2013-14 Fordham University Men's Basketball Notes

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2013-14 FORDHAM UNIVERSITY MEN'S BASKETBALL NOTES

Fordham University Sports Information Office: Joe DiBari, Director of Sports Information Website: www.fordhamsports.com Office: 718-817-4240; Cell: 917-539-5061; FAX: 718-817-4244; E-Mail: [email protected] 2013-14 SCHEDULE/RESULTS FORDHAM UNIVERSITY (7-5, 0-0 Atlantic 10) “RAMS” (7-5) H: 5-2; A: 2-3 Date Opponent Time/Score Nov. 1 NORTHWOOD (Exh.)...... 98-80, W Nov. 8 SAINT FRANCIS (Pa.) (SNY)...... 87-67, W at Nov. 12 at #9 Syracuse (ESPN3)...... 89-74, L Nov. 15 LEHIGH (SNY)...... 80-72, W SIENA COLLEGE Nov. 23 SACRED HEART...... 85-73, L Nov. 26 at Manhattan...... 79-75, W “SAINTS” (4-8) Dec. 4 FURMAN...... 79-48, W Game Monday, December 30, 2013 - 7:00 p.m. Dec. 7 vs. St. John’s# (MSG)...... 104-58, L Dec. 10 at Colgate...... 77-73, W Times Union Center, Albany, N.Y. Dec. 14 HOWARD (SNY)...... 79-60, W 13 Radio: WFUV (www.wfuv.org)/TV: TWC Sports Channel Dec. 21 at Monmouth...... 87-78, L Dec. 23 LOYOLA (Ill.)...... 83-69, W Ram Rants... Dec. 28 HARVARD (SNY)...... 94-86, L Dec. 30 at Siena...... 7:00 p.m. * The Fordham University Rams continue their 2013-2014 season by traveling to Jan. 8 at Duquesne*...... 7:00 p.m. Albany, New York, to face the Siena College Saints in their final nonconference Jan. 11 RICHMOND* (SNY)...... 7:00 p.m. Jan. 15 DAYTON* (SNY)...... 9:00 p.m. game of the season in the Times Union Arena on Monday, December 30, at 7:00 Jan. 18 at Saint Louis* (NBCSN)...... 2:30 p.m. PM in a game that will be televised live on Time Warner Cable’s Sports Channel Jan. 22 GEORGE MASON*...... 7:00 p.m. and broadcast live on WFUV (90.7 FM) and on the internet at www.wfuv.org. Jan. 26 at Massachusetts* (NBCSN)...... 12:00 p.m. Jan. 29 at VCU*...... 7:00 p.m. - Fordham enters the game with a 7-5 record after a 94-86 loss to Harvard University Feb. 1 RHODE ISLAND* (SNY)...... 7:00 p.m. in the Rose Hill Gym on Saturday Feb. 8 at George Washington* (SNY)...... 4:00 p.m. - Siena enters the game with a 4-8 record after defeating Hofstra University, 67-59, Feb. 12 ST. BONAVENTURE* (SNY)...... 9:00 p.m. in Albany last Monday Feb. 15 at Richmond* (SNY)...... 6:00 p.m. Feb. 22 at Saint Joseph’s*...... 2:00 p.m. Feb. 27 VCU* (CBSSN)...... 7:00 p.m. * The game will be the 22nd meeting between Fordham and Siena Mar. 1 LA SALLE* (NBCSN)...... 5:00 p.m. - The Rams lead the all-time series, which started in 1949, 12-9, and have taken Mar. 5 at Rhode Island* (SNY)...... 7:00 p.m. Mar. 8 GEORGE WASHINGTON* (SNY)...... 4:30 p.m. the past two matchups Mar. 12- at Atlantic 10 Championship - Fordham won last year’s meeting, 81-75, on December 23 in the Rose Hill Gym Mar. 16 (Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y.)...... TBA as Chris Gaston scored 25 points and Branden Frazier added 20 and ten assists # - Madison Square Garden Holiday Classic * - Atlantic 10 game * Rams have highest scoring backcourt in Atlantic 10 SNY - SportsNet NY - Freshman Jon Severe (20.8 ppg) and senior guard Branden Frazier (18.9 ppg) is CBSSN – CBS Sports Network NBCSN – NBC Sports Network highest scoring backcourt in Atlantic 10, ranking one-two in the conference Home Games in bold - Frazier has 1,304 career points, 14th on the Fordham all-time scoring list

