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Men’s Basketball Travels to Houston Baptist on Saturday

Rams look to go to 2-0 on season

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Bronx, N.Y. – The Fordham University men's basketball Rams continues their 2018-2019 season by traveling to Houston, Texas, to take on the Houston Baptist University Huskies in the Sharp Gym on  Saturday, November 10, at 8:00 p.m. (EST)
 
The game will be streamed live on HBUHuskies.com and broadcast on WFUV (90.7 FM) www.wfuvsports.org with Billy Reinhardt (p-b-p) and Emmanuel Berbari (color) announcing.
 
Saturday night's contest will be the first meeting between Fordham and Houston Baptist on the hardwood and just the second between the Rams and a team currently in the Southland Conference.
 
Notes


• Fordham is 0-5 all-time in the Lone Star state.
  
• The Rams connected on a school-record 16 three-pointers in the season-opener with CCNY.
 
• Fordham is looking to open the season 2-0 for the first time since 2007-2008.

• The Rams will be led by two captains in 2018-2019, senior forward David Pekarek and senior guard Antwon Portley.
 
• Besides eight new freshmen, the Rams will also welcome two transfers to the lineup in 2018-2019, Portley (Saint Peter's) and senior Erten Gazi (DePaul). Both sat out last year after transferring to Fordham and each will have another year of eligibility remaining.
 
• Fordham is one of the youngest teams in the NCAA Div. I this year with eight freshmen and two sophomores on the 17-man roster.
 
• The Rams are an international team with five players from foreign countries.
 
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