Women's Basketball at Saint Louis for Wednesday Morning Clash

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Bronx, N.Y. – The Fordham women's basketball team (17-5, 8-1 A-10) survived a late George Mason charge to pick up its third straight victory and fourth Atlantic 10 road win on Sunday. The Rams, in third place behind the conference's remaining two unbeaten teams, now face yet another short turnaround, traveling to Saint Louis (11-10, 5-3 A-10) for the Billikens' annual Field Trip Day event at 11 a.m. CST on Wednesday morning.
 
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Upcoming Promotions
Super Bowl Sunday Meet and Greet - 2/4/18 @ 2pm – Student athletes of some of Fordham's men's teams will be at the game to run stations to teach kids about their respective sports, and help with games and activities. All giveaways will be Super Bowl themed!
 
National Girls and Women in Sports Day/Girl Scout Day/Breast Cancer Awareness Day - 2/13/18 @ 7pm – Join us for our annual Breast Cancer Awareness contest, which is also National Girls and Women in Sports Day and Girl Scout Day. Several student-athletes of the women's sports at Fordham will be in attendance to run stations next to the court, teaching kids about their respective sports, playing games and activities, and helping kids make their own posters.
 
All Girl Scouts in attendance will receive a Fordham Women's Basketball Patch. Discount tickets can be purchased online with promo code gscout18.
 
Senior Day - 2/24/18 @ 2PM - Please join us as we celebrate our seniors for all they have done the past four years!
 
Harry's Hustlers Youth Groups – Coach Gaitley established Harry's Hustlers in honor of her late father, Harry Vanderslice, which allows a different youth group to be the team's special guests for a game. Guests will attend the contest for free, will get special seating directly behind the Fordham bench, and get to participate in the high-five tunnel during player introductions. All those in attendance will receive a Harry's Hustlers t-shirt. Must be 8^th grade or younger. For more information on participating, please contact Clare Berenato at cberenato@fordham.edu.
 
Last Time Out at George Mason
Fordham took advantage of the Patriots' sub-par first-half shooting and turnover woes to pad a lead that grew as high as 12 late in the second half and 10 at the interval. George Mason was not fazed, however, and rallied for much of the second half, including a 19-12 third period in which they tied the game up at 46-46 late in the frame. Over those 10 minutes, the Patriots outrebounded Fordham, 16-2, but committed seven turnovers, limiting their scoring opportunities. With seconds remaining in the quarter, Kendell Heremaia hit a clutch corner three, her second of the day, to give the Rams the lead again, although it wouldn't last long. Fordham held serve in the early going of the fourth and even got its lead up to six, 56-50, after a Johanna Klug and Lauren Holden three, but Mason whittled it back down to one and two minutes later, had taken the lead, 60-58, with a Tayler Dodson three. That was short-lived, as well, as G'mrice Davis hit both of her free throws to tie the game up and after a missed Dodson jumper, Holden drained a big triple to go ahead for good. The Patriots scord just once over the final three-plus minutes. Davis finished with a game-high 18 points to go with her 13 rebounds and four assists, matching a career high. Bre Cavanaugh attempted a season-high 20 shots, hitting just four, but netting 14 points with two triples and 4-of-4 shooting from the stripe. Mary Goulding, Heremaia, Holden, and Klug all finished with either eight or nine points.  Mason outrebounded the Rams, 41-27, the second-fewest boards for Fordham this year. The Rams, however, tallied more assists (15) than turnovers (12).
 
Series History vs. Saint Louis
The Billikens hold a 9-7 all-time advantage sicne 2006, the first year that they joined the Atlantic 10, but saw a four-game winning streak snapped earlier this season in the Bronx with Fordham walking away 66-63 victors of a thrilling back-and-forth contest. The Rams won the series' first-ever meeting, 70-58, on Rose Hill then the two schools traded off five-game winning streaks. The Billikens were victorious twice a year ago, including in the A-10 Championship quarterfinals, ending Fordham's season. In their earlier meeting on January 6, G'mrice Davis went off for a career-high 31 points on 13-of-27 shooting, adding 15 rebounds, five offensive, four assists, and two steals in 38 minutes. Bre Cavanaugh chipped in 20 points, as well, while Lauren Holden dished out a season-high six assists despite failing to score.
 
