Men's Basketball vs. Saint Joseph (Conn.)
Sunday, November 30 | 1 p.m.
Staake Gymnasium | Babson Park, Mass. 

SERIES HISTORY
•    Babson is 0-6 all-time against Saint Joseph in a series that dates back to the 2020-21 campaign. 
•    Three of the six games have been decided by six points or less or in overtime and two of the Beavers losses at home to the Blue Jays have come by single digits. 

LAST MEETING
•    Friedriech Feldrappe scored a career-high 29 points to lead four players in double figures as Saint Joseph edged Babson, 79-76, on November 20, 2024, in Hartford, Conn. 
•    Tyshawn Jackson scored 15 points and went 9-of-10 at the free throw line, Kevin Cummings finished with 12 points and Tahmeen Dupree contributed 10 for the Blue Jays, who shot 50 percent for the game and went 8-of-12 (66.7 percent) from three-point range. 
•    Nate Amado '25 finished with 21 points and nine rebounds, sophomore Timmy Mulvey knocked down five three-pointers on the way to scoring 17 points and Felix Kloman M'25 provided 15 points for the Beavers, who shot 48.4 percent but were outscored 19-5 at the free throw line. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    Babson (5-1) rebounded from its first loss of the year by routing Wentworth 98-54 on Tuesday night. 
•    First-year Thomas Ferdinando scored a game-high 19 points, sophomore Logan Murphy finished with a career-high 16 points on 6-of-8 shooting, junior Jake Peterson added a career-best 12 points and sophomore Ryan Frauenheim contributed 11 points, eight assists and five steals for the Beavers, who built a 30-point halftime lead and shot 55.2 percent in the victory. 
•    Ferdinando (16.2 pts, 3.0 reb, 2.5 ast) has scored in double figures in all six games, senior Timmy O'Toole (12.3 pts, 7.7 reb) is shooting 69.4 percent from the floor and Mulvey (12.2 pts, 3.2 ast, 1.5 stl) leads the team in both assists and steals while scoring in double figures in five of his six starts. 
•    The Green and White ranks 30th in Division III in three-point field goals per game (10.5), is shooting 47.7 percent from the floor and owns a +7.5 rebounding margin through its first six outings. 

SCOUTING THE BLUE JAYS
•    Saint Joseph (3-2) will play its first game in 14 days after suffering a 61-57 loss to Cortland in the championship game of the Farmingdale State Tip-Off Tournament back on November 16. 
•    Lence Altenor scored a game-high 22 points on 6-of-10 shooting and Jakari Tertulien added 10 points for the Blue Jays, who shot 51.2 percent from the floor and used a 9-0 run to tie the game with 1:35 remaining before giving up the go-ahead three-pointer on the ensuing possession.
•    Altenor (19.6 pts, 4.0 reb, 2.4 ast) is shooting 52.4 percent and has scored 20 or more points three times, Feldrappe (12.8 pts, 6.0 reb, 2.4 ast) is shooting 56.5 percent and leads the team in rebounding, and Roel Figueroa is averaging 10.0 points and 4.0 rebounds in four starts. 
•    Saint Joseph, which has had three of its first five games decided by four points or less, ranks fourth in Division III in free throw percentage (82.8) and 15th nationally in field goal percentage (51.0).

HIGH MARKS
•    Murphy (16 points), Peterson (12 points) and sophomore Max Purushothman, who scored five points, all recorded the highest scoring totals of their careers in Tuesday's win over Wentworth. 
•    Frauenheim's eight assists set a new career high, while sophomore Theo Lamb played a career-high 12 minutes and produced four points, one rebound and on assist. 
•    Peterson, who finished 4-of-8 from beyond the arc, and Murphy, who went 3-of-4 from deep, both set new career highs in three-pointers against the Leopards. 

BEAVERS IN THE NCAA RANKINGS
•    O'Toole enters Tuesday's contest ranked 12th in Division III in field goal percentage (69.4) and 63rd in offensive rebounds per game (3.33). 
•    Ferdinando ranks 10th nationally in three-pointers per game (3.67), 11th in total three-point field goals (22) and 23rd in three-point percentage (50.0). 
•    Mulvey ranks 74th in three-point field goals (17) and 88th in three-pointers per game (2.83). 

ELITE COMPANY
•    O'Toole is currently one of six players in Babson history with at least 500 rebounds and 100 steals along with Jim Pierrakos '92, Bryant Richards '96, Zach Etten '09, associate head coach Joey Flannery '17 and former teammate Nate Amado '25. 
•    He ranks 15th in program history with 559 rebounds and is currently 18th with 101 steals, and needs just two more blocked shots to join Richards, Flannery and Amado is the only players in school history with at least 500 rebounds, 100 steals and 50 blocks. 

BRENNAN JOINS THE 500-WIN CLUB
•    With the victory over Tufts on November 8, head coach Stephen Brennan became the 42nd coach in Division III history to reach the 500-win milestone. 
•    The 2017 NABC Coach of the Year, Brennan ranks ninth among active Division III coaches in victories, Brennan joins Virginia Wesleyan's Dave Macedo and Trinity's James Cosgrove as the only coaches on the list with a national championship.

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    The Beavers are 4-0 this season and 15-2 going back to the start of last year when outrebounding their opponents. 
•    Babson is 4-0 when scoring at least 80 points this year and has won 13 of its last 14 games when allowing fewer than 70 dating back to the start of the 2024-25 campaign. 
•    The Green and White is 4-0 this season and 12-0 since the start of last year when making at least 10 three-point field goals. 
•    The Beavers are 4-0 while Saint Joseph is 1-2 in games decided by five points or less this season. 

UP NEXT
•    The Beavers open NEWMAC play at home against No. 19 WPI on Wednesday.