TENTATIVE STARTERS 2013-14 Averages Last Game* Pos. # Player Ht. Cl. PPG RPG APG MPG Pts. Reb. Notes G 0 Branden Frazier 6-1 Sr. 18.9 5.5 4.8 38.1 31 2 Second in A-10 in scoring/Has two double-doubles G 1 Mandell Thomas 6-2 So. 13.7 5.7 2.5 34.2 8 3 Second on team in rebounding/Leads team in steals (18) G 10 Jon Severe 6-3 Fr. 20.8 3.8 2.7 35.8 29 6 Leads Atlantic 10 in scoring/28.0 ppg over past three G 24 Bryan Smith 6-2 Jr. 7.3 5.5 1.3 26.1 4 5 Career-high 12 reb. vs. Furman and 5 asst. vs. Howard F 30 Ryan Rhoomes 6-8 So. 8.3 7.2 0.4 25.2 4 7 Third in A-10 in FG% (69.0), Career-high 19 pts. vs. Howard

Key Reserves F 2 Travion Leonard 6-8 So. 5.7 4.8 0.2 16.9 6 4 Season-high nine rebounds vs. Loyola, 3 blocks at Monmouth G 12 Jake Fay 6-5 Fr. 1.1 0.9 0.1 6.4 DNP Played at Brimmer & May with Ryan Canty/Jared Fay G 13 Chris Whitehead 5-9 Jr. 1.4 1.0 0.8 8.9 DNP Season-high 6 points and 4 rebounds at Monmouth G 22 Jermaine Myers 6-0 So. 1.7 0.8 1.5 11.3 0 0 Season-high 5 points at Monmouth F 42 Ryan Canty 6-9 Jr. 2.7 3.2 0.2 11.2 4 6 Returned to action at Monmouth after missing 6 games * - 94-86 home loss to Harvard on Saturday 2013-2014 FORDHAM NUMERICAL ROSTER GENERAL INFORMATION 0 Branden Frazier Sr. G 6-3 170 Brooklyn, N.Y./Bishop Loughlin Media Information 1 Mandell Thomas So. G 6-2 185 Rochester, N.Y./ Rush-Henrietta (Notre Dame Prep) Sports Information Director: ��Joe DiBari 2 Travion Leonard So. F 6-8 275 Raleigh, N.C./Kestrel Heights School (Lee Aca.) Phone:...... 718/817-4240 3 Matt Massimino Fr. G 5-11 155 New Hope, Pa./New Hope-Solebury 5 Antwoine Anderson Fr. G 6-1 170 Rochester, N.Y./Bishop Kearney Cell:...... 917/539-5061 10 Jon Severe Fr. G 6-3 180 Brooklyn, N.Y./Christ the King FAX:...... 718/817-4244 12 Jake Fay Fr. G 6-5 175 Lynn, Mass./Brimmer and May Email:...... [email protected] 13 Chris Whitehead Jr. G 5-9 190 New Albany, Ind./New Albany (Danville Area CC) Home page:...... www.fordhamsports.com 15 Nihad Musovic So. G 6-0 185 Yonkers, N.Y./Fordham Prep 20 Jared Fay Jr. G 6-3 185 Lynn, Mass./Brimmer and May Interviews 22 Jermaine Myers So. G 6-0 180 Ajax, Ontario/Culver Academy (Blair Academy) To arrange personal interviews with Head Coach 24 Bryan Smith Jr. G 6-2 190 Brooklyn, N.Y./Midwood Tom Pecora, the Fordham staff or any Fordham 25 Leo Walsh Sr. F 6-4 198 Clarks Green, Pa./Scranton Prep players please call Joe DiBari in the Fordham Sports 30 Ryan Rhoomes So. F 6-8 235 Middletown, N.Y./Cardoza Media Relations Office. Players and coaches are 32 DC Gaitley Jr. G 6-1 190 Haverford, Pa./Episcopal Academy usually available in person and for phone interviews 35 Khalid Robinson RSr. G 6-2 195 Bronx, N.Y./Fordham Prep 42 Ryan Canty Jr. C 6-9 240 Danvers, Mass./Brimmer and May after practice, and by appointment.