Davis Becomes Second Ram to Reach 1,000 Career Points and Rebounds
G'mrice Davis scored her 1,000th point with her first basket at Albany on November 19, the 20th Ram to ever reach the feat. She has steadily risen up the all-time scoring list and recently joined the all-time top-10. The Philadelphia native sits on 1,321 career points, having just passed Becky Peters ('12) for seventh all-time. Meanwhile, with Davis' 14th and final rebound at VCU, she reached the 1,000 rebound milestone, becoming the second Ram to accomplish both feats, alongside Fordham Hall of Famer Anne Gregory O'Connell. However, Davis is still 950 boards away from tying her.
 
Gaitley Gets Career Win Number 600
Stephanie Gaitley got her first career win against Siena in December 28, 1985. She got her 500th career victory while at Fordham, against Temple on March 10, 2013, in the Atlantic 10 Championship semifinals in Philadelphia. After stops at Richmond, Saint Joseph's, LIU Brooklyn, Monmouth, and now Fordham, the Ocean City, N.J. native can claim what less than 70 coaches all-time can: 600 career wins. Gaitley's done it with a .631 career winning percentage, to boot. She's the 69th coach to reach the milestone overall, in any division.
 
Sixth-Ranked Defense
Stephanie Gaitley's Rams have spent the majority of this season in the top-10 nationally in scoring defense, as high as fourth and as low as 21st after the UCLA loss, and currently sit sixth in Division I with 54.3 points allowed per game. The Rams have allowed just eight 60-point games this season, holding a 5-3 record in said games. All other opponents this season have scored between 33 and 59 points, with just 10 of its 22 opponents reaching the 55-point barrier. Opponents are shooting 39.1% from the field but just 27.8% from behind the arc, ranked 25th in the country. Under Gaitley, the Rams have been a top-50 defense in all six of her previous seasons and have finished within the top-20 in half of them.
 
Rams Third in A-10 in RPI
The Rams entered their contest against Dayton two weeks ago 61st in the NCAA RPI, tops in the Atlantic 10, but the one-point loss sent Fordham down to 72nd. Fordham, despite wins at Richmond and against St. Bonaventure, dropped to 77th. Now, with a win at Mason, the Rams have jumped up to 65th, behind Dayton (51st) and Duquesne (58th). Since the first RPI came out at the beginning of December, the Rams had hovered between 59th and 65th. This year, Fordham has wins over Northern Colorado (54th), St. John's (55th), UC Davis (60th), Saint Louis (105th), and George Washington (111th), and played both Albany (68th) and Penn State (79th) tight, and held UCLA (8th) to its fourth-lowest scoring output on the year. St. John's was ranked 12th at the time of their meeting.
 
One of the Nation's Top Rebounders
G'mrice Davis, the nation's returning leading rebounder, hasn't missed a beat, ranked second in all of Division I with 10.3 defensive boards per contest, second with 13.3 rebounds per game, and sixth with 279 total boards. The senior's 19 double-doubles ranks third in the country, as well. Davis has tallied at least 13 points, 12 rebounds, and one steal in all but eight contests this year. Her 13.3 rebounds per game currently ranks third in a single season at Fordham, behind Anne Gregory O'Connell's two best single-campaign rates and ahead of her third-best, 13.1. Last year, Davis' final clip of 12.8 boards per game ended up fourth-highest, ahead of Gregory O'Connell's worst mark of 12.4. Among active Division I players, Davis is third with 1,049 career rebounds, behind Stephanie Mavunga of Ohio State (1,117) and Rebekah VanDijk of Texas-Arlington (1,054). Davis' 49 career double-doubles, are currently most among active players. Mavunga grabbed just nine in her last game and has 48, while Iowa's Megan Gustafson is just behind, with 47.
 
National Ranks
Davis is once again doing her thing on the glass and the Rams are, as usual under Coach Gaitley, a top defensive squad, but this year's team is also minimizing fouls and turnovers and sinking free throws at solid rates. Fordham ranks 21st in Division I with just 14.4 personal fouls per game, and 58th with 317 total fouls. Both marks rank first in the conference. At the free throw line, the Rams convert on 75.9% of their attempts, ranked tops in the A-10 and 26th in the country. Part of the team's success on defense comes from limiting opposing rebounds and three-point shooting. Fordham grabs just 37.3 rebounds per contest (194th) but has a rebounding margin of +6.9, which ranks 38th in the country, thanks to holding opponents to just 30.4 boards per game. Foes are also shooting just 27.8% from behind the arc, which ranks 25th in the country, back where the Rams were before several weeks ago before Saint Louis hit 50% of their attempts. The Rams have done better at taking care of the ball, too, with just 13.9 turnovers per game, ranked 58th overall.
 
