New Britain, Conn. – A week ago, the Fordham men's basketball squad was basking in 80-degre weather in Florida. Today the Rams were greeted with snowflakes as they arrived at the Detrick Gym for a game with Central Connecticut State University. Even though the two teams only played one game today it seemed like Fordham was back in Florida where the Rams played three games but the Rams came out on top, outlasting the Blue Devils, 89-83, in double overtime.
With the win, Fordham improves to 5-3 on the season while Central Connecticut falls to 1-6.
Graduate student guard
Darius Quisenberry and junior guard
Antonio Daye, Jr. led all scorers with 25 each for the Rams. Graduate student forward
Chuba Ohams recorded his fifth double-double of the year with 19 points, tying his career-high, and 13 rebounds.
The Rams trailed by four at the break, 32-28, but opened the second half with an 18-2 run to take a 46-34 lead on a Quisenberry three with 15:11 left.
The Blue Devils whittled away at the Fordham lead, getting it down to two, 62-60, with under ten seconds left but CCSU was able to rebound a miss and lay it in with a second left to force overtime.
The Rams led for most of the first overtime but CCSU hit a three at the buzzer to knot the game at 75 and send it to a second overtime.
In the second overtime, the Rams did most of their damage from the charity stripe, scoring 12 of the 14 points from the line.
Takeaways
•
Darius Quisenberry and
Antonio Daye, Jr., have scored in double figures on all eight games this year.
• It was Fordham's third straight 80-point game.
• The last 80-point game for the Rams prior to this year was against UMass on February 6, 2019 (55 games).
• It's the first time the Rams have scored 80-points in three straight games since 2015.
• The Rams were outrebounded (40-38) for the first time this season.
• It was Fordham's second overtime game of year (Rams fell to UMES in double overtime on November 19).
• The game was CCSU's first home game of the year.
• CCSU entered the game shooting .649 from the charity stripe but connect on .833 today (10-12)
By the Numbers
5 – Blocks by
Chuba Ohams, a career-high.
7 – Blocks by the Rams, led by five from
Chuba Ohams
9 – Steals by Fordham
10 – Different plays to score for CCSU
19 – Career-high scoring for
Chuba Ohams which he has accomplished three times.
26 – Point from the free throw stripe for the Rams.
1,545 – All-time wins for Fordham men's basketball.
What's Next?
• The Rams return to the historic Rose Hill Gym to host the St. Francis College Terriers on Wednesday, December 1 at 7:00 p.m.
• It will be Fordham's second straight game against a NEC opponent.
• It will be the 37th meeting between Fordham and St. Francis on the hardwood.
• The Rams lead the all-time series, 23-13.
• The Rams took the most recent meeting, 68-59, in the Rose Hill Gym on November 5, 2019.
• Fordham has taken the last three meetings and four of the last five.