Head Coach: Tom Pecora (Adelphi ‘83) Notes on the Net Associate Head Coach: David Duke, Fordham Rams basketball information will be avail- Assistant Coaches: John Morton, Tom Parrotta able on the internet at www.fordhamsports.com. Director of Basketball Operations: Mike DePaoli Updated stats and game notes can be found here as Video Coordinator: Steven Raisfeld well as a roster and player bios. Asst. Video Coor.: Duane Woodward General Information Athletic Trainer: Dave Zippo Location:...... Bronx, NY 10458 Managers: Bill McCullagh, Chris Scerbo, Dan Coster, Matt Greaney, Jon Russo, Nick Stanaj Founded:...... 1841 Enrollment (Undergraduate): �� 8,427 Pronunciation Guide Nickname:...... Rams Travion Leonard - Tray-VEE-on School Colors:...... Maroon and White Nihad Musovic - KNEE-had MUS-so-vick Home Court/Capacity:...... Rose Hill Gym (3,200) Affiliation:...... NCAA Div. I Ryan Rhoomes – Rooms Conference:...... Atlantic 10 Khalid Robinson - Kaa - LID President:...... Joseph M. McShane, S.J. THE GAME: The Fordham University Rams continue their 2013-14 season, the Athletics Director:...... David Roach Athletic Dept. Phone:...... 718/817-4300 th 111 season of varsity basketball at Rose Hill, by traveling to Albany, New York, Ticket Office Phone:...... 718/817-4759 to close out their nonconference schedule by facing the Siena College Saints in the Times Union Center on Monday, December 30, at 7:00 PM in a game that will be televised live on Time Warner Cable’s Sports Channel and broadcast on Coaching Staff Head Coach:...... Tom Pecora (Adelphi ‘83) WFUV (90.7 FM ) and www.wfuv.org. Record at Fordham (yrs): ��31-69 (Fourth year) Fordham enters the game with a 7-5 record after a 94-86 loss to Harvard Overall Record (yrs):...... 186-195 (12 years) University in the Rose Hill Gym on Saturday afternoon. Siena enters the game Associate Head Coach: David Duke (Albany ‘97) with a 4-8 record after defeating Hofstra Assistant Coaches: John Morton (Seton Hall ‘90) University, 67-59, in Albany last Mon- Tom Parrotta (Fordham ‘88) day. Director of Basketball Operations:...... Michael DePaoli Managers:...... Bill McCullagh, Chris Scerbo, Dan Coster, RAMS WIN 600th GAME IN ROSE Matt Greaney, Jonathan Russo, Nick Stanaj HILL GYM: With the win over Loyola on December 23, the Fordham Univer- Team Information th 2012-13 Overall Record: ��7-24 sity Rams recorded their 600 all-time 2012-13 Atlantic 10 Record: ��3-13 (T14th) win in the historic Rose Hill Gym. Lettermen Returning/Lost: �� 8/3 In 2010-11, the Rams celebrated Starters Returning/Lost: �� 4/1 the 900th game played in the historic 2013-14 Captains:...... Khalid Robinson, Branden Frazier Rose Hill Gym with a 61-57 come-from- behind win over Hartford on November Basketball History 27th. First year of basketball:...... 1902-03 Overall all-time record: ��1477-1298 (111th year) With a 5-2 record at home this year, Number of years in NCAAs/Last: �� 4 Fordham is 600-336 (.641) in the Rose 1953, 1954, 1971, 1992, Hill Gym since it opened in 1925. Number of Years in NIT/Last: �� 16 1943, 1958, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1991 Last Post-season opponent:...... UMass (NCAA - 1992) Branden Frazier 2 - Fordham University Basketball Game Notes www.fordhamsports.com Head Coach - Tom Pecora

Fourth Season at Fordham: 32-69 13th Season Overall: 186-195

coach, Pecora compiled a 155-126 mark in nine seasons, leading the Pride to four postseason appearances (three NIT and one CBI), the most for any New York City team over that time. During his time in Hempstead, Hof- stra was the winningest program in the Metropolitan New York area. Over his last six years, Hofstra won 121 games, including four 20-win seasons. In 2006 and 2009 he was named Coach of the Year by the Metropolitan Basketball Tom Pecora, the most successful college bas- Writers Association (MBWA) and he has ketball coach in New York City over the past 12 also received regional Coach of the Year years, begins his fourth season as the leader for honors from the National Association the Fordham University program in 2013-14 as of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and the he looks to continue the process