Sunday, December 4, 2011

#9 MIT Downs Lesley 92-52

The #9 MIT Engineers took down Lesley University 92-52 on a Saturday afternoon game at Rockwell Cage. The win puts the undefeated squad at 8-0, as Tech out-rebounded the Lynx 50-19, dished out 22 assists, and shot 56% from three.

 Mitchell Kates is averaging 11.4 points, 5.5 assists, 3.9 rebounds, and 2.4 steals per game (Pic: Tom Gearty)

MIT was led by co-captain Mitchell Kates, who essentially had a perfect game going 10-of-10 from the field and 6-of-6 from the free-throw line for 28 points. Kates, arguably one of the top point guards in the nation, also added 6 assists, 5 rebounds, and 4 steals.

6'8" Will "Big Country" Dickson (Pic: Tom Gearty)

All-American Noel Hollingsworth pitched in 17 points, while senior Billy Bender posted a double-double of 10 points and 12 rebounds. Jamie Karraker scorched the nets again for 14 points, going 4-of-6 from three, and Will Tashman snagged a game-high 15 rebounds and dished out 5 assists.

Freshman Paul Dawson D's up as 6'8" Andrew Acker gets in position (Pic: Tom Gearty)


MIT heads to University of Massachusetts - Boston on Tuesday for 7pm tip-off.