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BRONX, N.Y. – The Fordham University Rams continue the 2023-2024 season, Fordham's 121st varsity season, and open Atlantic 10 play by traveling to Washington, D.C., to face the George Washington University Revolutionaries in the Charles Smith Center on Wednesday, January 3, at 7:00 p.m.
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The game will be streamed live on ESPN+ with Byron Kerr (PxP) and Jim Patsos (analyst) 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 a 6-7 record and is coming off an 87-78 win over Columbia University in the Rose Hill Gym on Saturday while George Washington enters the game with an 11-2 record on the season after a 69-63 win over Maryland-Eastern Shore in the Smith Center on Saturday.
Wednesday night's contest will be the 44th meeting between Fordham and George Washington on the hardwood. The Revolutionaries lead the all-time series, which started in the 1914-15 season, 31-12, but the Rams took the past two matchups, including an 85-70 win in the Rose Hill Gym on January 28 last year behind 30 points and eight rebounds from
Khalid Moore and 22 points from
Darius Quisenberry.
Notes
• Senior guard
Japhet Medor leads the Rams in scoring (12.2) and assists (3.2/game) while sophomore forward
Joshua Rivera, who has missed the past two games with an injury, is second in scoring (11.2 ppg) and rebounding (4.9/game).
• Senior guard
Kyle Rose has 176 career steals, eighth all-time at Fordham.
• Rose has appeared in 121 career games, tied for sixth all-time for the Rams.
• Senior guard
Kyle Rose has 27 steals this year (2.1/game), third in the Atlantic 10, while senior guard
Antrell Charlton has 20 (1.5/game), tied for eighth most in the A-10 this season.
• Senior forward
Abdou Tsimbila has 35 blocks in 12 games (2.9/game), second in the Atlantic 10 and fourth in the NCAA.
• Tsimbila has 129 career blocks, sixth all-time at Fordham.
• Tsimbila also leads the Rams in rebounding, averaging 8.4/game, second in the Atlantic 10.
• After averaging 2.7 ppg and 2.0 rpg last year, sophomore forward
Elijah Gray is averaging 8.1 ppg and 3.9 rpg this year.
• 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 La Salle University Explorers in the historic Rose Hill Gym on Saturday, January 6, at 12:00 p.m. in a game that will be televised by the USA Network.
