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Bronx, N.Y. – The Fordham University Rams continue the 2020-2021 Atlantic 10 season by hosting the St. Bonaventure University Bonnies in the historic Rose Hill Gym on Wednesday, January 13, at 2:00 p.m.
The game will be broadcast live on ESPN+ with Mike Watts (play-by-play) and Darwin Zook (color) on the call, and broadcast live on wfuvsports.org with Emmanuel Berbari (play-by-play) and Andrew Posadas (color) announcing.
Fordham enters the game with a 1-3 record, 1-3 in the Atlantic 10, and is coming off a 48-45 conference loss to Duquesne in Pittsburgh on Saturday afternoon, while St. Bonaventure enters the contest with a 4-1 overall record, 2-1 in the A-10, and is coming off an 83-57 league win over Saint Joseph's at home on January 6 .
Wednesday afternoon's contest will be the 45th meeting between Fordham and St. Bonaventure on the hardwood. The Bonnies lead the all-time series, which started in the 1955-56 season, 29-15 (two St. Bonaventure wins in 2002-03 were later forfeited for use of an ineligible player). The Bonnies have won nine straight, including both of last year's meetings, 64-44, at St. Bonaventure on January 11 as Kyle Lofton scored 17 points and Jaren English added eleven for the Bonnies, and 62-55 in overtime in the Rose Hill Gym on January as Dominick Welch scored 22 points and grabbed 14 rebounds for the Bonnies while
Ty Perry netted 16 for Fordham.
Notes
• Sophomore
Chris Austin has picked up the offense over the past two games, scoring a career-high 20 points in the win over Dayton and then a game-high 17 at Duquesne.
• Austin leads the Rams in scoring at 11.5 ppg.
• Sophomore forward
Joel Soriano has recorded a double-double in two of the first four games of 2020-2021, just missing out at Duquesne with eight points and ten rebounds, and now has a double-double in seven of his last ten games dating back to last year.
• Soriano is leading the team in rebounding (9.5 rpg), fourth best in the Atlantic 10.
• Soriano leads the A-10 in offensive rebounding (4.0/game) and ranks second in field goal percentage (.682).
• Over the past two contests, Fordham opponents are averaging 51.0 ppg and shooting .378 (34-90) from the field and .188 (9-48) from behind the arc.
• A win over St. Bonaventure would give Fordham head coach
Jeff Neubauer his 250th career coaching win.