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Richmond, Va. - The Fordham University Rams continue the 2018-2019 season, Fordham's 116th varsity season, and continue their 2019 Atlantic 10 schedule by traveling to Richmond, Va., to face the University of Richmond Spiders in the Robins Center on Wednesday, February 20, at 7:00 p.m.
The game will be streamed live on ESPN+ and broadcast live on WFUV (90.7 FM).
Fordham enters the game with a 11-14 overall record, 2-10 in the Atlantic 10, and is coming off a 66-63 overtime A-10 win at Rhode Island on Saturday afternoon while Richmond is 10-15 overall on the season, 4-8 in the conference, after an 81-60 A-10 loss at VCU last Wednesday night.
Wednesday night's contest will be the 28th meeting between Fordham and Richmond on the hardwood with the Spiders leading the all-time series, which started in the 1984-85 season, 19-8. The Rams won last year's meeting, 69-65, in overtime in the Rose Hill Gym on January 3 to snap a 14-game Richmond winning streak in the all-time series.
Notes
• Freshman
Nick Honor is eighth in the Atlantic 10 and 12th among all NCAA Div. I freshmen, averaging 16.0 ppg.
• Honor has scored in double figures in 23 of the 25 games this year.
• Junior
Chuba Ohams is averaging 10.1 ppg and 7.1 rpg over the last seven games while junior
Jesse Bunting is averaging 9.8 ppg and 6.0 rpg over the past five while shooting .618 (21-34) from the field.
• The Rams lead the Atlantic 10, and are 28th in the NCAA, in turnover margin at +3.5.
• The Rams are second in the Atlantic 10 with 9.1 three-pointers made/game.
• The Rams are 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.
