BABSON PARK, Mass.—Sophomore Madison Medbury (Scituate, R.I.) finished with 20 points, seven rebounds and seven assists to help Rhode Island College defeat No. 10 WBCA/No. 13 D3hoops.com Babson College, 60-47, in an NCAA Tournament quarterfinal on Saturday night inside Staake Gymnasium.

Babson, which was playing in its first sectional final since 2011, ends the season at 26-6, while Rhode Island College (28-3) won the 27th time in the last 28 games to advance to the Division III Final Four for the first time in program history.

Junior Kelly Walsh (Goffstown, N.H.) had 12 points and five rebounds, sophomore Camilla Silk (Medfield, Mass.) added 11 points on 4-of-5 shooting and senior Megan Bauman (East Lyme, Conn.) finished with 10 points and six assists to lead the Beavers. Fellow senior Samantha Smith (Greenfield, Mass.) scored eight points and led all players with four blocked shots in the loss.

Senior Izabelle Booth (Newport, R.I.) posted a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds, while sophomore Angelina Nardolillo (Hinsdale, N.H.) and senior Jeniyah Jones (Randolph, Mass.) contributed nine and eight points, respectively, for the Anchorwomen.

The teams combined for nine ties and five lead changes in the opening half with neither team leading by more than three. The Green and White, which made just two first-quarter field goals, took its first lead at 9-8 on a three-point play by Silk with 8:45 left in the second. Babson matched its largest lead of the night at 21-18 on a free throw by Silk with 10 seconds to go in the stanza before Medbury drained a three-pointer from the left wing to send the teams into the locker rooms deadlocked.

The Anchorwomen took control of the game with a 10-0 spurt to start the third that included three-pointers by Booth and senior Antonia Corsinetti (Johnston, R.I.). Four straight points by Bauman, a layup by Silk and a baseline jumper by Walsh cut the Beavers' deficit to 31-29 at the 4:13 mark, but Booth answered with six consecutive points to help the visitors stretch the margin to 37-31 two minutes later.

Silk made 1-of-2 free throws to pull Babson within 37-32 with 1:56 left in the third before Rhode Island College put the game away with a 20-1 run. Medbury scored 11 points and senior Neleesha Meunier (Leominster, Mass.) added seven as the Anchorwomen held the Green and White without a field goal for almost 10 minutes while extending its lead to 57-33 with less than four minutes to go in the contest.

Babson shot a season-worst 32 percent from the floor and went 0-of-7 from three-point range. Rhode Island College shot just 34.4 percent but outscored the Beavers 20-18 in the paint and turned 17 turnovers by the hosts into 20 points.

GAME NOTES
• The Beavers are 5-2 all-time against Rhode Island College although Saturday's loss snapped their five-game winning streak in the series.
• Prior to Saturday, Babson had been 21-0 on the year when allowing fewer than 65 points and was 23-0 when holding its opponents below 40 percent shooting.
• The Beavers failed to make a three-pointer for the first time since December 30, 2017, in Saturday's loss snapping a streak of 131 games with at least one triple.
• Bauman graduates as the program's all-time leader with 458 assists in addition to ranking first in career free throw percentage (89.1), fourth in three-point field goals (89) and 10th in scoring with 1,234 points.
• Smith concludes her Babson career ranked third in program history with 126 blocked shots, which includes 71 rejections this season.