Lauren Holden ranks second in Division I in minutes played per game, at 38.9, and third in total minutes at 856. The junior guard played all 50 minutes at St. John's and has gone the distance in 13 of 22 games this season. Aside from outings of 29 and 33 minutes, the junior has played at least 36 minutes in every game. Bre Cavanaugh and G'mrice Davis have also been asked to log heavy minutes this year, ranked 13th and 29th, respectively, at 38.0 and 37.0 minutes. Both Cavanaugh and Davis also rank within the top-75 in field goals attempts, at 74th and 68th, respectiely, with 308 and 311, while Davis sits 56th in the country, and second in the A-10, with 143 field goals to-date. Cavanaugh has been excellent from the line, hitting the second-most free throws by a Fordham rookie in the program's history, and her 91 makes rank 42nd in all of Division I and third in the conference. Her 84.3 conversion rate ranks 55th.
 
Defense, Defense, Defense
A staple of the Gaitley-led Rams is defense, and no stat better represents that than Fordham's 55-5 record when holding opponents under 50 points during her tenure. Last January, Saint Joseph's defeated the Rams, 47-44, at Hagan Arena in Philadelphia, ending a streak of 38 consecutive contests with such victories. The last time before that loss, coincidentally, was also against the Hawks, in the 2013 A-10 Championship game at the Barclays Center, 47-46. Fordham was 10-1 last year when holding opponents under 50 points and are 7-0 this season, just missing out on two more against the Colonials and Minutewomen, who scored late baskets in the final seconds, with St. Bonaventure's 48 points last Thursday being the most recent.
 
Since Gaitley took over before the 2011-12 season, the Rams' defense have ranked within the top-50 in every season, and within the top-20 at the conclusion of half of them. The highest a Gaitley-coached defense has finished was 12th during the conference championship-winning 2013-14 campaign, holding opponents at 56.3 points per game, while the 2012-13 squad held opponents to just 52.4 points per game, ranked 16th nationally. Last year, Fordham held opponents to 56.2 points per game and was ranked 19th in the country at season's end. This season, the Rams are holding opponents at 54.3 points per game, which ranks sixth in the country.
 
Stellar Start to League Play
The Rams suffered their first loss in league action to Dayton two Wednesdays ago, falling just short of matching the program's best-ever start to conference play, but still sit in third. With the return of Mary Goulding, Coach Gaitley now has an eight-player rotation, which includes five freshmen. Across the Rams' eight games, both Bre Cavanaugh and G'mrice Davis are scoring 18.2 points per contest. The former is shooting 36.4% from the floor and 87.8% on her team-high 49 free-throw attempts, while adding 4.6 rebounds, 22 assists, and seven steals across 38.4 minutes per contest. Davis adds 13.2 rebounds, 21 assists, four blocks, and seven steals across 36.3 minutes and is shooting 45.0% from the field. Lauren Holden is next with 9.6 points per game and is shooting very well (39.6%) from long range. She leads the squad with 25 dimes. Mary Goulding, in her four league games this year, has averaged 8.8 points and 7.8 rebounds, while shooting 41.2% from the floor. Zara Jillings is one shy of Holden's team lead, with 24 assists, and is shooting 45.2% from the floor and 38.5% from behind the arc, chipping in 3.9 points and 2.9 boards per game. Johanna Klug has been very efficient with her limited looks, converting on 65.5% of them (19-of-29), and has four blocks. Kendell Heremaia is also shooting a team-high 42.9% (6-for-14) from long range. The Rams have six more assists (118) than turnovers (112), are shooting 41.4% from the floor as a team, including 31.6% from long range, and have a combined 49 blocks and steals. They have scored over 60 points in all but one contest, averaging 62.6 and a +8.4 scoring margin, while holding opponents to 54.1 points and just 29.3 rebounds.
 
This Is Our House
Fordham finished its 2016-17 campaign with a 16-3 at home, as opposed to a 5-7 record on the road and 1-2 at neutral sites. They were also 7-1 during home conference contests for the second year in a row. This year, they are 11-2 thus far in the Bronx, including a 4-1 mark in conference play. Since Gaitley took over before the 2011-12 season, the Rams hold an 82-26 (75.9%) record at home across 107 contests. On the flip side, including this year's 5-3 mark, Gaitley's Rams are 55-55 (50.0%) on the road or on neutral ground during her tenure.
 
