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Bronx, N.Y. – The Fordham University Rams continue the 2022-2023 season, Fordham's 120th varsity season, and continue Atlantic 10 play by traveling to Richmond, Va., to face the VCU Rams in the Siegel Center on Saturday, February 18 at 2:30 p.m.
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The game will be televised on the USA Network with Chris Lewis (PxP) and Julianne Viani (analyst) announcing as well as broadcast on
www.wfuvsports.org with Sam Davis (PxP) and Mike Calamari (analyst) behind the mics.
• Saturday afternoon's contest will be the 13th meeting between Fordham and VCU on the hardwood with VCU leading the all-time series, 11-1, and has won the past five meetings. VCU took the last year's meeting, 66-61, in the Rose Hill Gym on February 15 behind 21 points from Keshawn Curry while
Josh Colon-Navarro paced Fordham with 20 points.
Notes
• Grad student forward
Khalid Moore is averaging 18.5 ppg over the past eight games.
• Moore is averaging 15.2 ppg, second on the team and 12th in the Atlantic 10, and a team-best 6.7 rpg, along with 44 assists, 33 steals, and eleven blocks.
• Grad student guard
Darius Quisenberry, who scored his 2,000
th career point at Richmond, is leading the Rams in scoring at 17.0 ppg, sixth in the Atlantic 10.
• Junior guard
Antrell Charlton has 15 assists and only two turnovers over the past three games.
• Freshman guard
Will Richardson has turned it on over the past nine games, averaging 8.9 ppg while shooting .438 from the field (32-73), .486 (18-37) from behind the arc.
• Junior
Abdou Tsimbila is second in the Atlantic 10 in blocks (1.8/game) and is tied for ninth in the Atlantic 10 in rebounding (6.7).
• The 9-4 start to the A-10 season is Fordham's best ever start to the A-10 season since joining the conference in 1995.
• Fordham has won eight of the past ten Atlantic 10 games, the first time the Rams accomplished that since joining the A-10.
• The win over Saint Louis on January 31 marked the first time Fordham won five straight Atlantic 10 games since 2007.
