Monday, Hellenic College, 6pm
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Probable Starters:
| MIT (6-2) | Ht. | PPG | RPG | Newbury (0-8) | Ht. | PPG | RPG | |
| Matt Redfield | 6'8" | 13.9 | 9.8 | Cameron Owen | 6'7" | 5.5 | 3.4 | |
| Andrew Acker | 6'8" | 10.6 | 8.8 | Adam James | 6'4" | 5.1 | 4.4 | |
| Dennis Levene | 6'8" | 4.9 | 4.5 | Ceejae Carter | 6'2" | 2.6 | 1.2 | |
| Justin Pedley | 6'6" | 14.4 | 1.5 | Eric Watson | 6'2" | 16.8 | 5.4 | |
| Paul Dawson | 5'10" | 5.9 | 5.1 apg | Milciades Carrasco | 5'11" | 11.1 | 0.8 apg |
A Look at Newbury:
The Nighthawks of Newbury College are coming off one of their best seasons in the past five years with a conference (NECC) finish of 12-4. Currently, they are in the middle of a brutal non-conference schedule, in which they play five games in seven days and should come into Monday’s contest battle-tested having played some of the best teams in the country (4 of their first 7 games vs. nationally ranked opponents). The Nighthawks have 9 new promising freshmen and were voted in the preseason to finish near the top of their conference.
Newbury will look for their leading scorer Watson to attack coast-to-coast for layups in transition or Carrasco for the pull-up three. In the half-court, Watson can do it all, Carrasco will look to catch and shoot, and Owens, a stretch-5, has range beyond the arc. MIT must take care of these three primary scorers. Given MIT's size advantage, the Nighthawks may mix their defenses up (man-to-man, 3-2 zone, 2-3 zone).
MIT must continue to work on their ability to take care of the ball and use their height advantage tonight against Newbury.
