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Men’s Basketball Hosts VCU on Tuesday

Rams take on Rams on ESPN+

Men's Basketball

Men’s Basketball Hosts VCU on Tuesday

Rams take on Rams on ESPN+

BRONX – The Fordham University Rams continue the 2025-2026 Atlantic 10 season, Fordham's 123rd season of basketball, on Tuesday, February 3, as they host the VCU Rams in the historic Rose Hill Gym at 7:00 p.m.
 
The game will be broadcast on ESPN+ with Mike Watts (PxP) and Andrew Posadas (analyst) announcing as well as broadcast on WFUV (90.7 FM) and the WFUV Sports YouTube page with Derek Beaulieu (PxP) and Kurt Sippel (analyst) behind the mics.
 
Fordham enters the game with a 12-10 record, 3-6 in the Atlantic 10, after a 79-65 A-10 win at George Washington on Saturday afternoon while VCU is 16-6 on the season, 7-2 in the conference, following an 89-75 A-10 win over Loyola Chicago in Richmond last Friday night.
 
Tuesday night's game will be the 17th meeting between Fordham and VCU on the hardwood. VCU leads the all-time series, 15-1, and has won the past eight meetings.

Notes
• Grad student guard Dejour Reaves has scored in double figures in all 21 games he has appeared in, including a career-best 31 points in the win at St. Bonaventure on Jan. 10.
 
• Reaves is averaging 19.0 ppg over the last ten and an Atlantic 10-best 17.4 ppg on the season.
 
• Sophomore center Jack Whitbourn is averaging 9.1 ppg and 9.1 rpg over the last eight.
 
• Whitbourn scored a career-high 14 points vs. George Mason on Jan. 7 and matched it in the win at St. Bonaventure on Jan. 10 and grabbed a season-high 14 rebounds at Saint Louis and bettered that with 15 boards against Duquesne.
 
• Junior forward Rikus Schulte leads the team with seven double-doubles.
 
• Schulte is shooting .570 (98-171) on the season.
 
• Senior guard Christian Henry is averaging 12.9 ppg over his last 13 games (he missed the Dayton and George Mason games with an injury), including a career-high 29 points against UAlbany (he left the New Haven game early with an injury).
 
• Henry is also averaging 5.1 apg on the year, 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 Abass Bodija is averaging 7.0 ppg over his past nine contests, shooting .619i (26-42) from the field over that stretch.
 
• Junior forward Akira Jacobs is shooting .455 (15-33) from behind the arc over past six games, averaging 11.3 ppg over that stretch.
 
• VCU took last year's matchup, 73-61, in Richmond on Jan. 8 as Joe Bamisile scored 18 points and added eight rebounds for VCU while Jephat Medor led Fordham with 19 points and six rebounds.
 
• 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.
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Players Mentioned

Rikus Schulte

#12 Rikus Schulte

F
6' 9"
Junior
Akira Jacobs

#13 Akira Jacobs

F
6' 10"
Junior
Abass Bodija

#0 Abass Bodija

F
6' 10"
Redshirt Freshman
Jack Whitbourn

#3 Jack Whitbourn

C
6' 11"
Sophomore
Christian Henry

#30 Christian Henry

G
6' 3"
Senior
Dejour Reaves

#2 Dejour Reaves

G
6' 0"
Graduate Student
Marcus Greene

#4 Marcus Greene

G
6' 2"
Graduate Student

Players Mentioned

Rikus Schulte

#12 Rikus Schulte

6' 9"
Junior
F
Akira Jacobs

#13 Akira Jacobs

6' 10"
Junior
F
Abass Bodija

#0 Abass Bodija

6' 10"
Redshirt Freshman
F
Jack Whitbourn

#3 Jack Whitbourn

6' 11"
Sophomore
C
Christian Henry

#30 Christian Henry

6' 3"
Senior
G
Dejour Reaves

#2 Dejour Reaves

6' 0"
Graduate Student
G
Marcus Greene

#4 Marcus Greene

6' 2"
Graduate Student
G