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Washington, D.C. - The Fordham University Rams continue the 2021-2022 Atlantic 10 season, Fordham's 119th varsity season, by traveling to Washington, D.C., to face the George Washington University Colonials in the Smith Center on Sunday, January 30, at 12:00 p.m.
The game will be televised on the USA Network and streamed on the NBC Sports app with Dwight Burgess (PxP) and
Dave Paulsen (analyst) announcing and broadcast live on WFUV (90.7 FM) with Nick DeLuca (PxP) and Ryan Gregware (analyst) behind the mics.
Fordham enters the game with a 9-9 overall record, 2-4 in the Atlantic 10, after a 68-61 conference loss at Dayton on Tuesday night, while George Washington enters the game with a 6-12 overall record, 2-4 in the conference, after an 80-67 Atlantic 10 loss at Saint Louis on Wednesday night.
Sunday afternoon's contest 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.
Notes
• Graduate student guard
Darius Quisenberry was named the Atlantic 10 Player of the Week after averaging 29.5 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 6.0 apg, and 2.0 spg in two games. He shot .514 (18-35) from the field and .409 (9-22) from behind the arc.
• Quisenberry is second in the A-10 in scoring, averaging 17.9 ppg.
• Quisenberry has scored in double figures in 17 of the 18 games this year.
• After missing most of the 2020-2021 season, graduate student forward
Chuba Ohams has wasted little time displaying that he was back, recording a double-double in ten of his 16 games.
• Ohams recorded Fordham first 20/20 game since 2000 when he scored 20 points and added 22 rebounds, both career-highs, in a win over St. Francis.
• Ohams leads the Atlantic 10 and is fourth in the NCAA in rebounding (11.4 rpg).
• Ohams needs four blocks to bring his career total to 100.
• Ohams almost recorded Fordham's first triple-double against Duquesne, finishing with 14 points, 16 rebounds and a career-high eight blocks.
• Over the past five games, sophomore guard
Kyle Rose is shooting .611 (11-18) from behind the arc.
• Prior to last year's George Washington win, the Rams had won four straight against the Colonials, including all three in 2019-2020.