Bronx, N.Y. – Today is Dewey Decimal System Day as it's the birthday of Melvil Dewey, who developed the system as a librarian at Amherst College in 1876. The unique number for basketball in the Dewey Decimal System is 796.323. Tonight, the number for the Fordham men's basketball team was 30.02.12, as in senior guard
Christian Henry, grad student guard
Dejour Reaves, and junior forward
Rikus Schulte, who combined for 43 of the Rams' 75 points to lead Fordham to a 75-54 win over FDU in the historic Rose Hill Gym.
With the win, Fordham improves to 7-4 on the season while FDU falls to 2-8.
Henry led all scorers in the game with 17 points and he added a game-high six assists, while Reaves finished with 16 points, seven rebounds, and six assists. Schulte notched his second straight double-double with ten points and 14 rebounds while freshman forward
Roor Akhuar added eleven points for the Rams, going 3-for-3 from behind the arc.
How it Happened
• After jumping out to a 13-12 advantage, Fordham went on a 10-0 run with 10:08 left in the first half, culminating in a three from
Akira Jacobs, to increase its lead to 23-12.
• The Rams then added four points to that lead by the end of the period and entered halftime with a 37-22 advantage.
• Following intermission, Fordham kept widening that lead, expanding it to 49-33 before going on a 5-0 run, finished off by
Kingston Price's three, to take its biggest lead of the night, 54-33, with 9:49 to go in the contest.
Notes
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Rikus Schulte recorded his fourth double-double of the year.
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Rikus Schulte is averaging 12.3 ppg and 10.0 rpg over the last seven games, shooting .643 (36-56) over that stretch.
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Christian Henry is averaging 18.8 ppg and 6.3 apg over the past four games.
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Dejour Reaves has scored in double figures in all ten games he has appeared in this year.
• Fordham outrebounded FDU, 42-27.
• The Rams have taken all six meetings with FDU.
• Fordham is now 54-14 all-time against teams currently in the Northeast Conference.
By the Numbers
0 – Second chance points by FDU.
7 – Rebounds for
Dejour Reaves, tying his season-high.
12 – Offensive rebounds for the Rams, the ninth time in eleven games they pulled down double digit offensive rebounds.
14 – Rebounds by
Rikus Schulte, a career-high (previous high was 12 vs. LIU).
43.5% - Fordham's three-point shooting percentage (10-23).
48.0% -
Roor Akhuar's three-point shooting percentage on the season (12-25).
1,584 – All-Time wins for the Rams.
What's Next?
• The Rams host the Manhattan University Jaspers on Saturday, December 13, at 2:00 p.m. in the historic Rose Hill Gym in the annual Battle of the Bronx.
• It will be the 116th meeting between the Rams and the Jaspers on the hardwood.
• Manhattan leads the all-time series, which started in 1911-12, 60-55.
• The 116 games played with Manhattan are the most for any Fordham opponent while the 55 wins over the Jaspers are the most victories over any team for Fordham.
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