Box Score CLAREMONT, Calif.—Junior Tanya Ghai (Saratoga, Calif.) scored 10 of her game-high 24 points in the fourth quarter and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps closed the game with a 15-3 run to pull away for an 82-66 win over visiting Babson College in the final game of the David Wells Classic on Saturday night inside Roberts Pavilion.

Babson, which has split its last four games, is now 4-4 on the year. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps has now won five straight outings, all by double figures, to improve to 6-1 overall. 

Graduate student Emily Flynn (Hanover, Mass.) scored 16 points on 7-of-10 shooting to lead four players in double figures, while sophomore Rylie Rosenberg (New Rochelle, N.Y.) provided 15 points and three assists for the Beavers. Sophomore Alessa Mendoza (Yonkers, N.Y.) scored a career-high 13 points while dishing out three assists, senior Chloe Perreault (Danbury, Conn.) added 12 points, four rebounds and three blocks, and sophomore Mary Kate Flynn (Hanover, Mass.) led all players with six rebounds in the loss. 

Ghai was 6-of-9 from three-point range to go along with five rebounds and three steals, while first-year Haylie Wang (Cerritos, Calif.) added 19 points on 6-of-10 shooting in addition to grabbing five boards for the Athenas. Senior Katie Resendiz (Andover, Mass.) contributed 17 points on 8-of-13 shooting, five rebounds and two steals in the victory. 

The first three quarters featured 11 ties and 14 lead changes with the teams separated by no more than six points before CMS opened the fourth with an 8-0 run that included a three-point by Resendiz and a triple on the following possession by Wang to build a 62-54 advantage with 7:08 to play. Ghai buried a three-pointer less than a minute later to make it 65-56, but the Green and White answered with seven consecutive points from Flynn to pull within 67-63 at the 4:13 mark. 

The Athenas responded by scoring on each of their final seven possessions to put the game away. Graduate student Caleigh Edwards (Bayside, N.Y.) made two free throws to make it 69-63 and Ghai and senior Renee Chong (San Diego, Calif.) followed with consecutive three-pointers for a 75-65 lead with 2:21 remaining. Babson missed its final three field goal attempts and committed a pair of turnovers while the hosts went 7-of-8 at the charity stripe over the final 1:46 to pull away. 

The Beavers trailed by six late in the first quarter but answered with a 14-5 run to take a 28-25 lead on a layup by Perreault with 6:50 to go in the second period. CMS went back in front 38-36 at the half and Babson matched its largest advantage of the game at 44-41 on a layup by Mendoza before Resendiz and Wang combined for nine points to help the hosts pull even at 54-all with 36 seconds to go in the third. 

The Beavers shot 49.1 percent from the floor, scored 16 fast break points and finished with a 37-32 edge on the glass in the loss. The Athenas shot 43.8 percent and outscored the Green and White 16-6 at the free throw line in the victory. 

Babson returns to action next Saturday when it travels to Bridgewater State at 1 p.m., while CMS opens SCIAC play at La Verne on Wednesday at 7 p.m. local time. 

GAME NOTES
•    Saturday's contest was the first all-time between the teams and the Beavers are now 3-3 all-time against SCIAC foes. 
•    Saturday's loss was just the second in Babson's last 10 games away from home going back to last season. 
•    The Green and White has outrebounded each of its first eight opponents 
•    With two three-pointers on Saturday, Flynn has knocked down at least one triple in 11 straight games and has finished with two or more 10 times.