of rebuilding Basketball Coaches Association of New the Rams. York (BCANY). Pecora has been laying the groundwork by Pecora’s teams combined for a 69-26 recruiting some of the top local talent to Rose record in the three years from 2004-07, Hill, including one of the top Atlantic 10 re- registering three consecutive 20-win cruiting classes in 2013-2014. The incoming seasons and making three straight post- freshman class is led by Jon Severe, a Parade season National Invitation Tournament All-American and the 2013 New York City and (NIT) appearances. He was on the bench New York State Player of the Year from Christ for seven of the nine 20-win seasons that the King High School in Queens, the first ever Hofstra has recorded at the Division I level. New York State Mr. Basketball to sign with the In 2005-2006, Pecora led the Pride to a history- ing as assistant coach/recruiting coordinator at Rams. He is joined by Antwoine Anderson, a making 26-7 record, tying the school’s wins Loyola Marymount. He also served as an as- Second Team All-New York State selection from record and advancing to the quarterfinals of the sistant coach, along with Jay Wright, to Rollie Bishop Kearny High School in Rochester, along NIT. Hofstra’s two wins in the NIT marked the Massimino at the University of Nevada at Las with Manny Suarez and Jake Fay. school’s first two postseason wins at the NCAA Vegas in 1992-1993. In his second year at Fordham, Pecora guided Division I level. In addition, the Pride placed A native of Queens Village, New York, Pecora the Rams to signature wins over a Top 25 team third in the Colonial Athletic Association regular attended Martin Van Buren High School before as well as victories over teams from the Big East season with a 14-4 conference mark, continuing moving on to Adelphi University, where he gradu- and ACC. He improved on the Rams’ win total a five-year streak of improving its CAA record ated in 1983 with a bachelor’s degree in physi- from the previous two years, taking a program in every season since joining the league in 2001- cal education and health. He was inducted into that won two games in all of 2009-2010 to nine 02 (Pecora’s first season). The MBWA named Adelphi’s Hall of Fame in 2002. Pecora entered home wins in 2011-2012 in the historic Rose Hill Pecora their 2005-2006 Division I Coach of the the coaching profession as an assistant to Bob Gym, the most home victories for a Fordham Year, while the NABC named him their District McKillop at Long Island Lutheran High School team since 2006-2007. Fordham also notched a 2 Coach of the Year. He followed up that season from 1984 through 1987. Pecora then served as an winning non-conference record that winter, the with a 22-10 mark and an Aeropostale Holiday assistant coach to Stu Klein at Nassau Community first winning non-conference slate for the Rams Festival Championship in 2006-2007, while lead- College in Garden City from 1987 through 1989. since 2006-2007. ing the Pride back to the postseason NIT for the A familiar figure in the community, Pecora is In his first season on Rose Hill, Pecora imme- third year in a row. actively involved with several charities, including diately energized Fordham fans with a huge win Pecora first joined the Pride staff in 1994-1995 Coaches vs. Cancer and Futures in Education, He over St. John’s while in 2011-12, he guided the as an assistant under current Villanova head coach is also active with the Chris Carrino Foundation Rams to a win over Georgia Tech from the ACC Jay Wright. In seven years as an assistant, Pecora for FSHD, the Each One Counts Foundation, the in a sold out Rose Hill Gym and then upended played an integral role in building the Hofstra Association for the Help of Retarded Children nationally ranked Harvard, Fordham’s first win program into one of the top programs in the (AHRC), Covenant House and CYO Charities. over a Top 25 team since 2000. country. The Pride registered a 50-12 record over During the summer of 2008, Pecora took part in Pecora, who led Hofstra University to four the 1999-2000 and 2000-2001 seasons, ranking Operation Hardwood, a USO-sponsored tour of 20-win seasons as a head coach, was named