Men’s Basketball Tames Sharks

Bronx, N.Y. – If Chief Brody were in attendance in the first half of tonight's Fordham University-Long Island University men's basketball game he might have said to the Rams "You're going to need a bigger boat."  It looks like Fordham took his advice, opening a late first half lead and then putting the game away with a strong second half, defeating the Sharks, 73-57, in the historic Rose Hill Gym.
 
With the win, Fordham improves to 7-4 on the season while Long Island falls to 1-7.
 
The Rams were led by graduate student forward Chuba Ohams, who notched his seventh double-double of the year with 20 points, tying his career-high, and eleven rebounds, while junior guard Antonio Daye, Jr. added 17 points, five assists, and three steals, and graduate student guard Darius Quisenberry finished with 14 points.
 
Fordham got off to a slow start, trailing the Sharks, 21-16, with 11:00 left in the first and the Rams were down three, 31-28, at the 4:28 mark. Fordham then outscored Long Island 11-2 the rest of the half to take a 39-33 lead at the break.
 
The Sharks cut the Fordham advantage to two, 43-41, early in the second half when the Rams responded with a 16-3 spurt to take a 59-44 lead on an Ohams three-point play with 12:20 left.
 
The Rams got the lead to as many as 24, 73-49, on an Antrell Charlton jumper with just over two minutes remaining.
 
Takeaways
• Sophomore guards Antrell Charlton and Kyle Rose also scored in double figures for the Rams with ten points each.
 
• Antonio Daye, Jr. has scored in double figures in all eleven games this year while Darius Quisenberry has recorded ten such games.
 
• Freshman forward Patrick Kelly made his Fordham debut in the game.
 
• The starting lineup of Ohams-Quisenberry-Daye-Tsimbila-Harrison was Fordham's fourth different starting lineup of the year.
 
• Fordham outrebounded Long Island, 37-35, the ninth time this year the Rams have outrebounded their opponent.
 
• Fordham leads the all-time series with LIU, 11-5.
 
• The Rams are a perfect 3-0 against NEC teams this year.
 
By the Numbers
6 – Turnovers by Fordham, a season-low.

9 - Field goals for Chuba Ohams, a career-high.
 
10 – Steals by Fordham, the second double-digit steal game of the year for the Rams.
 
20 – Points by Chuba Ohams, matching his career-high and his third straight 20-point game.
 
+32 – The final +/- number for Antrell Charlton.
 
What's Next?
• The Rams return to action on Sunday, December 12, as they venture into Brooklyn to face the University of Miami in the Barclays Center as part of the Basketball Hall of Fame Invitational at 11:30 a.m.
 
• It will be the third meeting between Fordham and Miami on the hardwood.
 
• The two schools split the first two meetings.
 
• The Rams took the first meeting, 85-83, in 1970 in Miami, while the Hurricanes took the second meeting, 55-44, in Miami in 1994.
 
• It will be Fordham's first game versus an ACC team since a meeting with Florida State at the 2017 Jamaica Classic.