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Bronx, N.Y. – The Fordham University men's basketball Rams continue their 2018-2019 season by hosting the Howard University Bison in the historic Rose Hill Gym on Sunday, December 16, at 2:00 p.m.
The game will be streamed live on ESPN+ with Kenny Ducey (p-b-p) and Raffaelle Elia (color) announcing and broadcast on
www.wfuvsports.org with Tom Turzulli (p-b-p) and Billy Reinhardt (color) announcing (Note: The game will not be broadcast on WFUV (90.7 FM)).
Fordham enters the game with a 7-3 record and is coming off a 53-50 loss to NJIT in the Rose Hill Gym on Tuesday night while Howard is 6-4 on the season after a 70-64 loss at George Washington on Friday night.
Sunday afternoon's contest will be the third meeting between Fordham and Howard on the hardwood with the Rams taking the first two meetings, 79-60, on December 14, 2013 and 74-69, on December 28, 2014, with both games being played in the Rose Hill Gym.
Notes
• Freshman
Nick Honor was named Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week for the third time this season on Monday.
• Freshman
Nick Honor is seventh in the Atlantic 10 and ninth among all NCAA Div. I freshmen, averaging 18.3 ppg.
• Honor has scored in double figures in all ten games this year.
• The Rams lead the Atlantic 10 with 9.7 three-pointers made/game.
• Fordham is averaging 72.8 ppg in 2018-2019, sixth best in the Atlantic 10 and a ten-point improvement from last year.
• 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 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.
