Men's Basketball vs. Coast Guard
Saturday, January 22 | 1:00 p.m.
Staake Gymnasium | Babson Park, Mass.
SERIES HISTORY
• Babson is 57-27 all-time against Coast Guard in a series that dates back to the 1972-73 season.
• The Beavers have won 17 of their last 18 games against the Bears, a run that includes 12 victories by double digits.
• Babson has been victorious in eight of the last nine games against Coast Guard in Staake Gymnasium, with the only Bears win a 76-60 triumph on January 26, 2020
LAST MEETING
• Andrew Jaworski '21 scored 24 points and classmate Crew Ainge '21 added 22 as 23rd-ranked Babson defeated Coast Guard, 96-84, on February 1, 2020, in Staake Gymnasium.
• Coolahan '20 scored 19 points, junior Aaron Gao contributed a season-high 11 points to go along with six boards and two assists, and classmate Andrew Kirkpatrick added 10 points for the Beavers.
• Packy Witkowski '20 poured in a game-high 28 points to lead the Bears, while senior Tyler Perez added 16 points and six rebounds in the setback.
• The win gave Babson the season sweep over the Bears after the two teams had split the two games in 2018-19.
SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
• Babson (11-5, 4-1 NEWMAC) has won six of its last seven games, including a 69-62 NEWMAC victory over MIT Wednesday at Staake Gymnasium.
• Graduate student Mitchell Kirsch matched his season high with 20 points and Babson ended the game on an 8-0 run to seal the triumph. Kirsch went 6-of-8 from the floor and added five rebounds and four assists for the Beavers.
• Sophomore Kieran Dorney scored 17 points and first-year Nate Amado added 10 points, nine boards, two steals and two blocked shots in the win.
• Senior Colin Bradanese leads the Beavers in scoring (13.8 ppg) while grabbing 6.8 rebounds a game and shooting 51.9 percent from the field. Amado averages 12.2 points and a team-high 7.0 boards per game and Dorney is good for 10.6 points an outing with a team-high 19 three-point field goals.
SCOUTING THE BEARS
• Coast Guard (3-10, 0-4 NEWMAC) is out to snap a four-game losing skid and looking for its first victory since a 71-63 verdict over Mitchell College back on December 8.
• The Bears dropped a 78-69 outcome to Springfield on Wednesday. First-year Declan Rooney had a team-high 14 points off the bench to lead the Bears while junior Jarrod Jackson (11) and senior Tyler Perez (10) were also in double figures. First-year Cameron Brown had a career and game-high 11 rebounds off the bench.
• Senior Garrett Drummond leads the Bears in scoring with 14.8 points per game, while Perez is good for 11.2 points per outing and junior Madison Maloney contributes 10.2 points and a team-leading 8.8 boards a contest, ranking third in the NEWMAC in rebounds.
• Coast Guard tops the NEWMAC with 41.8 rebounds per game and ranks second with 3.7 blocked shots per contest.
HOME COURT ADVANTAGE
• Babson is 9-1 on home court this season, 14-2 since the start of last season, and 23-4 since the beginning of the 2019-20 campaign.
• The Beavers are outscoring their opponents by nearly 15 points per game this season in Staake Gymnasium (80.2-65.4).
WARMING UP
• Bradanese is shooting 65.3 percent over his last three outings while averaging 12.0 points per game.
• Amado is shooting 57.4 percent from the field in his last five games while averaging 12.8 points per outing.
• Dorney has scored in double figures in five of his last six games, averaging 13.5 points in that stretch.
BY THE NUMBERS
• Babson has won 20 consecutive games going back to the start of the 2019-20 campaign when holding its opponents below 70 points.
• The Beavers are 7-1 this season when leading at halftime, and 14-3 since the start of last season.
• Babson has won 13 of its last 14 since the start of the 2020-21 season when winning the rebounding battle, and is 27-2 with the advantage on the glass since the start of the 2019-20 campaign.
A LOOK AHEAD
• After playing five of its first six January games in Staake Gymnasium, Babson hits the road for its next three, starting with NEWMAC encounters next Wednesday at Clark and Saturday at Emerson.
• The Beavers will be on the road for four of its six February contests to wrap up the regular season.
