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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 Duquesne University Dukes in the historic Rose Hill Gym on Sunday, February 16, at 2:00 p.m.
The game is Fordham's annual Salute to Heroes contest where the Rams honor various first responders and service members, including former Fordham track and field student-athlete Brian Mulkeen, who was killed in the line of duty while serving with the NYPD last October.
The game will be broadcast live on the NBC Sports Network with Steve Schlanger (play-by-play), Blaine Fowler (color), and Corey Robinson (color) on the call, and broadcast live on WFUV (90.7 FM) and streamed on wfuvsports.org with Dominic Capone (play-by-play) and Andrew Posadas (color) announcing.
Fordham enters the game with a 7-16 record, 1-10 in the Atlantic 10, and is coming off a 79-49 A-10 loss at Davidson last Tuesday night while Duquesne is 17-6 overall on the year, 7-4 in the conference, and is coming off an 83-80 league loss to St. Bonaventure in Pittsburgh last Saturday.
Sunday afternoon's contest will be the 42nd meeting between Fordham and Duquesne on the hardwood. The Dukes lead the all-time series, which started in the 1949-50 season, 25-16, and took this year's first meeting, 58-56 in overtime in Pittsburgh on January 15 as Lamar Norton, Jr., led the Dukes with 20 points while
Ty Perry (17) and
Jalen Cobb (16) finished in double figures for the Rams.
Notes
• Sophomore guard
Jalen Cobb is averaging 13.4 ppg over the past eight games.
• Freshman forward
Joel Soriano is averaging 10.0 rpg over the past three games.
• The Rams are holding their opponents to an average of 61.8 ppg, tops in the Atlantic 10, while Fordham foes have shot .409 (492-1204) from the field, third among A-10 teams.
• Fordham is 20th in the NCAA in scoring defense.
• Over the past ten games, 72.6% of Fordham's scoring has come from freshmen and sophomores (387 of 533 points).
• On the year, freshman and sophomores are responsible for 55.1% of Fordham's points (729 of 1324).
