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Bronx, N.Y. – The Fordham University Rams continue the 2022-2023 season, Fordham's 120th varsity season, by hosting the Binghamton University Bearcats in the historic Rose Hill Gym on Friday, December 9, at 7:00 p.m.
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The game will be streamed on ESPN+ with Mike Watts (PxP), Andrew Posadas (analyst), and Maria Trivelpiece (sidelines) announcing as well as broadcast on
www.wfuvsports.org with Thomas Aiello (PxP) and Mike Calamari (analyst) behind the mics.
Fordham enters the game with a 9-1 record and is coming off a 72-59 win over Wagner College in the Rose Hill Gym on Tuesday night while Binghamton is 3-6 on the year following an 81-62 loss to Colgate University in Binghamton on Wednesday night.
Friday night's contest will be the third meeting between Fordham and Binghamton on the hardwood, the first since 2011, with the Rams leading the all-time series, 2-0. Fordham took the first two meetings, a 72-60 win on November 28, 2007, and a 64-49 victory on November 18, 2011, with both games being played in the Rose Hill Gym.
Notes
• Junior
Abdou Tsimbila is averaging a team-high 7.6 rpg and has 24 blocks.
• Tsimbila leads the Atlantic 10 in blocks (2.4/game), is third in defensive rebounds (5.9/game), and is tied for fifth in the Atlantic 10 in rebounding.
• Grad student guard
Darius Quisenberry is leading the Rams in scoring at 18.4 ppg, sixth in the Atlantic 10, while grad student Moore is averaging 14.4 ppg.
• Quisenberry came close to recording Fordham's first ever triple-double against Holy Cross on November 21, scoring 14 points, grabbing eleven rebounds, and dishing out eight assists in the 67-53 win.
• Tsimbila is leading Fordham in rebounding, averaging 7.6 rpg, while Moore is averaging 5.7 rpg, and senior
Rostyslav Novitskyi 5.1 rpg.
• The 2022-2023 Fordham Rams have won their first eight homes games.
• The 9-1 start for the 2022-2023 Fordham Rams marks the first time since 1970-71 that the Rams are 9-1 or better in their first 10 games against Division I opponents.
• Eight Fordham men's basketball teams have won at least 10 of their first 11 games, none since 1970-71.