Box Score Dayton, Ohio - Fordham graduate student guard Darius Quisenberry, who hails from nearby Springfield, had a large group of family and friends in attendance tonight. And he didn't disappoint them, scoring a team-high 17 points but the Rams came up just short, falling to the University of Dayton, 68-61, in an Atlantic 10 contest in the UD Arena.
 
With the loss, Fordham evens its overall record at 9-9, 2-4 in the Atlantic 10, while Dayton improves to 13-7, 5-2 in the conference.
 
Quisenberry added five rebounds and four assists to his 17 points while graduate student guard Josh Colon-Navarro added 15 points and sophomore guard Kyle Rose eleven for the Rams.
 
The first half was a half of runs with the Flyers using a 14-0 run to take a 23-9 lead with just over eight minutes left in the half.
 
The Rams responded with a 14-7 run to cut the Dayton lead to four, 27-23, following a Josh Colon-Navarro driving layup with 3:30 remaining but the Flyers closed out the half with 10-2 spurt to a to take a 37-25 halftime lead.
 
The Flyers led by 13, 63-50, with 3:00 remaining when the Rams used an 11-4 run to pull within six, 67-61, on an Antrell Charlton jumper with 21 seconds left but that was as close as they would get.
 
Takeaways
• Darius Quisenberry has scored in double figures in 17 of the 18 games this year.
 
• Quisenberry was a perfect 7-for-7 from the free throw line and has now connected on 19 straight free throws.
 
• Kyle Rose was 3-for-5 from behind the arc and is now shooting 11-for-15 (.733) from long distance over the past five games.
 
• Chuba Ohams missed his second straight game with an injury.
 
• Fordham was outscored 16-7 from the charity stripe.
 
• The game was the fourth straight for the Rams against a team picked to finish in the top six of the Atlantic 10.
 
• The Flyers entered the game second in the Atlantic 10 in scoring defense, allowing 61.1 ppg
 
• Dayton is one of the youngest teams in the NCAA Div. I this year, with no seniors on its roster and only two redshirt juniors.
 
By the Numbers
 
4 – Blocks by Abdou Tsimbila, a career-high.
 
4 – Steals for Josh Colon-Navarro, a career-high.
 
8 – Points for Patrick Kelly, a season-high.

12 - Three-pointers made by Fordham, tying a season-high.
 
13 – Steals by the Rams, a season-high.
 
18 - Dayton turnovers forced by the Rams.
 
1,535 – Career collegiate points for Darius Quisenberry.
 
13,407 – Attendance for the game, a sell out for the UD Arena (the Flyers sold out all 17 games this season before the season started). It's also the largest crowd to see the Rams play since Feb. 1, 2020 when Fordham also played before a sold out UD Arena.
 
What's Next?
• The Rams return to action and continue Atlantic 10 play on Sunday, January 30, as they travel to Washington, D.C., to face the George Washington University Colonials in the Smith Center at 12:00 p.m.
 
• It will be the 40th meeting between Fordham and George Wash­ington on the hardwood.
 
• The Colonials lead the all-time series, which started in the 1914-15 season, 29-10.
 
• George Washington won last year's meeting, 71-47, on Decem­ber 30 in the Rose Hill Gym.