Jan. 22, 2011

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Dayton, Ohio - The Fordham University men's basketball team continues its Atlantic 10 season tonight in Dayton, Ohio, as the Rams take on the University of Dayton Flyers at 7:00 PM in the UD Arena. Follow the game live on your computer by clicking on the links above.

The Rams enter the game with a 6-10 overall record, 0-4 in the conference, following a 68-55 Atlantic 10 loss to Saint Louis University last Wednesday in the IZOD Center. The Rams are looking to snap a six-game losing streak as well as a 30-game Atlantic 10 losing streak dating back to 2009. Dayton enters the game with an 14-5 overall record, 2-2 in the A-10, after an 81-76 conference loss at Xavier last Saturday.

Fordham will be guided into the game by first-year head coach Tom Pecora, who arrived at Rose Hill in March after nine successful seasons as the head coach at Hofstra where he averaged 20 wins during the past six years.

On the court, Fordham is led by senior Brenton Butler and sophomore Chris Gaston. Butler is leading the team and is ranked ninth in the Atlantic 10, averaging 15.3 ppg, and he also lead the squad with 62 assists. Gaston has posted a double-double in ten of the 15 games this year, including a 24-pointg, ten-rebound game against Saint Louis, and is averaging 15.1 ppg and 11.4 rpg. He leads the Atlantic 10 and is ranked fifth in the nation in rebounding.

The Dayton Series: Saturday's night's contest will be the 26th meeting between Fordham and Dayton on the hardwood. The Flyers lead the all-time series, which started in 1952-53, 20-5, and have won the past four match-ups, including a 74-58 win in Madison Square Garden on January 13th as Chris Wright scored 12 points and grabbed eleven rebounds and Luke Fabrizius added 13 points.

Snow, Snow, Go Away: People in New York no longer need to watch the local weather to find out when it's going to snow, they just need a Fordham men's basketball schedule. For chances are if the Rams are scheduled for a road trip, it will snow in New York.

The first occurrence came on December 26th when the Rams were slated to fly to Atlanta to play at Georgia Tech. That flight was canceled by the blizzard and Fordham had to bus to Pittsburgh to catch a flight to San Francisco.

On their first Atlantic 10 road trip, a bus ride to George Washington, the Rams left campus early to get out before another snowstorm hit the area.

After a relatively normal trip to Charlotte last weekend, the Rams saw their plans changed for the trip to Dayton on Friday as an impending snowstorm canceled the original Friday early afternoon flight. The Rams were able to catch a later flight on Friday, arriving at the hotel, where the temperature is in the single digits, at 10:00 PM.

Who's Hot: Sophomore forward Chris Gaston has ten double-doubles on the year, his most recent a 24-point, ten-rebound effort against Saint Louis on Wednesday night, the 29th of his career... He just missed a double-double with ten points and nine rebounds at Charlotte... His ten double-doubles are the most for an Atlantic 10 player this year and 15th most in the NCAA Division I... Gaston leads the Atlantic 10 and is fifth in the nation in rebounding with an 11.4 rpg average... Redshirt senior guard Brenton Butler has netted double figures in eleven of the 15 games he has played in this year, including a 14-point performance at Charlotte... He has also surpassed the 20-point mark four times this year, including a season-high 28 points in the loss at Santa Clara... Butler is averaging a team-high 15.3 ppg, ninth best in the Atlantic 10, while also leading the squad with 62 assists... Freshman guard Branden Frazier has his collegiate career off to a good start, averaging 11.6 ppg, third best on the squad, including a 16-point game against Temple and eleven against Saint Louis... He leads the team lead with 37 three-pointers... Freshman guard Lamount Samuell scored eleven points and added three assists at Charlotte, just his third game since joining the Rams prior to the Temple game, and then scored seven points against Saint Louis on Wednesday... Junior guard Alberto Estwick netted 13 points at George Washington on Wednesday and eight at Charlotte on Saturday... He is averaging 11.3 ppg, fourth best on the team... Estwick is second on the team with 36 three-pointers.