Men's Basketball Falls to St. Bonaventure

Bronx, N.Y. – At halftime of the Fordham-St. Bonaventure men's basketball game today the Rams honored two Hall of Fame players, Bob Mullens and Kenny Charles, by retiring their jerseys. Unfortunately, the current version of the Rams couldn't feed off that energy, falling to the Bonnies, 74-53, in an Atlantic 10 game in the Rose Hill Gym.
 
With the loss, Fordham falls to 11-16 overall, 2-12 in the Atlantic 10, while St. Bonaventure improves to 13-14 overall, 9-5 in the conference.
 
Freshman guard Jalen Cobb led the Rams with 12 points, and he added four rebounds, while junior forward Jesse Bunting scored ten points and grabbed four rebounds.
 
Fordham jumped out to a 10-2 lead three minutes into the game with eight of the points coming from Cobb. But the Fordham offense then went cold as the Bonnies outscored Fordham 22-4 over the next 14 minutes to take a 24-14 lead with 3:47 left in the half and St. Bonaventure led by ten at the half, 32-22.
 
The Bonnies opened the second half with a 16-7 run to take a commanding 48-29 lead 5:37 into the half.
 
Takeaways
• Freshman guard Nick Honor failed to score in double figures for only the third time this year.
 
• The Rams entered the game leading the Atlantic 10 in turnover margin at +3.1 but turned the ball over 12 times to just nine for the Bonnies.
 
• Chuba Ohams is averaging 8.4 ppg and 8.2 rpg over the last nine games while Bunting is averaging 10.3 ppg and 6.0 rpg over the past seven while shooting .633 (31-49) from the field
 
By the Numbers
5 – Three-pointers made by Fordham, tying a season-low.
 
8 – Free throws attempted by St. Bonaventure, a season-low for a Fordham opponent.
 
11 – Rebounds by Chuba Ohams, a game-high
 
16 - Three-pointers attempted by Fordham, tying a season-low.
 
242 – Three-pointers made by the Rams this year, the third most in school history.
 
What's Next?
• The Rams return to action by hosting the Saint Joseph's University Hawks for an Atlantic 10 contest in the historic Rose Hill Gym on Wednesday, February 27, at 9:00 p.m.
 
• It will be the 56th meeting between Fordham and Saint Joseph's on the hardwood.
 
• The Hawks lead the all-time series, which started in the 1919-20 season, 37-18, and have won five of the past six over the Rams.