Women's Basketball vs. Mount Holyoke
Saturday, January 31 | 1 p.m.
Staake Gymnasium | Babson Park, Mass. 

SERIES HISTORY
•    Babson is 45-7 all-time against Mount Holyoke in a series that dates back to the 1981-82 campaign.
•    The Beavers have won 25 consecutive games versus the Lyons going back to 2009, which includes 14 straight victories inside Staake Gymnasium. 
•    Just four of the last 25 matchups between the Green and White and Mount Holyoke have been decided by fewer than 20 points. 

LAST MEETING
•    Katelyn Mollica '25 scored a game-high 17 points and Abby Miller '25 contributed 14 points on 6-of-8 shooting as Babson cruised past Mount Holyoke 82-28 on February 19, 2025, in South Hadley, Mass. 
•    Graduate student Emily Flynn added 10 points and eight rebounds for the Beavers, who shot 48.1 percent and led 30-4 less than 11 minutes into the contest. 
•    Hannah Goen finished with nine points and three assists for the Lyons, who shot just 15 percent over the first three quarters and committed 23 turnovers in the loss. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    Babson (11-7, 3-1 NEWMAC) has won back-to-back games after using a stifling defensive effort to down WPI 52-30 on Wednesday night. 
•    Senior Chloe Perreault scored a season-high 12 points while grabbing seven rebounds and Flynn added 10 points for the Beavers, who forced 22 turnovers and held the Engineers without a field goal for a stretch of more than 14 minutes in the first half while building a 21-point lead. 
•    Flynn (15.2 pts, 7.4 reb, 3.6 ast) is shooting 43.9 percent and has scored in double figures in 11 straight games, sophomore Rylie Rosenberg (10.4 pts, 2.1 ast) has made a team-high 37 three-pointers and Perreault (7.9 pts, 6.1 reb) is averaging career highs in both points and rebounds.
•    The Green and White ranks third in both scoring defense (52.3 points), field goal percentage defense (36.0) and forced turnovers (18.0) in NEWMAC play, and is also second in rebounding margin (+4.6). 

SCOUTING THE LYONS
•    Mount Holyoke (4-14, 0-4 NEWMAC) has dropped its last four games and is coming off a 42-40 loss at Wheaton on Wednesday night. 
•    Alex Twomey finished with 11 points, six rebounds, three assists and two steals, while Taryn White contributed 10 points, eight boards and three steals for the Lyons, who rallied to tie the game on a bucket by Ania McMichael with 29 seconds remaining after trailing by as many as 14 in the first half despite shooting just 23.5 percent. 
•    Twomey (11.0 pts, 7.5 reb, 2.6 ast, 2.5 stl) has scored in double figures four times in the last six games, Sofia Francisco (7.5 pts, 11.4 reb, 2.6 blocks) leads the NEWMAC in blocked shots and is second in rebounds, and White is averaging 7.3 points and 6.8 boards. 
•    Through its first four conference games, Mount Holyoke ranks fourth in both scoring defense allowing 58.3 points and field goal percentage defense (37.7) but is last in rebounding margin (-7.8). 

DIALING UP THE DEFENSE
•    After allowing 62.6 points and 0.85 points per possession over its 13 games, Babson has held its first four NEWMAC opponents to 52.3 points and 0.77 points per possession on 36 percent shooting while forcing a turnover on 26.4 percent of its defensive possessions.  
•    The Beavers have forced 59 turnovers over their last three outings and has held back-to-back conference foes below 50 points for the first time since 2023 when it defeated Wheaton 86-43 on February 4 and Wellesley 77-49 on February 8. 

MOVING UP THE CHARTS
•    In addition to Flynn moving up to second place on Babson's all-time list with 103 three-pointers, Perreault now ranks 15th with 61 career triples after passing Tracy Graham '01 on Wednesday night. 
•    Rosenberg's 37 three-pointers are the fourth most by any player in their first year at Babson behind only Katelyn Mollica '25, who made 55 triples in 2022-23, Erin Young '15 (51 in 2011-12) and Caitlin Boulier '08 (46 in 2004-05). 

SIGNIFICANCE OF 60
•    The Beavers are 10-2 this winter and boast .755 winning percentage (37-12) in three seasons under head coach Kate Barnosky when scoring at least 60 points. 
•    Babson has been even better in NEWMAC play when scoring 60 or more points, going 17-4 while winning its last eight games going back to February 1 of last year. 

PARTY OF ONE
•    Entering Saturday's contest, Flynn is the only player in the NEWMAC that ranks among the top 10 in scoring, rebounding and assists. 
•    She is currently fifth in assists (3.6), seventh in scoring (15.2 points) and 10th in rebounds at 7.4 per game.  
•    Flynn also ranks fifth in the NEWMAC in field goal percentage (43.9) and is sixth in three-pointers per game (2.1). 

SURGING SOPHOMORES
•    Over the last eight games, sophomore Julia St. Laurent is averaging 9.9 points on 52.5 percent shooting and 4.0 rebounds, and has scored in double figures five times. 
•    Classmate Alessa Mendoza is putting up 7.9 points and 2.0 assists while shooting 50 percent over the last 12 games, and is averaging 8.0 points and 2.3 dimes in league play. 
•    Fellow sophomore Mary Kate Flynn is averaging 6.5 rebounds over the last 11 contests and has grabbed seven or more caroms on six occasions. 

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    The Beavers are 7-2 this season when holding their opponents under 40 percent shooting.
•    Babson is 8-1 this winter and 16-3 over the last two years when outscoring its foes at the free throw line.
•    The Green and White is 8-1 on the season when leading at halftime. 
•    The Beavers are 10-4 this year when outrebounding their opponents. 

UP NEXT
•    Babson travels to Boston to face Emerson on Wednesday at 7 p.m.