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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 Chicago to face the Loyola Chicago University Ramblers in the Gentile Arena on Wednesday, February 22 at 9:00 p.m. (EST)
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The game will be streamed on ESPN+ with Jeff Hagedorn (PxP) and Christian Thomas (analyst) announcing as well as broadcast on
www.wfuvsports.org with Sam Davis (PxP) and Ryan Gregware (analyst) behind the mics.
Fordham enters the game with a 21-6 overall record, 9-5 in the Atlantic 10, and is coming off an 80-61 A-10 loss at VCU on Saturday afternoon while Loyola Chicago is 9-17 overall on the year, 3-11 in the Atlantic 10, following a 65-49 A-10 loss to Dayton in the Gentile Arena on Friday night.
Wednesday night's contest will be the third meeting between Fordham and Loyola Chicago on the hardwood with the all-time series tied, 1-1. The Ramblers took the first meeting, 64-50, on November 26, 2011 in Chicago while the Rms won the second, 83-69, in the Rose Hill Gym on December 23, 2013.
Notes
• Freshman guard
Will Richardson was named the Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week on Monday after averaging 14.5 ppg in two contest last week.
• Richardson has turned it on over the past ten games, averaging 10.1 ppg while shooting .448 from the field (39-87), .511 (24-47) from behind the arc.
• Grad student forward
Khalid Moore is averaging 16.9 ppg over the past nine games.
• Moore is averaging 14.8 ppg, second on the team and 13th in the Atlantic 10, and a team-best 6.6 rpg, along with 46 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 16.9 ppg, sixth in the Atlantic 10.
• Junior guard
Antrell Charlton has 15 assists and only five turnovers over the past four games.
• Junior guard
Kyle Rose is tied for third in the Atlantic 10 in steals (1.8/game).
• Junior
Abdou Tsimbila is tied for the Atlantic lead 10 in blocks (1.8/game) and is eleventh in the Atlantic 10 in rebounding (6.5).
• Fordham has won eight of the past eleven Atlantic 10 games, the first time the Rams accomplished that since joining the A-10.