Women's Basketball vs. Springfield
Wednesday, January 15 | 7 p.m. 
Staake Gymnasium | Babson Park, Mass. 

SERIES HISTORY
•    Babson is 35-16 all-time against Springfield in a series that dates back to 1993.
•    The Beavers have won 12 of their last 17 games against the Pride but dropped both regular season matchups last season.
•    Seven of the last nine games between the squads have been won by the home team, although the road team won the final two meetings last season. 
•    The Green and White is 5-1 inside Staake Gymnasium versus the Pride since 2019. 

LAST MEETING
•    Senior Katelyn Mollica scored 17 points to lead three players in double figures as Babson upset the Pride 63-58 in overtime in the NEWMAC Tournament semifinals on February 23, 2024, in Springfield, Mass. 
•    Senior Emily Flynn scored 13 points, which included the go-ahead free throws, and sophomore Samantha Reale added 12 points and nine rebounds for the Beavers, who closed the extra session with an 11-3 run. 
•    Jaelen Daubon scored 17 points, Amanda Leary added 14 points and Angela Czeremcha finished with 10 points and 18 rebounds for Springfield, which held the Green and White scoreless over the final 4:21 of the fourth quarter to force overtime. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    Babson (7-6) has dropped two of its last three games and is coming off a 70-65 loss at then-24th-ranked Bates back on January 7. 
•    Flynn scored a team-high 11 points and Reale, junior Allessia Carlo and first-year Julia St. Laurent finished with 10 points apiece for the Beavers, who scored 16 second-chance points and shot 44.4 percent over the final three quarters after trailing by as many as 11 in the early going. 
•    Mollica (13.8 pts, 2.1 reb) is shooting 39.4 percent from three-point range, Reale (13.2 pts, 6.9 reb, 2.6 ast, 2.4 stl) has scored in double figures in five of the last six games and leads the team in rebounds and steals, and Flynn (10.0 pts, 6.7 reb, 2.9 ast) has four double-doubles this winter. 
•    The Green and White is holding opponents to 59.9 points on 36.6 percent shooting and ranks third in the NEWMAC in rebounding margin (6.0).

SCOUTING THE PRIDE
•    Springfield (8-5) has dropped back-to-back games and is coming off a 70-39 loss to No. 10/9 Smith on Saturday. 
•    Leary scored nine points, Czeremcha added eight points and Carrie Hess chipped in with seven points for the Pride, which finished just 1-of-11 from three-point range while committing a season-high 30 turnovers against the Pioneers. 
•    Czeremcha (14.4 pts, 10.0 reb) is shooting 48.6 percent from the floor and leads the team with five double-doubles, Leary (13.8 pts, 6.8 reb, 2.3 ast) has scored in double figures in six of the last eight games and Claire Finney (11.2 pts, 3.1 reb, 2.3 ast) is tied for first on the squad in assists. 
•    Springfield, which allows just 58.3 points, has held nine of its first 13 opponents to 61 points or fewer and is fourth in the NEWMAC in rebounding margin (5.6). 

MOVING UP THE CHARTS
•    Mollica, who set a single-season record with 68 three-pointers last winter, has 170 for her career and is now just two shy of matching Caitlin Boulier '08 for second place on the Beavers' all-time list. 
•    She ranks sixth in Division III making a career-best 3.31 triples per game and is seventh in the country with 43 three-pointers on the year. 
•    As a team, Babson ranks 16th in Division III shooting 35.4 percent from beyond the arc. 

HITTING THE OFFENSIVE GLASS
•    Babson owns an offensive rebound rate of 39.2 percent and has finished with 20 or more offensive boards in four of the last eight games. 
•    Reale is averaging a team-high 3.2 offensive rebounds and has pulled down 28 over the last six games, while senior Camilla Silk is averaging 3.0 and has grabbed 15 over the Beavers' last four outings. 

WHAT'S TRENDING
•    In addition to Flynn's four double-doubles, Reale and Silk are tied for second on the team with three apiece this winter. 
•    Flynn has scored in double figures in five consecutive games going back to the Beavers' win over Franklin & Marshall on December 20 and is shooting 43.5 percent (10-of-23) from beyond the arc during this stretch. 
•    Mollica has knocked down two or more three-pointers in 11 straight contests going back to November 13. 
•    Reale has recorded a steal in 22 consecutive games and has finished with two or more 10 times in 13 contests this year.
•    St. Laurent (10 points) and first-year Madison Hart (6 points) both recorded season highs in scoring last week at Bates. 

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    In six home games this winter, Babson is shooting 42.6 percent from the floor and 40 percent from three-point range.
•    The Beavers are 5-0 this season and 17-1 over the last two years when carrying a lead into the fourth quarter. 
•    Babson is 4-0 this winter when shooting at least 40 percent from the floor. 
•    The Green and White is 6-1 on the year when holding its foes below 60 points. 

UP NEXT
•    The Beavers open NEWMAC play on Saturday when the host Emerson at 1 p.m.