MIT Men's Basketball

MIT started the game by getting out in the break. Andrew Tsai and Adam Gibbons scored buckets in transition to put MIT up early. The Engineers made several runs in the half, leading by as many as 14, with crisp ball movement and patience on offense handling Eastern Nazarene's half court pressure. Good passing and backdoor plays, many of which were finished by Kyle Doherty who finished with 23 points and 12 rebounds, kept MIT ahead. Cold outside shooting (5-21 for 23.8% from the 3 point line in the game) and a few untimely turnovers, though, kept the Engineers from pulling away. MIT took a 41-32 lead into halftime.

The Engineers failed to widen the margin very much in the beginning of the second half as the shooting woes from the outside as well as from the free throw line (12-24 for 50.0% in the game) continued. Eastern Nazarene made a run of their own with about 5 minutes left to play capitalizing on many of their 26 offensive rebounds in the game. With under 5 minutes to play Eastern Nazarene took a one point lead. MIT battled back as Mike Huhs finished a reverse layup to regain the lead and a big three by Danny Kanamori with the shot clock winding down put the Engineers up by 4 with under 2 minutes to play. Eastern Nazarene would not go away, however, and when Adam Gibbons was called with his fifth foul as well as a Technical foul, they had a chance to tie the game up. But Eastern Nazarene could not convert their free throws down the stretch and MIT did to finish off the game and move to 7-0.