MIT Men's Basketball

Looking to rebound after a heartbreaking loss to Clark, the Engineers jumped out to an early 7-2 lead off consecutive layups from freshman Adam Gibbons. However, both teams made runs in the first half as Wheaton rallied to score 13 unanswered points for a 15-7 advantage midway through the first half. MIT then went on a 20-5 streak as sophomore Kyle Doherty dominated the inside with several layups and easy putbacks. The Engineers also got three-point baskets from freshman Eli Sheets and junior Neal Brenner during that stretch. Juniors Sebastian Heersink and Alex Phillips also contributed strong minutes off the bench as the Engineers opened a 27-20 lead. But Wheaton would answer yet again, closing the half on a 13-4 run to give them a 33-31 edge heading into the locker room.

MIT took control early in the second stanza, outscoring Wheaton 20-8 in taking their biggest advantage of the game at 51-41 with just over 13 minutes to play. Freshman Danny Kanamori paced the Enginners during that stretch as he was able to find Doherty and freshman Mike Huhs inside for easy layups. The Engineers were able to maintain their lead for most of the half as Doherty's consecutive baskets gave the Engineers a 68-60 lead with five minutes left to play. However, Wheaton again went on another run, converting off MIT turnovers and cutting the lead to just one, 73-72, with under a minute remaining. Finally, after yet another MIT turnover, Wheaton called timeout with 7 seconds remaining. Off the inbounds play, Wheaton guard, Luke Gordon, despite a heavy double team, hit an off-balanced three-pointer to give Wheaton the victory, while handing the Engineers its second consecutive conference loss at the buzzer.