Women's Basketball at Clark
Saturday, February 14 | 3 p.m. 
Kneller Athletic Center | Worcester, Mass. 

SERIES HISTORY
•    Babson is 35-22 all-time against Clark in a series that dates back to the 1976-77 campaign. 
•    The Beavers have won 14 in a row and 24 of their last 25 games versus the Cougars going back to 2008.
•    The Green and White has won its last seven games in the series in Worcester since 2015, which includes a four-point victory two years ago. 
•    Just two of the last seven game between the teams have been decided by single digits. 

LAST MEETING
•    Katelyn Mollica '25 led three players in double figures with a career-high 28 points on 11-of-12 shooting as the Beavers cruised past Clark, 85-56,  on February 22, 2025, in Babson Park. 
•    Mollica made six three-pointers and scored 16 first-quarter points, Abby Miller '25 finished with 13 points and five assists, and senior Chloe Perreault added 12 points for Babson, which closed the opening period with a 29-3 run and led 49-12 at halftime. 
•    Cyriah Coleman scored 15 points and Alaina Schatzabel contribute nine points and 11 rebounds for the Cougars, who made just three first-half field goals and shot 35.8 percent in the loss. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    Babson (15-7, 7-1 NEWMAC) has won six consecutive games after rallying for an 86-77 victory over Salve Regina on Wednesday night. 
•    Graduate student Emily Flynn poured in a career-high 34 points, Perreault posted a double-double (12 points, 10 rebounds) and first-year Alyssa Hopps added a career-high 12 points on 5-of-6 shooting for the Beavers, who scored 34 points in the third quarter and led by as many as 21 with under seven minutes to play in the fourth. 
•    Flynn (15.8 pts, 7.9 reb, 3.6 ast) ranks fifth in the conference in scoring, sixth in assists and seventh in rebounding, sophomore Rylie Rosenberg (9.9 pts, 3.0 reb, 1.5 stl) leads the team with 32 steals, and Perreault (8.5 pts, 6.5 reb) is averaging 11.2 points and 8.0 rebounds over the last four games. 
•    The Green and White ranks second in league play in scoring offense (67.0) and rebounding margin (+7.6), and is third in both field goal percentage (40.9) and opponents' field goal percentage (35.4). 

SCOUTING THE COUGARS
•    Clark (16-6, 7-1 NEWMAC) has won eight of its last nine games and recorded a 68-51 road victory over Wellesley on Wednesday night. 
•    Coleman, Atiya Watson and Catherine Antwi all scored 13 points and Olivia Shipley added eight points and seven rebounds for the Cougars, who shot 50 percent over the final three quarters and scored 27 points off turnovers. 
•    Coleman (13.3 pts, 5.9 reb, 4.2 ast, 2.1 stl) ranks second in the league in assists and seventh in scoring, and has reached double figures in five straight games, Watson (11.1 pts, 2.8 ast, 2.0 stl) has scored in double figures in four of the last five contests and Kailey Rios (11.0 pts, 2.8 reb) ranks third in the conference with 49 three-pointers. 
•    Clark ranks first in NEWMAC play in steals per game (12.5), second in opponents' field goal percentage (34.3) and third in both scoring offense averaging 64.5 points and scoring margin (+9.3). 

WHAT'S AT STAKE
•    Babson and Clark enter Saturday's showdown tied for second place in the NEWMAC at 7-1, just a game behind unbeaten Smith (8-0). 
•    The winner will remain in contention for the regular season title as the Beavers are seeking their first since the 2019-20 campaign, while the Cougars, which lost to Smith last Saturday, can still claim a share of their first regular season crown since the 2003-04 season. 
•    Babson, which hosts Smith on Wednesday, and Clark both need to win one of their final three games to secure a top-four seed and a home quarterfinal in the upcoming NEWMAC Tournament. 

FROM ONE EMILY TO ANOTHER
•    Flynn's career-high 34 points in Wednesday's win were the most by a Babson player since Emily Bonifacic '20 put up a career-high 38 points on 18-of-21 shooting in the Beavers' season-opening win over Union on November 16, 2019. 
•    Flynn knocked down a career-high seven three-pointers on Wednesday night and erupted for 23 points in the second half on the way to matching Dorothy Stotts of Coast Guard for the third most points in a game by a NEWMAC player this winter. 

FEBRUARY FUN
•    Under the direction of third-year head coach Kate Barnosky, the Beavers are 15-4 in the month of February.
•    Babson has won 12 consecutive regular season games in February going back to 2024 while holding its opponents below 60 points nine times. 
•    During the 12-game winning streak, the Green and White has won seven games by double digits and is 4-0 in contests decided by five points or less.

TRENDS TO WATCH
•    Sophomore Julia St. Laurent has scored in double figures in seven of her last nine starts, which includes a career-high 16 points last Wednesday at Emerson, and is averaging 10.4 points and 6.4 rebounds while shooting 51.8 percent in seven NEWMAC games. 
•    Perreault, who has scored in double figures in four of the last five games, set a new season high with 12 rebounds in Saturday's victory over Wellesley and has posted back-to-back double-doubles.
•    Senior Allessia Carlo, who leads the team in minutes per game (29.2), has scored in double figures twice and averaging 10.0 points over the last three contests. 
•    Emily Flynn, who had her streak of double-digit scoring games snapped at 13 after finishing with five points against Wellesley last Saturday, has three double-doubles versus NEWMAC foes. 
•    Sophomore Mary Kate Flynn scored a season-high eight points while grabbing six boards in Saturday's win over Wellesley and followed it up with four points and six boards in the victory over Salve Regina.
•    Sophomore Alessa Mendoza is averaging 8.0 points, 2.7 assists and 2.0 steals while shooting 50 percent (11-of-22) over the last three games.

BALANCED BEAVERS
•    Babson has six players averaging between 6.8 and 15.0 points in conference play and has had five different players lead the team in scoring over its last six games. 
•    Rosenberg scored 18 points at MIT on January 24, Perreault finished with a then-season-high 12 points on January 28, Emily Flynn finished with 18 points in the Beavers' January 31 win over Mount Holyoke, and St. Laurent (16 points vs. Emerson) and Carlo (16 points vs. Wellesley) both set new career highs in last week's wins. 

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    Babson is 11-1 when leading at halftime and 14-0 when ahead entering the fourth quarter this winter.
•    The Beavers are 14-2 when scoring at least 60 points and 10-0 when putting up 70 points or more on the year.
•    The Green and White is 10-3 this season when committing 17 turnovers or fewer while Clark has forced at least 19 turnovers in 16 of 22 games.
•    Babson is 11-2 on the year when holding its opponents to 63 points or fewer.

UP NEXT
•    The Beavers will host No. 6/6 Smith on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.