BABSON PARK, Mass. --  Senior Nate Amado (Hanson, Mass.) scored 23 points and pulled down seven rebounds to lead Babson College to an 82-70 victory over the MIT men's basketball team on Wednesday evening at Staake Gymnasium.

Amado was one of three Babson players in double figures, as graduate student Felix Kloman (Ipswich, Mass.) added 22 points, while classmate Alex Stoddard (Wellesley, Mass.) chipped in with 17 points and a game-high five steals. Sophomore Isaac Dobie (Kitty Hawk, N.C.) was 10-for-11 from the free throw line to lead MIT with 14 points. 

THE BASICS:

• Score: Babson 82, MIT 70
• Records: Babson (13-8 Overall, 7-5 NEWMAC), MIT (9-12 Overall, 3-9 NEWMAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• A back-and-forth first half sent the Engineers into the half with a one-point lead. 
• Babson opened up a six-point lead through the game's opening four minutes, when a triple from Timmy Mulvey (Reading, Mass.) put the hosts ahead 12-6.
• Babson's early six-point advantage was the largest lead of the half for either team and was quickly erased by an 11-0 MIT run that put the Engineers up, 15-12, on an 'and-one' from Dobie at 13:07. 
• The teams played to nine tie scores over the remaining 13 minutes of the first half. With MIT leading 41-38, Babson's Vaughn Foster (Paramus, N.J.) dropped in the final bucket of the half to send the teams to the break with MIT leading, 41-40.
•  The opening minutes of the second half followed the same pattern as the first, as the game extended to the 13:38 mark with the score tied at 53-all. 
• Babson took control of the contest over the next seven minutes, extending its lead to six at the midway point of the half. 
• Spencer Lin (Menlo Park, Calif.) knocked down a three to pull MIT back within three, 63-60, at 9:51 before Stoddard ignited a key Babson run with back-to-back triples at 8:13 and 8:00 to stretch the lead to nine. Babson would close out an 11-0 run with a 74-60 lead when Kloman hit a three at 6:46. 
• Babson would lead for the remainder of the contest, stretching the lead to as many as 15 points before taking the 82-70 final. 

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

• Dobie was one of four MIT players in double figures. Parker Spann (Omaha, Neb.) scored 13 points while Lin and junior Merlin Gogolin (New York, N.Y.) each added 12.
• Babson's defense swarmed throughout the contest, generating 13 steals and scoring 33 points off turnovers, including 22 in the second half.
• MIT finished with a 30-27 advantage on the glass, with Lin and Spann each recording six boards.

UP NEXT:

• MIT will travel to the Coast Guard for a 1:00 PM tip-off on Saturday. Babson will play at Springfield on Saturday at 12:30 PM. 

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