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Bronx, N.Y. – The Fordham University Rams continue the 2018-2019 season, Fordham's 116th varsity season, and their 2019 Atlantic 10 schedule by hosting the Davidson College Wildcats in the historic Rose Hill Gym on Tuesday, February 12, at 7:00 p.m.
The game will be streamed live on ESPN+ with Mike Watts (p-b-p) and Darwin Zook (color) announcing and broadcast on WFUV (90.7 FM) and
www.wfuvsports.org with Raffaele Elia (p-b-p) and Emmanuel Berbari (color) announcing.
Fordham enters the game with a 10-13 overall record, 1-9 in the Atlantic 10, and is coming off a 74-66 A-10 loss to Duquesne in the Rose Hill Gym on Saturday afternoon while Davidson is 17-6 overall on the season, 8-2 in the conference, after a 54-51 A-10 at Massachusetts on Saturday afternoon.
Tuesday night's contest will be the eighth meeting between Fordham and Davidson on the hardwood with the Wildcats leading the all-time series, 5-2. Davidson took both of last year's meetings, 75-45, on January 14 in the Rose Hill Gym as Jon Axel Gudmundsson scored 18 points and Kellan Grady added 14, and 76-52, on February 21 at Davidson as Grady netted 28 points.
Notes
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Nick Honor was named Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Rookie of the Week for the week ending February 10.
• It is the fourth weekly honor of the year for the freshman.
• Freshman
Nick Honor is seventh in the Atlantic 10, and 13th among all NCAA Div. I freshmen, averaging 15.9 ppg.
• Honor has scored in double figures in 21 of the 23 games this year.
• Junior forwards
Chuba Ohams is averaging 9.6 ppg and 7.4 rpg over the last five games while
Jesse Bunting is averaging 12.3 ppg and 6.0 rpg over the past three while shooting .615 (16-26) from the field.
• The Rams lead the Atlantic 10, and are 30th in the NCAA, in turnover margin at +3.4.
• The Rams are second in the Atlantic 10 in three-point shooting percentage (.345), and are second in the conference with 9.0 three-pointers made/game.
• The Rams are led by two captains in 2018-2019, senior forward
David Pekarek and senior guard
Antwon Portley.
• 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.
