Women's Basketball | Judy Pearson '85 Memorial Tournament
vs. Hartford | Monday, December 29 | 5 p.m. 
vs. UC Santa Cruz | Tuesday, December 30 | 5 p.m.
Staake Gymnasium | Babson Park, Mass.

WHAT TO KNOW
•    Babson will welcome Hartford, UC Santa Cruz and UMass Dartmouth to Staake Gymnasium for the seventh edition of the Judy Pearson '85 Memorial Tournament on December 29-30. 
•    The tournament features a classic format for the fifth consecutive season with the Beavers taking on Hartford on day one and UC Santa Cruz on day two of the event. 

SERIES HISTORY
vs. Hartford
•    First meeting

vs. UC Santa Cruz
•    The Beavers are 1-0 all-time against the Banana Slugs after recording a 75-63 on January 7, 2000, in Whittier, Calif. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    Babson (5-4) wrapped up the first semester with a 72-63 road victory over Bridgewater State on December 6. 
•    Graduate student Emily Flynn scored a career-high 25 points to go along with seven rebounds, five assists and three steals, and senior Chloe Perreault added 12 points and five boards for the Beavers, who used a 21-4 run that spanned the third and fourth quarters to build a 13-point lead with under six minutes remaining. 
•    Flynn (15.6 pts, 8.0 reb, 3.8 ast) leads the team in scoring and assists while shooting 48.1 percent, junior Samantha Reale (10.7 pts, 8.1 reb, 2.2 stl) is first on the team with three double-doubles and sophomore Rylie Rosenberg (10.7 pts, 2.3 reb, 1.9 ast) has scored in double figures five times to begin the year. 
•    The Green and White ranks 19th in Division III in three-point field goals per game (8.3) and 22nd nationally in rebounding margin (+10.4). 

SCOUTING THE HAWKS
•    Hartford (3-6) has dropped three games to nationally-ranked foes after suffering a 62-48 loss to No. 4 Bowdoin back on December 9. 
•    Ava Naszimento and Lauren Sabia both scored 15 points, and Ella Marchesani added 12 points and six rebounds for the Hawks, who trailed by just six at the half but were limited to 34.9 percent shooting by the Polar Bears. 
•    Marchesani (14.9 pts, 2.9 reb) leads the team with 29 three-pointers and has scored in double figures seven times over the first nine games, Naszimento (14.7 pts, 6.3 reb, 2.0 ast) leads the squad in rebounds and assists while shooting 51 percent from the floor, and Sabia is averaging 10.0 points and 3.7 rebounds in three games off the bench. 
•    Hartford, which has made at least eight three-pointers in each of its three victories, is averaging 57.1 points on 37.7 percent shooting through its first nine games. 

SCOUTING THE BANANA SLUGS
•    UC Santa Cruz (7-8) has won two of its last three games and is coming off a 68-60 victory at Pacific Lutheran on December 21. 
•    Sarah Reuter led four players in double figures with 15 points on 7-of-11 shooting to go along with six assists and five rebounds, and Emilie Ngo and Alyssa Jackson each added 11 points for the Banana Slugs, who shot 50 percent from the floor and led by as many as 17 late in the third quarter before holding off a late Lutes' rally. 
•    UC Santa Cruz is shooting 41.4 percent on the year and has scored at least 67 points in six of its seven wins but 50 or fewer in five of its losses. 

SCOUTING THE CORSAIRS
•    UMass Dartmouth (4-4) has won four of its last five games and is coming off a 67-57 victory over Castleton back on December 6. 
•    Melanie DeMeo poured in 26 points on 11-of-18 shooting to go along with six rebounds, four assists and three steals, while Cristina Negron and Yasmine Santos added 14 and 12 points, respectively for the Corsairs, who outscored the Spartans 15-6 over the final 5:26 of the contest. 
•    Santos (16.5 pts, 6.0 reb) is shooting 44.2 percent and has two double-doubles, DeMeo (16.4 pts, 3.5 ast, 3.4 reb) is averaging 20.2 points over the last five games and Negron (9.6 pts, 4.1 reb) leads the team with 23 three-pointers. 
•    UMass Dartmouth ranks 25th in Division III in three-pointers per game (8.1) and 32nd in three-point field goal percentage (33.9), and is allowing just 64.8 points over its last five outings. 

