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Bronx, N.Y. – The Fordham University men's basketball Rams continue their 2016-2017 Atlantic 10 season, the 114th varsity season at Rose Hill, by hosting the George Washington University Colonials in the historic Rose Hill Gym on Wednesday, March 1, at 7:00 p.m.
The game will be streamed live on the Atlantic 10 Digital Network with Andrew Bogusch (p-b-p) and Kenny Ducey (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 James Decker (color) announcing. Follow the links above.
Fordham enters the game with a 13-16 overall record, 7-9 in the Atlantic 10, after a 70-48 Atlantic 10 loss to Richmond in the Rose Hill Gym on Saturday afternoon, while George Washington is 16-13 on the season, 8-8 in the A-10, after defeating George Mason, 83-74, in Washington, D.C., on Sunday afternoon.
Wednesday night's contest will be the 31st meeting between Fordham and George Washington on the hardwood with the Colonials leading the all-time series, which started in the 1914-15 season, 24-6, and have taken the past five matchups. George Washington took last year's meeting, 69-63, in the Smith Center on January 3 as Tyler Cavanaugh scored a game-high 21 points and he grabbed ten rebounds, while Patricio Garino added 12 points.
Notes
• Over the past two years, the Fordham University men's basketball squad has won 15 Atlantic 10 Conference games (eight in 2015-2016 and six in 2016-2017), one more than the A-10 win total from the previous seven years.
• The 2016-2017 Rams are one of five Atlantic 10 teams to have a winning record in conference road games (5-3). The five road wins matches the 2006-2007 squad for most in a season for the Rams.
• Over the past three games, all Fordham wins, graduate student
Javontae Hawkins and junior
Christian Sengfelder have heated up for the Rams. Hawkins is averaging 20.0 ppg and 5.3 rpg over the three games, shooting .552 (16-29) from the field and .917 (22-24) from the charity stripe, while Sengfelder is averaging 16.3 ppg and 9.0 rpg over that stretch, shooting .429 (9-21) from behind the arc.
• Junior forward
Christian Sengfelder was named First Team CoSIDA Academic All-District last week and he will now be placed on the ballot for CoSIDA Academic All-America
® honors.
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Sengfelder became the 37th player in Fordham history to reach the 1,000-point plateau in the Saint Louis game. He now has 1,029 career points, 33rd on the all-time list.
• Sophomore guard
Joseph Chartouny is third in the NCAA in steals/game, averaging 3.27 and is third in the league and 49th in the country in assists/game (5.1). He tied his career-high with seven steals against Rutgers.
• Chartouny has set a school record with 85 steals so far in 2016-2017 (former record was 78 by Jason Harris in 1999-2000).
• Junior forward
Christian Sengfelder has made 156 career three-pointers, tied for ninth most in school history.
• Graduate transfer
Javontae Hawkins netted his 1,000th collegiate point in the VCU game, leading the Rams with 22 points in the contest. Hawkins has 1,133 career points as a collegiate (224 at South Florida, 511 at Eastern Kentucky and 398 at Fordham).
• The Rams lead the Atlantic 10 and are fourth in the NCAA in steals per game (9.9) and are fifth in total steals (288).
• Fordham has recorded double digit steal totals in 17 of the 27 games this year.
• The Rams are also third in the NCAA in turnovers forced (17.69) and seventh in turnover margin (4.4).
