Feb. 17, 2008
Bronx, N.Y. -
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The Fordham University men's basketball Rams will continue their 2008 Atlantic 10 home season as they host the Charlotte 49ers on Sunday night, February 17th, at 6:00 p.m. in the Rose Hill Gym. The game will be televised live by the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN) and can be heard live on WFUV (90.7 FM) and on wfuv.org.
The Rams enter the game with a 9-12 overall record, 3-6 in the Atlantic 10, and are coming off a 76-72 Atlantic 10 win over Massachusetts in Amherst on Thursday night, a win that snapped a four-game losing streak. Charlotte enters the game with a 14-9 overall record, 5-4 in the conference, and is coming off a 62-60 Atlantic 10 loss to #12/13 Xavier in Charlotte on Wednesday night.
Fordham will be led into the game by senior guard Marcus Stout who is averaging a team-high 15.4 ppg, 20.0 over the past three games, for the Rams while leading the team in steals (25) and senior forward Bryant Dunston, a Queens native who was a Preseason First Team All-Atlantic 10 selection and who became the Rams' all-time blocked shots leader earlier this year (272). On the year, Dunston is averaging 14.9 ppg and 9.6 rpg, as he leads the conference in rebounding. He has recorded a double-double in each of the past two games and has a league-best nine on the year
Charlotte is led by senior guard Leemire Goldwire who is averaging 20.2 ppg, third best in the Atlantic 10, hitting a league-high 95 three-pointers this winter. Junior forward Lamont Mack, who scored a game-high 19 points in the first meeting this year, is averaging 11.0 ppg and 4.8 rpg for the 49ers.
Sunday night's game will be the fifth meeting between Fordham and Charlotte on the hardwood with the 49ers taking the first four match-ups, including a 74-60 win in Charlotte on January 26th.