Women's Basketball at No. 24 Bates
Tuesday, January 7 | 5 p.m.
Alumni Gym | Lewiston, Maine

SERIES HISTORY
•    Babson is 10-19 all-time against Bates in a series that dates back to the 1976-77 campaign. 
•    Tuesday's matchup will be the first since December 2017 and just the third dating back to 2006 between the Beavers and Bobcats. 
•    The Green and White has dropped its last four visits to Alumni Gym and is seeking its first victory in Lewiston, Maine, since January 1994. 

LAST MEETING
•    Melanie Binkhorst led five players in double figures with 17 points while Nina Davenport and Emily Freedland scored 14 points apiece to help Bates defeat the Beavers, 69-63, on December 20, 2017, in Babson Park. 
•    Binkhorst and Davenport both contributed eight rebounds and three steals for the Bobcats, who made 13 three-pointers and shot 46.2 percent in the fourth quarter to lead by as many as 10 in the final minute. 
•    Payton Ouimette '18 scored 22 points on 10-of-13 shooting to go along with nine rebounds, while Tea Spellacy '19 added eight points, two blocks and two steals for the Beavers, who committed 24 turnovers in the loss. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    Babson (7-5) has won three of its last four outings and is coming off of an 84-66 victory over Rivier last Friday in the Judy Pearson '85 Memorial Tournament. 
•    Senior Katelyn Mollica scored a career-high 24 points on 8-of-10 shooting and dished out five assists, sophomore Samantha Reale contributed 21 points, seven rebounds and five dimes, and senior Emily Flynn added 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Beavers, who shot a season-best 54.8 percent from the floor. 
•    Mollica (14.4 pts, 2.1 reb) is shooting 39.8 percent from three-point range, Reale (13.5 pts, 6.8 reb, 2.3 stl) leads the team in offensive rebounds and steals and Flynn (9.9 pts, 6.8 reb, 3.0 ast) has posted four double-doubles and is first on the squad in assists. 
•    The Green and White ranks 24th in Division III in three-point field goal percentage (34.8) and owns a +6.8 rebounding margin on the year.

SCOUTING THE BOBCATS
•    No. 24 WBCA Bates (8-3) has split its last four games and is coming off a 70-45 win over Wheaton on Sunday. 
•    Elsa Daulerio finished with a season-high 21 points, nine rebounds, five assists and four blocks, and Alexandra Long added 10 points on 5-of-8 shooting for the Bobcats, who outscored the Lyons 43-19 in the second half. 
•    Sarah Hughes (14.5 pts, 5.1 reb) is shooting 50.9 percent and has scored in double figures in seven straight contests, Daulerio (14.3 pts, 8.5 reb, 3.5 ast, 1.7 blocks) has grabbed 16 offensive rebounds over the last four games and Long (9.6 pts, 3.8 reb, 3.5 ast) is shooting 61.4 percent from the floor and leads the squad in assists. 
•    Bates ranks 21st in adjusted offense per The D3 Datacast and is 24th in Division III in field goal percentage (44.0) while committing just 13.9 turnovers per game. 

THREE-POINT LEADER
•    After going 6-of-6 from deep in Babson's win over Rivier, Mollica enters the week leading all Division III players with 41 three-pointers on the year. 
•    She also ranks fifth nationally in three-pointers per game (3.42) and is eighth with 103 three-point attempts. 
•    Mollica, who set a single-season program record with 68 triples last winter, has made 168 career three-pointers and ranks third on the Beavers' career list behind only Caitlin Boulier '08 (172) and Erin Young '15 (190). 

HITTING THE OFFENSIVE GLASS
•    Over its last five games, Babson has pulled down 20 or more offensive rebounds three times, which includes 21 in a 57-53 win over Connecticut College on December 30 and a season-high 22 in last Thursday's 59-54 loss to Maine Maritime. 
•    Reale (25) and senior Camilla Silk (19) have combined for 46 offensive rebounds during this stretch and as a team, the Green and White boasts an offensive rebound rate of 44.1 percent. 

TRENDS TO WATCH
•    Over the last four games, Silk has posted two double-doubles and is averaging 8.5 points and 10.5 rebounds. 
•    Flynn has reached double figures in scoring in four consecutive outings and is putting up 12.3 points and 7.8 boards with a pair of double-doubles during this stretch. 
•    Mollica has made three or more three-pointers in four straight contests and has knocked down at least two triples in 10 consecutive games. 
•    Reale has at least one steal in 21 games in a row dating back to last winter. 
•    First-year Julia St. Laurent matched her season highs with six points and four rebounds in last Friday's win over Rivier. 

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    The Beavers have held nine of their first 12 opponents below 40 percent shooting, while Bates has shot at least 40 percent in eight of 11 contests. 
•    Babson is 6-1 on the year when holding its opponents below 60 points. 
•    The Green and White is 5-0 this winter and 17-1 going back to the start of last year when leading entering the fourth quarter. 
•    Babson is 4-0 this season when shooting at least 40 percent from the floor. 

UP NEXT
•    The Beavers return home to take on Springfield next Wednesday at 7 p.m.