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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 George Mason University Patriots in the historic Rose Hill Gym on Tuesday, February 27, at 7:00 p.m.
 
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Alcohol will be available for purchase inside The Rose Hill Gym.  Fordham and Aramark have set up a special bar in the balcony of the Rose Hill Gym, where fans 21 and older will be able to enjoy an adult beverage during the game.  Dagger John's style service will also be available once again in room 112 of the Joseph McShane Student Center.
 
The game will be televised live on SNY and streamed on ESPN+ with Andrew Bogusch (PxP) and Andrew Posadas (analyst) 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 11-16 overall record, 5-9 in the Atlantic 10, and is coming off a 79-67 Atlantic 10 win over Duquesne in the Rose Hill Gym on Friday night while George Mason enters the game with an 18-9 overall record, 7-7 in the conference, after an 80-59 A-10 loss at Loyola Chicago on Saturday.
 
Tuesday night's contest will be the 16th meeting between Fordham and George Mason on the hardwood.  The Rams lead the all-time series, 16-9, but the Patriots took last year's meeting, 64-58, in overtime in Fairfax last year.

Notes
• Senior guard Kyle Rose is Fordham's all-time games played leader with 135 games played.
 
• Rose has appeared in 129 straight games dating back to his freshman season in 2019-2020.
 
• Senior guard Japhet Medor leads the Rams in scoring (10.7) and is second in assists (2.6/game) while sophomore guard Will Richardson is second in scoring, averaging 10.0 ppg.
 
• Over the past 15 games, senior guard Kyle Rose is averaging 12.5 ppg and 5.2 rpg, 14.5 ppg over the past six.
 
• Over the past eleven games, senior guard Antrell Charlton has 39 assists and only 13 turnovers.
 
• Kyle Rose has 206 career steals, sixth all-time at Fordham.
 
• Rose has 57 steals this year (2.1/game), second in the Atlantic 10, while senior guard Antrell Charlton has 38 (1.4/game), tied for eighth in the conference, and sophomore guard Will Richardson has 35 (1.4/game), tied for eleventh most in the A-10 this season.
 
• Senior forward Abdou Tsimbila has 63 blocks in 25 games (2.5/game), second in the Atlantic 10.
 
• Tsimbila has 157 career blocks, sixth all-time at Fordham.
 
• Tsimbila also leads the Rams in rebounding, averaging 6.1/game, 13th in the Atlantic 10.
 
• After averaging 2.7 ppg and 2.0 rpg last year, sophomore forward Elijah Gray is averaging 9.7 ppg and 4.2 rpg this year, including his first collegiate double-double with 12 points and eleven rebounds versus Davidson.
 
• 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 Philadelphia to face the Saint Joseph's University Hawks in Hagan Arena on Saturday, March 3, at 12:30 p.m.