Women's Basketball at Clark
Saturday, February 17 | 1 p.m. 
Kneller Athletic Center | Worcester, Mass. 

SERIES HISTORY
•    Babson is 32-22 all-time against Clark in a series that dates back to the 1976-77 campaign.
•    The Beavers have won 12 in a row and 21 of the last 22 games against the Cougars.
•    The Green and White has won its last six visits to the Kneller Center since suffering a 74-72 loss on the final day of the 2013-14 regular season.
•    Each of Babson's last 11 wins versus Clark have come by at least 14 points. 

LAST MEETING
•    Junior Katelyn Mollica scored 15 points and Megan Bauman '23 contributed 13 points, five rebounds and four assists to help the Beavers defeat Clark, 70-42, on January 18, 2023, in Babson Park. 
•    Senior Kelly Walsh finished with 11 points, six boards, five assists and four steals for Babson, which outscored the visitors 17-3 in the second quarter to build a 20-point halftime lead. 
•    Alaina Schatzabel scored 14 points and Jacqueline Faulise totaled 13 points, six rebounds and five assists to lead the Cougars, who shot just 29.1 percent in the loss. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    Babson (12-12, 6-4 NEWMAC) snapped a two-game skid with a 75-37 win over Mount Holyoke on Wednesday night. 
•    Mollica scored all of her game-high 15 points in the third quarter, sophomore Chloe Perreault added 11 points and first-year Samantha Reale chipped in with 10 points, five rebounds and five assists for the Beavers, who shot 51 percent over the first three quarters. 
•    Mollica (12.6 pts, 2.9 reb) leads the team with 34 steals and is fifth in the NEWMAC with 59 three-point field goals, Reale (9.2 pts, 3.8 reb) has scored in double figures in three of the last four games and Perreault (7.2 pts, 6.3 reb) is shooting 48.4 percent from the field. 
•    The Green and White ranks first in conference play in field goal defense (36.9 percent), third in rebounding margin (+5.3) and is fifth in scoring defense allowing 58.7 points. 

SCOUTING THE COUGARS
•    Clark (15-9, 5-5 NEWMAC) has dropped four of its last five games and suffered a 107-77 loss at Springfield on Wednesday night. 
•    Kailey Rios knocked down eight three-pointers and scored a career-high 32 points on 11-of-14 shooting for the Cougars, who shot 52.8 percent but saw the Pride turn their 27 turnovers into 46 points. 
•    Rios (14.2 pts, 2.4 reb) ranks fourth in the conference with 64 three-point field goals, Faulise (12.0 pts, 6.6 reb, 2.3 ast, 2.0 stl) has scored in double figures in seven of the last nine games and Schatzabel (9.8 pts, 5.7 reb) is shooting 44.6 percent from the field. 
•    Clark, which is 7-3 on the year at home, is averaging 68.8 points while forcing a league-high 20.2 turnovers in conference play. 

TRENDS TO WATCH
•    Junior Camilla Silk is averaging 12.3 points on 55.6 percent shooting to go along with 8.0 rebounds over her last three outings. 
•    Mollica has connected on at least one three-pointer in eight games in a row and 22 of 24 outings on the year. 
•    Reale has at least two steals in five straight games.
•    Over the last six games, Perreault is averaging 9.5 points and shooting 51 percent from the field and 47.3 percent (9-of-19) from beyond the arc. 
•    Junior Emily Flynn has knocked down at least two three-pointers four times in conference play and the Beavers are unbeaten in those games. 

WHAT'S THE SCENARIO
•    Babson enters the final day of the regular season needing a win coupled with an unlikely loss by Coast Guard to Mount Holyoke to move up to the fourth seed in next week's NEWMAC Tournament.
•     Should Coast Guard win, the Beavers would finish as the fifth seed with a victory over Clark and slip to the sixth seed with a loss in the regular season finale. 

WINNING FORMULA
•    Since starting 0-2 in league play, Babson has won six of its last eight games by limiting its foes to just 55.6 points per game on 36.5 percent shooting.
•    The Green and White has allowed just 0.82 points per possession while outscoring its opponents by 0.17 points per trip to go along with a +6.2 rebounding margin. 
•    On the offensive end, the Beavers are shooting 42.2 percent and turning the ball over on just 19.7 percent of its possessions. They also have gotten an average of 27.3 points per game off the bench over the last eight contests. 

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    The Beavers are 11-2 when leading after the first quarter and 10-0 when leading at halftime this winter. 
•    Babson is 9-3 on the year when shooting at least 40 percent.
•    The Green and White is 11-3 this season when outrebounding its foes. 
•    The Beavers are 8-0 this season and have won 15 straight games going back to last February when scoring at least 65 points. 

UP NEXT
•    Babson will open NEWMAC Tournament play with a quarterfinal matchup against either Coast Guard or MIT next Wednesday. The game time and location will be announced following the conclusion of Saturday's games.