Women's Basketball at Salve Regina
Saturday, January 25 | 1 p.m. 
Rodgers Recreation Center | Newport, R.I. 

SERIES HISTORY
•    Babson is 13-5 all-time against Salve Regina in a series that dates back to the 1982-83 campaign. 
•    The Beavers and Seahawks met for the first time as conference foes last season and have faced each other just twice dating back to 2003. 
•    Saturday's contest marks the Green and White's first visit to Newport since November 2002. 

LAST MEETING
•    Senior Katelyn Mollica scored 18 points and Madison Odam '24 and sophomore Samantha Reale contributed 15 points apiece to lead four players in double figures as the Beavers defeated Salve Regina, 83-69, on January 20, 2024, in Babson Park. 
•    Reale added four steals, senior Emily Flynn finished with 10 points and nine rebounds, and classmate Abby Miller chipped in with nine points and three steals for Babson, which raced out to a 27-13 lead early in the second quarter. 
•    Sofia Neary led all players with 21 points and 13 rebounds, Briana Neary scored 19 points on 9-of-14 shooting and Ashley Rourke contributed 15 points for the Seahawks, who got as close as three in the closing seconds of the third period. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    Babson (8-8, 0-2 NEWMAC) has dropped two straight games after suffering a 57-50 loss at No. 7/7 Smith on Wednesday night. 
•    Mollica scored 12 points, junior Allessia Carlo finished with 11 points and four steals, and first-year Mary Kate Flynn added season highs of eight points and six rebounds for the Beavers, who rallied from an 11-point deficit to take a 48-44 lead late in the third quarter. 
•    Mollica (14.2 pts, 1.9 reb) leads the conference with 56 three-pointers and is shooting 42.7 percent from beyond the arc, Reale (12.3 pts, 6.8 reb, 2.2 stl) leads the NEWMAC with 51 offensive rebounds and ranks seventh in steals, and Emily Flynn (9.9 pts, 6.9 reb, 2.6 ast) is shooting 43 percent from the floor and is first on the team in assists. 
•    The Green and White ranks sixth in Division III in three-point field goal percentage (36.7), is holding opponents to 61.1 points and ranks second in the conference in rebounding margin (6.1). 

SCOUTING THE SEAHAWKS
•    Salve Regina (9-6, 2-0 NEWMAC) has won three straight games after defeating WPI, 58-53, on Wednesday night in Worcester. 
•    Sofia Neary put up 22 points to go along with six rebounds, three steals and three blocks, while Briana Neary scored 20 points for the Seahawks, who outscored the Engineers 23-7 in the second quarter to seize command of the game. 
•    Briana Neary (14.7 pts, 4.7 reb) is shooting 42.8 percent from the floor and is first in the league with 86 free throw attempts, Sofia Neary (14.1 pts, 11.2 reb) has posted five double-doubles and leads the NEWMAC in rebounding, and Amanda Folan (13.3 pts, 3.7 reb, 2.5 ast) has scored in double figures 12 times this winter. 
•    Salve Regina is averaging 66.7 points while holding opponents to 37.8 percent shooting and forcing 19.7 turnovers per game on the year. 

DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES
•    The Beavers shot 60 percent in the middle quarters and 55.8 percent (19-of-34) over the first three periods but were held without a field goal and limited to just two points by Smith in the fourth quarter of Wednesday's loss. 
•    Despite the setback, the Green and White held the Pioneers to their lowest scoring output at home (56 points) since January 19, 2022. 

MOLLICA APPROACHES THREE-POINT RECORD
•    After going 4-of-6 on Wednesday at Smith, Mollica has connected on 180 career three-pointers and is now just 10 away from Erin Young's '15 Babson record of 190. 
•    Mollica is currently ranked second in Division III this season with 56 three-pointers and ranks fourth in three-pointers per game (3.50), 15th in three-point attempts (131) and is shooting 42.7 percent from beyond the arc, which ranks 18th nationally. 

SILK HITS THE CENTURY MARK
•    After missing last week's win over Springfield due to injury, senior Camilla Silk appeared in the 100th game of her career last Saturday against Emerson finishing with seven points on 3-of-3 shooting and five rebounds in 15 minutes off the bench. 
•    The first Babson player to reach the 100-game mark since Emily Bonifacic '20, Silk has posted three double-doubles and is averaging career highs of 7.2 points and 7.0 rebounds while shooting 52.3 percent in 15 games this winter. 

TRENDS TO WATCH
•    Reale has at least one steal in 25 straight outings and has finished with two or more steals 11 times in 16 games this winter. She also has pulled down three or more offensive rebounds in eight of the last nine games, which includes finishing with seven in Saturday's loss to Emerson.
•    Mollica is 21-of-34 (61.8 percent) from three-point range over the last five games and has made multiple three-pointers in 14 straight contests dating back to November 13. 
•    Emily Flynn has scored in double figures in seven of the last eight contests and leads the Beavers with five double-doubles. 
•    Mary Kate Flynn and fellow first-years Madison Hart and Julia St. Laurent combined to score 18 points on 8-of-17 shooting to go along with 10 rebounds on Wednesday night at Smith. 

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    The Beavers are 7-2 when leading at the end of the first quarter and 16-2 over the last two seasons when ahead at halftime. 
•    Babson is 4-0 this winter when shooting at least 40 percent. 
•    The Green and White is 6-2 on the year when allowing fewer than 60 points. 
•    The Beavers are 5-3 in their last eight NEWMAC road games dating back to January 24 of last season

UP NEXT
•    Babson returns to Staake Gymnasium to host Coast Guard on Wednesday at 7 p.m.