Women's Basketball at the Music City Classic
vs. Webster | Thursday, December 19 | 2 p.m. EST
vs. Franklin & Marshall | Friday, December 20 | 2 p.m. EST
Student Activities Center at Welch College | Gallatin, Tenn. 

WHAT TO KNOW
•    Following a break of more than two weeks for final exams, the Babson College women's basketball team heads to Nashville, Tenn., to compete in the Music City Classic on Thursday and Friday. 
•    The Beavers open the two-day event against Webster (Mo.) on Thursday afternoon and will then face Franklin & Marshall (Pa.) on Friday at Welch College in Gallatin, which is located about a half-hour north of Nashville. 

SERIES HISTORY
vs. Webster: first meeting
vs. Franklin & Marshall: first meeting

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    Babson (4-3) has won two straight games and is coming off of an 88-38 rout of Norwich back on November 2. 
•    Senior Emily Flynn scored 13 of her game-high 16 points in the first quarter, classmate Katelyn Mollica finished with 12 points and junior Allessia Carlo added a season-high 11 points for the Beavers, who shot 52.6 percent from the floor and knocked down a program-record 16 three-pointers in the win. 
•    Mollica (15.4 pts, 2.4 reb) has connected on 19 three-pointers over the last five games, sophomore Samantha Reale (12.7 pts, 4.9 reb, 2.8 stl) has one double-double and has scored in double figures five times on the year, and Flynn (8.7 pts, 6.4 reb, 2.7 ast) is shooting 51.3 percent and leads the team in both rebounds and assists. 
•    The Green and White is holding opponents to just 57.0 points and ranks 21st in Division III in three-point defense limiting its foes to just 21.4 percent shooting. 

SCOUTING THE GORLOKS
•    Webster (7-0) extended its regular season unbeaten streak to 32 games with an 80-57 win over Mississippi University for Women back on December 7. 
•    Bethany Lancaster led five players in double figures with 18 points, Emily Wilson finished with 15 points and eight assists and Nysa Gilchrist and Claire Willams both added 12 points for the Gorloks, who scored 53 first-half points on 62.1 percent shooting and forced 30 turnovers in the victory. 
•    Wilson (21.0 pts, 6.1 reb) is shooting 62.9 percent from the floor and 94.6 percent from the free throw line, Lancaster (19.0 pts, 7.7 reb) has two double-doubles and is shooting 63.2 percent on the year, and Williams (9.0 pts, 4.3 reb, 4.1 ast) leads the team in assists and is second with 16 steals. 
•    Webster ranks eighth in Division III in both field goal percentage (47.0) and free throws made per game (16.43) while forcing more than 25 turnovers per outing. 

SCOUTING THE DIPLOMATS
•    Franklin & Marshall (7-2) had its seven-game winning streak snapped with a 70-51 loss to No. 9/10 Gettysburg on December 7.
•    Kennedy Wilburn scored 13 points, Lizzie Neville finished with 10 points, seven rebounds and three steals, and Quinn Galligan added 10 points and two assists for the Diplomats, who went just 1-of-9 from three-point range and shot 30.8 percent in the loss. 
•    Wilburn (13.6 pts, 10.4 reb, 1.2 blocks) leads the team with four double-doubles but is just 7-of-24 shooting over the last two games, Neville (11.2 pts, 2.9 ast, 2.6 stl) has scored in double figures in eight straight outings and Ally Trebeley is averaging 10.6 points and 6.3 rebounds in nine starts. 
•    Franklin & Marshall is committing the second fewest turnovers in Division III (10.8) and is holding opponents to 56.1 points on 36.5 percent shooting. 

TOURNAMENT TIDBITS
•    Babson's games against Webster and Franklin & Marshall will be its first played in the state of Tennessee in program history. 
•    The Beavers are 3-0 all-time against Centennial Conference foes, which includes a 52-47 victory over Swarthmore to open the season on November 8 in New York City. Their other wins came against Muhlenberg back in 1999 and Gettysburg in 2010 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16. 
•    In addition to never having faced Webster, the Green and White will meet its first opponent from the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) on Thursday. 

THREE AT A TIME
•    In making a single-game record 16 three-pointers two weeks ago against Norwich, the Beavers attempted their most triples (31) since hoisting up 32 in a 66-59 win over Brandeis back on December 3, 2018. 
•    Babson shot a season-best 51.6 percent from deep versus the Cadets and now rank 11th in Division III at 37.3 percent for the season from beyond the arc. 
•    Flynn, who matched her career high, and Mollica both knocked down four three-pointers, Carlo hit three and first-year Alessa Mendoza went 2-of-2 from distance on the way to scoring a season-high nine points in the win.

BY THE NUMBERS
•    Reale has at least one steal in 16 consecutive games and has recorded two or more 14 times during this streak, which includes each of the last five contests. 
•    Mollica ranks seventh in Division III in three pointers per game (3.29) and has made at least three in five straight outings. 
•    Senior Camilla Silk is shooting 70 percent (14-of-20) from the floor over the last four games. 

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    The Beavers are 4-0 this winter and 17-2 over the last two seasons when holding their opponents below 60 points.
•    Babson, which ranks 52nd in Division III in adjusted offense according to The D3 Datacast, has scored at least 0.86 points per possession in each of its four wins, which includes putting 1.32 PPP against Norwich. 
•    The Green and White is 3-0 on the year when committing 17 turnovers or less and has just 20 over its last two contests. 
•    The Beavers are 4-0 this season and 38-2 going back to the start of the 2022-23 campaign when taking a lead into the fourth quarter. 

UP NEXT
•    Babson opens a three-game homestand on December 30 when it faces Connecticut College at 3 p.m. inside Staake Gymnasium.