Women's Basketball at Coast Guard
Wednesday, January 21 | 7 p.m. 
Roland Hall | New London, Conn. 

SERIES HISTORY
•    Babson is 40-11 all-time against Coast Guard in a series that dates back to the 1982-83 campaign. 
•    The Beavers had their 11-game winning streak in the series snapped in a home loss to the Bears last season. 
•    The Green and White has been victorious in each of its last eight visits to Roland Hall and is 13-1 on the road in the series going back to 2009.

LAST MEETING
•    Dorothy Stotts finished with 15 points, seven assists and six rebounds, and Coast Guard rallied from a 13-point deficit late in the second quarter to defeat the Beavers, 67-62, on January 27, 2025, in Babson Park. 
•    Julia Mann also scored 15 points, Glory Blethen provided 13 and Kelly Hagerty added 12 points, eight rebounds and six blocked shots for the Bears, who withstood a 32-point second-quarter barrage by holding Babson to just one point over the final 12 minutes of the contest. 
•    Katelyn Mollica '25 scored 18 of her game-high 24 points in the second quarter and became the program's all-time leader in three-point field goals, while Camilla Silk '25 finished with 14 points and nine rebounds for the Green and White, which missed its final 17 field goal attempts. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    Babson (9-6, 1-0 NEWMAC) has won five of its last seven games after pulling out a 64-63 thriller over Springfield in its conference opener on Saturday afternoon. 
•    Graduate student Emily Flynn, who hit the go-ahead three-pointer with 4.6 seconds remaining, scored 14 points, sophomore Rylie Rosenberg finished with 12 and classmates Julia St. Laurent and Alessa Mendoza both added 11 points for the Beavers, who shot 52.5 percent over the final three quarters. 
•    Flynn (16.1 pts, 7.4 reb, 4.0 ast) ranks fourth in the league in scoring and assists and is shooting 46.6 percent from the field, Rosenberg (10.5 pts, 2.3 ast) has scored in double figures in five consecutive games and senior Chloe Perreault (7.7 pts, 6.6 reb) is second on the team in rebounding and third on the squad with a career-high 22 three-pointers. 
•    The Green and White ranks fifth in the league in scoring offense (65.7 points) and is second in rebounding margin (+6.6). 

SCOUTING THE BEARS
•    Coast Guard (8-7, 0-1 NEWMAC) has split its last four games but opened conference play with a 76-48 loss to No. 4/3 Smith on Saturday. 
•    Ruby Miller came off the bench to score 13 points on 5-of-8 shooting and Colleen Finnegan provided 10 points and seven rebounds for the Bears, who shot just 32.8 percent and trailed 29-6 after the first quarter. 
•    Stotts (18.5 pts, 4.4 reb, 3.0 ast) ranks third in the NEWMAC in scoring and is first in the league with 36 three-pointers, Olivia Wright (14.1 pts, 5.6 reb) is shooting 44.6 percent and has scored in double figures in eight of the last nine contests, and Taylor Lynch (6.1 pts, 3.8 reb, 4.0 ast) is tied for third in the conference in assists. 
•    Coast Guard is third in the conference in scoring offense averaging 68.7 points but has been limited to just 57.3 points in its seven losses. 

ROSENBERG GARNERS NEWMAC WEEKLY HONOR
•    After recording six steals, which includes a career-high four in last Tuesday's 61-55 loss to Trinity, Rosenberg was selected as the NEWMAC Defensive Player of the Week on Monday. 
•    She also chased down a career-high seven rebounds against the Bantams before contributing three rebounds and two steals in Saturday's triumph over Springfield. 

COMING THROUGH IN THE CLUTCH
•    Babson is 4-1 this season in games decided by six points or less and three of its last four victories since December 29 have come by two points or fewer. 
•    First-year Devon Burke scored the go-ahead layup with 11.9 seconds to go in a 67-65 win over Hartford on December 29, while Rosenberg and senior Allessia Carlo made late free throws to help seal a 72-70 triumph over UC Santa Cruz on December 30 before Flynn's late heroics on Saturday. 

REVISITING THE PRESEASON POLL
•    After finishing second last winter, the Beavers were picked to come in second behind defending Division III runner-up Smith when the NEWMAC released its preseason coaches' poll back in mid-October. 
•    The Green and White totaled 104 points to finish ahead of third-place Emerson (93) and fourth-place Springfield (83) in the poll. 
•    Babson's next two opponents, Coast Guard and MIT, tied for fifth in the preseason poll with 75 points. 

BEAVER BITES
•    St. Laurent has scored in double figures in four of the last five games and is averaging 11.2 points and 4.2 rebounds while shooting 57.5 percent during this stretch. 
•    Mendoza matched her season high with four assists in Saturday's victory and is averaging 10.0 points and 2.5 assists over the last two contests. 
•    Flynn has made at least two three-pointers in each of her last five outings and has connected on a triple in 16 straight games going back to last February. 
•    Carlo, who has played at least 30 minutes in three straight games, went 2-of-3 from three-point range and matched her season high with eight points against Springfield. 

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    The Beavers have won eight straight regular season games against NEWMAC foes, which includes five straight road victories. 
•    Babson is 9-2 this winter and 20-5 over the last two years when scoring at least 63 points. 
•    The Green and White is 7-1 this season when outscoring its opponents at the free throw line.
•    Over the last three seasons, the Beavers are 30-4 when leading at halftime, which includes a 6-1 record this winter. 

UP NEXT
•    Babson travels to Cambridge to face MIT on Saturday at 1 p.m.