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BRONX, N.Y. –  The Fordham University Rams continue the 2023-2024 season, Fordham's 121st varsity season, by hosting the Manhattan College Jaspers in the Battle of the Bronx in the historic Rose Hill Gym on Monday, November 27, at 7:00 p.m.
 
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The game will be broadcast live on SNY and streamed on ESPN+ with Michael Watts (PxP), Andrew Posadas (analyst), and Edona Thaqi (Sidelines) announcing as well as broadcast on WFUV (90.7 FM) and on the WFUV Sports YouTube page with Miles Grossman (PxP) and Colin Loughran (analyst) behind the mics.
 
Fordham enters the game with a 2-3 record and is coming off a 79-72 loss to Kent State University in the third place game of the Paradise Jam last Monday night in St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. while Manhattan is 3-2 on the season after a 90-60 loss to #5/4 Connecticut in Hartford, Conn., on Saturday afternoon.

Monday night's contest will be the 114th meeting between the Rams and the Jaspers on the hardwood. Manhattan leads the all-time series, which started in 1911-12, 59-54.
 
Notes
• The 113 games played with Manhattan are the most for any Fordham opponent while the 54 wins over the Jaspers are the most victories over any team for Fordham.
 
• The two teams have split the past four meetings but the Jaspers took the most recent meeting, 66-60, at Manhattan in 2021.
 
• Senior guard Japhet Medor leads Fordham in scoring (13.8 ppg) and assists (2.8/game) while sophomore Joshua Rivera is second in scoring (9.8) and rebounding (5.6).
 
• Senior guard Kyle Rose has 154 career steals, tied for tenth all-time at Fordham.
 
• Senior forward Abdou Tsimbila has eight blocks in four games (2.0/game), tied for fourth in the Atlantic 10.
 
• The Rams did not lose any student-athletes to the transfer portal from 2022-23.
 
• The Rams continue the 2023-24 season by hosting the FDU Knights in the historic Rose Hill Gym on Thursday, November 30, at 7:00 p.m.