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Bronx, N.Y. – The Fordham University men's basketball Rams continue their 2018-2019 season by hosting the James Madison University Dukes in the historic Rose Hill Gym on Thursday, December 20, at 7:00 p.m.
The game will be streamed live on ESPN+ with Ricky Cibrano (p-b-p) announcing and broadcast on WFUV (90.7 FM) and
www.wfuvsports.org with Raffaele Elia (p-b-p) and Vinny DeBellis (color) announcing.
Fordham enters the game with an 8-3 record and is coming off a 74-67 win over Howard University in the Rose Hill Gym on Sunday afternoon while James Madison is 7-5 on the season after a 66-53 loss at George Mason on Friday night.
Thursday night's contest will be the third meeting between Fordham and James Madison on the hardwood. The Dukes took the first two meetings, 73-53, on November 30, 2008 in the Rose Hill Gym, and, 85-73, on December 23, 2009, in Harrisonburg.
Notes
• Freshman
Nick Honor is seventh in the Atlantic 10 and ninth among all NCAA Div. I freshmen, averaging 17.6 ppg.
• Honor has scored in double figures in all eleven games this year.
• The Rams are third in the Atlantic 10 with 9.5 three-pointers made/game.
• Fordham is averaging 72.9 ppg in 2018-2019, fifth best in the Atlantic 10 and a ten-point improvement from last year.
• The Rams are 21-17 all-time against teams currently in the Colonial Athletic Conference (CAA).
• 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.
