Men's Basketball vs. Clark
Wednesday, January 3 | 7 p.m. 
Staake Gymnasium | Babson Park, Mass.

SERIES HISTORY
•    Babson is 40-39 all-time against Clark in a series that dates all the way back to the 1934-35 campaign. 
•    The Beavers have won five straight and 16 of their last 17 games against the Cougars over the last decade. 
•    The Green and White has won its last eight games versus Clark inside Staake Gymnasium, which includes four straight victories by at least 20 points. 

LAST MEETING
•    Junior Nate Amado scored 13 of his 19 points in the second half and Andrew Kirkpatrick '23 added 18 points as Babson rallied for a 66-62 win over Clark on February 11, 2023, in Worcester, Mass. 
•    Ryan Cibull M'23 scored 14 points for the Beavers, who trailed by as many as 11 late in the first half. 
•    Kekoa McArdle led all players with 28 points on 14-of-16 shooting to go along with 15 rebounds, while Bruce Saintilus contributed 14 points and four assists to lead the Cougars, who scored 44 points in the paint. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    Babson (5-6, 1-1 NEWMAC) has dropped its last three games after suffering 76-71 loss to Wisconsin-Oshkosh on Saturday night. 
•    Amado posted a double-double with game highs of 28 points and 11 rebounds and graduate student Steph Baxter added 20 points and three assists for the Beavers, who rallied to tie the game with just over five minutes remaining after trailing by as many as 11 in the second half. 
•    Amado (21.5 pts, 6.3 reb, 2.8 ast) leads the NEWMAC in scoring and has reached double figures in 14 straight games, Baxter (19.9 pts, 3.5 reb, 3.5 ast) is shooting 47.7 percent and ranks second in the league in scoring, and sophomore Timmy O'Toole (7.7 pts, 7.5 reb) ranks fifth in the conference in rebounding. 
•    The Green and White is averaging 74.3 points and ranks third in the NEWMAC making 9.2 three-pointers per outing. 

SCOUTING THE COUGARS
•    Clark (8-3, 2-0 NEWMAC) has dropped two straight games and is coming off a 98-87 loss to unbeaten and eighth-ranked Case Western Reserve on Friday in Las Vegas. 
•    Saintilus led six players in double figures with 25 points and four steals, Jordan Richard came off the bench to score 14 points and Isaiah Taylor and Quentin Pridgen both added 11 points for the Cougars, who committed a season-low five turnovers. 
•    Taylor (17.6 pts, 4.5 ast, 4.1 reb) ranks first in the league in assists and has scored in double figures in all 11 games this winter, Saintilus (16.5 pts, 5.5 reb) ranks fourth in the NEWMAC in scoring and McArdle (14.5 pts, 10.5 reb) is shooting 63.4 percent from the floor and has six double-doubles on the year. 
•    Clark ranks first in the league and seventh nationally in adjusted offense averaging 116.1 points per 100 possessions. 

TWO-MAN GAME
•    Amado and Baxter, who has finished with at least 16 points in nine straight outings, have combined for 52.9 percent of Babson's scoring over the first 11 games. 
•    The duo has combined to shoot 46.6 percent from the floor and nearly 39 percent from three-point range, which includes Baxter hitting at a 48.9 percent clip from deep. 
•    Baxter (38) and Amado (28) also rank first and second on the team in assists. 

BEAVER BITES
•    Baxter is 15-of-15 at the free throw line over the last six games and has hit 16 straight at the charity stripe going back to November 22. 
•    Senior John Gorgol has knocked down at least one three-pointer in nine consecutive starts going back to November 17. 
•    Junior Aidan Horan, who missed Friday's loss to Wisconsin-Stout, has scored at least six points in five consecutive games and is shooting 50 percent from three-point range (10-of-20) during this stretch. 
•    The Beavers have attempted at least 20 three-pointers in seven consecutive games. 

BUCKET GETTERS ON BOTH SIDES
•    Wednesday's contest features five of the top six scorers in the NEWMAC, highlighted by Amado (25th) and Baxter (53rd), who rank among the highest scoring duos in the country. 
•    Clark's Taylor is third behind Amado and Baxter putting up 17.6 points per game, while Saintilus (16.5) and McArdle (14.5) rank fourth and sixth, respectively. 

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    Babson assisted on 48.8 percent of its field goals over its first eight games but has just 24 assists on 72 made shots (33.3 percent) during its current three-game losing streak. 
•    The Beavers are 5-1 this season when leading at halftime.
•    The Green and White is 3-1 on the year when holding its foes below 70 points. 
•    Babson is 3-0 this winter and has won 21 of its last 23 contests over the last three years when holding opponents below 40 percent shooting. 

UP NEXT
•    The Beavers host MIT on Saturday at 1 p.m.