BRONX – The Fordham University Rams continue the 2025-2026 Atlantic 10 season, Fordham's 123rd season of basketball, on Wednesday, February 18, as they host the Loyola University Chicago Ramblers in the historic Rose Hill Gym at 7:00 p.m.
All fans in attendance will be treated to free food by some of our Arthur Avenue partners, including Mike's Deli, Enzo's, Mezza Luna, and Michealangelo's.
The game will be broadcast 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 Joe Henry (PxP) and Chris Carrino (analyst) behind the mics.
Fordham enters the game with a 14-12 record, 5-8 in the Atlantic 10, after a 70-66 overtime A-10 win at Rhode Island on Saturday afternoon while Loyola Chicago is 6-20 on the season, 2-11 in the conference, following an 86-59 A-10 loss to Saint Louis at home on Friday.
Wednesday night's game will be the sixth meeting between Fordham and Loyola Chicago on the hardwood. Loyola leads the all-time series, 3-2, taking the past two matchups, including a 70-66 win last year in Chicago on January 22 as Sheldon Edwards, Jr., netted 13 points for the Ramblers while
Jackie Johnson III and
Japhet Medor each scored 22 for the Rams.
Notes
• Grad student guard
Dejour Reaves has scored in double figures in all 25 games he has appeared in, including a career-best 31 points in the win at St. Bonaventure on Jan. 10.
• Reaves is averaging 18.1 ppg over the last 14 and an Atlantic 10-best 17.2 ppg on the season (18.0 ppg in A-10 play).
• Junior forward
Rikus Schulte leads the team with seven double-doubles.
• Schulte is shooting .598 (122-204) on the season, a sizzling .826 (19-23) over the last three games where he is averaging 14.0 ppg.
• Senior guard
Christian Henry is averaging 14.3 ppg over his last three games.
• Henry is also averaging 5.2 apg on the year, second in the A-10, including tying his career-high with nine helpers vs. Manhattan on Dec. 13 and then matching that at St. Bonaventure on Jan. 10.
• Redshirt freshman forward
Abass Bodija is averaging 9.7 ppg and 7.3 rpg over the last three contests.
• Bodija recorded his second double-double with a 12-point, 10-rebound game at Saint Joseph's.
• Freshman forward
Roor Akhuar is shooting .462 (12-26) from three-point range over the last five games.
• Akhuar is averaging 9.7 ppg over the past three games.
• The 2025-26 Fordham squad features nine new players including eight transfers.
• Of the eight transfers, three are grad transfers.
• The Rams are represented by three captains this year: grad guards
Marcus Greene and
Dejour Reaves, and junior forward
Rikus Schulte.
