Davidson, N.C. – Austria has given the world many things. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the Waltz and crystal are just a few of the things that came from the European nation. Unfortunately for Fordham, the country also gave Davidson College Luka Brajkovic, who set the tone of today's game by scoring the first seven points, as the Wildcats defeated the Rams, 77-52, in an Atlantic 10 game at Belk Arena.
With the loss, Fordham falls to 11-18 overall, 2-14 in the Atlantic 10, while Davidson improves to 21-8 overall, 12-4 in the conference.
Freshman guard
Nick Honor led the Rams with 17 points while junior forward
Chuba Ohams finished one rebound shy of a double-double with 12 points and nine rebounds.
The Wildcats led by 16, 27-11, with 5:03 left in the first when Fordham used an 11-2 run to cut the deficit to seven, 29-22, on an Ohams layup with 1:38 remaining.
But Davidson closed out the half with a 5-2 spurt to take a 34-24 lead at the break and opened the second half with a 15-2 run to take a commanding 49-26 lead five minutes into the second.
Takeaways
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Nick Honor scored in double figures for the 26th time this year.
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Chuba Ohams is averaging 8.8 ppg and 8.1 rpg over the last eleven games while Bunting is averaging 9.1 ppg and 6.2 rpg over the past nine while shooting .574 (35-61) from the field.
• The Rams entered the game leading the Atlantic 10, and ranking 44th in the NCAA, in turnover margin (+2.7) but turned the ball over once more than Davidson today (9-8).
• Fordham outscored Davidson, 12-2, from the free throw stripe.
• Davidson's Kellen Grady scored his 1,000th career point in the game.
By the Numbers
2 – Steals by
Jalen Cobb, who entered the game leading the Rams with 1.5 steals/game.
4 – Three-pointers made by the Rams, a season-low.
4 – Free throws made by
Chuba Ohams, a career-high.
13 – Three-pointers made by Davidson, one short of the season-high for a Fordham opponent this year.
253 – Three-pointers made by Fordham this year (school record is 264 set by the 2016-2017 squad).
What's Next?
• The Rams return to action by returning to the historic Rose Hill Gym to host the George Washington University Colonels for an Atlantic 10 contest on Wednesday, March 6, at 7:00 p.m.
• It will be the 35th meeting between Fordham and George Washington on the hardwood.
• The Colonials lead the all-time series, which started in the 1914-15 season, 28-6, and have taken the past nine matchups, including a 79-61 win on January 30 in Washington, D.C.
