In our second installment of the player video interviews, we focus on the two players on the squad from Maryland: senior captain Patrick Sissman and freshman forward Ben Montgomery. The guys discuss keys to the team's success and Patrick reflects on his career at MIT.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
MIT to Face Clark; WPI, Springfield Advance in NEWMAC Tourney
Top-seeded MIT (22-3) will host No. 5-seeded Clark University (14-12) on Saturday, February 27 at 1 p.m. after the Cougars defeated No. 4 Wheaton (10-15), 58-55, at the Lyons' Emerson Gymnasium. As expected, the game was virtually even across every statistical category, but the Cougars held on despite leading by nine with three minutes to play and a poor performance at the charity stripe in the game's final minutes. The Lyons had a chance to tie the game, but Brendan Degnan's buzzer-beating three missed.
In earlier action, No. 3 WPI (19-6) jumped out to an 18-2 start before prevailing, 76-71, against No. 6 Coast Guard. Kyle Nadeau paced four players in double figures with 16 points and seven assists. Fernando Perez added 14 points and 14 rebounds. Coast Guard climbed back into contention behind a phenomenal performance by Greg Marshall, who dropped in a game-best 26 points on 10-of-15 shooting. The Bears finish the season at 7-16.
Worcester's version of the Engineers will face No. 2 Springfield College (14-12) in the second semi-final hosted by MIT on Saturday. It took all 40 minutes for the Pride to shake last-place Babson (10-16). Matt Zoia hit two three's in providing the Beavers with a late push, but led by Ryan Coburn's 9-for-10 effort at the line and game-high 15 points, Springfield advanced, 71-65.
In earlier action, No. 3 WPI (19-6) jumped out to an 18-2 start before prevailing, 76-71, against No. 6 Coast Guard. Kyle Nadeau paced four players in double figures with 16 points and seven assists. Fernando Perez added 14 points and 14 rebounds. Coast Guard climbed back into contention behind a phenomenal performance by Greg Marshall, who dropped in a game-best 26 points on 10-of-15 shooting. The Bears finish the season at 7-16.
Worcester's version of the Engineers will face No. 2 Springfield College (14-12) in the second semi-final hosted by MIT on Saturday. It took all 40 minutes for the Pride to shake last-place Babson (10-16). Matt Zoia hit two three's in providing the Beavers with a late push, but led by Ryan Coburn's 9-for-10 effort at the line and game-high 15 points, Springfield advanced, 71-65.
MIT Drops A Spot in Final Regular-Season NCAA NE Region Rankings
The final of four in-season regional rankings were released today by the NCAA, and MIT fell to the #3 ranking in the Northeast region, only trailing Williams and Middlebury.
Full rankings can be found here: NCAA Release.
Full rankings can be found here: NCAA Release.
Statistically Speaking
This is how MIT stacks up statistically in the NEWMAC and against other NCAA DIII teams across the country. Stats are for games through 2/21/2010. Only statistics in which MIT is top 2 in the NEWMAC as a team and top 10 in individual categories are listed. Note that the NCAA does not rank all categories that the NEWMAC ranks.
Team Stats
Individual Stats
Team Stats
| Statistic | Value | NEWMAC | NCAA |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scoring Defense | 58.8 | 1 | 8 |
| Rebounding Margin | +7.0 | 1 | 18 |
| Scoring Margin | +12.2 | 1 | 19 |
| 3FGM | 7.56 | 1 | 56 |
| FG% | 46.3 | 1 | 89 |
| Assists | 14.48 | 1 | 104 |
| A/TO | 0.90 | 1 | 170 |
| Rebounding Defense | 30.6 | 1 | |
| Scoring Offense | 71.0 | 2 | 201 |
| FG% Defense/td> | 39.8 | 2 | 27 |
| 3FG% Defense | 21.5 | 2 |
Individual Stats
| Player | Statistic | Value | NEWMAC | NCAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noel Hollingsworth | Scoring | 20.2 | 1 | 42 |
| FG% | 56.9 | 1 | 58 | |
| Rebounds | 9.1 | 1 | 65 | |
| Blocks | 1.44 | 3 | 93 | |
| Mitchell Kates | Steals | 2.20 | 1 | 62 |
| Assists | 4.24 | 1 | 92 | |
| A/TO | 1.25 | 6 | ||
| FG% | 49.6 | 7 | ||
| Scoring | 13.3 | 8 | 485 | |
| FT% | 69.3 | 9 | ||
| Jimmy Burke | 3FGM | 2.46 | 1 | 91 |
| 3FG% | 41.3 | 4 | ||
| Will Tashman | Rebounds | 7.0 | 4 | 216 |
| FG% | 55.4 | 2 | ||
| Billy Johnson | 3FGM | 1.64 | 5 | 387 |
| Billy Bender | Rebounds | 5.3 | 9 | |
| 3FGM | 1.21 | 10 |
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