Bronx, N.Y. – The last time Fordham defeated Richmond in a men's basketball game, Fordham junior guard
Joseph Chartouny was 13 years old. Luckily for the Rams Chartouny grew up to become a well-rounded player as he scored 26 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, both career-highs, to lead Fordham to a 69-65 Atlantic 10 overtime win over the Spiders in the Rose Hill Gym on Wednesday night.
With the win, Fordham snaps a 14-game losing streak to the Spiders and improves to 6-8 overall, 1-1 in the Atlantic 10, while Richmond falls to 3-11 overall, 1-1 in the conference.
Chartouny scored six of the nine Fordham overtime points while also recording five steals, three assists and two blocks, while freshman guard/forward
Ivan Raut added 12 points and added six rebounds and senior guard
Will Tavares finished with ten points.
Richmond scored the first point of overtime on a Khwan Fore free throw 1:46 into the session before a Raut three-pointer put the Rams up two, 63-61, with 2:46 remaining.
After a Nathan Cayo free throw made it a one-point game, back-to-back Chartouny layups boosted the Fordham lead to five, with 1:22 on the clock.
Richmond got the Fordham lead down to two, 67-65, on a De'Monte Buckingham free throw with two seconds left but Chartouny grabbed the rebound on an intentional miss of the second charity shot and sank two free throws to secure the win.
The game was as close as could be with neither team holding more than a seven-point lead. That seven-point advantage was held by the Rams, who were up 47-40, with 13:38 left in the second half following a Chartouny three-pointer.
Later in the half, Fordham took a 58-53 lead on a three-point play from David Pekarek with 4:57 remaining in regulation but Buckingham hit a three-pointer 20 seconds later and, after a Pekarek layup at the 2:24 mark, Buckingham made it a two-point game, 60-58, with a layup with 2:02 left.
The score remained 60-58 until a Jacob Gilyard layup with 21 seconds left tied the game for the seventh time. Fordham had a chance to win in regulation but a Tavares layup rolled off and a Pekarek tip-in fell out.
Takeaways
Will Tavares
Will Tavares, who leads the Rams averaging 17.0 ppg, has netted double figures in all 14 games this year.
Joseph Chartouny, who entered the game ranked second in the NCAA in steals (3.54/game), recorded five steals tonight (matching his season-high) to bring his season total to 51. He has recorded at least one steal in every game this year.
The Rams are 2-0 this year in overtime games, the first time since 2005-2006 that Fordham has won two overtime games in a year.
Richmond scored all five of its overtime points from the charity stripe.
Fordham won for just the second time in nine games this year when scoring under 69 points.
The win snaps a 14-game winning streak by the Spiders over the Rams (the last Fordham win over Richmond was a 63-61 victory on March 8, 2006 at the Atlantic 10 Championships).
Richmond freshman guard Nathan Cayo played at the same high school (Collège Jean-De-Brébeuf in Montreal) as Fordham's
Joseph Chartouny and
Nemanja Zarkovic.
By the Numbers
12 – Career-high rebounds for
Joseph Chartouny (previous career-best was eleven, which he accomplished twice, the last time vs. Maine earlier this year).
13 – Steals recorded by Fordham, the ninth time in 14 games this year the Rams have registered double figures in steals.
24 – Career-high points for
Joseph Chartouny (previous career-best was 24 versus Davidson on February 27, 2016).
201 – Career steals for
Joseph Chartouny, moving him ahead of
Mandell Thomas (2012-2016) and into fifth place on the Fordham career steals list.
361 – Career assists for
Joseph Chartouny, good for ninth on the Fordham career list.
1,514 – All-times wins for Fordham
What's Next?
The Rams return to the historic Rose Hill Gym on Saturday, January 6, as they host the Duquesne University Dukes in an Atlantic 10 contest at 3:30 p.m.
The game will be the 37th meeting between the two schools.
Duquesne leads the all-time series, 21-15, but the two teams split a pair of games last year with the Dukes winning on December 30 in the Rose Hill Gym (75-72) and the Rams winning on February 22 in Pittsburgh (70-52).
