2 at the line to cross the 30-point mark.
• Lin once again found net from behind the arc, quickly countered by a layup from Farrell to keep the game within two with 60 seconds left. A putback layup by Mowery made it a two possession game, 94-90.
• A Farrell free throw and Mowery's 2-of-2 effort at the line were followed by a late deep ball from Rooney to make it 96-94 MIT with just nine seconds of regulation. Delgado-Gonzalez sank clutch foul shots to make it 98-94. A Farrell three went in as time expired and MIT held on to earn the win, 98-97.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

• The Engineers improved to 25-4 in the all-time matchup with Coast Guard. MIT has won the last two meetings.
• Tech shot 10-for-19 (52.6%) as a team from three point range. 
• Lin contributed 15 points to MIT with a game-high nine boards and five assists.
• Farrell made 15-of-17 attempts at the charity stripe.
• Rooney ended the game with 19 points for the Bears.

UP NEXT:

• MIT and Coast Guard both compete in NEWMAC games at 7:00 PM on Thursday, January 16. MIT plays at Emerson College while Coast Guard welcomes Springfield College to Roland Gymnasium.

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