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Bronx, N.Y. – The Fordham University men's basketball Rams continue their 2017-2018 Atlantic 10 season, the 115th season of varsity basketball at Rose Hill, by hosting the University of Massachusetts Minutemen in the historic Rose Hill Gym on Saturday, January 27, at 2:00 p.m.
The Rams will highlight two charities at the game, the Katie McBride Foundation and Coaches vs. Cancer Suits And Sneakers®. Katie McBride was the sister of former Fordham men's basketball manager Mike McBride, GABELLI '13, who died from Burkitt's Lymphoma, a rare and aggressive childhood cancer, in 2008. The Katie McBride Foundation, honors the memory of Katie and the families of all childhood leukemia victims and other life-threatening diseases. The Rams will be accepting donations for the foundation to provide funds for the Ronald McDonald House of Long Island and the family support services it provides.
The annual Coaches vs. Cancer Suits And Sneakers® Week is a nationwide event that unites coaches across the country to raise funds and awareness about the fight against cancer, and promotes the American Cancer Society as a source of inspiration and hope for those facing cancer. While coaching games during the week, coaches wear sneakers with their game attire as a visible reminder about the importance of nutrition and physical activity in reducing one's cancer risk. NEW in 2018 is an
online auction, hosted by eBay for Charity, featuring sneakers and Coaches vs. Cancer ties signed by college basketball coaches.
The game will be broadcast live on the NBC Sports Network with Jason Knapp (p-b-p) and Blaine Fowler (color) announcing and broadcast on WFUV (90.7 FM) and
www.wfuvsports.org with Matt Murphy (p-b-p) and Tom Scibelli (color) announcing.
Fordham enters the game with a 6-14 overall record, 1-7 in the Atlantic 10, after a 78-58 A-10 loss to #24/23 Rhode Island in the Rose Hill Gym on Wednesday night while Massachusetts is 10-11 overall, 3-5 in the conference, after an 87-72 A-10 loss at La Salle on Wednesday night.
Saturday afternoon's contest will be the 45th meeting between Fordham and Massachusetts on the hardwood with the Minutemen leading the all-time series, which started in the 1967-68 season, 29-15. The Rams have taken the past three meetings, including a 71-68 win in Amherst last January behind 20 points and nine rebounds from Chris Sengfelder and 18 points from
Javontae Hawkins.
Notes
• Senior guard
Will Tavares, who leads the Rams in scoring (14.5 ppg), has scored in double figures in 16 of his 19 games this year. He is currently 20th in the Atlantic 10 in scoring.
• Junior guard
Joseph Chartouny leads the NCAA this year in steals/game with 3.50.
• Chartouny has 220 career steals, good for fourth on the Fordham all-time list.
• Chartouny has 391 career helpers, sixth-best in school history.
• Chartouny is one of three Atlantic 10 players to rank in the top 21 in assists, steals and rebounds, joining Davidson's Jon Axel Gudmundsson and Saint Louis' Jordan Goodwin.
• Fordham also leads the league, and is fifth in the nation, in steals with 193 (9.7/game).
