Men’s Basketball Travels to George Mason on Wednesday

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Fairfax, Va. (February 17, 2015) - The Fordham University Rams continue their 2014-2015 season, the 112th season of varsity basketball at Rose Hill, and continue their Atlantic 10 season by traveling to Fairfax, Va., to face the George Mason University Patriots in the Patriot Center on Wednesday, February 18, at 7:00 p.m.
 
The game will be streamed live on the Atlantic 10 Digital Network 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 7-16 overall record, 2-10 in the Atlantic 10, following a 69-55 conference win over Saint Joseph's in the Rose Hill Gym on Sunday. George Mason enters the game with an 8-16 overall record, 3-9 in the A-10, after a 71-67 league overtime win over Richmond in Fairfax on Saturday
 
Wednesday night's contest will be the fourth meeting between Fordham and George Mason on the hardwood with the Rams winning the first three meetings, including both of last year's match-ups. Fordham defeated the Patriots, 76-70, on January 22 in the Rose Hill Gym as Branden Frazier netted 22 points for the Rams and Jon Severe added 21 and 70-67 in the first round of the Atlantic 10 Championship at the Barclays Center on March 12 as Frazier and Bryan Smith each netted 14 points for Fordham and Ryan Canty grabbed a career-high 19 rebounds. The game will be Fordham's first at George Mason.
 
Notes

* Fordham freshman forward Christian Sengfelder was named Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week for the second consecutive week, and the fourth time overall this season, on Monday. He averaged 13.5 ppg and 9.5 rpg in two games last week for the Rams, including recording his second double-double of the year, scoring 12 points and adding ten rebounds in a loss at Richmond on Wednesday night. He followed that with a 15-point, nine-rebound effort in a 69-55 win over Saint Joseph's on Sunday in the Rose Hill Gym, shooting 6-for-9 from the field and 3-for-4 from behind the arc.
 
* 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 17.3 ppg average while also pulling down 5.5 rpg, while Sengfelder is averaging 11.1 ppg and 7.2 rpg. The only other freshman combo that was averaging 10.0 ppg and 5.0 rpg earlier this year were Purdue's Isaac Haas and Vince Edwards but Haas is now averaging 8.2 ppg and 3.8 rpg while Edwards is averaging 9.6 ppg and 4.8 rpg.
 
* The 2014-2015 Fordham men's basketball squad is becom­ing adept at taking away the ball. Through games of February 15, the Rams are fourth in the Atlantic 10, averaging 6.8 steals/game, including a season-high eleven in the South Carolina State game on Dec. 31. Junior Mandell Thomas leads the Rams with 50 steals, ranking second in the conference (2.2/game).
 
* Through games of February 15, the Fordham Rams have the Atlantic 10's third leading scorer, and top freshman scorer, in freshman guard Eric Paschall (17.3 ppg) while Mandell Thomas is second in the conference in steals (2.2/game). The Rams also have the third leading rebounder in junior forward Ryan Rhoomes (9.1 rpg) while Rhoomes is also seventh in the conference in blocked shots, averaging 1.4/game, and Thomas is seventh in assists with a 3.4 apg average.
 
apropos of nothing: George Mason was born in Fairfax, Virginia, and led Virginia patriots during the American Revolution. He was also a Virginia delegate (George Washington and James Madison were others) to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. However, he did not agree with final draft of the U.S. Constitution and did not sign it. Mason was concerned with the rights given to the federal government and his dissent led to the Bill of Rights and he, along with James Madison, is known as the "Fathers of the Bill of Rights."