Cavanaugh's Career Night
Redshirt freshman Bre Cavanaugh had herself a career night two Wednesdays ago against the visiting Dayton Flyers, pouring in 34 points on 10-of-19 shooting, 4-of-11 from behind the arc, and 10-of-11 from the free throw line, all season-highs aside from long-range attempts, in the Rams' one-point loss, their first of conference play thus far. Cavanaugh scored 19 in the first half, 13 coming in the first quarter, on 8-of-14 shooting. In the second half, she took just five shots, hitting two, but did most of her damage from the charity stripe. The 34 points were the second-most ever by a Ram rookie in a single game, behind Anne Gregory O'Connell's 36 against Cordlandt State in 1976, just the sixth 30-point game by a freshman ever, and the seventh-highest total by any player.
 
G's Double-Doubles
G'mrice Davis leads Division I with 49 career double-doubles among active players, one ahead of Ohio State's Stephanie Mavunga. The senior forward has 19 this season out of 21 games after 24 (out of 34 games) a year ago. After failing to record one as a freshman, she tallied six as a sophomore. In her career, Davis has recorded 10 or more rebounds in 53 of 114 contests and has scored at least 10 points in 69. In her senior campaign, thus far, Davis has failed to record double-digit rebounds twice (nine vs. Bucknell, eight vs. UCLA), and failed to reach double figure points just once (seven vs. UCLA). Since, she has fired off 11 straight double-doubles.
 
Davis, Cavanaugh Sweep Weekly A-10 Awards
G'mrice Davis and Bre Cavanaugh were named last week's Atlantic 10 Co-Player and Rookie of the Week, respectively. Davis, who became Fordham's first-ever back-to-back weekly award winner, averaged 24.5 points and 14.5 rebounds per game, while Cavanaugh averaged 21.5 points and 4.0 boards as the duo proved instrumental in two A-10 victories. This was Cavanaugh's third award of the season, second-most in a single season in program history, along with Megan Mahoney (2007-08), but two back of Samantha Clark (2012-13).
 
Got a Minute?
Junior tri-captain Lauren Holden ranks second in the country with 38.9 minutes played per contest, and is third with 856 total minutes played. She has gone the distance on 13 separate occasions this season. Aside from 29 minutes in a blowout win over Iona and 33 against Northern Colorado due to foul trouble Holden has played at least 36 minutes every game and at least 39 in 14. A starter since midway through her freshman season, Holden just passed the 2,500-minute mark against Davidson and just entered the all-time top-20. Bre Cavanaugh and G'mrice Davis are also inside the top-30 nationally in minutes played, with 38.0 and 37.0, ranked 13th and 29th, respectively. Davis' 3,153 career minutes ranks 11th all-time.
 
Holden From Downtown and At the Line
Lauren Holden jumped ahead of Annie Zopf ('09) with the last of her three three-pointers against UC Davis on December 29 to enter the all-time top-10 in career triples. She's since moved up to ninth, with 128, passing Monica Mack ('05). She is six away from passing Arielle Collins ('13). Holden's 82.7% conversion rate at the charity stripe, as well, ranks sixth-best in Fordham history.
 
Crashing the Offensive Glass
Fordham grabbed an astounding 23 offensive rebounds at Penn State, compared to 16 on the defensive end, which was 20 more than the Lady Lions' three by night's end, hauled in another 19 (compared to 20 defensive) at VCU and another 17 on Thursday against St. Bonaventure. For the season, of the Rams' 821 rebounds, 262 have come on the offensive glass, or just under one third of the time (31.9%). For the season, Davis has 62, Goulding has 40, Klug has 38, Jillings has 25, and Cavanaugh has 21. Goulding has nine fewer offensive board than defensive, Klug has just three fewer, and more than one-third of Jillings' boards come on the offensive end (25-of-62 - 40.3%). Three others have between 10 and 15. Fordham outrebounds its opponents on the offensive glass, 262-185.
 
Gaitley Makes History
Stephanie Gaitley reached 100 wins with the Fordham program against Little Rock on November 19, 2016, and later won her 116th contest at home against Massachusetts, 74-43, in February, passing Kathy Mosolino ('74-'80) for the most wins in program history. Gaitley tied and passed the milestone with two typical Gaitley-inspired performances, with three-pointers and excellent defense, holding both opponents below 50 points. Entering the 2017-18 season, Gaitley had 120 wins across six seasons in the Bronx, an average of over 20 per campaign. Her 137 total wins are the second-most of any of Gaitley's stops in her 32-year career as a head coach, ahead of her 116 wins at Richmond (1985-91) but a ways away from her 10-year stint at Saint Joseph's (1991-2001), in which she racked up 196 wins. Gaitley has a career 601-351 record and has the second-most overall wins among active A-10 coaches, behind Saint Louis' Lisa Stone, who has 605, and has the second-most wins by any Atlantic 10 coach, with 171 between Fordham and Saint Joseph's, but is 67 behind Joe McKeown's record of 240 that he accumulated during his 17 years with George Washington from 1989 to 2008.
 
