BABSON PARK, Mass.—Graduate student Felix Kloman (Ipswich, Mass.) scored a game-high 21 points to lead four players in double figures as Babson College defeated No. 11 WPI, 71-60, in New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) men's basketball action on Saturday afternoon inside Staake Gymnasium.
 
Babson improves to 4-4 overall and 1-1 in conference play with its third win in the last four games. WPI, which suffered its first loss of the season, is now 8-1 overall and 1-1 in the NEWMAC.
 
Senior Nate Amado (Hanson, Mass.) scored 18 points to go along with eight rebounds and three blocks, while graduate student Alex Stoddard (Wellesley, Mass.) contributed 15 points, five boards and three assists for the Beavers. Junior Timmy O'Toole (Milton, Mass.) posted a double-double with 14 points and a season-high 15 rebounds, and Kloman chipped in with three assists and three blocks in the victory.
 
Senior Tim Reidy (Needham, Mass.) scored 11 of his team-high 16 points in the second half and classmate Brett Marelli (Hampton, N.H.) finished with 14 points and seven rebounds to paced the Engineers. Senior Aidan Callahan (Rowley, Mass.) added 12 points and four assists, while sophomore Justin Molen (Newark, Del.) scored 10 points and pulled down a team-high eight boards.
 
The Green and White erased an early 7-0 deficit to take its first lead of the game thanks to back-to-back triples by Stoddard at the 13:22 mark. WPI went back in front 21-20 on a three-point play by Reidy with 8:49 to go in the opening half before the Beavers answered with a 16-7 run that included seven points by Kloman and five from Amado to take a 36-28 advantage into the break.
 
Callahan scored the first four points of the second half to cut the deficit in half before the Engineers went cold making just one field goal over the next 12-plus minutes as Babson created separation. O'Toole scored a pair of hoops inside around a bucket by Amado, Kloman gave the hosts their first double-digit lead with a three-pointer, and then followed a left-wing triple by Amado with a layup that capped a 14-2 stretch that gave the Beavers their largest lead of the game at 50-34 with 8:58 remaining.
 
Reidy made consecutive three-pointers to pull the Engineers back within 10 at the 6:39 mark and Molen scored seven straight points to bring the visitors within 56-49 with 3:37 to play. Stoddard fed O'Toole for a layup on the ensuing possession and Kloman knocked down a pair of free throws to help the Green and White regain an 11-point lead with under three minutes left. Babson then went 13-of-14 at the charity stripe over the final 61 seconds to put the game away.
 
The Beavers shot 37 percent from the floor but went 25-of-31 at the free throw line (80.6 percent) and finished with a 46-35 advantage on the glass. The Engineers, who missed 21 of their first 23 shots to start the second half, shot a season-low 34.4 percent in the loss.
 
Babson is off until December 29 when it faces Case Western Reserve at 7 p.m. in Wooster, Ohio, while WPI meet Suffolk at 7:30 p.m. on December 30.
 
GAME NOTES
•    The Beavers are now 53-40 all-time against WPI and have won back-to-back games in the series while recording their victory at home over the Engineers since 2019.
•    Babson is now 4-0 on the year when holding its opponents below 40 percent shooting. 
•    Kloman has scored at least 15 points in six consecutive games, while O'Toole's seven offensive rebounds were just one short of his career high. 
•    The Beavers have held each of their last four opponents below 65 points.