Chuba Ohams Leads Men’s Basketball Past St. Francis

Bronx, N.Y. – There were probably only a handful of people in the Rose Hill Gym tonight who were present the last time a Fordham men's basketball player recorded a 20/20 game. Quite a few joined them tonight as graduate forward Chuba Ohams scored 20 points and grabbed 22 rebounds (both career-highs) to lead Fordham to a 68-46 win over St. Francis College.
 
With the win, Fordham improves to 6-3 on the year while St. Francis falls to 0-7.
 
The 20/20 game was the first for a Fordham men's basketball player since Duke Freeman-McKamey scored 28 points and grabbed 20 rebounds against George Washington on February 26, 2000.
 
Ohams had his sixth double-double of the season at halftime with eleven points and ten rebounds and added nine points and 12 boards over the final 20 minutes. He shot 8-for-16 from the field and added three blocks and two assists.
 
Ohams wasn't the only Ram to score 20 as junior guard Antonio Daye, Jr. netted a game-high 22 points, shooting 8-for-16 from the field.
 
The Rams led by eleven at the break, 34-23, but the Terriers were able to get the Fordham lead to six twice in the second half, the final at 45-39, midway through the half. A 19-5 Fordham run over the next eight minutes gave the Rams a commanding 64-44 lead with just under two minutes left.
 
Takeaways
• The last Ram to record a 20-rebound game was Chris Gaston against Lehigh in 2010.
 
• The last 20/20 game by an Atlantic 10 player was by VCU's Marcus Santos-Silva with 26 points and 22 rebounds on March 15, 2019 vs. Rhode Island.
 
• Antonio Daye, Jr. has scored in double figures in all nine games for the Rams this year.
 
• Graduate student guard Darius Quisenberry scored four points, his first game this year not scoring in double figures.
 
• Junior guard Kam'ron Cunningham scored his first points as a Ram, beginning with a slam dunk.
 
• The Rams outscored the Terriers, 44-26, in the paint.

• Fordham never trailed in the game.
 
• The Rams now lead the all-time series with St. Francis, 24-13, and have taken the past four meetings.
 
• St. Francis features the sons of two former Fordham Rams in junior Trey Quartlebaum (son of former Ram Fred Quartlebaum) and freshman guard Michael Parrotta (son of former Ram Tom Parrotta).
 
 
By the Numbers
8 – Different players to score for the Rams.
 
16 – Offensive rebounds by Fordham, a season-high.
 
20 – Points for Chuba Ohams, a career-high (previous high was 19 this he did three times).
 
+21 - The final +/- for Kyle Rose.
 
22 – Rebounds for Chuba Ohams, a career-high (previous high was 18 at Manhattan earlier this year).
 
54 – Rebounds by the Rams, a season-high.
 
655 – Wins in the Rose Hill Gym for Fordham.
 
1,546 – All-time wins for the Rams.
 
What's Next?
• The Rams travel to Queens to face the St. John's University Red Storm on Sunday, December 5 at 7:00 p.m.
 
• It will be the 89th meeting between Fordham and St. John's on the hardwood.
 
• The Red Storm lead the all-time series, 66-22.
 
• The 88 games played against St. John's are the second most for the Rams against any opponent (Fordham and Manhattan have met 113 times).
 
• The last Fordham win was on December 2, 2015, 73-57, in the Rose Hill Gym as Ryan Rhoomes scored 26 points and grabbed 12 rebounds and Mandell Thomas added 14 points.
 
• The Rams are 0-17 all-time at Carnesecca Arena.
 
• The Rams are 95-196 all-time against teams currently in the Big East.