Fordham University Athletics

Brooklyn, N.Y. – The second reading for today's Gaudete Sunday mass urges the reader to have patience much like a farmer, who must wait until his crop "receives the early and the late rains." Fordham men's fans must have that same patience as the Rams are showing signs that they can compete with anyone, taking an ACC school down to the wire today before falling to the University of Miami, 72-66, in the Barclays Center as part of the Basketball Hall of Fame Invitational.
 
With the loss, Fordham falls to 7-5 on the year while Miami improves to 8-3.
 
Fordham was led by graduate student forward Chuba Ohams, who scored 15 points, grabbed six rebounds and added three blocks, while graduate student guard Darius Quisenberry finished with 13 points and six assists and junior guard Antonio Daye, Jr., added 12 points and five rebounds.
 
Neither team held more than a five point lead in the first half and Daye gave the Rams a 37-35 lead at the intermission when he connected on a three just before the buzzer.
 
The Hurricanes outscored the Rams 20-4 over the first eight minutes of the second half to take their largest lead of the day, 55-41, but Fordham didn't go away, using a 12-2 spurt to cut the Miami lead to four, 57-53, on an Antrell Charlton jumper with 7:53 remaining.
 
Miami got the lead back to ten four minutes later, 63-53, but back-to-back Kam'ron Cunningham threes made it a four-point game again with just over two minutes left but that was as close as the Rams would get.
 
Takeaways
• Chuba Ohams entered the game tenth in the Atlantic 10 in field goal percentage (.549) and was a perfect 6-for-6 today to bring his season percentage to .574 (62-108).
 
• Antonio Daye, Jr. has scored in double figures in all 12 games this year for the Rams while Chuba Ohams and Darius Quisenberry have done so in eleven of the 12.
 
• Antonio Daye entered the game second in the NCAA in free throws made and fist in free throws attempted and was a perfect 4-for-4 today.
 
• Fordham missed its first nine three-point attempts in the game and shot 8-for-38 from long distance.
 
• It was the first match-up between Fordham and Miami on the hardwood since 1994.
 
• The Hurricanes now lead the all-time series, 2-1.
 
• It was Fordham's first game against an ACC school since a contest with Florida State at the 2017
 
• Miami started three sixth-years seniors.
 
By the Numbers
6 – Assists by Darius Quisenberry, a season-high.
 
7 – Blocks by the Rams, tying a season-high.
 
7 - Charges taken by Fordham, led by five from Antonio Daye, Jr.
 
9 – Points by Kam'ron Cunningham, a season-high (he shot 3-for-5 from behind the arc).
 
38 – Three-pointers attempted by Fordham, a season-high.
 
What's Next?
• After ten days off for finals, the Rams return to action on Wednesday, December 22, as they host the Georgia Southern University Eagles in the historic Rose Hill Gym at 4:00 p.m.
 
• It will be the first meeting between Fordham and Georgia Southern on the hardwood.
 
• It will be the fifth Sun Belt opponent for Fordham (the Rams played UT Arlington and Western Kentucky when the schools were in the conference).