Counting on Cavanaugh
The redshirt freshman waited two years to grace a collegiate basketball court in an official capacity and her hardwork and perseverence has paid off in a big way. Now a three-time Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week, plus Metropolitan Basketball Writers' Association and CollegeSportsMadness.com's Player of the Week, twice each, Cavanaugh has scored in double figures in all but three games (a team-high nine against UCLA, eight points vs. Bucknell in the next game, and a season-low four at Richmond on Sunday), including seven 20-point efforts and one 34-point explosion. The Allamuchy, N.J. native ranks 13th in the country with 38.0 minutes played per game and has gone the distance nine times, including a stretch of seven straight between UC Davis and Dayton, playing at least 37 minutes in all but four games this year. Cavanugh has hit at least one three-pointer in all but one game (last Sunday at Richmond), two in 12 games, once with three, and a season-best four against Dayton two Wednesdays ago. She is averaging 18.2 points per conference contest, joint-third-most in the league. She's doing that on 36.4% shooting overall and 87.8% from the line (43-of-49), with a 22/15 assist/turnover ratio.
 
Cavanaugh Among Fordham Rookies
Cavanaugh's current 16.0 points per game pace is the third-highest among freshman, behind Hall of Famers Anne Gregory O'Connell (22.0 in 1976-77) and Jeanine Radice (16.2 in 1985-86), her 353 overall points already ranks fourth, and her 91 free throws made is already second-most behind Liz Kane's mark of 117 in 1986-87. Her 835 minutes played and 112 field goals each rank 10th among rookies. Among ALL players, her 16.0 points per game average ranks 18th alongside Carol Elser (1983-84) for a single campaign.
 
Seven-Game Winning Streak
Fordham's seven-game winning streak was snapped against Dayton last Wednesday. During the team's streak, Fordham was averaging 65.4 points per game compared to opponents' 54.6. G'mrice Davis led the way with 18.9 points (on 47.1% shooting), 13.7 rebounds, and chipped in 16 assists. Bre Cavanaugh was right behind her with 18.6 points on 38.6% shooting and 11 steals, while Lauren Holden shot the ball at a 41.3% clip from behind the arc for 12.3 points per contest. Johanna Klug was super efficient, converting 24-of-34 looks for a 70.6% field goal percentage, and added 4.6 rebounds and seven blocks. Zara Jillings also stepped up and was fantastic in efficiency and as another ball-handler, shooting 50.0% from the field (12-of-24) with 3.9 boards and a team-high 22 assists, plus three blocks and two steals.
 
60 is the Magic Number?
The Rams were 15-0 when scoring 60 or more points last season. Fordham was also 11-1 when holding opponents under 50 points (and 13-1 when holding them at 52 or under). After scoring at or under 55 points across their first six contests this year, the Rams have scored 60 or more in 14 of the last 16 contests, and have an 12-2 record when hitting the 60-point mark.
 
Jillings Dishing It Out
Zara Jillings dished out eight assists against Davidson on January 10, a season-high for all Fordham players. It was also the most in a game since Tiffany Ruffin notched nine at Rhode Island on February 15, 2015, and were the most by a freshman in the last 25 years. Jillings' 36 dimes on the year ranks fourth in the squad but her 24 helpers in conference play is one short of Lauren Holden's team lead.
 
Career Milestone Watch
- Bre Cavanaugh is 47 points away from 400
- Bre Cavanaugh is 13 field goals away from 125
- Bre Cavanaugh is 12 three-pointers away from 50
- Bre Cavanaugh is nine free throws away from 100
- Bre Cavanaugh is nine assists away from 50
- Bre Cavanaugh is 25 steals away from 50
- Bre Cavanaugh is 65 minutes away from 900
- G'mrice Davis is 29 points away from 1,350
- G'mrice Davis is 48 offensive rebounds away from 300
- G'mrice Davis is 26 field goals away from 550
- G'mrice Davis is 27 free throws away from 300
- G'mrice Davis is nine blocks away from 50
- G'mrice Davis is 47 minutes away from 3,200
- Mary Goulding is 29 points away from 250
- Mary Goulding is nine rebounds away from 200
- Mary Goulding is five appearances away from 50
- Mary Goulding is four starts away from 25
- Lauren Holden is three points away from 700
- Lauren Holden is 22 three-pointers away from 150
- Lauren Holden is 29 assists away from 200
- Lauren Holden is 18 field goals away from 250
- Lauren Holden is 96 minutes away from 2,800
- Lauren Holden is four starts away from 75
- Lauren Holden is 14 appearances away from 100
 
