Women's Basketball at Trinity
Tuesday, January 2 | 2 p.m. 
Ray Oosting Gymnasium | Hartford, Conn. 

SERIES HISTORY
•    Babson is 9-8 all-time against Trinity in a series that dates back to 1989.
•    The Beavers have dropped two straight against the Bantams although the teams have split their last six games going back to 2000. 
•    The Green and White has faced Trinity just twice since 2009 and Tuesday's visit to Hartford is its first in 15 years. 

LAST MEETING
•    Indi DelRocco scored seven of her 10 points during a 16-6 closing run that helped Trinity rally to defeat the Beavers, 65-61, in a matchup of nationally-ranked squads on January 23, 2023, in Babson Park. 
•    Megan Bauman '23 finished with 17 points, five assists and three steals, junior Katelyn Mollica contributed 15 points and Samantha Smith '23 added 14 points and four blocks for the Beavers, who led by as many as 12 in the first quarter. 
•    Emma Wax led all scorers with 22 points and Reilly Campbell finished with 16 points and 10 boards for the Bantams, who were down eight at the half and 55-49 with 6:12 to go in the fourth quarter. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    Babson (5-6) snapped a three-game winning streak with an 82-35 rout of SUNY Oneonta to conclude the Judy Pearson '85 Memorial Tournament on Saturday afternoon. 
•    Junior Abby Miller scored a career-high 20 points, sophomore Allessia Carlo added a career-best 13 points and Mollica contributed 13 points and a career-high six assists for the Beavers, who led by 16 at halftime and opened the third quarter with a 17-0 run. 
•    Senior Kelly Walsh (18.0 pts, 4.6 reb, 4.2 ast, 2.3 stl) has scored 20 or more points in five of her last six outings, Mollica (13.9 pts, 3.5 reb, 2.4 ast) is shooting 45 percent from beyond the arc and Miller (9.1 pts, 2.8 ast) knocked down a season-high four three-pointers against Oneonta. 
•    The Green and White is averaging 66.8 points on 40.5 percent shooting and owns a +4.5 rebounding margin. 

SCOUTING THE BANTAMS
•    Trinity (7-4) snapped a two-game losing streak with an 88-52 win over John Jay on Saturday. 
•    Olivia Vick scored a career-high 23 points and went 7-of-10 from three-point range, while Avery Marzo added 11 points for the Bantams, who raced out to a 27-10 first-quarter lead and shot 47.9 percent for the game. 
•    Campbell (12.7 pts, 8.9 reb, 1.6 blk) has four double-doubles and is shooting 51.8 percent, Wax (9.6 pts, 4.2 reb, 2.5 ast) has scored in double figures in six of 11 starts and Vick (6.9 pts, 1.5 reb) is shooting 43.8 percent from beyond the arc in 10 games off the bench. 
•    Trinity is averaging 63.5 points on 42 percent shooting and is holding its foes to just 33.7 percent shooting on the year.

EIGHT IS GREAT
•    Tuesday's matchup features two of the five New England programs that advanced to the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight last season. 
•    The Beavers suffered a 60-47 loss to Rhode Island College and the Bantams fell to Smith 63-46 in the national quarterfinals after winning their first three NCAA games last March. 
•    The fifth program from the region to advance to the final eight was Tufts, which is set to visit Babson Park on January 7.

BUCKLING DOWN ON DEFENSE
•    After allowing 39 points in the first half of Friday's loss to Susquehanna, the Beavers allowed just 61 points over the final six quarters of play against the River Hawks and Oneonta in the Judy Pearson '85 Memorial Tournament. 
•    Despite the loss on Friday, Babson limited Susquehanna to just two second-half field goals and 9.1 percent shooting and held Oneonta to 35 points on 24.5 percent shooting in Saturday's win.

CATCHING FIRE FROM DEEP
•    The Green and White started 8-of-9 from beyond the arc and made 12 three-pointers in Saturday's win over Oneonta, which is its most since December 1, 2018, in a loss to Smith. 
•    Miller and Mollica both made their first three attempts from distance and combined for seven triples, while Carlo was 2-of-2 from behind the arc as the team shot 60 percent (12-of-20) on the day. 

BEAVER BITES
•    Carlo received the Keep On Keepin' On Award which embodies the traits of teamwork, competitiveness and the tenacity to battle in a positive manner that Judy Pearson showed as a player and in her battle against cancer.
•    Mollica averaged 18.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists while shooting 57.1 percent from beyond the arc, and scored a career-high 23 points in the loss to Susquehanna.
•    First-year Samantha Reale set a new career high with 12 points in Friday's loss and averaged 10.5 points, 2.5 assists and 1.5 steals in the first two starts of her career in the Judy Pearson '85 Memorial Tournament. 
•    Walsh, who missed both games over the weekend, has scored in double figures in 18 of her last 19 games going back to February of last season, a run that includes scoring at least 20 points on nine occasions. 

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    Babson is 1-2 against NESCAC foes this season with a win over Middlebury and losses to Colby and Williams.
•    The Beavers have given up 65 points or fewer in six of their last seven games. 
•    The Green and White is 5-0 this season and 43-3 over the last three years when leading at halftime. 
•    Babson is 5-1 this winter when outrebounding its opponents. 

UP NEXT
•    The Beavers will host No. 21/21 Tufts inside Staake Gymnasium on Sunday at 1 p.m.