Tuesday, November 23, 2010

MIT Bounces Back With Big Win

MIT recovered from their first loss of the season by blowing out the Commonwealth Coast Conference favorites, Curry College, this evening, 90-63. After a close first 5 minutes, with MIT only ahead 10-7, the Engineers went on a 31-9 run over the next 10 minutes to blow open the game and never looked back. MIT shot over 50% for the game and out-rebounded Curry 45-30.

MIT had 5 players in double figures, led by Mitch Kates with 19. Will Tashman contributed with a double-double (16 points, 10 rebounds) and led the team with 5 assists. In his first ever start for the Engineers, Will Dickson filled in the for the injured Noel Hollingsworth quite well, scoring 16 points on 8-12 shooting in only 19 minutes of action. Freshman Tim Donegan also notched 12 points and 7 rebounds.

Full game recap at can be found at the official MIT Athletics website.

Full boxscore can be found here.