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Bronx, N.Y. (February 13, 2014) – The size of a lane on a basketball court is 19-feet by 12-feet, 228 square feet of prime basketball real estate and an area that was controlled by St. Bonaventure tonight as the visitors outscored Fordham 44-26 in the paint, which helped the Bonnies to a 76-65 Atlantic 10 win over the Rams in the Rose Hill Gym.
With the loss, Fordham falls to 9-14 overall, 2-8 in the Atlantic 10, while St. Bonaventure improves to 14-10 overall, 4-6 in the conference.
The Rams fell despite 20-point performances from senior guard
Branden Frazier and sophomore guard
Mandell Thomas. Frazier added seven assists while Thomas hit four three-pointers.
After falling behind early, Fordham mounted a couple of comebacks, getting close to the top of the mountain only to get knocked back down. The final occurrence came early in the second half when the Rams cut a ten-point St. Bonaventure advantage to three, 48-45, following a
Jon Severe three-pointer with 15:19 remaining but the Bonnies responded with a 9-2 spurt to get the lead back to ten, 57-47, 3:25 later.
A Thomas three-pointer with 12:13 left made it a seven-point game and the Rams trailed by seven again with 6:21 on the clock after a Frazier layup, 65-58, but St. Bonaventure scored ten straight points over the next three minutes to put the game away.
The two teams opened play trading baskets with four ties over the first 4:36, the final time at 15 following a Thomas trifecta. St. Bonaventure netted the next ten points to take a 25-15 lead with 11:16 left following a Charlton Kloof layup and the Bonnies would get the lead to 12 twice over the next eight minutes, the final at 37-25 with 3:05 remaining.
A Severe three-point play with 2:46 on the clock ignited an 8-2 Fordham run to close out the half as the Rams pulled to within six, 39-33, at the break. Severe led the run with six points.
The Bonnies scored six of the first eight points to open the second half and open a 45-35 lead and the Rams trailed by ten again, 48-38, with 16:49 remaining when the Rams mounted their final comeback attempt.
Severe added 13 points for the Rams and dished out six assists, tying his season high, while
Ryan Rhoomes finished with five points and six rebounds and
Ryan Canty grabbed nine rebounds and blocked three shots.
The Rams return to action on Saturday, February 15, as they travel to Richmond, Virginia, to face the University of Richmond Spiders in an Atlantic 10 matchup in the Robins Center at 6:00 p.m. in a game that will be televised live on SportsNet NY (SNY).
Notes
Frazier's 20 points brings his career total to 1,489, good for tenth on the school's all-time scoring list, 35 points behind Brenton Butler (2006-11) for ninth place… He now has 12 20-point games this year and 24 in his Fordham career… Frazier's seven assists bring his career assist total to 463, second on the Fordham career list (Jay Fazande (198-93) is Fordham career assists leader with 548)… Thomas is averaging 20-3 ppg over the past four games and notched his third 20-point game of the season… Severe matched his season-high with the six assists, first accomplished in the Loyola game earlier this year… The Rams were outrebounded 40-29 in the game… Fordham is now 4-11 when being outrebounded by an opponent this year.
