Washington, D.C. – The 2021-2022 Fordham University men's can take solace with a quote from author and therapist Shannon L. Alder who said "All things come to an end, but when you open your eyes after a long sleep a new journey begins." The Rams deserve a long sleep after the season they enjoyed, and with the talent coming back, the future looks bright. Unfortunately, eighth-seeded Fordham ran into a hot top-seeded Davidson College, falling to the Wildcats, 74-56, in the quarterfinals of the 2022 Atlantic 10 Championship at the Capital One Arena.
With the loss, Fordham evens its record at 16-16 while Davidson improves to 26-5.
The Rams were led by junior forward
Rostyslav Novitskyi, who scored a career and game-high 18 points, shooting 7-for-12 from the field, and he added five rebounds and three blocks while grad student forward
Chuba Ohams came up just short of his 22nd double-double of the year, finishing with 14 points and nine rebounds.
The Rams trailed by six, 27-21, following an Ohams hook shot with 5:26 left in the first half but the Fordham offense then went cold as Davidson scored nine straight to take a 36-21 lead with 2:51 remaining and the Wildcats would bump the lead to 16 at the break, 40-24.
Fordham cut the Davidson lead to 13 early on the second half, 44-31, on a
Kyle Rose three but that was as close as they would get.
Takeaways
• Fordham entered the championship as the 8-seed, the highest seed for the Rams in the current format
• The 16 wins are the most for a Fordham team since the Rams won 17 in 2015-2016
•
Darius Quisenberry, Fordham's leading scorer at 16.2 ppg, missed the game with an injury
• Sophomore
Antrell Charlton continued to fill the stat sheet for the Rams with three points, six rebounds, three assists, and two steals
• Charlton closes out the season with 113 assists and 56 steals, both team-highs
• Sophomore
Albe Evans entered the game in the final minute to a loud ovation from his family and friends at the game (he grabbed his first career rebound in the game)
• The Rams held Davidson leading scorer Foster Loyer, who was averaging 16.9 ppg, to eight points
• The Fordham bench outscored the Davidson bench, 27-26
By the Numbers
3 – Blocks for
Rostyslav Novitskyi, a season-high
11 – Offensive rebounds for the Rams that they turned into ten second-chance points
21 – Double-doubles on the year for
Chuba Ohams, breaking Chris Gaston's record of 19 set in 2009-2010.
26 – Career double-doubles for
Chuba Ohams.
112 – Career blocks for
Chuba Ohams, moving him ahead of Sanford Jenkins (1988-1992) and into seventh all-time at Fordham.
745 – Career rebounds for
Chuba Ohams, eleventh on the Fordham career rebounding list.
