Men's Basketball at Wheaton
Thursday, January 16 | 7 p.m. 
Emerson Gymnasium | Norton, Mass. 

SERIES HISTORY
•    Babson is 42-15 all-time against Wheaton in a series that dates back to the 1989-90 campaign. 
•    The Beavers have won 23 of their last 27 games versus the Lyons, although the teams have split the regular season series in each of the last two seasons. 
•    The Green and White is 4-1 over its last five visits to Norton and each of the last two games have been decided by six points or less. 

LAST MEETING
•    Eoin Morrissey and Ty Murphy both scored 16 points as Wheaton rallied to defeat Babson, 58-54, on February 7, 2024, in Norton, Mass. 
•    Duncan Bubar and Tristan Herry both added eight points for the Lyons, who outscored the Beavers 21-8 over the first 11 minutes of the second half after trailing by as many as 10 early in the game. 
•    Steph Baxter M'24 scored a game-high 18 points, junior Timmy O'Toole posted a double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds, and classmate Jeremiah Paul added eight points for the Green and White, which shot just 30.9 percent in the loss. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    Babson (9-5, 3-2 NEWMAC) has now won six of its last seven games after defeating Springfield, 70-53, on Tuesday night. 
•    Senior Nate Amado poured in a season-high 31 points and graduate student Alex Stoddard and O'Toole added eight points apiece for the Beavers, who outscored the Pride 27-13 over the first 12 minutes of the second half to pull away. 
•    Amado (19.2 pts, 8.2 reb, 3.0 ast) ranks first in the NEWMAC in scoring and second in rebounds, graduate student Felix Kloman (18.8 pts, 4.1 reb, 2.5 ast, 1.5 blocks) is second in the conference in both scoring and blocked shots, and first-year Timmy Mulvey (9.1 pts, 3.0 ast) is shooting 40 percent from three-point range. 
•    The Green and White is averaging 76.2 points and ranks first in league play in scoring defense (64.8 points) and second in opponents field goal percentage (40.7). 

SCOUTING THE LYONS
•    Wheaton (6-7, 1-3 NEWMAC) has won two of its last three games and is coming off a 62-57 victory at Salve Regina on Tuesday night. 
•    Sean Perri scored 14 points on 5-of-7 shooting, Morrissey finished with 13 points and six rebounds, and Dimetri Iafrate added 12 points and four steals for the Lyons, who ended the first half on an 11-3 run and led by as many as 15 points early in the second half. 
•    Herry (15.7 pts, 2.8 ast) has reached double figures in scoring in 11 of the last 12 contests and is averaging 4.5 free throw attempts per game, Morrissey (14.4 pts, 6.5 reb) ranked fifth in the NEWMAC in rebounding and Iafrate (13.8 pts, 4.5 reb, 4.3 ast, 2.8 stl) is shooting 50 percent from the floor and leads the league in steals. 
•    Wheaton is averaging 72.6 points over its first four conference games and has attempted at least 24 free throws three times. 

MOVING UP THE CHARTS
•    With three blocked shots in Tuesday's win over Springfield, Amado passed Bradley Jacks '18 to move into fourth place on the program's all-time list with 77 career rejections. 
•    He also moved in 13th place on the Beavers' career scoring list with 1,307 points, is up to 12th place on the all-time list in rebounds (565) and ranks 13th in both made field goals (501) and three-point field goals (100). 

EFFICIENT LIVING
•    Babson enters Thursday's contest as one of just eight Division III programs ranked among the top 25 in both offensive and defensive efficiency along with No. 1 Wisconsin-Platteville, No. 2 Emory, No. 4 NYU, No. 5 Wesleyan, No. 9 Tufts, No. 12 Trinity (Conn.) and No. 16 Randolph-Macon per The D3 Datacast. 
•    The Beavers rank 19th in offensive efficiency putting up 115 points per 100 possessions and 20th on defense allowing just 89 points per 100 possessions. 
•    In four games going back to January 4, the Green and White is averaging 1.14 points per possession and shooting 55.9 percent on two-point field goal attempts while committing a turnover on less than 16 percent of its possessions. 

LYON HUNTERS
•    Despite missing a game in each of the last two seasons versus Wheaton, Amado has averaged 23.0 points on 51.4 percent shooting to go along with 10.5 rebounds and 2.5 blocks in his last two games against the Lyons. 
•    O'Toole has averaged 9.7 points and 7.3 rebounds while shooting 50 percent (13-of-26) from the floor in three career outings against Wheaton. 

TRENDS TO WATCH
•    O'Toole ranks fourth in the NEWMAC in rebounding at 6.9 per game and is second in offensive boards per game (2.9). 
•    Amado ranks fourth in the conference in field goal percentage (50.7), while Kloman (36) and Mulvey (32) are third and fourth in the league, respectively, in three-point field goals. 
•    Kloman has made at least one three-pointer in every game this winter and Mulvey has knocked down at least one triple in six consecutive outings.
•    In eight games dating back to late November, Stoddard is averaging 11.8 points and 3.5 rebounds while shooting 38.1 percent from beyond the arc. 

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    Babson is 6-0 this season when its opponents shoot below 40 percent. 
•    The Beavers are 7-1 on the year when outrebounding their foes. 
•    Eight of Babson's nine wins this season have come by at least 10 points. 
•    The Green and White is 8-2 this season when leading at halftime.

UP NEXT
•    The Beavers return home to take on Salve Regina on Tuesday, January 21, at 7 p.m.