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Bronx, N.Y. – The Fordham University Rams open the 2019-2020 season, Fordham's 117th varsity season, by hosting the St. Francis College Terriers in the historic Rose Hill Gym on Tuesday, November 5, at 9:30 p.m.
 
The game will be streamed live on ESPN+ with Gregg Caserta (p-b-p) and Isis Young (color) announcing and broadcast live on WFUV (90.7 FM) and www.wfuvsports.org, with Emmanuel Berbari (p-b-p) and Andrew Posadas (color) announcing.
 
Fordham enters the game off a 12-20 overall campaign in 2018-19, 3-15 in the Atlantic 10, while St. Francis went 17-16 in 2018-19, 9-9 in the Northeast Conference.
 
Tuesday night's contest will be the 36th meeting between Fordham and St. Francis on the hardwood.  The Rams lead the all-time series, which started in the 1905-06 season, 24-12, including a 76-68 win at Fordham on December 9, 2017, in the last meeting between the schools.
 
Notes
• The game will be preceded by a game between the Fordham women and #16/14 Notre Dame at 7:00 p.m.
 
• Fordham has taken the last two meetings and three of the last four.
 
• The Rams are 63-29 all-time against teams currently in the Northeast Conference.
 
• The Fordham-St. Francis game on Tuesday is the earliest season opener in Fordham his­tory.
 
• The previous earliest season opener was last year when the Rams hosted the CCNY Beavers on November 6.
 
• The Rams are 75-35 (.682) in season openers since 1908, 80-19 (.808) in home openers.