Men's Basketball Falls at Davidson
Joseph Chartouny leads Rams with 19 points and five steals
Davidson, N.C. – W. H. Auden, who was born on this day in 1907, is known for his Pulitzer-prize winning poem, The Age of Anxiety, a poem about man's quest to find substance and identity in a shifting world. Tonight Davidson College provided lots of anxiety for the Fordham University Rams as the Wildcats shot a blistering 68.9 percent from the field to defeat Fordham, 76-52, in an Atlantic 10 game in the Belk Arena.
With the loss, Fordham falls to 9-18 overall, 4-11 in the Atlantic 10, while Davidson, who has won six of its last seven, improves to 16-10 overall, 11-4 in the conference.
Junior guard
Joseph Chartouny led the Rams with 19 points and he added five rebounds and five steals while junior forward
Prokop Slanina added 12 points and four rebounds and sophomore guard
Cavit Havsa finished with ten points and four boards for the Rams.
On Tuesday night the Fordham managers pulled off an 85-83 upset win over the Charlotte managers thanks to a buzzer-beating three-pointer from Connor Birchard. The Rams didn't have the same success tonight as they trailed by 14 at the break and couldn't overcome the deficit in the second half.
Fordham trailed 16-11 following a Havsa layup with 10:44 left in the first and the Rams trailed by eight, 25-17, after a Slanina three-point play with 7:24 on the clock. Fordham then went scoreless for over the five minutes as the Wildcats netted 12 unanswered points to take a 21-6 lead with 1:37 left in the half.
An
Ivan Raut three and Chartouny steal and three-point play in the final minute cut the Fordham deficit to 14, 39-25, at the half.
A Havsa jumper 2:40 into the second half made it a 45-32 game but that was as close as the Rams would get as Davidson went on an 18-5 run to take a commanding 63-37 lead midway through the second half.
Takeaways
The Wildcats now lead the all-time series, 5-2.
Senior guard
Will Tavares returned to action after missing the past two games, scoring two points in 17 minutes.
Cavit Havsa has played all but nine minutes over the past seven games.
Havsa is averaging 8.7 ppg and 2.3 rpg over the past seven games, shooting .632 (24-38) over that stretch.
David Pekarek, who had not recorded a dunk in his Fordham career until the Saint Joseph's game on February 14, has now recorded a dunk in each of the past three games.
The Fordham starting lineup of Tavares-Petty-Chartouny-Hicks-Slanina was the eleventh different starting lineup used by the Rams this year.
It was the first career start for senior
Brenton Petty.
The game was a Homecoming for Fordham assistant coach
Ali Ton, who played at Davidson from 1995-1999.
Davidson's Peyton Aldridge scored his 2,000th career point in the first half, becoming the fifth Wildcat to reach the milestone.
Davidson entered the game leading the Atlantic 10 and ranking seventh in the NCAA in there-pointers made/game (10.9) but made only five tonight on 12 attempts.
By the Numbers
.689 – Field goal percentage for Davidson tonight, a season-high for a Fordham opponent.
5 – Steals by
Joseph Chartouny, tying his season-high which he has done eight times this year.
8 – Turnovers committed by Fordham, tying the Rams' season-low.
28 – Points scored by Davidson freshman Kellan Grady, a season-high for a Fordham opponent.
93 – Games lost by Fordham players due to injury in 2017-2018.
234 – Career steals for
Joseph Chartouny, who had five tonight, good for third place on the Fordham career list with Jason Harris (1997-2001).
414 – Career assists for
Joseph Chartouny, who had three tonight, placing him sixth on the Fordham all-time assists list.
947 – Career points for
Joseph Chartouny.
What's Next?
The Rams return to the historic Rose Hill Gym to host the La Salle University Explorers in an Atlantic 10 matchup on Saturday, February 24, at 4:00 p.m.
La Salle leads the all-time series, 37-17.
The Explorers took this year's first meeting, 75-67, on January 17 in Philadelphia as Isiah Deas led La Salle with 15 points and eight rebounds and Saul Phiri added 13 points and 14 boards.
La Salle took both of last year's meetings, winning 67-52 on February 8 in the Rose Hill Gym as B.J. Johnson scored a game-high 26 points and 66-54 on March 4 in Tom Gola Arena as Johnson netted 19 points.
