Hollingsworth, Karraker Honored with Academic All-District Award

Juniors Noel Hollingsworth and Jamie Karraker were each named to the Capital One Academic All-District men's basketball first team today. They will now be placed on the Academic All-America ballot. Read more here: http://www.mitathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/2011-12/releases/20120202r43lp9

MIT Moves to 19-1 While Hollingsworth Hits 1,000 Points

The #5 MIT Men's Basketball squad took care of business at Wheaton last night with a commanding 85-56 victory to solidify their first place standing in the NEWMAC at 7-1 (19-1 overall). Tech jumped out on the Lyons 34-7 fifteen minutes into the game, and never looked back. Despite going cold from three (4-21), MIT shot a staggering 81% from inside the arc (29-36) for the game.

Noel Hollingsworth becomes the 25th player to reach the 1,000-point milestone for MIT (Pic: Tom Gearty)

Leading the way once again was current NEWMAC Player of the Week Noel Hollingsworth, netting a game-high 19 points with 9 boards, 4 blocks and 3 assists. The 6'9" Center also hit the career 1,000-point mark on his 12th point of the night. Teammate Mitchell Kates hit the mark last week, while Junior Jamie Karraker is inches away with 992 points.

Junior Dan Mccue led the scoring surge for Tech with back-to-back triples in the first half (Pic: Tom Gearty)

Following suit with a dominating performance was 6'8" Will Tashman, who registered his ninth double-double of the season with 17 points and 11 rebounds. Mitchell Kates also contributed 17 points with 4 steals and 3 assists, while Senior Billy Bender pitched in 13. 

MIT takes on 2nd place Springfield at their place this Saturday at 2pm.

Kates Siblings Featured in Daily Pennsylvanian

MIT Junior point guard Mitchell Kates and his sister, Jackie Kates, have been playing basketball with each other their whole lives. Read more about Jackie, a freshman guard at University of Pennsylvania, and MIT's newest 1,000-point scorer here: http://thedp.com/index.php/article/2012/02/jackie_kates_big_brother_knows_best

Hollingsworth Earns 3rd Player of the Week Honor

Hollingsworth has been one of the most dominating big-men in the country this year (Pic: Tom Gearty)

Junior Noel Hollingsworth earned his third, and MIT's sixth, NEWMAC Player of the Week award for his dominating performances last week. The 6'9" All-American averaged 18.5 points, 8.5 rebounds, and 2.5 blocks while shooting a commanding 61% from the field.

Hollingsworth is 12 points shy of the 1,000-point mark, a feat that could be reached this Wednesday at Wheaton along with Jamie Karraker (who is 13 points away from the milestone).

Live stats of the game can be found here: http://athletics.wheatoncollege.edu/livestats/landing

Read more about the Player of the Week here: http://www.newmacsports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/POTW/mbkbPOTW013012

MIT Moves Up to #5 in Top 25 Poll

With the two wins this week, MIT moves up a spot to #5 in the nation in the latest D3Hoops.com Top 25 Poll.

Joining Tech is Northeast Region teams Middlebury (#1), Amherst (#6), and Williams (#16), while others are on the bubble in Rhode Island College (#27), Eastern Connecticut (#28), Albertus Magnus (#31), and WPI (#32).

MIT has been ranked in the Top 10 every week this season.

See the complete rankings here: http://d3hoops.com/top25/men/2011-12/week9

No. 9 Volleyball Beats Reigning National Champions

The #9 MIT Men's Volleyball squad, who join five other current MIT teams who are ranked in the top-ten in their respective sport, took down the reigning national champion and current #1 team Nazareth in four sets over the weekend.

Read more here: http://www.mitathletics.com/sports/m-volley/2011-12/releases/20120130i4pjfh

#6 MIT Downs Coast Guard as Karraker and Hollingsworth near 1,000-Point Mark

The nationally-ranked MIT basketball squad took down Coast Guard yesterday afternoon in dominating fashion with an 80-55 victory. The Coast Guard Academy, an Elite Eight team just a few years back, could not keep up with Tech's inside presence and outside shooting.

