BABSON PARK, Mass. - The Albertus Magnus College women's basketball team lost a 74-50 non-conference game to Babson College on Saturday evening.

Ariellys Velez (Watertown, Conn.) scored a game-high 21 points on 10-for-16 shooting, while Adriana DeBernardo (Stratford, Conn.) scored 16 points with six rebounds.

THE BASICS

FINAL: Babson 74 | Albertus 50

RECORDS: Albertus (1-7) | Babson (3-2)

BOX

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Falcons scored the first four points of the game as Debernardo and Isabella Fiorillo (West Haven, Conn.) had baskets early on. The Falcons didn't allow a point to Babson until 6:34 of the first when Julia St. Laurent made a layup. After Albertus took a 6-3 lead after a layup from DeBernardo, Kylie Rosenberg hit back-to-back threes for Babson. With Albertus trailing 11-10 with 3:45 left in the first, Babson went on an 11-2 run to close out the quarter and took a 20-12 lead. Velez had six points in the first. Rosenberg had eight points for Babson.
• Babson upped its lead to 28-15 with 7:54 left in the second, but an 8-2 run from the Falcons cut their deficit to 30-23. Albertus once again fell behind by 13 points at 37-24 with 1:39 left, but a basket from Ava Johnson (North Haven, Conn.) fueled a 5-0 run to end the half as Albertus trailed just 37-29.
• The Beavers scored the first six points of the second half to take a 43-29 lead and eventually grew their lead to 53-34 halfway through the third quarter as Emily Flynn had 10 points during the early run. Babson went into the fourth with a 60-39 lead. Velez scored four points in the third for Albertus.
• DeBernardo scored seven points in the fourth quarter for Albertus, but the Falcons did not get any closer than 19 points the rest of the way.

TEAM STATS

Albertus

32.3 FG% | 13.3 3PT% | 50.0 FT%

Babson

38.9 FG% | 26.7 3PT% | 76.9 FT%

TOP PERFORMERS

Albertus

Ariellys Velez 21 PTS | 10-17 FG | 6 REBS | 2 STLS

Adriana DeBernardo 16 PTS | 6 REBS | 2 STLS

Babson

Emily Flynn 16 PTS | 12 REBS | 10 ASTS

Rylie Rosenberg 11 PTS | 4-7 FG | 3 REBS

UP NEXT

Albertus will stay on the road to take on No. 16 Amherst on Wednesday, December 3rd at 5 p.m.