Men’s Basketball Travels to Dayton on Sunday

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Bronx, N.Y. (January 31, 2015) - The Fordham University Rams continue their 2014-2015 Atlantic 10 season, the 112th season of varsity basketball at Rose Hill, by traveling to Dayton, Ohio, to face the University of Dayton Flyers in the UD Arena on Sunday, February 1, at 2:00 p.m. in a game that will be televised on Fox Sports Ohio and also broadcast on WFUV and www.wfuvsports.org.
     
The game will be broadcast on Fox Sports Ohio and also broadcast on WFUV (90.7 FM) and www.wfuvsports.org and can be followed live via livestats. Follow the links above.
 
Fordham enters the game with a 5-13 overall record, 0-7 in the Atlantic 10, following a 64-63 conference loss to Rhode Island in the Rose Hill Gym last Wednesday. Dayton enters the game with a 16-4 overall record, 6-2 in the A-10, after a 66-64 league loss at Massachusetts on Thursday.
 

Sunday afternoon's contest will be the 31^st meeting between Fordham and Dayton on the hardwood with the Flyers leading the all-time series, which started in 1952-53, 25-5. Dayton, riding a 16-game home winning streak, has won the past nine match-ups, including a 76-58 win back on January 10 in the Rose Hill Gym as five Flyers scored in doubles figures, led by Dyshawn Pierre with 16, while Fordham's Eric Paschall led all scorers with 20 points.
 
Notes
* Sunday's game at Dayton will mark the fourth time that the Rams have played on Super Bowl Sunday. Unfortunately, Fordham is 0-3 on the big day, losing to George Washington in 1999, Xavier in 2000 and La Salle in 2005, all on the road. Patriot fans take note: the last time Fordham played on Super Bowl Sunday the Patriots defeated Eagles in Super Bowl XXXIX. Both teams have a Super Bowl connection as NFL Hall of Famer Vince Lombardi, namesake of the Lombardi Trophy, is a Fordham graduate (class of 1937) while his grandson, Joe Lombardi, current offensive coordinator for the Detroit Lions, once coached at Dayton.
 
* Fordham freshmen Eric Paschall and Chris Sengfelder are the only set of freshman teammates to be averaging more than 10.0 ppg and 5.0 rpg. Paschall is third in the Atlantic 10 in scoring with a 17.0 ppg average while also pulling down 5.6 rpg, while Sengfelder is averaging 10.4 ppg and 6.3 rpg. The only other freshman combo that was averaging 10.0 ppg and 5.0 rpg were Purdue's Isaac Hass and Vince Edwards but Hayes is now averaging 9.2 ppg and 4.1 rpg while Edwards is averaging 9.7 ppg and 5.2 rpg.
 
* The 2014-2015 Fordham men's basketball squad is becoming adept at taking away the ball. Through games of January 29, the Rams are second in the Atlantic 10, averaging 7.0 steals/game, including a season-high eleven in the South Carolina State game on Dec. 31. Junior Mandell Thomas leads the Rams with 40 steals, ranking second in the conference (2.2/game).
 
* Through games of January 29, the Fordham Rams have the Atlantic 10's third leading scorer, and top freshman scorer, in freshman guard Eric Paschall (17.0 ppg) while Mandell Thomas is second in the conference in steals (2.2/game). The Rams also have the fourth leading rebounder in junior forward Ryan Rhoomes (9.0 rpg) while Antwoine Anderson is eighth in assists/game (3.4) and Rhoomes is seventh in the conference in blocked shots, averaging 1.5/game.