REMEMBERING JUDY PEARSON 
•    Judy Pearson '85 enjoyed a legendary career and became the first woman inducted into the Babson College Athletics Hall of Fame in 1991. She was the first woman in program history to exceed 1,000 career points and her career average 20.9 points per game is still a school record more than 30 years later.
•    Pearson ended her career with 1,758 points, which is good for fourth in program history, 814 rebounds and 189 steals. She also owns a school record with 530 made free throws and her 9.69 rebounds per game ranks third on Babson's all-time list.
•    Judy was an intense competitor with a fierce loyalty to family, friends and teammates. She never stopped fighting even during her toughest battle with pancreatic cancer. Judy and her wife Terry adopted the saying "Keep On Keeping On" during her illness as a way to stay positive, persevere and do the best they could every single day. Sadly, Judy lost her battle in 2013 at the young age of 49. In honor of Judy, we are here to "Keep On Keeping On" in support of her legacy and her passion for the Babson women's basketball program.

TOURNAMENT TRENDS 
•    Babson is 9-3 all-time in the Judy Pearson '85 Memorial Tournament going 3-3 one day one and a perfect 6-0 on day two over the first six editions of the event. 
•    Reale scored 21 points in last year's victory over Rivier and is one of six Babson players to finish with 20 or more points in tournament history. 
•    Five of the Beavers' nine wins in the Judy Pearson '85 Memorial Tournament have come by at least 18 points, while all three of its losses have been by eight points or fewer. 
•    Katelyn Mollica '25 matched the tournament record with six three-pointers in last season's victory over Rivier. 
•    Rivier's Lyric Grumblatt set new tournament records for points in a game (32) and points in a tournament (68) last winter, while Anna Barry of Eastern Connecticut State set records for single-game (22) and tournament rebounds (41) back in 2022.

DEEP THREATS
•    Rosenberg has made at least two three-pointers in five consecutive outings and is shooting 41.7 percent (15-of-36) from long range during this stretch after making just five triples over her first four games. 
•    Flynn has made at least one three-pointer in 12 straight contests and has knocked down at least two trifectas in seven of nine games this season. 
•    Perreault is third on the team with 16 three-pointers and has made at least one in eight of her nine starts. 

BEAVER BITES
•    First-year Molly Donovan canned a trio of three-pointers and matched her season high with five rebounds in the Beavers' December 6 win over Bridgewater State. 
•    Senior Allesia Carlo played a season-high 33 minutes and provided a season-best seven points to go along with five boards, three assists and one steal in Babson's victory at Bridgewater State. 
•    Sophomore Alessa Mendoza played a career-high 27 minutes on December 6 and over her last three games is averaging 9.0 points on 52.2 percent shooting to go along with 3.7 rebounds and 3.0 assists. 
•    Sophomore Mary Kate Flynn pulled down a career-high seven rebounds at Bridgewater State after finishing with six boards and a season-high three assists at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps back on November 29.

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    The Beavers are 4-0 this season and 12-1 going back to the start of the 2024-25 campaign when scoring at least 70 points. 
•    Babson is 4-0 on the year and 12-2 since the start of last season when outscoring its opponents at the free throw line.
•    The Green and White has held its foes to fewer than 60 points in four of its five wins this winter. 
•    The Beavers are 4-0 this season and 16-2 over the last two years when taking a lead into the fourth quarter.

UP NEXT
•    Babson will play the first of two straight games on the road when it travels to New London, Conn., to face Connecticut College on January 3 at 3 p.m.