BABSON PARK, Mass.—Junior Katelyn Mollica (Foxborough, Mass.) scored all of her game-high 15 points in the third quarter as Babson College cruised past visiting Mount Holyoke College, 75-37, in New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) women's basketball action on Wednesday night inside Staake Gymnasium. 

Babson, which snapped a two-game losing streak, improves to 12-12 overall and 6-4 in conference play. Mount Holyoke has dropped 11 consecutive games and is now 2-22 overall and 0-10 in the NEWMAC. 

Mollica finished 7-of-10 from the field and led all players with three steals, while sophomore Chloe Perreault (Danbury, Conn.) scored 11 points and grabbed five points to lead the Beavers. First-year Samantha Reale (North Attleboro, Mass.) added 10 points, a game-high five assists, five boards and two steals in the victory. 

Sophomore Taryn White (Alexandria, Va.) scored all 13 of her points in the second quarter while grabbing six rebound and dishing out two assists to pace the Lyons. Junior Marley Berano (Lady Lake, Fla.) added 10 points in the loss. 

Reale, Perreault and junior Emily Flynn (Hanover, Mass.) combined to score 15 points as the Green and White outscored the visitors 16-0 in the opening quarter. Sophomore Camille Minor (Kingston, Mass.) drilled a three-pointer 42 seconds into the second before White did all the damage during a 12-5 run that pulled the Lyons back within 24-12 with 6:01 to go in the stanza. 

Senior Rachel McMenemy (Northborough, Mass.) and Perreault answered with back-to-back hoops and Reale scored off Perreault's offensive rebounds to extend the Beavers' lead back to 30-14 with 2:29 to go until halftime. Senior Madison Odam (San Jose, Calif.) and Perreault drilled consecutive triples to make it 36-15 at the break and Mollica scored 15 points during a 17-2 run that pushed the margin to 53-17 less than six minutes into the third quarter. 

Reale answered five straight points by Mount Holyoke with a pair of free throws and Minor followed a three-pointer by Flynn with a bucket in the paint to give the Green and White its largest lead of the night at 60-22 with 1:05 to go in the stanza. 

The Beavers shot 51 percent over the first three quarters and 44.3 percent for the game while finishing with a 43-26 edge on the glass and turning 21 turnovers by the Lyons into 25 points. Mount Holyoke shot just 28.9 percent and was outscored 38-8 in the paint. 

Both teams conclude the regular season on Saturday at 1 p.m. as Babson travels to Clark while Mount Holyoke hosts Coast Guard. 

GAME NOTES
•    The Beavers are 44-7 all-time against Mount Holyoke and have won 24 consecutive games in the series going back to 2009.
•    Babson is now 7-0 this season and has won its last 24 outings when scoring 70 or more points dating back to the start of last season. 
•    The Beavers have won 66 straight games when holding their opponents below 50 points and 64 contests in a row when their foes shoot below 30 percent.
•    The Green and White is 11-3 this winter when outrebounding its opponents.