No. 11/11 Women's Basketball vs. No. 17/20 Trinity
Monday, January 23 | 6 p.m.
Staake Gymnasium | Babson Park, Mass.

SERIES HISTORY
• Babson is 9-7 all-time against Trinity in a series that dates back to 1989.
• The Beavers and Bantams have split their last six matchups going back to March 2000.
• With the cancellation of last year's game, Babson and Trinity have met just once since 2009.

LAST MEETING
• Senior Bria Fuller scored 11 of her game-high 19 points in the first quarter as Trinity defeated the Beavers, 61-52, on January 14, 2020, in Babson Park.
• Emily Bonifacic '20 finished with 14 points and Jacqueline Jozefick '20 added 13 points for the Beavers, who shot just 37.5 percent in the loss.
• Peace Kabari scored 10 points and Bailey Hyland and Francesca Silva both added eight points apiece for the Bantams, who led by as many as 15 late in the third quarter.

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
• No. 11/11 Babson (15-1) is riding a season-best eight-game winning streak and is coming off a 66-50 victory over Coast Guard on Saturday.
• Senior Samantha Smith posted a double-double with 16 points and 16 rebounds, junior Kelly Walsh scored 14 points and senior Megan Bauman added 10 points, eight rebounds and five assists for the Beavers, who outscored the Bears 40-26 in the second half.
• Bauman (13.4 pts, 4.9 ast, 3.7 reb) ranks 28th in Division III in assists per game, Walsh (12.1 pts, 4.4 reb, 2.1 ast) has sored in double figures in eight consecutive games, and Smith (11.4 pts, 8.3 reb, 2.3 blocks) leads the team with five double-doubles.
• The Green and White is holding its opponents to just 33.5 percent shooting and is allowing just 57.1 points per game on the year.

SCOUTING THE BANTAMS
• No. 17/20 Trinity (16-1) extended its winning streak to 13 games with a 59-43 victory at Wesleyan on Saturday.
• Sophomore Hannah Marzo scored 13 points on 6-of-10 shooting to go along with four assists and three steals and junior Emma Wax contributed 11 points and eight rebounds for the Bantams, who shot 55.6 percent over the final three quarters.
• Reilly Campbell (15.5 pts, 10.7 reb) leads the team with 10 double-doubles, Wax (9.9 pts, 4.5 reb, 2.8 ast) is shooting 50 percent from the floor and Fuller (7.8 pts, 3.6 reb) is tied for the team lead with 17 steals.
• Trinity ranks 13th in Division III in scoring defense allowing 48.5 points and is holding its opponents just 33.1 percent shooting.

GETTING AFTER IT ON THE GLASS
• The Green and White finished with a 55-36 advantage on the glass, its largest of the season, in Saturday's win over Coast Guard.
• Smith (16) and Bauman (8) both achieved new season highs in boards, Walsh (7) and junior Rachel McMenemy (9) both matched their highest totals of the year and junior Madison Odam came off the bench to pull down six caroms.

BLOCK PARTY
• Smith matched her career-high with five rejections against Coast Guard and has now blocked 14 shots over the last four games.
• She has swatted away at least one shot in 14 of 16 contests this winter and ranks second in the NEWMAC with 36 blocks on the year.

CLIMBING THE ASSIST CHART
• Bauman, who became the 18th player in program history to surpass 1,000 points in last week's win over Clark, ranks third in program history with 353 career assists.
• She needs two more to pass Michele Cote '94 for second place and is now just 23 assists away from Babson's all-time record of 376 set by Giovanna Pickering '17.
• Pickering and Bauman are also the only two players in program history with more than 1,000 points, 350 assists, 300 rebounds and 100 steals.

SUCCESS AGAINST THE NESCAC
• The Beavers are 4-0 this season against NESCAC foes with wins over Williams (59-56), Middlebury (60-51), Tufts (78-76) and Hamilton (71-64).
• Babson's starting backcourt of Bauman (17.5 points), Walsh (13.5) and junior Katelyn Mollica (11.0) are all scoring in double figures and have combined to shoot 45 percent in the four victories.

NUMBERS TO KNOW
• The Beavers have won 11 consecutive games inside Staake Gymnasium going back to last February.
• Babson is 14-0 when scoring at least 60 points this season, while Trinity has held 15 of 17 opponents below 60.
• The Beavers have held 13 of 16 foes below 40 percent shooting on the year.
• The Green and White is 9-0 this season 32-3 going back to 2020-21 when outrebounding its opponents.

UP NEXT
• The Beavers travel to Mount Holyoke on Wednesday at 7 p.m.