Men's Basketball at Springfield
Tuesday, January 9 | 12 p.m. 
Blake Arena | Springfield, Mass. 

SERIES HISTORY
•    Babson is 29-42 all-time against Springfield in a series that dates back to the 1976-77 season. 
•    The Beavers have won 15 of their last 20 games against the Pride, which includes four straight victories over the last two seasons. 
•    The Green and White has won eight of its last 10 games against Springfield inside Blake Arena, which includes seven victories by six points or less going back to 2013. 

LAST MEETING
•    Andrew Kirkpatrick '23 scored 24 points, junior Nate Amado posted a double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds and sophomore Mark Woolhouse chipped in with 13 points on 6-of-8 shooting to help the Beavers defeat Springfield, 82-73, on February 8, 2023, in Babson Park. 
•    Ryan Cibull M'23 also finished in double figures with 10 points for Babson, which led by as many as 22 late in the first half after an 18-0 run. 
•    Panayiotis Kapanides led four players in double figures with 21 points and Daryl Costa contributed 14 points for the Pride, which got as close as five with under four minutes to play. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    Babson (6-7, 2-2 NEWMAC) snapped a four-game skid with a gritty 64-57 win over MIT on Saturday. 
•    Amado scored 16 of his game-high 23 points in the second half and junior Aidan Horan added season highs of 13 points and six rebounds for the Beavers, who outscored the Engineers 12-4 over the final 2:54. 
•     Amado (21.3 pts, 6.9 reb, 2.5 ast) leads the NEWMAC in scoring and has reached double figures in 16 straight games going back to last year, graduate student Steph Baxter (18.7 pts, 3.2 reb, 3.2 ast) is shooting 45.5 percent from beyond the arc and sophomore Timmy O'Toole (7.7 pts, 7.5 reb, 1.8 stl) ranks fourth in the conference in rebounding. 
•    The Green and White is shooting 38.4 percent and averaging 64.5 points per game in league play. 

SCOUTING THE PRIDE
•    Springfield (4-8, 1-2 NEWMAC) has dropped three of its last four games and is coming off a 73-57 loss at Salve Regina on Saturday. 
•    Joe Hoch scored 16 points on 6-of-8 shooting and added nine rebounds and three steals, while John Paulino added 15 points and five assists for the Pride, which shot just 30 percent and trailed by as many as 21 in the second half. 
•    Gary Bess (11.5 pts, 5.6 reb) has scored in double figures in three of the last four games, Hoch (9.8 pts, 4.3 reb) is shooting 48.9 percent on the year and Curtiss Blische (9.1 pts, 6.8 reb) is grabbing 2.5 offensive rebounds per contest. 
•    Springfield ranks 21st in Division III in field goal percentage defense (38.3)

QUALITY MINUTES
•    After playing a then-career-high 14 minutes in Wednesday's loss to Clark, first-year Jared Flaks contributed a season-best nine points on 3-of-5 shooting in 18 minutes in Saturday's win over MIT. 
•    He did all of his scoring in the first half and added three rebounds, one assist and one blocked shot in the victory. 

WELCOME BACK
•    Junior Parker Mason, who has battled injuries over the last two seasons, saw his first action in nearly 13 months on Wednesday night against Clark. 
•    Mason, who last played against Brandeis on December 8, 2022, went 0-of-1 from the floor with two rebounds and one blocked shot in four minutes in the loss to the Cougars and grabbed one rebound in Saturday's victory over MIT.

FIRING FROM DEEP
•    Babson ranks second in the NEWMAC and 41st in Division III attempting 26.9 three-point field goals per game. 
•    Despite shooting 32 percent, the Beavers have been outscored just one in 13 games from beyond the arc and are averaging 8.6 triples per contest. 

GETTING TO THE LINE
•    After getting outscored at the charity stripe in 10 of its first 11 outings, Babson has attempted 43 free throws over the last two games. 
•    The Beavers went 29-of-43 (67.4 percent) against Clark and MIT, which accounted for 25 percent of their scoring in the two games. 

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    The Beavers are 13-3 going back to 2022 on the road against NEWMAC foes. 
•    Babson is 4-0 this winter when holding its opponents below 40 percent shooting. 
•    The Green and White is 3-1 this season and 14-4 going back to the start of last year when forcing at least 16 turnovers. 
•    Babson is 3-0 on the year and has won 22 of its last 23 games when holding its opponents below 60 points. 

UP NEXT
•    The Beavers return home to take on Wheaton inside of Staake Gymnasium on Thursday at 6 p.m.