Men's Basketball vs. Coast Guard
Wednesday, February 4 | 7 p.m. 
Staake Gymnasium | Babson Park, Mass.

SERIES HISTORY
•    Babson is 66-29 all-time against Coast Guard in a series that dates back to the 1972-73 campaign. 
•    The Beavers have won 26 of the last 29 games in the series but were upset by the Bears in last year's NEWMAC Tournament quarterfinals. 
•    The Green and White is 13-2 against Coast Guard inside Staake Gymnasium since 2012. 

LAST MEETING
•    Senior Timmy O'Toole led three players in double figures with 17 points on 7-of-8 shooting in just 12 minutes of action as Babson defeated Coast Guard 89-41 on January 10 in New London, Conn.
•    First-year Robby Fiore finished with season highs of 16 points and four assists, and classmate Thomas Ferdinando added 13 points, four dimes and three steals for the Beavers, who shot 50 percent from the floor and held a 48-26 rebounding edge in addition to scoring 25 points off 17 turnovers by the Bears. 
•    Elijah Parent scored 13 points and Luke Farrell provided 12 points and four blocked shots for Coast Guard, which shot a season-worst 25 percent and was held to its lowest point total since 2015. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    Babson (13-6, 7-3 NEWMAC) has won seven of its last eight games and is coming off a 73-62 victory at Clark on Saturday afternoon. 
•    Sophomore Timmy Mulvey scored a career-high 32 points, Ferdinando contributed 16 points and four steals, and O'Toole added 12 points, 10 rebounds and three blocked shots for the Beavers, who shot 45.6 percent from the floor and never trailed in the win. 
•    Ferdinando (15.7 pts, 3.8 reb, 2.6 ast) ranks seventh in the league in scoring and is second in three-point shooting at 46.2 percent, Mulvey (15.0 pts, 2.7 ast) has scored in double figures in seven consecutive games and ranks second din the league with 62 three-pointers, and O'Toole (10.4 pts, 9.1 reb, 1.5 steals) leads the NEWMAC in rebounding and is shooting 59.6 percent from the floor.
•    The Green and White ranks first in conference play in scoring defense allowing 62.8 points, assist-to-turnover ratio (1.83) and forced turnovers (13.9). 

SCOUTING THE BEARS
•    Coast Guard (6-13, 2-9 NEWMAC) has dropped back-to-back games after suffering a 93-81 loss to Springfield on Saturday. 
•    Farrell scored 30 points to surpass 1,000 for his career, Trevor Parks provided 18 points and six rebounds, and Parent added 14 points for the Bears, who made a season-high 25 free throws and shot 45.5 percent (10-of-22) from beyond the arc but were outscored 21-5 to start the second half after trailing by just one at the break. 
•    Farrell (17.5 pts, 8.5 reb, 1.3 blocks) ranks second in the conference in rebounding, third in scoring and fourth in blocked shots, Parent (11.7 pts, 2.4 ast) has scored in double figures in seven of the last nine games and Trevor Parks (11.8 pts, 4.2 reb) has drained a NEWMAC-best 66 three-pointers this winter. 
•     Coast Guard is third in league play in three-pointers per game (9.5) but has allowed 83.6 points in 11 games versus NEWMAC foes. 

MULVEY EARNS CONFERENCE RECOGNITION
•    Thanks to his 32-point effort in Saturday's win at Clark, Mulvey was selected as the NEWMAC Offensive Player of the Week for the second time this season on Monday. 
•    He scored 17 first-half points and went 6-of-6 at the free throw line on the way to surpassing his previous career high of 31 points against Saint Joseph (Conn.) back on November 30. 

THREE AT A TIME
•    Mulvey (62) and Ferdinando (60) are just the second Babson to duo to make at least 60 three-pointers in a season joining the twosome of Nick Comenale '18 and current associate head coach Joey Flannery '17, who finished with 110 and 78 triples in the Beavers' national championship season of 2016-17. 
•    Mulvey ranks sixth in Division III in three-pointers per game (3.26), ninth in total three-pointers and 18th in three-point percentage (43.4), while Ferdinando is seventh in three-point percentage (46.2), 11th in three-pointers per game (3.16) and 15th in total trifectas. 

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARDS
•    After grabbing five in Saturday's win, O'Toole now has a career-high 75 offensive rebounds this winter, which ranks second behind the 84 pulled down by Isaiah Nelsen '17 in 2015-16 over the last 26 seasons. 
•    O'Toole ranks ninth in program history with 685 total rebounds and his 287 offensive boards are the most by any Babson player since the statistic started being tracked during the 1999-2000 season. 

TRENDS TO WATCH
•    In addition to combining for 48 points on Saturday at Clark, Mulvey and Ferdinando handed out five assists and committed just two turnovers while playing a combined 77 of 80 total minutes. 
•    Senior Tyler Lauder ranks second in assist-to-turnover ratio (3.30), fifth in blocked shots per game (1.1) and sixth in assists (3.3) over his first 10 NEWMAC games. 
•    In 100 minutes of action over the last six contests, sophomore Ryan Frauenheim has handed out 14 assists while committing just one turnover. 
•    Ferdinando has scored in double figures in 10 straight games and has connected on multiple three-pointers nine times during this stretch.
•    O'Toole leads the team with five double-doubles and has finished with 10 or more points and rebounds in three of the last five games. 
•    Babson has committed 12 turnovers or fewer in nine straight outings for the first time since the 2013-14 campaign when it went 11 consecutive games recording 12 turnovers or less.

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    The Beavers are 11-3 this winter when shooting at least 40 percent from the field. 
•    Babson is 10-0 this winter and has won 21 of 23 games over the last two seasons when outrebounding its opponents. 
•    The Green and White is 12-3 on the year when three or more players score in double figures. 
•    The Beavers are 19-2 over the last two seasons when holding their foes below 70 points. 

UP NEXT
•    Babson hosts Springfield on Saturday at 1 p.m.