Women's Basketball at Emerson
Wednesday, January 29 | 7 p.m.
Brown-Plofker Gymnasium | Boston, Mass.
SERIES HISTORY
• Babson is 10-1 all-time against Emerson in a series that dates back to 2014.
• The Beavers and Lions split a pair of meetings last season with each recording a double-digit home victory.
• Nine of Babson's 10 wins in the all-time series have come by at least 10 points.
LAST MEETING
• Senior Quinn Madden finished with 13 points and 13 rebounds as Emerson snapped Babson's 15-game winning streak with a 66-52 victory on January 30, 2019, in Boston.
• Charlie Boyle added 12 points for the Lions, who shot 57.1 percent on the way to building a 14-point halftime lead.
• Payton Ouimette '19 posted a double-double with 13 points and 13 boards, while senior Emily Bonifacic added 13 points, seven rebounds and four assists for the Beavers.
SCOUTING THE LIONS
• Emerson (11-6, 2-1 NEWMAC) saw its five-game winning streak come to an end with a 79-70 loss at Coast Guard on Saturday.
• Junior Rachel Davey led four players in double figures with 20 points for the Lions, who got outscored 18-7 over the final seven minutes of the fourth quarter.
• Junior Sam Boyle (11.5 pts, 4.6 reb) is shooting 49.1 percent from the floor, Madden (10.6 pts, 4.1 reb) is averaging 14.3 points on 53.7 percent shooting over her last four games, and senior Natalie Clydesdale is contributing 9.6 points and a team-high 6.6 rebounds.
• Emerson has won 12 consecutive NEWMAC home games going back to February 2018.
SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
• Babson (9-7, 2-0 NEWMAC) has won five of its last seven games and is coming off a 61-37 victory over WPI on Saturday.
• Bonifacic finished with 15 points, eight rebounds, four assists and three steals, while senior Jacqueline Jozefick added 11 points for the Beavers, who outscored the Engineers 25-7 in the third quarter.
• Bonifacic (14.7 pts, 9.1 reb) is shooting 52.8 percent, first-year Megan Bauman (11.9 pts, 4.0 reb, 3.5 ast) ranks third in the conference in assists, and senior Katherine Tamulionis is averaging 10.0 points and 2.6 assists.
• The Green and White ranks second in the conference in rebounding margin (+6.1) and is holding opponents to just 34.2 percent shooting this season.
ANYONE, ANYWERE
• Entering Wednesday's action, Babson has played the sixth hardest schedule in Division III this season based on opponents winning percentage (.631).
• The only NEWMAC program ahead of the Beavers in strength of schedule to this point in the year is Emerson, which ranks second with an opponents' winning percentage of .657.
BEAVERS IN THE CONFERENCE RANKINGS
• Bonifacic ranks second in offensive rebounds per game (3.8), third in scoring and rebounding, and fourth in field goal percentage.
• Jozefick is third in blocked shots per game (1.2) and seventh in rebounds per game (7.8).
• In addition to ranking third in assists, Bauman is shooting a NEWMAC-best 92.9 percent at the free throws line.
DEFENSE AND REBOUNDING
• Babson, which outrebounded WPI 45-30 on Saturday while holding the Engineers to just 28.6 percent shooting, has gone 9-1 when outrebounding its foes and owns a +14.6 rebounding margin in its eight victories.
• The Green and White is also 8-1 this winter when holding opponents below 60 points.
NUMBER TO KNOW
• In their nine wins this season the Beavers have outscored their opponents by an average of 8.9 points in the third quarter.
