St. Bonaventure, N.Y. - There are three major components of a computer system: hardware, software, and humanware. Take away any one of those and the computer cannot function at maximum capacity. The Fordham men's basketball team ran into an issue at St. Bonaventure today where the Rams were without three of their top four scorers, who all missed the game due to injury. Without those three Fordham wasn't operating at peak capacity, as the Ram as fell to the Bonnies, 64-44, in an Atlantic 10 game in the Reilly Center.
With the loss, Fordham falls to 6-9 overall 0-3 in the Atlantic 10, while St. Bonaventure improves to 11-5 overall, 3-0 in the conference.
Junior
Ivan Raut led the Rams with 12 points, hitting four three-pointers, while sophomore
Jalen Cobb, freshman
Chris Austin, and junior
Josh Colon each finished with eight.
The Rams managed to pull within five, 45-40, on a pair of Colon free throws with just over nine minutes remaining but the Bonnies outscored Fordham 19-4 the rest of the way.
Takeaways
• Fordham played without leading scorer
Chuba Ohams (11.0 ppg), third leading scorer
Antwon Portley (10.6 ppg) and fourth leading scorer
Erten Gazi (8.8 ppg), who all missed the game with an injury.
• There were no senior starters in the game (Fordham started three sophomores, and two junior while St. Bonaventure started four sophomores and a freshman).
• St. Bonaventure was the first team in 2019-2020 to shoot over 50.0% from the field against Fordham (the Bonnies shot 51.1% - 24-47).
• The game was the Atlantic 10 home opener for the Bonnies.
• Both teams wore yellow shoelaces as part of the Lace Up for Pediatric Center through the
Go4theGoal Foundation, a non-profit charitable organization who provides supportive services to children with cancer & their families.
• The Fordham managers defeated their St. Bonaventure counterparts in double overtime on Friday night.
By the Numbers
4- Two-point baskets by Fordham (on 13 made field goals).
8 – Points by
Chris Austin, tying his career-high set against CCNY in last year's opener.
15.0 –
Ivan Raut's scoring average over the past two games.
30.4 – Scoring average of the three Rams who missed the game with an injury.
40 –Three-point attempts by Fordham, a season-high.
What's Next?
• The Rams continue Atlantic 10 play on Wednesday, January 15, as they travel to Pittsburgh, Pa., to face the Duquesne University Dukes in the PP&G Paints Arena at 7:00 p.m.
• It will be the 41st meeting between Fordham and Duquesne on the hardwood.
• The Dukes lead the all-time series, which started in the 1949-50 season, 24-16.
