HARTFORD, Conn.—Senior Jarrel Okorougo (Stoneham, Mass.) poured in a game-high 27 points and No. 1 Trinity College closed the first half with a 26-5 run on the way to defeating visiting Babson College, 77-44, in non-conference men's basketball action on Saturday afternoon inside Ray Oosting Gymnasium. 

Babson has dropped back-to-back games to slip to 6-3 on the year, while Trinity improves to 7-0 overall and has won 22 straight games going back to last season. 

Sophomore Timmy Mulvey (Reading, Mass.) scored 10 points, first-year Thomas Ferdinando (Andover, Mass.) contributed eight points and senior Timmy O'Toole (Milton, Mass.) chipped in with four points and 11 rebounds to lead the Beavers. 

Okorougo was 12-of-15 from the floor and 3-of-4 from beyond the arc, senior Henry Vetter (Kenilworth, Ill.) also knocked down three three-pointers on the way to finishing with 12 points and seven rebounds, and junior Tristan Davis (Smithtown, N.Y.) posted a double-double with 11 points and 11 boards to pace the Bantams. 

Okorougo scored nine of Trinity's first 13 points but Ferdinando drained a pair of triples and converted a feed from sophomore Gavin Aydelotte (Jensen Beach, Fla.) to tie the game at the 13:25 mark. The hosts followed with seven consecutive points but Aydelotte scored inside and Mulvey buried his second three-pointer to pull the Green and White within 22-18 with 10:34 left in the opening half. 

Junior Jared Berry (Danvers, Mass.) followed with four of the next six points, Okorougo scored nine straight to make it 37-20 and Vetter finished off a four-point play to stretch margin to 21 with 5:16 to go before halftime. The Bantams continued the onslaught by scoring on their next three possessions and Aydelotte broke the Beavers' field goal drought of more than 10 minutes with a layup 26 seconds before the break to go into the locker room down 50-23. 

Babson cut its deficit to 59-36 following a three-pointer by junior Jake Peterson (Hanover, Mass.) and a bucket by O'Toole with 13:00 remaining only to see the hosts answer with an extended 18-4 run that was capped by a Paul Ippolito (New Canaan, Conn.) triple to make it 77-40 with under four minutes remaining. 

The Beavers shot a season-worst 28.3 percent from the floor and were just 5-of-23 (21.7 percent) from long range. The Bantams shot 53.9 percent in the first half, finished with a 52-36 edge on the glass and scored 24 points off turnovers in the win. 

Babson returns to action on December 31 when it travels to Baltimore to face Johns Hopkins at 1 p.m., while Trinity hosts Hartford on Tuesday at 7 p.m. 

GAME NOTES
•    The Beavers are now 4-8 all-time against Trinity and Saturday's game was the first played in Hartford since 2009.
•    Babson is now 4-4 against nationally-ranked opponents over the last two seasons. 
•    The Green and White, which is averaging 10.8 three-pointers per game, has made a total of just 16 triples in its three losses this season.
•    The Beavers' 44 points are their fewest since suffering a 68-38 loss at Salve Regina on January 17, 2024.