Bronx, N.Y. – They say the best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores. Well the Fordham University basketball squad likes its freshmen right now as guards
Nick Honor and
Jalen Cobb combined to score 30 points and lead the Rams to a 77-46 win over Alabama A&M in the Rose Hill Gym.
With the win, Fordham improves to 5-1 on the year while Alabama A&M falls to 0-6.
Honor led all scorers in the game with 17 points, shooting 7-for-13 from the field and three-for-four from behind the arc, and he added five rebounds and four assists, while Cobb finished with 13 points and two steals.
Fordham led from start to finish, jumping out to a 15-6 lead nine minutes into the game, and then using a 10-1 spurt to boost the advantage to 25-7 on a
Ty Perry jumper with 7:28 left in the half and the Rams led by 17 at the break, 35-18.
The Rams opened the second half with a 20-7 run to take a commanding 55-25 lead on a Cobb basket seven minutes into the second half.
Takeaways
• Freshman guard
Nick Honor has scored in double figures in all six games this year.
• Freshman guard
Mason Williams scored his first collegiate points in the game with a three-pointer.
• The 46 points is a season-low for a Fordham opponent.
• The Rams open the season 5-1 for the second time over the past three years.
• It was the first ever meeting between the two schools on the hardwood.
• Fordham improves to 24-5 in non-conference games over the past four years (9-0 in 2015-2016, 5-2 in 2016-2017, 5-3 last year and 5-0 this year).
• Alabama A&M is a well-traveled team, playing games at BYU, Houston and Fordham already this year and games planned at Hawaii and Pepperdine (the Bulldogs have not played a home game this season).
By the Numbers
6 – Blocks for the Rams, led by three from
Chuba Ohams.
8 – Rebounds for
Jesse Bunting and
Onyi Eyisi as the Rams outrebounded the Bulldogs, 45-28.
11 – Three-pointers made by Fordham, the fourth game this year that Fordham has finished with ten or more three-pointers made.
14 – Different players to play for the Rams today.
18 – First half points for Alabama A&M, a season-low for a Fordham opponent.
26.4% - Field goal shooting for the Bulldogs, a season-low for a Fordham opponent.
30 – Bench points for the Rams.
32 – Points in the paint scored by Fordham.
45 – Rebounds by Fordham, a season-high for the Rams (previous high was 44 in the season-opener with CCNY).
79.2 – Fordham's season scoring average, second bets in the Atlantic 10.
What's Next?
• The Rams will travel across the Bronx for the annual Battle of the Bronx as they take on Manhattan College on Saturday, December 1 in the Draddy Gym at 7:00 p.m.
• It will be the 111th meeting between Fordham and Manhattan on the hardwood.
• Manhattan leads the all-time series, 57-53, but Fordham won last year's meeting, 70-57, in the Rose Hill Gym.
