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WORCESTER, MA… — The Clark University men’s basketball team held on to defeat MIT 89-79 in a New England Women’s & Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) game. Both teams entered the game 2-0 in the NEWMAC. Clark started the game with a 32-10 run and led by 22 points with 9:17 remaining in the first stanza. The Cougars were red hot from the floor shooting 65.6 percent (12-for-32) and 61.5 percnent (8-for-13) from long range in the first half and had seven players in the scoring column to build a 28-point (51-23) lead heading into the locker room. Senior Dave McNamara (Worcester, MA/Worcester Academy) led the Cougars in the first half with 15 points (6-8 FG, 2-2 3FG). MIT, who was held to 23 points and 39.1 percent shooting, committed 15 turnovers in the first 20 minutes of the game. Trailing by 22 points with 8:36 to play MIT used a 23-13 run to pull within 12 points with 1:46 to play. MIT’s junior Adam Gibbons (Bridgewater, MA/Bridgewater-Raritan) led the charge for the Engineers in the second half scoring 19 of his team-high 23 points. Gibbons went 7-for-8 from the floor and 5-6 from long range for the game. MIT held the Cougars to 35.6 percent shooting in the second half and shot 60.0 percent overall and from the floor and converted 10-of-15 from long range (66.7) to climb back in to the game. For the game both teams were impressive from long range, MIT shot 61.9 percent (13-for-21) and Clark went 14-for-27 (51.9). McNamara ended the game with a game-high and season-high 28 points including 5-for-6 from behind the arc. He was 10-for-13 overall from the field and 3-for-3 from the line. Junior Justin Kimball (Ithaca, NY/Winchendon Prep) came off the bench and added 15 points (7-for-8 FG), three assists and three steals. Sophomore Mike D’Auria (Newton, MA/Newton South) added 21 points for MIT, who fell to 8-5 and 2-1 in the conference. The Cougars improved to 8-5 and won their third consecutive NEWMAC game to improve to 3-0. Clark will travel to crosstown rival WPI on Saturday, January 24 for a 4:00 pm start.

Newspaper Box Score
MIT vs Clark University
01/20/04 7:00 pm at Worcester, MA, Kneller Athletic Center
At Worcester, MA, Kneller Athletic Center
CLARK UNIVERSITY 89, MIT 79
MIT (8-5, 2-1 NEWMAC)
Adam Gibbons 7-8 4-5 23; Mike D'Auria 8-15 1-5 21; Andrew Tsai 5-13 0-0 14;
Mike Huhs 3-4 1-3 7; Gary Atkins 2-3 0-0 4; Phil Murray 2-4 0-0 4; Kyle
Doherty 2-5 0-0 4; Evans Boney 1-2 0-0 2; Ryan Richardson 0-4 0-0 0. Totals
30-58 6-13 79.
CLARK UNIVERSITY (8-5, 3-0 NEWMAC)
Dave McNamara 10-13 3-3 28; Justin Kimball 3-4 7-8 15; Tim Dutille 5-10 1-3
11; Trevor Walker 3-11 0-0 8; Brent Kenneway 3-7 0-0 8; Matt Phaneuf 3-4 2-2
8; Mark Stukowski 2-3 0-0 5; Asher Cowan 1-2 0-0 3; James Collins 1-5 0-0 3;
Anthony Giampetruzzi 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 31-60 13-16 89.
MIT...........................   23   56  -   79
Clark University..............   51   38  -   89
3-point goals-MIT 13-21 (Adam Gibbons 5-6; Andrew Tsai 4-7; Mike D'Auria
4-6; Ryan Richardson 0-2), Clark University 14-27 (Dave McNamara 5-6; Brent
Kenneway 2-4; Justin Kimball 2-3; Trevor Walker 2-8; James Collins 1-3;
Asher Cowan 1-2; Mark Stukowski 1-1). Fouled out--MIT-Adam Gibbons, Clark
University-None. Rebounds-MIT 28 (Mike D'Auria 5; Adam Gibbons 5), Clark
University 23 (Anthony Giampetruzzi 5). Assists-MIT 18 (Adam Gibbons 5),
Clark University 23 (Trevor Walker 5; Mark Stukowski 5). Total fouls-MIT 13,
Clark University 14. A-200
NEWMAC Conference Game