No. 13/RV Women's Basketball vs. No. 5/6 Rhode Island College
Sunday, November 26 | 1 p.m.  
Staake Gymnasium | Babson Park, Mass.

SERIES HISTORY 
•    Babson is 5-2 all-time against Rhode Island College in a series that dates back to 1998.
•    The Beavers had won five straight meetings between the teams prior to last year's NCAA quarterfinals although the squads have met just three times since 2014. 

LAST MEETING
•    Madison Medbury finished with 20 points, seven rebounds and seven assists to help Rhode Island College defeat the Beavers, 60-47, in an NCAA Tournament quarterfinal on March 11, 2023, in Babson Park. 
•    Izabelle Booth recorded a double-double with 11 points and 11 boards and Angelina Nardolillo and Jeniyah Jones both added eight points for the Anchorwomen, which used a 20-1 run that spanned parts of the third and fourth quarters to put the game away. 
•    Senior Kelly Walsh had 12 points and five rebounds, junior Camilla Silk scored 11 points and Megan Bauman '23 added 10 points and six assists for the Beavers, who shot a season-low 32 percent and failed to make a three-pointer for the first time in 132 games. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    No. 13 D3hoops Babson (3-2) is coming off a 79-44 rout of Brandeis on Tuesday night. 
•    Walsh scored a career-high 28 points, junior Katelyn Mollica added 13 points and five assists and classmate Abby Miller contributed 11 points and six rebounds for the Beavers, who shot 55.6 percent in the second half. 
•    Walsh (17.2 pts, 4.8 reb and 3.4 ast) has scored in double figures in 14 of the last 15 games going back to last year, Mollica (15.0 pts, 2.8 reb) is shooting 48.6 percent from three-point range and Miller (9.8 ts, 3.6 reb, 3.4 ast) has scored in double figures in three of the last four games. 
•    The Green and White is shooting 43.7 percent and forcing 17.8 turnovers over its first five contests. 

SCOUTING THE ANCHORWOMEN
•    No. 5 D3hoops.com/No. 6 WBCA Rhode Island College (4-0) stayed unbeaten with a 71-58 win over Bridgewater State on Tuesday night. 
•    Booth knocked down four three-pointers and finished with 15 points and 11 rebounds, Sophia Guerrier scored 14 points on 6-of-11 shooting and Medbury contributed 11 points, six assists and three steals for the Anchorwomen, which took control of the game by outscoring the Bears 28-14 in the second quarter. 
•    Nardolillo (13.0 pts, 4.8 reb) has scored in double figures three times , Guerrier (11.3 pts, 6.5 reb, 3.8 steals) is shooting 66.7 percent over the last three contests, and Booth (10.3 pts, 4.5 reb) is 7-of-12 (58.3 pct) from beyond the arc over the first four games. 
•    Rhode Island College is giving up just 56.0 points game while forcing 20.8 turnovers over its first four outings. 

ANCHORS AWEIGH
•    In three career games against Rhode Island College, Walsh is averaging 17.3 points, 4.0 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 2.3 steals while shooting 50 percent from the floor. 

MILLER TIME
•    Over the last four games, Miller is averaging 12.3 points and shooting 43.8 percent while also dishing out 4.0 assists. 
•    She has scored in double figures three times during this stretch and finished with a career-high 16 points in the Beavers' November 18 win over Thomas. 

CLEANING THE GLASS
•    Sophomore Chloe Perreault matched her season high with 10 rebounds in Tuesday's victory over Brandeis, while senior Rachel McMenemy pulled down a season-best eight boards in the win. 
•    Perreault leads the team in both offensive rebounds (14) and rebounds per game (7.4) and the trio of Walsh (4.8), McMenemy (4.2) and senior Madison Odam (4.0) are all averaging at least four boards per outing. 

HOME SWEET HOME
•    After opening with four straight games away from home, the Beavers will return to the road for their final three games of the semester following Sunday's title against the Anchorwomen
•    Babson went 16-2 at home last year and have gone 34-5 inside Staake Gymnasium since January 2021 with four of the five losses coming to teams that were ranked in the national polls at the time. 

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    The Beavers are 3-0 this season and 41-1 since the start of the 2021-22 campaign when leading after three quarters. 
•    Babson 27-4 since the start of last year when scoring 60 or more points.
•    The Green and White is 3-0 this season and 35-4 since 2021-22 when outrebounding its opponents. 
•    The Beavers are 22-3 since the start of last season when shooting at least 40 percent. 

UP NEXT
•    Babson travels to Williamstown, Mass., to face Middlebury and Williams in the Shooting Touch Tournament on Friday, December 1, and Saturday, December 2.