MIT Men's Basketball

The Engineering began the game by hitting their first eight fields goals including four three pointers. MIT was off to a fast start and soon held a 20-6 lead midway through the first half. Unfortunately, MIT's early good fortune would not continue. Springfield College fought back to close the lead to just two at half 32-30. The second half was back and forth until Springfield, lead by freshman forward Derek Yvon (26 points), took control in the last minutes. MIT trailed 51-52 with about two and a half minutes left in the game, but Springfield went on an 8-2 run and then made 10 of their final 12 free throws to seal the game. Sophmore guard Danny Kanamori had a great shooting night as he went 6-of-8 from the field including 5-of-7 three-point field goals but it was not enough as the Engineers fell 61-68.