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Bronx, N.Y. – The Fordham University men's basketball Rams open the 2018-2019 season by hosting the CCNY Beavers in the historic Rose Hill Gym on Tuesday, November 6, at 7:00 p.m.
The game, which is part of the 2018 Johnny Bach Classic, will be streamed live on ESPN+ with Andrew Bogusch (p-b-p) and Darwin Zook (color) announcing and broadcast on
www.wfuvsports.org with Raffaele Elia (p-b-p) and Vinny DeBellis (color) announcing.
Tuesday night's contest will be the 48th meeting between Fordham and CCNY on the hardwood, the first since 1977, with the Beavers leading the all-time series, which started in the 1907-1908 season, 25-22.
Notes
• Fordham is 74-35 (.679) in season openers since 1908, 79-19 (.806) in home openers.
• 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.
• Fordham is looking to snap a seven-game losing streak dating back to last year.
• The game is the earliest season-opener for the Rams in school history (the previous earliest game was on November 8 in 2013).
