Springfield, Mass. – January 7, 2026 – Josiah Evely (Toronto, Ontario) registered 17 points, nine rebounds and five steals as the Springfield College men's basketball team defeated MIT, 66-57, in New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) action on Wednesday evening in Blake Arena.

Springfield improved to 4-8 overall and to 2-1 in NEWMAC play, while MIT dropped to 4-8, 0-2.

Evely shot 8-for-14 from the floor to lead the Pride, while Josh Hartley (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and Zachary Campbell (Philadelphia, Pa.) chipped in with eight points apiece. Hartley also pulled down eight boards and tallied a team-best three blocks. MIT had three student-athletes in double figures highlighted by 14 from Wyatt Mowery.

Springfield jumped out to an 11-5 lead just under seven minutes into the contest as the game-opening run as Sean Harrigan (Pittsfield, Mass.) buried a trey from the corner off a feed from Ajay Lopes (Wareham, Mass.). MIT was able to climb back within four after a trio of free throws from Isaac Dobie, but a jumper and an emphatic dunk from Evely pushed the lead back to eight at 18-10. Springfield took its largest lead of the half of nine points at 24-15 following a jumper from Hartley before the score stood at 27-21 in favor of the Pride at the break.

Springfield held MIT to just eight made field goals in the first half as the Engineers shot just 25.0-percent from the floor over the opening 20 minutes of the game.

Springfield scored the first eight points of the second half highlighted by a trey from Zander Robinson (East Hartford, Conn.) extending the Pride's lead to 14 at 35-21. A few minutes later, another deep shot from Campbell ignited a 10-2 run that saw Harrigan tally six of Springfield's ten points over the stretch as the Pride held a 49-31 lead midway through the second. 

MIT ultimately outscored Springfield 21-10 over the next seven minutes to cut its deficit to seven at 59-52 as a trey from Mowery capped the run. Lopes sealed the game knocking down three of four attempts at the free throw line en route to the 66-57 NEWMAC win.

Springfield has now won six of the previous seven matchups with MIT dating back to the 2022-23 season and is a perfect four for four in Blake Arena against the Engineers since February 1 of 2023.

Springfield will travel to No. 25 WPI on Saturday for a NEWMAC tilt at 2:00 pm.

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