Women's Basketball vs. Mount Holyoke
Wednesday, February 14 | 6 p.m.
Staake Gymnasium | Babson Park, Mass. 

SERIES HISTORY
•    Babson is 43-7 all-time against Mount Holyoke in a series that dates back to the 1981-82 campaign. 
•    The Beavers have won 23 straight games against the Lyons going back to 2009. 
•    The Green and White owns a 13-game home winning streak against Mount Holyoke dating back to 2006.
•    Just four of the last 23 games between the teams have been decided by fewer than 20 points. 

LAST MEETING
•    Sophomore Chloe Perreault scored 19 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to help Babson defeat Mount Holyoke, 103-25, on January 25, 2023, in South Hadley, Mass.
•    Junior Emily Flynn scored 13 points, Samantha Smith '23 added 12 points and 10 different players totaled at least six points for the Beavers, who shot 47.2 percent and grabbed 33 offensive rebounds in the rout. 
•    Marley Berano scored 14 points for the Lyons, who did not attempt a free throw in the contest. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    Babson (11-12, 5-4 NEWMAC) has dropped two straight games after suffering a 65-53 loss to Springfield at home on Saturday. 
•    Junior Katelyn Mollica scored a team-high nine points and classmate Camilla Silk added eight points on 4-of-5 shooting to go along with seven rebounds for the Beavers, who trailed by as many as 20 in the first half. 
•    Mollica (12.5 pts, 3.0 reb) ranks fourth in the NEWMAC with 58 three-point field goals, first-year Samantha Reale (9.2 pts, 3.7 reb) is tied for the team lead with 31 steals and Perreault (7.0 pts, 6.4 reb) leads the team in rebounding and is shooting 47.6 percent from the field. 
•    The Green and White ranks first in conference play in field goal defense holding opponents to 37.6 percent shooting and is also third in rebounding margin (+4.0). 

SCOUTING THE LYONS
•    Mount Holyoke (2-21, 0-9 NEWMAC) has dropped its last 10 games after suffering a 67-39 loss to Wellesley on Saturday. 
•    Libby Harris knocked down four three-pointers and scored 12 points, while Emma Goff added six points, 12 rebounds and three steals for the Lyons, who were held to just six points in the fourth quarter.
•    Harris (6.6 pts, 1.4 reb) is shooting 36.1 percent from three-point range, Taryn White is averaging 6.6 points and 7.6 rebounds and Goff (6.0 pts, 7.7 reb, 1.2 stl) leads the team in rebounding and steals. 
•    Mount Holyoke is averaging just 38.3 points on 28.3 percent shooting while committing 27.0 turnovers per game. 

CELEBRATING THE SENIORS
•    The senior trio of Rachel McMenemy, Madison Odam and Kelly Walsh, who were honored prior to Saturday's clash with Springfield, will play their final regular season home game on Wednesday night. 
•    Over the last four seasons, they have helped the Beavers to a record of 68-26 to go along with two appearances in the NEWMAC Tournament final and a pair of trips to the NCAA Tournament, which includes advancing to the national quarterfinals last March. 

PLAYOFF PUSH
•    The Green and White can secure its spot in next week's eight-team NEWMAC Tournament with a win over Mount Holyoke on Wednesday. 
•    To earn the fourth seeded and a home quarterfinal next Wednesday, the Beavers need to beat both the Lyons on Wednesday and Clark on Saturday in addition to having Coast Guard drop one of its final two contests.

BEAVER BITES
•    Babson has dished out 11 or more assists in seven consecutive games and have assisted on 56.9 percent of its made shots during this stretch. 
•    Silk is averaging 12.3 points on 55.6 percent shooting to go along with 8.0 rebounds over the last three contests. 
•    Mollica has connected on at least one three-pointer in seven games in a row and 21 of 23 outings on the year. 
•    Reale has at least two steals in four straight games

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    The Beavers have shot better than 40 percent from the field in five of their last seven games. 
•    Babson is 10-3 this winter when outrebounding its foes. 
•    The Green and White is 10-4 on the year when scoring at least 60 points.
•    The are 10-1 this season when taking a lead into the fourth quarter. 

UP NEXT
•    Babson concludes its regular season at Clark on Saturday at 1 p.m.