Men's Basketball vs. Coast Guard 
Thursday, January 18 | 7 p.m.
Staake Gymnasium | Babson Park, Mass. 

SERIES HISTORY
•    Babson is 61-27 all-time against Coast Guard in a series that dates back to the 1972-73 season.
•    The Beavers have won five in a row and 21 of their last 22 games against the Bears since 2012 with the lone loss coming at home back in 2019. 
•    The Green and White has scored at least 79 points in 12 of its last 13 outings against Coast Guard, which includes topping 87 points in five of the last seven games inside Staake Gymnasium. 

LAST MEETING
•    Sophomore Mark Woolhouse and junior Aidan Horan combined for 29 points off the bench to lead five players in double figures as the Beavers cruised to an 87-58 win over Coast Guard on February 15, 2023, in Babson Park. 
•    Woolhouse (15 points), Horan (14), Ryan Cibull M'23 (13), Aaron Gao '23 (12) and Andrew Kirkpatrick '23 (11) all scored in double figures for Babson, which shot 56.1 percent and finished with a 46-20 edge in paint scoring. 
•    Declan Rooney scored 15 points and dished out five assists, while Jarrod Jackson added 10 points and two steals to pace the Bears, who committed 19 turnovers in the loss. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    Babson (7-9, 3-4 NEWMAC) has dropped two of its last three games after enduring a cold-shooting night in Tuesday's 68-38 loss at Salve Regina. 
•    Junior Nate Amado scored 17 points and grabbed seven rebounds and sophomore Tyler Lauder finished with seven points and eight boards for the Beavers, who were 0-of-27 from three-point range and went just 6-of-18 at the free throw line
•    Amado (20.4 pts, 7.1 reb) ranks first in the NEWMAC in scoring and fourth in rebounding, graduate student Steph Baxter (18.7 pts, 3.2 ast), who has missed the last three games, is second in the conference in scoring average, and sophomore Timmy O'Toole (7.7 pts, 7.5 reb) is shooting 50.8 percent on the year. 
•    In three NEWMAC home games, the Green and White is averaging 77.7 points on 43.7 percent shooting to go along with a +9.3 rebounding margin. 

SCOUTING THE BEARS
•    Coast Guard (11-5, 4-3 NEWMAC) has now won three of its last four games after defeating Wheaton, 71-68, on Tuesday night. 
•    Rooney scored 21 points and went 13-of-14 at the free throw line and Mitch Shettles added 16 points for the Bears, who trailed by as many as 18 late in the first half and took their first lead of the game at 65-64 on a three-pointer by Trevor Parks with 2:32 remaining. 
•    Shettles (13.2 pts, 4.4 reb) is shooting 46.9 percent and has scored in double figures in five straight contests, Rooney (12.1 pts, 3.8 reb) has made 10 three-pointers over the last five games and Elijah Parent (9.7 pts, 2.9 ast) is shooting 60.9 percent on two-point field goal attempts this winter. 
•    Coast Guard ranks first in the conference in three-point field goals per game (9.8), second in scoring offense (74.1 points) and third in field goal percentage (43.5). 

BOUNCE BACK SPOT
•    Tuesday's setback at Salve Regina marked just the fourth time over the last 20 years that Babson has suffered a loss by 30 points or more.
•    The Green and White responded with a victory over Wheaton last Thursday after losing 90-54 at Springfield two days earlier and also defeated the Lyons following a 31-point loss at nationally-ranked WPI in January 2022. 

DEPLETED BEAVERS
•    The Green and white played without three starters – Baxter, O'Toole and senior John Gorgol – on Tuesday night and have started their opening-night lineup just once since returning from the holiday break back on December 29. 

NEWMAC PLAY REACHES MIDWAY POINT
•    Despite its recent struggles, the Beavers enter the night tied for fifth place with Wheaton at 3-4 in league play. 
•    No. 23 Clark sits in first place at 7-0, one-game ahead of second-place WPI (6-1), both Coast Guard and Salve Regina are tied for third at 4-3, and Springfield (2-5) and Emerson (2-6) are currently on the outside looking in with the top six teams qualifying for the NEWMAC Tournament beginning February 20.

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    The Beavers are 6-2 when shooting at least 40 percent from the floor this season.
•    Babson is 7-1 when outrebounding its foes this winter.
•    The Green and White is 5-0 this winter and 22-2 over the last three years when holding its opponents below 40 percent shooting.
•    The Beavers have gone 6-3 when making at least eight three-pointers on the year. 

UP NEXT
•    Babson begins the second half of conference play at Emerson on Saturday at 1 p.m.