SCORE: Wheaton 65 - MIT 91

RECORDS: Wheaton (9-5, 1-3 NEWMAC) - #11 MIT (14-1, 4-0 NEWMAC)

LOCATION: Norton, Mass. (Emerson Gymnasium)

THE RUNDOWN:  

• Senior Liam Bruno knocked down a team-high 19 points on a 6-of-11 night from the floor and a perfect 4-for-4 performance from the free-throw line. Bruno also collected a game-high seven rebounds. 
• Senior Ryan Fogarty ended the contest with 16 points (5-for-13), while junior David Carbonello contributed 12 points. Fogarty and junior Riley Tetreault each finished with five rebounds. 
• The Engineers were paced by a game-high 26 points from Hamilton Forsythe, who shot 8-of-16 from the floor, which included hitting 5-of-10 from three-point range. He also knocked down five of his six free-throws. 
• Junior Bradley Jomard ended the game with 22 points for MIT, while AJ Jurko and Cameron Korb each netted 11 points in the Engineer win. Tim Roberts ended the game with a game-high seven rebounds. 
• After winning the tip-off, the Lyons quickly got to work with Duaka Ekwensi finding Bruno at the top of the arc for his first basket of the game. The Engineers responded seconds later with a layin by Jerko, before a Korb three-pointer handed the Engineers their first lead of the game. Bruno tied the game with 17:24 on the clock with an assist from Tetrault. The Lyons and Engineers traded baskets and the lead before a Jomard layup handed MIT the lead for good with 15:21 to go in the opening half. 
• Trailing 43-31 coming out of halftime, the Lyons tried to pull back within single digits but would be unable to get closer than 13 points in the second half. 

 THE BASICS:

• Field Goals: Wheaton 23-55 / MIT 35-62 
• 3-Point FG: Wheaton 8-26 / MIT 10-21
• Free Throw: Wheaton 11-16 / MIT 11-15
• Points off Turnovers: Wheaton 6 / MIT 20
• Rebounds: Wheaton 31 / MIT 33
• Assists: Wheaton 10 / MIT 16

UP NEXT: Wheaton resumes NEWMAC action on Wednesday, Jan. 17 at 7 p.m. when the Beavers of Babson College come to Emerson Gymnasium. VIDEO / LIVE STATS