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Bronx, N.Y. – The Fordham University Rams continue the 2020 Atlantic 10 season, Fordham's 117th varsity season, by hosting the George Washington University Colonials in the historic Rose Hill Gym on Wednesday, January 22, at 7:00 p.m.
 
The game will be the annual Coaches vs. Cancer game, presented by New York Presbyterian Lawrence Hospital. The Fordham coaching staff will support the cause by wearing sneakers with their suits on the bench. This initiative leverages the personal experiences, community leadership, and professional excellence of coaches nationwide to increase cancer awareness and promote healthy living through year-round awareness efforts, fundraising activities, and advocacy programs. Since 1993, coaches have raised over $100 million for the American Cancer Society.
 
The game will be streamed live on the ESPN+ with Andrew Bogusch (play-by-play) and Isis Young (color) on the call, and broadcast live on WFUV (90.7 FM) and streamed on wfuvsports.org with Emmanuel Berbari (play-by-play) and Andrew Posadas (color) announcing.
 
Fordham enters the game with a 6-11 record, 0-5 in the Atlantic 10, and is coming off a 74-62 A-10 loss to Davidson College in the Rose Hill Gym on Sunday afternoon night while George Washington is 8-10 overall on the year, 2-3 in the conference, and is coming off a 75-51 league win over Massachusetts in Amherst on Saturday afternoon.
 
Wednesday night's contest will be the 36th meeting between Fordham and George Washington on the hardwood. The Colonials lead the all-time series, which started in the 1914-15 season, 28-7, but Fordham defeated George Washington, 67-56, in the Rose Hill Gym last March 6 behind 15 points from Jalen Cobb and 14 from Ivan Raut. The win snapped a nine-game Colonial winning streak in the all-time series.
 
Notes
• The Fordham Rams have come out strong on the defensive end in 2019-2020.
 
• The Rams are holding their opponents to an average of 61.3 ppg, second in the Atlantic 10, while Fordham foes have shot .412 (365-885) from the field, seventh among A-10 teams.
 
• Fordham is 26th in the NCAA in scoring defense.
 
• Over the past four games, 70.7% of Fordham scoring has come from freshmen and sophomores (157 of 222 points).
 
• This was fully evident in the Davidson game where freshmen and sophomores accounted for 57 of the 62 points scored (91.9%).
 
• The Rams have played the past four games without the services of three of their top four scorers (Chuba Ohams, Antwon Portley, and Erten Gazi).
 
• Ohams leads the team in rebounding (8.2) and scoring (11.0).