Flourishing in the Middle Periods
This season, the Rams are outscoring opponents 307-277 (13.9-12.6) in the 10 minutes before halftime and 364-284 (16.5-12.9) in the 10 minutes after. Fordham has started relatively slow this season, only outscoring foes 305-284 (13.8-12.9) in opening frames but turn it on thereafter. Although they have scored 331 points (15.0) in the final 10 minutes of games, second-most among the four quarters, opponents are right there with 326 (14.8) points of their own.
 
Opponents Scoring Under 40
The Rams, all-time, since the move from the AIAW to the NCAA in 1983, have held opponents under 40 points 19 times, all coming in 1990 and beyond. Under Stephanie Gaitley, that number is eight, including two this season and Richmond's 38 points being the latest. Northern Colorado and Richmond each came into their respective contests averaging 69 points per game. The Bears' 33 points were the third-lowest by a Fordham opponent all-time.
 
Davis Racks Up Preseason Honors
As mentioned, Davis' breakout junior season saw her earn First Team All-Conference and All-Defensive honors, and it was announced at A-10 Media Day that the league's coaches have predicted her to do so again as a senior. Davis was also recently selected as one of 20 players in Division I women's basketball for the inaugural Katrina McClain Award watch list, to be given out to the country's top power forward, starting this season.
 
Fordham Picked to Finish Fifth in Preseason Poll
Likewise, the league's coaches also predicted an identical fifth-place finish for Fordham in the preseason poll. Dayton, last year's champions, garnered eight first-place votes for a total of 182 points, just ahead of Saint Louis, who tallied 174 points and three first-place votes, and Saint Joseph's, with 170 points and the final three first-place votes. Duquesne, with 160 points, rounds out the top five in a predicted fourth-place finish. George Washington (116), La Salle (114), George Mason (79), Richmond (78), and Massachusetts (73) filled out spots 6-10, followed by VCU (56), St. Bonaventure (50), Rhode Island (46), and Davidson (22).
 
Five Fordham Debuts
Five freshmen made their debuts against UMBC, the most since 2011. Three of those freshmen started the contest, the most in the last 15 years. Joey Klug's 13 points were the most by a freshman in her debut since Hannah Missry scored 14 in 2013. Klug became the first freshman to record both a block and a steal in her debut over the last 15 years, as well, and the first to record at least one block since Samantha Clark had two in her 2012 debut. Cavanaugh's 39 minutes were the most by a freshman making her debut since Megan Mahoney played all 40 minutes in 2007.
 
Fordham on the International Scene
The Rams boast one of the larger international contingents, between players and coaching staff, in the country. Seven different countries are represented: Barbados (Sonia Burke), Fiji (Valerie Nainima, Vilisi Tavui), Germany (Johanna Klug), Latvia (Asnate Fomina), Poland (Angelika Szumilo), and New Zealand (Mary Goulding, Kendell Heremaia, Zara Jillings), and 13 from the USA. Jillings and Klug each participated with their respective national teams over the summer, with the former playing sporadically for the New Zealand senior national team and Klug helped lead Germany to the European U20 B championship. 
 
20 Wins
The 66-61 double overtime win at La Salle last February was Fordham's 20th win of the season. It is the fourth time under Stephanie Gaitley that the Rams have amassed 20 or more wins, and it is the 16th season that Gaitley has personally won 20 or more, out of 31 seasons. Previously, there had been just five 20-win seasons in program history -- three with Kathy Mosolino (1977-80), one under Christina Wielgus (1991-92), and one under Kevin Morris (1993-94).
 
Four Sign NLIs in 2017-18 Recruiting Class
Coach Gaitley announced a four-player class earlier this week, made up of two guards and two forwards, locally from New York and Pennsylvania: Chloe Chaffin, Kaitlyn Downey, Megan Jonassen, and Catherine Polisano. Read more about them HERE.
 
Up Next
The Rams host Rhode Island this Sunday at 2 p.m.