Women's Basketball vs. No. 21/18 Tufts
Sunday, January 7 | 1 p.m. 
Staake Gymnasium | Babson Park, Mass. 

SERIES HISTORY
•    Babson is 11-19 all-time against Tufts in a series that dates back to the 1982-83 campaign. 
•    The Jumbos have won eight of the last 11 matchups between the teams. 
•    The Beavers picked up their first win in the series since 2014 last January in Medford. 

LAST MEETING
•    Senior Kelly Walsh led four players in double figures with 20 points and converted a driving layup with 5.7 seconds remaining to lift Babson to a 78-76 win over Tufts on January 8, 2023, in Medford, Mass. 
•    Megan Bauman '23 finished with 16 points, five rebounds and three assists, Samantha Smith '23 recorded 13 points and six boards and junior Katelyn Mollica added 12 points for the Beavers, who shot 46.2 percent and led by as many as eight early in the fourth quarter. 
•    Maggie Russell finished with 17 points, 12 rebounds and four assists, while Sofia Gonzalez scored eight of her 13 points in the fourth quarter for the Jumbos, who led 40-35 at the half. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    Babson (5-7) is coming off a 63-49 loss at Trinity on Tuesday afternoon. 
•    Sophomore Chloe Perreault posted her second double-double of the season with 16 points and 10 rebounds and first-year Samantha Reale added nine points and a career-high four steals for the Beavers, who were held to 33.3 percent shooting by the Bantams. 
•    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 (13.4 pts, 3.4 reb, 2.3 ast) is shooting 43.2 percent from three-point range and junior Abby Miller is contributing 8.5 points and 2.6 assists in 11 starts. 
•    The Green and White is holding opponents to 55.8 points and 34.6 percent shooting on the year. 

SCOUTING THE JUMBOS
•    No. 21 D3hoops.com/No. 18 WBCA Tufts (9-3) has won three straight games after opening NESCAC play with an 80-56 victory at Connecticut College on Friday night. 
•    Russell scored 17 of her 19 points in the second half, Sarah Crossett finished with 15 points on 6-of-6 shooting and Gonzelez chipped in with 14 points for the Jumbos, who pulled away by outscoring the Camels 27-11 in the fourth quarter. 
•    Russell (18.7 pts, 8.8 reb, 2.8 ast) has three double-doubles and has scored in double figures in 11 of 12 games, Samantha Sousa (12.0 pts, 4.3 reb) is shooting 50.5 percent from the floor and Gonzalez (10.5 pts, 4.5 reb, 2.1 stl) has knocked down 15 three-pointers over the last six contests. 
•    Tufts, which ranks 27th nationally in field goal percentage (44.2) has shot at least 50 percent while averaging 85 points over its last three outings. 

REALE TALK
•    After averaging 10.5 points, 2.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.5 steals against Susquehanna and SUNY Oneonta on December 29-30, Reale was selected as the NEWBA Rookie of the Week on January 3. 
•    Since being inserted into the starting lineup on December 29, she is averaging 10.0 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 2.3 steals in 32.0 minutes per game. 

DEEP THREAT
•    Mollica enters the weekend ranked 12th in Division III in three-pointers (38) and three-pointers per game (3.17) and 30th nationally shooting 43.2 percent from distance. 
•    She is on pace to shatter the Beavers' single-season records for three-point field goals (56) and three-pointers per game (1.87), both held by Joanna Maher '03, and her 93 career triples already rank fourth on the program's all-time list after just 44 games. 

BEAVER BITES
•    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. 
•    Perreault finished one point shy of her season high on Tuesday at Trinity thanks to shooting 7-of-8 from the floor and grabbed 10 rebounds for the third time this winter. 
•    Senior Madison Odam played a season-high 22 minutes at Trinity producing six points, three rebounds, two assists and one block, while junior Camilla Silk matched her season high with nine boards. 

OLD FRIENDS REUNITED
•    First-year Babson head coach Kate Barnosky and Tufts head coach Jill Pace both served as assistant coaches on Carla Berube's staff with the Jumbos during the 2014-15 and 2015-16 campaigns. 
•    Tufts reached the Division III Final Four in both seasons and advanced to the national title game in 2016.

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    The Beavers are 4-1 on the year when shooting at least 40 percent.
•    Babson has held its opponents below 30 percent shooting in four of its five wins on the year.
•    The Green and White is 5-1 this season when outrebounding its foes. 
•    The Beavers are 5-2 this year when scoring 60 or more points. 

UP NEXT
•    The Beavers travel to Springfield on Wednesday at 6 p.m.