Women's Basketball vs. Albertus Magnus
Saturday, November 22 | 6 p.m.
Staake Gymnasium | Babson Park, Mass. 

SERIES HISTORY
•    Babson is 0-2 all-time against Albertus Magnus in a series that dates back to 1995. 
•    Saturday's contest will be just the second in the regular season between the team and the first since 1997. 
•    Each of the two previous meetings between the Beavers and Falcons have been played in Babson Park. 

LAST MEETING
•    Carrie Justason '99 score eight points and Beth Giovannini '98 grabbed a team-high eight rebounds in the Beavers' 70-53 loss to Albertus Magnus in the championship game of the Babson Invitational Tournament on December 7, 1997, in Babson Park. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    Babson (2-2) has dropped two straight games after suffering a 67-63 loss to Tufts in its home opener on Tuesday night. 
•    Graduate student Emily Flynn scored a career-high 21 points to go along with nine rebounds and junior Samantha Reale added 13 points, 11 rebounds, four steals and three assists for the Beavers, who led by as many as 10 in the first quarter and were up 61-56 with less than five minutes to play. 
•    Flynn (14.3 pts, 6.5 reb, 2.8 ast) is shooting 53.8 percent from the floor, Reale (13.8 pts, 8.8 reb, 2.8 ast, 2.5 stl) has two double-doubles and leads the team in rebounds and steals, and senior Chloe Perreault (9.5 pts, 5.5 reb) has scored at least eight points in each of the first four games. 
•    The Green and White has held its first four opponents to 57.5 points on 37.9 percent shooting and ranks 33rd in Division III in with a +12.3 rebounding margin.

SCOUTING THE FALCONS
•    Albertus Magnus (1-6) enters Saturday's contest on a three-game losing streak after falling 71-48 to Springfield on Wednesday night. 
•    Ariellys Velez tied for game-high honors with 20 points and Ava Johnson added 16 points and nine rebounds for the Falcons, who went 0-of-7 from three-point range and shot just 29.6 percent while getting outrebounded 47-26. 
•     Velez (16.0 pts, 4.7 reb, 2.9 stl) has scored at least 20 points in four of the first six games, Adriana DeBernardo (11.0 pts, 8.5 reb) has two double-doubles in her last three starts and Johnson (10.3 pts, 7.3 reb) has scored in double figures in each of the last three games. 
•    Albertus Magnus is averaging 53.9 points on 30.6 percent shooting and has suffered four losses by 20 or more points. 

RISING IN THE 3-POINT RECORD BOOK
•    Flynn made a career-high five triples in Tuesday's loss and now ranks eighth in program history with 79 career three-pointers after passing Babson Hall of Famer Nicki Wurdeman '12 against Tufts. 
•    She has made at least two three-point field goals in six consecutive outings going back to last season and is currently first in Babson history shooting 41.6 percent from beyond the arc. 

NEW FACES MAKING AN IMPACT
•    First-year Alyssa Hopps is averaging 7.8 points and 7.0 rebounds, fellow rookie Molly Donovan is contributing 6.0 points and sophomore transfer Rylie Rosenberg has provided 6.0 points and 2.0 assists over the Beavers' first four outings. 
•    Hopps has scored in double figures twice, including a season-high 11 points at Curry on November 10, and ranks second on the team with 14 offensive rebounds. 
•    Rosenberg scored a season-high 15 points in Babson's season-opening victory at Roger Williams on November 7, while Donovan is averaging 8.0 points on 8-of-17 shooting over the last three games and scored a season-high 12 points in last Friday's loss at Endicott. 

BEAVER BITES
•    Sophomore Julia St. Laurent recorded season highs in points (5), rebounds (5), assists (3) and steals (3) while playing a season-best 29 minutes on Tuesday against Tufts. 
•    Perreault has made at least one three-pointer in six consecutive games dating back to last February. 
•    Flynn and fellow senior Allessia Carlo have both dished out at least two assists in all four games to being the season.
•    Donovan is 6-of-9 from beyond the arc in Babson's last two games. 
•    Reale has nine steals over the last three games and has scored in double figures in her last eight starts going back to February of last season.

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    The Beavers are 13-2 going back to the start of last season when holding their opponents below 60 points. 
•    Babson has outrebounded its opponents in 26 of its last 30 games since the start of last year. 
•    The Green and White is 2-0 this season and 16-2 since the start of the 2024-25 campaign when leading after the third quarter.
•    The Beavers are 2-0 on the year and 17-1 over the last three seasons when scoring at least 70 points. 

UP NEXT
•    Babson will play the last of three straight road games on Monday when it hosts Brandeis at 6 p.m.