Gallery: (2-15-2023) MBB vs. St. Bonaventure
Bronx, N.Y. – This 2022-23 winter has proven unprecedented for the New York City area, taking a historic amount of time to bring even just four-tenths of an inch of accumulating snow to Central Park (though there was a White Out in the Bronx tonight) and recording above-average temperatures every single day of the same month for the first time ever. Some are blaming it on climate change while others are theorizing that it's a product of la niña. A third option may be the red-hot play of the Fordham men's basketball team. Despite coming from the north, St. Bonaventure couldn't cool down the Rams who won their third straight and eighth of the last nine with a 78-63 Atlantic 10 win in the Rose Hill Gym.
With the win, Fordham improves to 21-5 overall, 9-4 in the Atlantic 10, while St. Bonaventure falls to 13-14 overall, 7-7 in the conference.
Grad student guard
Darius Quisenberry led the Rams with 15 points and he added five rebounds and six assists, while junior guard
Antrell Charlton netted nine points and dished out a season-high eight assists.
The Rams led by seven at the break, 37-30, but the Bonnies cut the lead back to five, 44-39, early in the second.
A Charlton long jumper started a 12-3 run as Fordham took a 56-42 lead on a
Khalid Moore layup with 11:44 left.
The Ram led by 14 again later in the game, 62-48, and ran off nine straight points to take a commanding 71-48 lead on a
Kyle Rose three-pointer with 6:54 on the clock.
Takeaways
• Fordham won with only one player scoring in double figures (
Darius Quisenberry).
• Ten different players scored for the Rams.
• Fordham outscored St. Bonaventure 33-14 in bench points.
• The Rams outrebounded the Bonnies, 39-24.
• Fordham improves to 11-1 when leading at the half this year.
• It was the Rams' first series sweep of St. Bonaventure since the 2006-2007 season.
• It was the first Fordham win over the Bonnies in the Rose Hill Gym since March 8, 2008.
• The 9-4 start to the A-10 season is the best for the Rams since joining the conference in 1995.
• All 15 players who dressed for the Rams saw action in the game.
• The Rams have held an opponent below its season scoring average in seven of the past nine games (the two exceptions were St. Bonaventure, who scored 68 and was averaging 67.1 ppg, and Davidson, who netted 71 points and was averaging 70.6 ppg).
• A bunch of former players were in attendance including
Chuba Ohams, Ivan Raut, Ed Bona, and Mark Murphy.
By the Numbers
2 – Three-pointers made by St. Bonaventure, tying a season-low for a Fordham opponent.
6 – Rebounds by
Kyle Rose, tying his career-high.
8 – Assists by
Antrell Charlton, a season-high (previous high was seven which he did three times).
16 – Home wins for the Rams this year, a school record.
19 – Assists by Fordham, a season-high (previous high was 18 vs. George Washington).
+20 - +/- in the game for
Antrell Charlton.
106 – Career double figure scoring games for
Darius Quisenberry.
906 – Career points for
Khalid Moore.
682 – All-times wins in the Rose Hill Gym for Fordham.
1,575 – All-time wins for Fordham.
2,058 – Career points for
Darius Quisenberry
What's Next?
• The Rams continue the 2022-2023 Atlantic 10 season by traveling to Richmond, Va., to face the VCU Rams in the Siegel Center on Saturday, February 18, at 2:30 p.m.
• It will be the 13th meeting between Fordham and VCU on the hardwood.
• VCU leads the all-time series, 11-1, and has won the past five meetings.
