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BRONX, N.Y. (Jan. 31, 2025) – The winners of two straight, the Fordham men's basketball team will wrap a two-game road swing when it heads to St. Bonaventure for a Saturday showdown with the Bonnies.
Tip-off from the Reilly Center is set for 12:30 p.m. on USA Network with Steve Schlanger and Tim McCormick on the call. The game will air live on 90.7 FM WFUV with Nick Guzman and Lou Orlando narrating the action. A simulcast of the radio broadcast will also be available on the WFUV Sports YouTube page.
Fordham (10-11, 2-6 A-10) heads to New York's Southern Tier on the heels of a convincing 88-72 road victory on Wednesday night over La Salle in Philadelphia. Six Fordham players finished in double figures, as the team shot 52.1% (32-of-61) from the field and converted on 12 of its 26 attempts (46.2%) from beyond the arc. The Rams assisted on 22 of their 32 made field goals, their highest total of the season against a Division I opponent.
Romad Dean led a balanced scoring effort for Fordham against La Salle, netting a team-high 15 points to go along with eight rebounds and a pair of blocks. The junior forward has provided a spark on the Rams' two-game hot streak, averaging 13.5 points on 11-of-18 (61.1%) shooting, including a 5-of-11 (45.5%) effort from beyond the arc. He reached double figures just once in Fordham's first six A-10 contests.
Matt Zona converted on all five of his field goal tries, three of which were from distance, to finish with 13 points.
Jackie Johnson III and
Jahmere Tripp tallied 12 apiece while
Joshua Rivera added 11 and
Japhet Medor chipped in 10. Rivera also pulled down 10 boards for his first double-double as a Ram.
Johnson's dozen points against the Explorers pushed him over the 1,000-point mark for his collegiate career. Johnson, who played his freshman year at Duquesne before transferring to UNLV for the next two seasons, averaged no more than 9.5 points per game in any of his first three collegiate campaigns. This season, Johnson ranks third in the A-10 averaging 18.3 points per outing. On Wednesday night, the Wichita, Kan., native also dished out a career-high seven assists while surrendering no turnovers in 30 minutes of action.
Tray Woodall will serve as the
Rams' acting head coach for the fourth straight game.
St. Bonaventure (16-6, 4-5 A-10) snapped a three-game skid in authoritative fashion on Tuesday night, taking down Dayton, 75-53, at home. Prior to that victory over the Flyers, the Bonnies had lost three straight to Duquesne, George Mason and VCU by an average margin of 15 points.
Junior guard Lajae Jones led the way against the Flyers, going 6-of-10 from deep on his way to a game-high 23 points. Melvin Council Jr. added 18 points, seven assists and two steals in the rout of a Dayton team that was ranked as high as no. 22 in the Associated Press poll earlier this season.
Saturday will mark the second meeting of the year between Fordham and St. Bonaventure. The Bonnies won, 86-66, at the Rose Hill Gym on Jan. 4. Council finished that contest with 24 points, eight assists and five steals while Jones added a 16-point, 10-rebound double-double.
Fordham and St. Bonaventure will meet for the 52
nd time in the history of the two programs. The Bonnies lead the all-time series, 33-18.
The Rams have won back-to-back games at the Reilly Center, including an 80-74 victory last January for what, at the time, was a Quad 1 win.
Kyle Rose scored a team-high 19 points in that game while Medor added 16 in that contest.
The Rams will return to the Rose Hill Gym on Wednesday, Feb. 5, to take on Rhode Island. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. on SNY and 90.7 FM WFUV.