Hollingsworth, a Junior eligibility-wise, leads the conference in scoring at 18.1 ppg (Pic: Robert Krawitz)

All-American Noel Hollingsworth poured game-highs of 23 points and 11 rebounds along with 2 assists and 2 blocks. Mitchell Kates scored 19 of his 21 points in the first half connecting on 5 three-pointers in the frame while dishing out 4 assists. Sharp-shooter Jamie Karraker connected on 5 three's as well for 15 points, while Senior Billy Bender filled the stat-sheet with 9 points, 7 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 assists, and a block. 6'8" Will Tashman hauled in 8 boards in just 19 minutes.

Junior Mitchell Kates is currently 22nd all-time at MIT in scoring (Pic: Robert Krawitz)

With the win, MIT moves to 18-1 overall and stands alone at first place in the NEWMAC with a 6-1 conference record. Juniors Jamie Karraker and Noel Hollingsworth are now both within striking distance of the 1,000-point mark, as Karraker needs 13 points and Hollingsworth 12 to reach the milestone. This would be one of the few instances, if ever, in NCAA history where two teammates score their 1,000th point in the same game. Junior Mitchell Kates reached the mark versus WPI last week.

6'7" Freshman Dennis Levene is a versatile athlete with an array of offensive and defensive weapons (Pic: Robert Krawitz)

MIT travels to Wheaton College on Wednesday for the 7pm tip-off.

MIT Ranked #1 College in America by Business Insider

MIT once again topped Business Insider's list of "The 50 Best Colleges in America".

Read more here: http://www.businessinsider.com/best-colleges-2011-11#1-massachusetts-institute-of-technology-50

No. 6 Tech Bounces Back with Win

The MIT Basketball team, which fell to #6 in the nation after a loss to WPI, got back to their winning ways with a 64-46 victory over Clark University this evening in Rockwell Cage. MIT's defense held Clark, who upset the Engineers in the 2009-2010 NEWMAC Tournament, to just 31% shooting from the field.

Sharp-shooter Jamie Karraker connected on six three-pointers for a game-high 18 points. All-American Noel Hollingsworth dished in 15 points and 6 boards, while point guard Mitchell Kates contributed 11 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 4 steals.

MIT also received valuable minutes from the bench, including 6 rebounds, 4 points, 3 blocks, and an assist in 10 minutes from 6'8" freshman Matt Redfield.

MIT shot 53% from the field and out-rebounded Clark 36-28. Tech takes on the US Coast Guard Academy at home this Saturday at 2pm.

Kates' 1,000th Point Not Enough as WPI Stuns #3 MIT

After leading at halftime, the #3 ranked MIT Engineers couldn't recover from a 12-2 run by WPI in the second half, ultimately falling to last year's regular season champions 80-68. The upset is the Engineers' first loss of the season, as MIT is now 16-1 overall and 4-1 in conference.

A rematch of 2011's Conference Championship (Pic: Robert Krawitz)

Leading Tech was All-Conference Mitchell Kates, supplying MIT with 22 points, 7 assists, 4 rebounds, and 2 steals. On his 19th point of the night, Mitchell Kates became MIT's 24th player to reach the 1,000-point milestone.

Junior Mitchell Kates will continue to move up the all-time leading scorers' list (Pic: Robert Krawitz)

The big-man duo of Will Tashman and Noel Hollingsworth combined for 26 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists, while sharp-shooter Jamie Karraker connected on three three-pointers for 11 points. Senior Billy Bender had a game-high 10 rebounds. 

MIT and WPI will meet again during the final regular season game (Pic: Robert Krawitz)

MIT went cold in the second half, however, shooting a season-low 36% from the field during the frame and going 0-6 from three. Tech was also out-rebounded in the half 19-13. 

MIT takes on Clark University Wednesday at 7pm.