Women's Basketball at Norwich
Wednesday, January 7 | 3 p.m.
Andrews Gym | Northfield, Vt.

SERIES HISTORY
•    Babson is 2-0 all-time against Norwich in a series that dates back to 2002.
•    Wednesday's contest marks just the second time the teams will play in the regular season and the Beavers' first visit to Northfield, Vt., in program history.

LAST MEETING
•    Graduate student Emily Flynn scored a game-high 16 points, Katelyn Mollica '25 finished with 12 points and both players knocked down four three-pointers as the Beavers cruised to an 88-38 win over Norwich on December 2, 2024, in Babson Park. 
•    Senior Allessia Carlo scored 11 points and sophomore Alessa Mendoza added nine for Babson, which made 11 of its 16 triples in the first half while building a 46-18 lead. 
•    Haley Brewster scored 11 points to lead the Cadets, who shot just 24.5 percent while committing 21 turnovers. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    Babson (7-5) had its three-game winning streak snapped in a 59-51 loss at Connecticut College on Saturday afternoon. 
•    Emily Flynn scored 18 points, sophomore Rylie Rosenberg added 11 points and sophomore Mary Kate Flynn led all players with 11 rebounds for the Beavers, who shot a season-low 26.6 percent and went 1-of-19 from beyond the arc over the final three quarters after making five triples in the opening stanza. 
•    Emily Flynn (15.9 pts, 7.5 reb, 3.8 ast) leads the team in scoring and assists and is shooting 46.3 percent form the floor, Rosenberg (10.2 pts, 2.0 ast) has scored in double figures in back-to-back games and is second on the team with 12 steals, and senior Chloe Perreault (8.2 pts, 6.7 reb) has connected on at least one three-pointer in five straight outings. 
•    The Green and White is averaging 65.3 points and ranks 32nd in Division III in rebounding margin (8.8) and 40th in three-pointers per game (7.6). 

SCOUTING THE CADETS
•    Norwich (4-7) has dropped four consecutive games and is coming off a 63-44 loss to Mount St. Joseph (Ohio) back on December 20. 
•    Kiley O'Brien scored 11 points on 5-of-6 shooting and Maggi Ellsworth and Cassidy Kitteredge added nine points apiece for the Cadets, who scored just 15 first-half points and finished with 23 turnovers in the loss.
•    Gracie Laster (11.3 pts, 3.6 reb) is shooting 47.3 percent from the floor, Kitteridge (10.2 pts, 5.7 reb) has scored in double figures six times on the season and Ellsworth (8.5 pts, 4.9 reb) is shooting 46.9 percent on the year. 
•    Norwich, which is shooting 45.3 percent on two-point field goal attempts, ranks 16th in Division III in bench scoring at 31.2 points per game. 

CENTURY MARK IN SIGHT
•    After knocking down four triples in Saturday's loss, Emily Flynn needs just two more to become the fifth player in Babson history to reach 100 for her career. 
•    Flynn passed Kelly Walsh '24 for fifth place against Connecticut College and her 98 career three-pointers rank behind only Katelyn Mollica '25 (218), Erin Young '15 (190), Caitlin Boulier '08 (172) and Joanna Maher '03 (138) in Babson history. 

SUCCESS AGAINST GNAC FOES
•    Wednesday's matchup will be just the Beavers' third against an opponent from the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) since sweeping New England College during the pandemic-shortened 2021 campaign. 
•    Going back to 2014, Babson is 6-1 in games versus GNAC foes, which includes splitting contests against Emmanuel in 2014 and 2015, a 2017 win over St. Joseph's (Maine) and a 74-50 victory over Albertus Magnus back in November in addition to last year's win over Norwich. 

BEAVER BITES
•    Perreault has made at least one three-pointer in five consecutive outings and in 11 of 12 games this season. 
•    Mary Kate Flynn set a new career high with three blocked shots in Saturday's loss at Connecticut College, which are the most by any Babson player since junior Samantha Reale finished with four rejections in a 67-65 win over Springfield on January 15, 2025. 
•    Emily Flynn has made at least one three-point in 14 straight games and has made two or more 12 times during this streak.
•    Over the last six games, Rosenberg is 19-of-23 (82.6 percent) at the free throw line and has dished out two or more assists five times.
•    In three games since the holiday break, sophomore Julia St. Laurent is averaging 9.3 points and 2.3 rebounds while shooting 55 percent (11-of-20) from the field. 

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    The Beavers are 7-1 this season when scoring at least 65 points. 
•    Babson is 5-1 on the year and 29-4 over the last three seasons when leading at halftime.
•    The Green and White is 4-1 this winter and 15-3 going back to the start of last season when holding its opponents below 60 points. 
•    Over the last five games, Babson is shooting 74.3 percent at the free throw line.

UP NEXT
•    The Beavers return home to face No. 18 Trinity on Tuesday, January 13 at 5 p.m.