THE BASICS 

Score: No. 11 MIT 83, Emerson 69

Records: Emerson Lions (8-6, 2-1 NEWMAC) ; No. 11 MIT Engineers (13-1, 3-0 NEWMAC)

Location: Cambridge, Mass. (Rockwell Cage) 

Date: Wednesday. January 10, 2018

The Lead: Despite a double-digit effort from three of the five Lions starters, the Emerson men's basketball team was unable to collect a win and found themselves on the end of an 83-69 loss to the No. 11 MIT Engineers, on Wednesday night in NEWMAC men's basketball action. 

INSIDE THE NUMBERS 

• Junior Geoffrey Gray (Newton, Mass.) powered out a 22-point, 11-rebound double-double with an additional three assists through 37 minutes on the floor. 
• Sophomore Jack O'Connor (Newport, R.I.) contributed 18 points and was followed by senior Michael Sheng's (Altadena, Calif.) 14 point, five assists effort. 
• Hamilton Forsythe paced all scorers with 24 points off the bench for MIT, while AJ Jurko posted 17 points and an additional 15 points and eight assists from Bradley Jomard. 
• Aidan Einloth also finished the night in double figures and canned 11 points. 
• Emerson shot 48.2% from the field, hit 37.5% from the three-point line and finished a perfect 6-for-6 on the charity stripe. 
• MIT shot an overall 47.5% from the hardwood and converted 50.0% of its triples (12-24). 

HOW IT HAPPENED 

• Emerson found themselves trailing from the get go and were in a 25-14 hole over the opening 11:45 behind five triples, including one from Einloth that capped off the run.
• The Lions were in a 15-point deficit in the opening half, but were able to cut the advantage down to 10 (35-25) with 2:35 on the clock before the half thanks to a three from senior Corey Fitz (Los Altos, Calif.) 
• MIT knocked down a pair of three's within the final two minutes, along with four points from Gray, as the Engineers grabbed the 41-29 going into the break. 
• A basket from Gray erased a lengthy MIT lead and put Emerson within seven, but the hosts pushed the score back up to 15 at 60-45 following an Einloth trey at 11:42. 
• MIT maintained pressure on both ends of the floor throughout the remainder of the game to seal the 83-69 win over the Lions.

UP NEXT

• Emerson returns to Brown & Plfoker on Saturday, January 13 and welcome Springfield in a 1:00 p.m. conference matchup.
• MIT hits the hardwood on Saturday as well and head off to Wheaton for a NEWMAC tilt at 3:00 p.m.

STAY LIVE WITH THE LIONS 

• Stay updated on the Emerson men's basketball team and follow the Lions on Twitter, Facebook at Emerson College Men's Basketball as well as on Instagram. Also be sure to tune into Emerson Channel Sports to catch the Lions in action!