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BRONX, N.Y. –  The Fordham University Rams continue the 2023-2024 season, Fordham's 121st varsity season, and continue Atlantic 10 play by hosting the Davidson College Wildcats in the historic Rose Hill Gym on Wednesday, January 17, at 7:00 p.m.
 
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The game will be streamed live on ESPN+ with Mike Watts (PxP), Andrew Bogusch (analyst), and Maria Trivelpiece (sidelines) announcing as well as broadcast on WFUV (90.7 FM) and the WFUV Sports YouTube page with Miles Grossman (PxP) and Kris Pursiainen (analyst) behind the mics.
 
Fordham enters the game with an 8-8 overall record, 2-1 in the Atlantic 10, and is coming off an 80-74 Atlantic 10 win at St. Bonaventure University on Saturday afternoon while Davidson enters the game with a 10-6 overall record, 0-3 in the conference. after falling to George Washington, 83-79, in an Atlantic 10 game in Washington, D.C. on Saturday.
 
Wednesday night's contest will be the 18th meeting between Fordham and Davidson on the hardwood. The Wildcats lead the all-time series, 14-3. The two teams split a pair of games last year with Davidson winning, 57-43, on December 28 in the Rose Hill Gym behind 13 points and eleven rebounds from Sam Mennenga, and Fordham winning, February 11, 73-71, on February 11 at Davidson behind 22 points and nine rebounds from Khalid Moore and 21 point from Darius Quisenberry.

Notes
• Senior guard Japhet Medor leads the Rams in scoring (13.3) and is second in assists (3.0/game) while sophomore forward Joshua Rivera, who returned to action at St. Bonaventure after missing four games with an injury, is second in scoring (10.6 ppg) and rebounding (4.7/game).
 
• Over the past five games, senior guard Japhet Medor is averaging  18.8 ppg, including two 20-point games, while sophomore guard Will Richardson is averaging 12.4 ppg and 4.0 apg, and senior guard Kyle Rose is averaging 12.6 ppg and 6.6 rpg (7.5 rpg over the past four).
 
• Over the past two games, sophomore forward Elijah Gray is averaging 16.7 ppg and 5.7 rpg.
 
• Senior guard Kyle Rose has 183 career steals, eighth all-time at Fordham.
 
• Rose has appeared in 124 career games, tied for third all-time for the Rams.
 
• Senior guard Kyle Rose has 34 steals this year (2.1/game), second in the Atlantic 10, while senior guard Antrell Charlton has 27 (1.7/game), tied for fifth most in the A-10 this season.
 
• Senior forward Abdou Tsimbila has 41 blocks in 15 games (2.7/game), second in the Atlantic 10 and sixth in the NCAA.
 
• Tsimbila has 135 career blocks, seventh all-time at Fordham.
 
• Tsimbila also leads the Rams in rebounding, averaging 7.7/game, third in the Atlantic 10.
 
• After averaging 2.7 ppg and 2.0 rpg last year, sophomore forward Elijah Gray is averaging 9.8 ppg and 4.3 rpg this year.
 
• Fordham is averaging 88.4 ppg over its last five contests.
 
• The Fordham win last year snapped a 12-game Davidson winning streak in the all-time series.
 
• The Rams did not lose any student-athletes to the transfer portal from 2022-23.
 
• The Rams continue the 2024 Atlantic 10 season by hosting the Loyola University Chicago Ramblers in the historic Rose Hill Gym on Saturday, January 20, at 1:00 p.m.