Gallery: (11-9-2021) Men's Basketball vs. Columbia
Bronx, N.Y. – Fordham fans had to wait a few more minutes for the start of the 2021-2022 season as the preceding Fordham women's game went to overtime. But graduate student guard
Darius Quisenberry wasted little time in rewarding the Fordham faithful, scoring 20 of his game-high 25 points in the first half to lead the Rams to a 77-67 season-opening win over Columbia University in the Rose Hill Gym.
Quisenberry shot 6-for-12 from behind the arc and added four rebounds while graduate student forward
Chuba Ohams chipped in with a double-double, scoring 13 points and adding a career-high 15 rebounds. Junior guard
Antonio Daye, Jr. and sophomore guard
Antrell Charlton each added 12 points for Fordham.
The Rams jumped out to a 14-6 lead over the first four minutes and then used a 19-9 run to take a 33-15 lead on a Daye three midway through the half.
Fordham would get the lead to as many as 22 later in the half, 49-27, and took a 49-33 advantage into the break.
Takeaways
• Eight different players scored for the Rams tonight.
• Fordham never trailed in the game.
• The Rams are now 77-36 in season openers since 1908, 82-20 in home openers.
• Fordham leads the all-time series with the Lions, 53-27.
• The win was the first as a head coach for Fordham's
Kyle Neptune as he becomes the first Fordham head men's basketball coach to win in his debut since Bob Quinn in 1986.
• Columbia was playing for the first time since March 7, 2020 (the Ivy League did not compete in 2020-2021).
By the Numbers
15 – Rebounds for
Chuba Ohams, a career-high (previous career-high was 13).
16 – Turnovers forced by Fordham.
20 – Points off turnovers scored by the Rams.
+22 – The final +/- for
Antonio Daye, Jr.
What's Next?
• The Rams continue their 2021-2022 season on Friday, November 12, as they travel across the Bronx to face the Manhattan College Jaspers in the Draddy Gym at 7:00 p.m. in the annual Battle of the Bronx.
• It will be the 113th meeting between Fordham and Manhattan on the hardwood.
• The Jaspers lead the all-time series, 58-54.
• The 112 games played against Manhattan are the most for the Rams against any opponent while the 54 wins over the Jaspers are the most victories over any team for Fordham.
• Fordham has taken two of the past meetings, but the Jaspers took the most recent meeting, 54-53 in overtime, as Manhattan's Tyler Reynolds nailed a corner three to give the Jaspers the lead for 3.2 seconds left.
