Women's Basketball vs. Wheaton
Saturday, February 8 | 1 p.m. 
Staake Gymnasium | Babson Park, Mass. 

SERIES HISTORY
•    Babson is 52-16 all-time against Wheaton in a series that dates back to the 1977-78 campaign.
•    The Beavers have won 13 straight games against the Lyons since 2015. 
•    The Green and White has won 11 of its last 12 games at home versus Wheaton going back to 2010 with the lone loss during this stretch coming back on February 21, 2015. 

LAST MEETING
•    Senior Camilla Silk scored a career-high 19 points to go along with seven rebounds and four assists as Babson defeated Wheaton, 63-55, on February 3, 2024, in Norton, Mass. 
•    Sophomore Samantha Reale finished with 10 points, six boards and four steals, while senior Katelyn Mollica added nine points and three assists for the Beavers, who outscored the Lyons 22-10 in the third quarter and led by double-digits for much of the second half. 
•    Maddie Mueller scored 17 points and Aniyah Boston and Kennis Jasperson chipped in with nine points apiece for Wheaton, which shot just 32.7 percent in the loss. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    Babson (11-9, 3-3 NEWMAC) has won back-to-back games after cruising past Wellesley 56-38 on Wednesday night. 
•    Senior Emily Flynn led all players with 13 points and 10 rebounds and Reale and graduate student Toni Thompson both contributed eight points for the Beavers, who built a 34-23 halftime led and held the Blue to just 5-of-19 shooting (26.3 percent) in the second half. 
•    Mollica (14.4 pts, 1.7 reb) ranks first in Division III with 72 three-pointers and is shooting 43.6 percent from beyond the arc, Reale (11.4 pts, 6.4 reb, 2.5 ast, 2.0 stl) leads the team in assists and steals, Flynn (9.7 pts, 7.4 reb, 2.3 ast) is first on the squad with seven double-doubles, and Silk is averaging 6.8 points and 6.7 rebounds while shooting 52.8 percent from the field.
•    The Green and White is averaging 63.2 points on 40.1 percent shooting in conference play and ranks third in the league in rebounding margin (6.0). 

SCOUTING THE LYONS
•    Wheaton (7-13, 3-3 NEWMAC) had its two-game winning streak snapped on Wednesday falling 71-63 at Salve Regina. 
•    Mary McClintock scored 16 points and Regan Keyter finished with 12 points, eight rebounds and three blocked shots for the Lyons, who led by as many as 17 points late in the second quarter but committed 15 second-half turnovers and shot just 3-of-12 (25 percent) in the fourth quarter.
•    Abby Fernandes (11.4 pts, 5.6 reb) has been out due to injury since January 5, Greta Minos (8.8 pts, 4.5 reb) is tied for the team lead with 15 three-pointers, Keyter (8.4 pts, 5.9 reb) is averaging 15.7 points on 47.2 percent shooting over the last three games, and Kiki Walters is contributing 7.5 points, 4.8 rebounds and a team-high 2.2 assists. 
•    Wheaton, which has held five of its last six opponents below 35 percent shooting, ranks second in league play in field goal percentage defense (33.1) but is averaging just 53.5 points on 30.6 percent shooting.

HALFWAY HOME
•    As the NEWMAC beings the second half of conference play on Saturday, both Babson and Wheaton are among six teams locked in a four-way tie for fourth place along with Springfield, Salve Regina, Coast Guard and Clark. 
•    Smith (6-0), Emerson (5-1) and MIT (5-1) hold the top three spots in the league standings and the top eight teams qualify for the NEWMAC Tournament, which begins on February 26. 

REWRITING THE THREE-POINT RECORD BOOKS
•    After breaking the all-time three-point field goal record of Erin Young '15 on January 29 against Coast Guard, Mollica broke her own single-season record last Saturday at WPI. 
•    She has 196 career triples and has made 72 this season to surpass her previous mark of 68 set last year. 
•    Mollica currently ranks first in career three-pointers per game (2.45) and three-point field goal percentage (41.1), and her 3.60 three-pointers per game this winter tops the single-season list. 

BALANCED BEAVERS
•    Although just Mollica, who scored 11 points at WPI, and Flynn have reached double figures, seven different players have scored at least seven points over the last two games. 
•    Reale has scored eight points in both outings on 57.1 percent shooting, senior Kiara Simone Davis scored a season-high nine points in the win at WPI and Thompson is 6-of-8 from the floor her eight points on Wednesday at Wellesley were just one below her season high. 

BABSON TRENDS
•    Reale, who has at least one steal in 28 of her last 29 games, is one of three players in the NEWMAC that ranks in the top 10 in both offensive rebounds and steals along with Sofia Neary of Salve Regina and Alex Twomey of Mount Holyoke. 
•    Mollica has connected on at least one three-pointer in 18 consecutive games and is shooting 54.4 percent (37-of-68) from behind the arc over her last eight outings. 
•    Over the last four games, Perreault is shooting 56.3 percent from the floor (9-of-16) and is 6-of-9 (66.7 percent) from beyond the arc. 
•    Flynn has pulled down at least 10 rebounds in three of the last four contests. 

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    Babson ranks second in Division III shooting 38.3 percent from behind the arc. 
•    The Beavers are 6-0 this season and 17-3 since the start of the 2023-24 campaign when shooting at least 40 percent. 
•    The Green and White is 7-2 this winter when holding its opponents below 60 points. 
•    Babson is 9-2 on the year and 21-3 since the start of last season when taking a lead into the fourth quarter. 

UP NEXT
•    The Beavers host MIT on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.