Saints Engineer Road Win Over MIT, 84-67

THE BASICS:
 
- Score: Emmanuel College 84, MIT 67
 
- Records: MIT (2-6); Emmanuel College (3-3)
 
- Location: Cambridge, Mass. (Rockwell Cage)
 
THE LEAD: For just the second time in program history, the Emmanuel College men's basketball team defeated MIT by a 84-67 final on Thursday night in Rockwell Cage. The win is the first for the Saints in the all-time series since the 2004-05 season.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- The Engineers took an early lead at 6-3 following a pair of free throws from first-year Rome Delgado-Gonzalez (Miami, Fla.) and continued to lead at 8-5. Ricky Martin's (Sicklerville, N.J.) three tied it at 8-8 for the Saints and the visitors quickly moved out to a nine-point lead at 19-10 with 12:10 remaining in the first.
 
- MIT put together a run and clawed its way back to within 30-26 at the 5:10 mark following a three-point play from first-year Parker Spann (Omaha, Neb.). Emmanuel answered in a big way though as a 13-6 run made it at 43-32 margin at the half as Spann hit a pair of free throws as the period expired.
 
- In the second half, the Engineers continued to trail by 12 at 55-43 following a Spann layup before the Saints stretched the lead up to 20 for the first time on a three-point play from Zaire Baines (Queens, N.Y.). The visitors led by as many as 27 points on two occasions, en route to the 17-point final margin.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

- Five Saints ended the game in double figures, with Donte Pope (Middletown, Conn.) and Baines each picking up 15 points. Pope also had a team-high nine rebounds as Emmanuel held a 44-31 rebounding advantage overall. Martin posted 14 points on a team-high four three-pointers, while Ken Jean-Francois (Lynn, Mass.) and Walker Baillargeon (Norwich, Conn.) each had 10 points, a new career-high for Baillargeon. 

- Spann paced the Engineers with 22 points on 9-for-11 shooting in 21 minutes off the bench. Delgado-Gonzalez nearly registered his third double-double with a 17-point, nine-rebound showing to go with 10 points from first-year Landon Dolvin (Westfield, Ind.).
 
- The Saints outscored MIT by a 36-3 margin from three-point land as they knocked down 12 threes on the night.

- The 84 points scored by EC was a season-high while the 67 points for the Engineers was the hosts lowest point total since their season-opener vs. Husson in an 89-57 defeat.
 
UP NEXT:
 
- Emmanuel opens Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) action this weekend in New Haven, Conn. vs. Albertus Magnus College on Saturday afternoon at 3:00 PM.
- MIT is back in action on Saturday, December 3rd as the Engineers wrap up the schedule for the first semester with a road game at Fitchburg State beginning at 2:00 PM.

*Release content courtesy of MIT Athletic Communications