BABSON PARK, Mass.—Junior
Timmy Muvley (Reading, Mass.) scored a game-high 23 points, classmate
Logan Murphy (Sandwich, Mass.) added a career-high 20 points and No. 19 Babson College knocked down a single-game record 20 three-point field goals on the way to defeating visiting Lasell University, 94-77, in non-conference men's basketball action on Saturday night inside Staake Gymnasium.
Babson (1-0) opened the season with a victory for the fifth time in the last six seasons, while Lasell starts its year at 0-1.
Mulvey was 7-of-10 from downtown and Murphy drilled five triples and added seven rebounds and a game-high four steals for the Beavers, who had six players finish in double figures. Senior
Marc Begin II (Carlsbad, Calif.) scored 14 points and handed out five assists, while junior
Vaughn Foster (Paramus, N.J.), classmate
Ryan Frauenheim (Manasquan, N.J.) and sophomore
Thomas Ferdinando (Andover, Mass.) each scored 11 points. Ferdinando led all players with nine dimes and grabbed six boards, while Frauenheim doled out five assists in the victory.
First-year
Grant Cieplicki (Colchester, Vt.) also led all players with eight rebounds for Babson.
Esmer Madesko (Atlanta, Ga.) and Nolan Serafin (Burrillville, R.I.) both scored 18 points to pace four players in double figures for the Lasers. Andy Madesko (Atlanta, Ga.) and Che Hanks (Chelsea, Mass.) each scored 15 points in the loss.
The Green and White made just two field goals over a stretch of nearly 10 minutes and trailed 30-13 with under eight minutes to play in the first half before ending the stanza with a 27-8 to take a two-point lead into the locker room. Murphy hit a pair of triples to help cut the deficit to 10, Frauenheim got it to single digits with a layup, and Mulvey canned back-to-back three-pointers to pull within 34-31 at the 3:27 mark.
Foster followed up a trifecta by Begin II and Murphy and Ferdinando both scored over the final 44 seconds to put the Beavers in front 40-38 at the break.
Lasell trailed by just one after layup by Esmer Madesko with 17:40 to play before succumbing to Babson's three-point onslaught. Mulvey and Murphy both connected from long range to make it 53-44 two minutes later, and Foster followed up back-to-back triples by Frauenheim with five straight points to stretch the margin to 68-49 at the 11:47 mark.
Ferdinando converted a driving layup to give the hosts their first 20-point lead with just over nine minutes to play and Begin II canned another three-pointer as the Green and White took its largest lead of the night at 80-58 with 8:26 remaining. The Lasers got as close as 13 on a three-point play by Andy Madesko with 3:32 left before Murphy nailed his final three-pointer of the night with 2:07 to go.
The Beavers shot 54.5 percent from the floor and 51.3 percent from beyond the arc, which includes going 12-of-18 in the second half. The Green and White also held a slim 33-32 edge on the glass and scored 20 points off 17 Lasell turnovers. The Lasers shot 50.8 percent on the night but were just 5-of-21 from deep.
Both teams return to action on Wednesday as Babson travels to Brandeis at 7 p.m., while Lasell visits Suffolk at 4 p.m.
GAME NOTES
• The Beavers are now 21-3 all-time against Lasell and have won 14 in a row in the series.
• Babson's 20 three-pointers broke the previous single-game record of 19 in a 94-73 win over Tufts on December 1, 2018.
• Mulvey has now made at least three triples in 17 consecutive games dating back to last winter.
• The Beavers have won nine straight games at home and are 13-2 inside Staake Gymnasium going back to the start of the 2025-26 campaign.
