Women's Basketball vs. Trinity
Tuesday, January 13 | 5 p.m.
Staake Gymnasium | Babson Park, Mass.
SERIES HISTORY
• Babson is 9-9 all-time against Trinity in a series that dates back to 1989.
• The Beavers have dropped three straight games in the series since 2020, which includes single-digit losses at home in 2020 and 2023.
• Babson and Trinity met 11 times between 1989-2001 but have only played three times since 2009.
• The Green and White is 5-5 all-time versus the Bantams inside Staake Gymnasium.
LAST MEETING
• Reilly Campbell posted a double-double with 20 points and 12 rebounds to help Trinity defeat Babson, 63-49, on January 2, 2024, in Hartford, Conn.
• Indianna DelRocco finished with 10 points and Emma Wax and Theresa Twardosky added eight points apiece for the Bantams, who went 14-of-15 at the free throw line and scored 18 points off of turnovers.
• Senior
Chloe Perreault recorded a double-double with 16 points on 7-of-8 shooting and 10 rebounds, while junior
Samantha Reale added nine points and four steals for the Beavers.
SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
• Babson (8-5) has won four of its last five games and is coming off an 82-69 victory at Norwich last Wednesday.
• Graduate student
Emily Flynn finished with 20 points, seven assists and six rebounds, sophomore
Rylie Rosenberg scored 13 points and Perreault added 11 points and nine boards for the Beavers, who scored 24 points off of turnovers and built a 20-point lead early in the third quarter before holding off a late rally by the Cadets.
• Flynn (16.2 pts, 7.4 reb, 4.0 ast) leads the team in scoring and assists and is shooting 46.6 percent from the floor, Rosenberg (10.4 pts, 2.1 ast) has scored in double figures in seven of the last nine games going back to November 22, and Perreault (8.4 pts, 6.8 reb) has made at least one three-pointer in six consecutive games.
• The Green and White is averaging 66.6 points and ranks 42nd in Division III in rebounding margin (7.6).
SCOUTING THE BANTAMS
• No. 18 D3hoops.com/No. 15 WBCA Trinity (11-4) snapped a two-game losing streak with a 73-63 win over Williams on Saturday afternoon.
• Kiki Fossbender scored a season-high 21 points on 9-of-13 shooting, Avery Marzo provided 17 points, four rebounds and three assists, and Marlo Simms added 13 points and eight boards for the Bantams, who shot 51.8 percent from the floor and committed a season-low nine turnovers in the victory.
• Marzo (12.6 pts, 4.7 reb) is tied for the team lead with 18 three-pointers, Fossbender (12.1 pts, 3.1 reb) has scored in double figures in eight of the last 11 games and Simms (11.6 pts, 11.8 reb) has posted nine double-doubles and is shooting 56.4 percent from the floor.
• Trinity is allowing just 55.7 points and ranks eighth in Division III in rebounding margin (12.7).
FLYNN REACHES THREE-POINT MILESTONE
• Thanks to knocking down a pair of triples in last Wednesday's win at Norwich, Flynn became just the fifth player in program history to make 100 in her career.
• Her 100 career three-pointers rank only behind former teammate and all-time leader
Katelyn Mollica '25 (218), Erin Young '15 (190), Caitlin Boulier '08 (172) and Joanna Maher '03 (138) in Babson history.
ST. LAURENT PROVIDING SCORING PUNCH
• In four games since returning from the holiday break, sophomore
Julia St. Laurent is averaging 9.5 points on 55.6 percent (15-of-27) shooting.
• She has scored in double figures twice, including a career-high 12 points in the Beavers' 70-68 win over UC Santa Cruz on December 30, and has attempted 14 free throws over the last two contests.
TURNING DEFENSE INTO OFFENSE
• The Green and White matched its season high with 14 steals and turned 19 turnovers by Norwich into 24 points in last Wednesday's victory.
• Flynn led all players with four steals, senior
Allessia Carlo matched her season high with three and St. Laurent and first-year
Devon Burke added two steals apiece.
BEAVER BITES
• Rosenberg has scored in double figures in three consecutive games and her three three-pointers last Wednesday at Norwich were her most since knocking down three in a win at Pomona-Pitzer on November 28.
• Flynn has made at least two three-pointers in four straight contests and has connected on a triple in 15 straight games going back to last February.
• Perreault, who has made at least one trifecta in six consecutive outings, has scored in double figures three ties over the last six games.
• After seeing just one minute of action since November 24, first-year
Alyssa Hopps came off the bench to score 10 points and grab three rebounds at Norwich.
• Carlo achieved a new career high with two blocked shots in the win over the Cadets.
• Sophomore
Brooke Canty scored seven points and grabbed four rebounds at Norwich.
NUMBERS TO KNOW
• The Beavers are 6-1 this winter and 20-4 over the last two seasons when leading at halftime.
• Babson is 5-2 on the year when holding its opponents below 40 percent shooting.
• The Green and White is 8-2 this season when scoring at least 60 points.
• The Beavers are 5-2 when making at least eight three-pointers.
UP NEXT
• Babson begins NEWMAC play on Saturday when it hosts Springfield at 1 p.m. inside Staake Gymnasium.