Men’s Basketball Travels to Saint Louis on Saturday

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Bronx, N.Y. – The Fordham University men's basketball Rams continue their 2016 Atlantic 10 season, the 113th season of varsity basketball at Rose Hill, by traveling to St. Louis to face the Saint Louis University Billikens in the Chaifetz Arena on Saturday, February 20, at 8:00 PM (EST).
 
The game will be broadcast live on the America Sports Network (ASN) and streamed live on the Atlantic 10 Digital Network with Dave Armstrong (p-b-p) and Tim Scarborough  (color) announcing and can also be heard live on WFUV (90.7 FM) and on www.wfuvsports.org with Drew Casey (p-b-p) and Matt Moro (color) announcing. Follow the links above.
 

Fordham enters the game with a 13-11 overall record, 4-9 in the Atlantic 10, and is coming off a 76-66 A-10 win over Massachusetts in the Rose Hill Gym on Wednesday night. Saint Louis enters with an 9-16 overall record, 4-9 in the conference, after a 79-77 overtime league win at George Mason on Wednesday.

Saturday night's contest will be the 12th meeting between Fordham and Saint Louis on the hardwood. The Billikens lead the all-time series, which started in 1971-72, 9-2, and have won seven of the last eight match-ups. The Rams took last year's meeting, 83-65, on February 7 in the Rose Hill Gym as Christian Sengfelder scored 22 points to help Fordham snap a seven-game losing streak to the Billikens.
 
The matchup is just one of many this season between the 28 Jesuit colleges and universities across the United States. Dedicated to academic rigor, research, faith and serving others, Jesuit Catholic education stands at the intersection of minds, hearts and souls. Alumni at the game tonight are just some of the more than 2 million Jesuit graduates in America. Fordham and its fellow Jesuit institutions thank you for your attendance tonight, and for your support of the Jesuit mission.
 
Notes
• Fordham is looking for its first win in St. Louis and it's second A-190 road win of the year. The last time Fordham won two conference road games was in 2008.
 
• Fordham University freshman guard Joseph Chartouny was named Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week for games played from February 8-14. The award is the fifth overall rookie of the week honor for Chartouny who averaged 14.0 ppg, 5.5 rpg and 7.5 assists/game while also recording four steals in two games last week. His best effort was a 15-point and season-high eleven-assist game on Wednesday versus St. Bonaventure in the Rose Hill Gym for his fourth double-double of the year. The eleven assists surpassed his previous season-high of seven, and he also had five rebounds and four steals in the contest.
 
• The 13 wins in 2015-2016 are the most for a Fordham team since the 2006-2007 squad won 18 times.
 
• Fordham senior forward Ryan Rhoomes is ranked ninth in the NCAA in field goal percentage, hitting 65.1 percent of his shots (138-212). The school record for single season field goal percentage is .616 by Damon Lopes in 1990-1991.
 
• Senior guard Mandell Thomas enters the game with 1,345 career points, 14th on the Fordham all-time scoring list. Thomas is 27 points behind Charlie Yelverton (1968-1971) for 13th on the list.
 
• With his 13 rebounds in the Richmond game, forward Ryan Rhoomes brought his career total to 846, good for seventh place on the Fordham career rebounding list. Rhoomes is 71 behind John Stevens (1962-1965) for sixth on the all-time list.
 
• Fordham head coach Jeff Neubauer's teams at Eastern Kentucky were well known for their defensive prowess, routinely ranking at the top of the NCAA in steals and his first Fordham team is no different, recording 206 steals in 2015-2016 (8.6/game), second in the Atlantic 10 and 14th in the NCAA. The Rams have recorded ten or more steals in a contest ten times this season. Leading the Rams defense is senior guard Mandell Thomas (2.45), who leads the conference in steals/game.