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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 Loyola University Chicago Ramblers in the historic Rose Hill Gym on Saturday, January 20, at 1:00 p.m.
 
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Saturday will be Arthur Avenue Day as Little Italy comes to life inside the Rose Hill Gym, with several of our local restaurant partners setting up shop with their fine Italian cuisine.
 
The game will be streamed live on ESPN+ with Andrew Bogusch (PxP), Andrew Posadas (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 Colin Loughran (analyst) behind the mics.
 
Fordham enters the game with an 8-9 overall record, 2-2 in the Atlantic 10, and is coming off a 79-69 loss to Davidson College in the Rose Hill Gym on Wednesday night while Loyola Chicago enters the game with a 12-6 overall record, 4-1 in the conference, after defeating Massachusetts, 79-78, in Chicago on Wednesday night.
 
Saturday afternoon's contest will be the fourth meeting between Fordham and Loyola Chicago on the hardwood. The Rams lead the all-time series, 2-1. Fordham took last year's meeting, 71-69, on February 22 in Chicago as Darius Quisenberry scored a game-high 26 points, shooting 4-for-7 from behind the arc, while Khalid Moore added 19 points and six rebounds for the Rams.

Notes
• Senior guard Japhet Medor leads the Rams in scoring (12.7) and is second in assists (2.9/game) while sophomore guard Will Richardson is second in scoring, averaging 10.4 ppg, and sophomore forward Joshua Rivera is third in scoring (10.2 ppg) and rebounding (4.5/game).
 
Over the past six games, senior guard Japhet Medor is averaging 16.2 ppg, including two 20-point games, while sophomore guard Will Richardson is averaging 13.0 ppg and 3.5 apg, and senior guard Kyle Rose is averaging 11.8 ppg and 6.5 rpg (7.2 rpg over the past five).
 
• Over the past four games, sophomore forward Elijah Gray is averaging 15.5 ppg and 8.5 rpg.
 
• Senior guard Kyle Rose will tie the Fordham career games played record with his 126th appearance for the Rams.
 
• Rose has 187 career steals, tied for seventh all-time at Fordham.
 
• Rose has 38 steals this year (2.2/game), second in the Atlantic 10, while senior guard Antrell Charlton has 29 (1.7/game), tied for fifth most in the A-10 this season.
 
• Senior forward Abdou Tsimbila has 43 blocks in 16 games (2.7/game), second in the Atlantic 10 and seventh in the NCAA.
 
• Tsimbila has 137 career blocks, seventh all-time at Fordham.
 
• Tsimbila also leads the Rams in rebounding, averaging 7.6/game, fourth in the Atlantic 10.
 
• After averaging 2.7 ppg and 2.0 rpg last year, sophomore forward Elijah Gray is averaging 9.9 ppg and 4.7 rpg this year, including his first collegiate double-double with 12 points and eleven rebounds versus Davidson.
 
• The Ramblers are in their second season in the Atlantic 10.
 
• The Rams did not lose any student-athletes to the transfer portal from 2022-23.
 
• The Rams continue the 2024 Atlantic 10 season by traveling to Kingston, R.I., to face the University of Rhode Island Rams in the Ryan Center on Wednesday, January 24, at 7:00 p.m.