Jamaica, N.Y. – Even though the weather outside was relatively calm, inside the Carnesecca Arena the Fordham University men's basketball program ran into a storm. The Red Storm. St. John's used a suffocating defense, forcing 18 Fordham turnovers, and timely shooting to upend the Rams, 83-69, on Sunday night.
With the loss, Fordham falls to 6-4 on the year while St. Johns improve to 6-2.
The Rams were led by graduate student forward
Chuba Ohams, who had his second straight 20-point game, and he added six rebounds, while graduate student guard
Darius Quisenberry added 16 points and seven rebounds and junior guard
Antonio Daye, Jr. finished with 13 points.
Fordham led by one, 22-21, following a Quisenberry three midway through the first half but St. John's outscored the Rams 25-11 over the final ten minutes of the half to take a 46-33 lead at the break.
The Red Storm built their advantage to as many as 19 twice in the second half, the final time at 60-41 with 14:49 remaining. The Rams wouldn't back down, responding with ten unanswered points to make it a 60-51 contest on a
Josh Colon-Navarro four-point play just over a minute later.
The Rams got the St. John's led down to nine twice more in the game, the final time at 73-64 on a Daye three with 6:08 left but that was as close as they would get.
Takeaways
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Chuba Ohams equaled his career-high with 20 points, matching his output against St. Francis on Wednesday night.
• After being held to a season-low four points against St. Francis on Wednesday,
Darius Quisenberry scored 16 tonight, his ninth double-digit scoring game of the year.
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Antonio Daye, Jr. has scored in double figures in all ten games for the Rams.
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Antonio Daye, Jr. entered the game leading the NCAA in free throws made and attempted and was 2-for-2 tonight.
• The Red Storm connected on their first four three-point shots of the game but then went 1-for-11 the rest of the game.
• The Rams were outrebounded for just the second time this year.
• Fordham recruiting coordinator
Tre Morton celebrated a birthday today along with Ram signee Will Richardson.
By the Numbers
.938 – Fordham's free throw shooting percentage tonight (15-16), a season-high.
4 – Steals by
Kyle Rose, a season-high.
9 – Free throws made by
Chuba Ohams, a career-high.
32 - Three-pointers attempted by Fordham, matching a season-high.
46 – First half points for St. John's, a season-high for a Fordham opponent.
89 – Fordham games played against St. John's, the second most against any opponent for the Rams (Fordham and Manhattan have met 113 times).
What's Next?
• The Rams return to the historic Rose Hill Gym to host the Long Island University Sharks on Thursday, December 9 at 7:00 p.m.
• It will be the 16th meeting between Fordham and LIU on the hardwood.
• The Rams lead the all-times series, 11-4, and have taken eight of the last nine meetings.
• The Sharks (who were known as the Blackbirds at the time) took the last meeting, 60-57, in the Rose Hill Gym on December 30, 2018.
• The last Fordham win was an 81-68 victory in 2017 in the Rose Hill Gym as
Ivan Raut scored 21 points and Prokop Slanina added 19 points and eleven rebounds.
• It will be Fordham's third game this year against an NEC school.
• The Rams are 67-30 all-time against teams currently in the Northeast Conference.
