Men's Basketball at Wheaton
Wednesday, February 2 | 8 p.m.
Emerson Gymnasium | Norton, Mass.

SERIES HISTORY
• Babson is 39-14 all-time against Wheaton in a series that dates back to the 1989-90 campaign.
• The Beavers have won 21 of their last 22 games against the Lyons, which includes five straight victories since 2019.
• The Green and White is 11-1 over its last 12 games in Norton, Mass., dating back to 2009.

LAST MEETING
• Graduate student Spencer Cline made all 11 of his field goal attempts and finished with 30 points and eight rebounds to help the Beavers defeat Wheaton, 104-65, on January 15 in Babson Park.
• Senior Colin Bradanese posted a double-double with 18 points and 14 rebounds and sophomore Kieran Dorney added 15 points for Babson, which shot 61.2 percent in the rout.
• Aaron Williams, Khaled Thaher and Tarmo Tari each scored 10 points to lead the Lyons.

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
• Babson (14-5, 7-1 NEWMAC) ran its winning streak to five with an 87-79 OT victory at Emerson on Sunday.
• Bradanese poured in 23 points on 10-of-14 shooting, junior Andrew Kirkpatrick scored 20 points and graduate student Mitchell Kirsch contributed 16 points, six rebounds and six assists for the Beavers, who held the Lions to just one field in OT.
• Bradanese (15.0 pts, 6.7 reb) ranks ninth in the league in both scoring and rebounding, first-year Nate Amado is averaging 11.7 points and a team-high 7.3 boards, and Dorney (10.8 pts, 5.8 reb) is shooting 41.9 percent from beyond the arc in NEWMAC play.
• The Green and White ranks first in conference play in scoring offense (80.0 points), field goal percentage (46.8) and three-point field goal percentage (37.0).

SCOUTING THE LYONS
• Wheaton (6-13, 1-7 NEWMAC) snapped a 10-game skid with a 90-84 win at Coast Guard on Monday night.
• Alex Carlisle scored a game-high 24 points and Williams added 23 and 11 rebounds for the Lyons, who shot 50 percent and led by as many as 16 points early in the second half.
• Carlisle (25.9 pts, 4.5 reb, 3.6 ast) ranks fourth in Division III in scoring, Williams (15.3 pts, 6.1 reb) is tied for third in the NEWMAC with five double-doubles, and junior Evan Cook is averaging 10.8 points and 5.4 boards.
• Wheaton, which has suffered three conference losses by six points or less, ranks fourth in both scoring offense (75.3 points) and field goal percentage (44.0).

COMING THROUGH IN THE CLUTCH
• Bradanese, who was selected as the NEWMAC Offensive Player of the Week on Monday, played a pivotal role in both of the Beavers' overtime road victories last week.
• He combined with Kirsch to score all 14 of Babson's points in the extra session of Wednesday's 71-68 win at Clark and then scored the first seven points of overtime at Emerson to keep the Green and White in a tie atop the league standings.

MEMORABLE MOMENT
• Cline's 30-point outburst in last month's victory over Wheaton included 19 straight points during a 25-5 run that gave Babson a 31-point lead with 7:26 to in the first half.
• He finished with 25 first-half points and is just one of 11 Division III players this winter to make 10 or more field goal attempts without a miss.

NOTABLE
• Bradanese moved into third place on the program's all-time blocks list on Saturday. He has 76 career blocks and needs just three to pass Tim O'Brien '97 for second place.
• Kirsch enters Wednesday's contest as the only player in the NEWMAC averaging at least 9.0 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists. He ranks third in the league in assists per game and is also tied for sixth with 28 steals.

NUMBERS TO KNOW
• The Beavers are 10-2 this season when knocking down at least eight three-point field goals.
• Babson is 8-0 this season and has won its 22 games when holding opponents below 70 points.
• The Beavers are 7-1 this winter and 28-4 over the last four years when forcing 16 or more turnovers.

LOOKING AHEAD
• The Green and White hosts 24th-ranked WPI on Saturday at 1 p.m. inside Staake Gymnasium.