sixth in the nation in winning percentage over Iraq and Kuwait. head men’s basketball coach at Fordham that span (.806). Hofstra captured America East Pecora and his wife, the former Mary Beth University on March 25, 2010. In 16 years at Championships and earned NCAA Division I Cantwell, reside in Williston Park, New York, Hofstra with Pecora on the staff (nine years as Tournament berths in his final two seasons as an with their daughters, Amanda and Brianna, and a head coach, seven as an assistant), the Pride assistant coach (2000 and 2001). their son, Sean. averaged 19 wins a season (246-161). As a head Pecora arrived at Hofstra in 1994 after serv- www.fordhamsports.com Fordham University Basketball Game Notes - 3 RAMS ON THE AIRWAVES FORDHAM TENDENCIES IN 2013-14 AND INTERNET 5-2...... at home (Rose Hill) 2-3...... on the road All 2013-14 Fordham University men’s basketball 0-0...... on a neutral court games will be broadcast live by WFUV (90.7 FM), home of the longest-running sports talk radio show, 2-4...... in day games One-on-One. The 50,000 watt public radio station 5-1...... in night games reaches the entire tri-state area 24 hours a day, 6-1...... on weeknights 365 days a year. The broadcast will begin with 1-4...... on weekends the pregame show, five minutes before tip-off and 4-1...... when leading at the half will conclude with a five minute postgame report. 3-4...... when trailing at the half Broadcasting the Siena game will be Mack Rosen- 0-0...... when tied at the half berg on play-by-play duties along with Chris Marasco on color commentary and Eric Mollo serving as the producer/ 4-0...... when they outshoot their opponent engineer. Executive Producer Bob Ahrens will be in the WFUV studios. 3-5...... when outshot by opponent 0-0...... when shooting same as opponent 1-0...... when shooting 50% or better from field The games can also be heard on the internet at 6-5...... when shooting under 50% from field 1-2...... when opp. shoots 50% or better from field www.wfuv.org 6-3...... when opp. shoots under 50% from field This year, all Fordham basketball broadcasts will also be archived on www.wfuv.org. 0-1...... when Fordham scores 59 points or fewer 0-0...... when Fordham scores 60-69 points Tom Pecora can also be heard every Saturday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. in 4-3...... when Fordham scores 70-79 points the Fordham Focus segment of One-on-One (except for Saturday afternoon’s 3-1...... when Fordham scores 80-89 points when the show is pre-empted by a men's basketball game). 0-0...... when Fordham scores 90+ points

0-0...... in games decided by three points or less RAMS CLINCH FOURTH STRAIGHT HOME NONCONFERENCE 3-2...... in games decided by four to ten points 3-2...... in games decided by 11-20 points WINNING RECORD: With the win over Loyola on December 23, Fordham 1-1...... in games decided by 20 or more points improved to 5-1 at home in nonconference games, the Rams’ fourth straight season with a winning home nonconference slate (the Rams were 6-1 at home 4-1...... when outrebounding opponent in nonconference action in 2011-12, 5-3 in 2010-11 and 2-1 last winter). 3-4...... when outrebounded by opponent The last time Fordham had four consecutive nonconference home winning 0-0...... when tied in rebounding records was from 1996-97 until 1999-2000. 0-2...... more turnovers than opponent With the win over Loyola, the Rams also clinched a winning nonconference 6-2...... fewer turnovers than opponent slate, marking the second time in the past three years that the Rams have had a 1-1...... same turnovers as opponent winning nonconference record. 1-0...... on Monday THE SIENA SERIES: Monday night’s contest will be the 22nd meeting between 2-1...... on Tuesday Fordham and Siena on the hardwood… The Rams lead the all-time series, which 1-0...... on Wednesday 0-0...... on Thursday started in 1949, 12-9… Fordham has taken the past two meetings, including 2-0...... on Friday an 81-75 win last year on December 23 in the Rose Hill Gym as Chris Gaston 1-4...... on Saturday scored 25 points and Branden Frazier added 20 and ten assists, and three of 0-0...... on Sunday the past four… The last Siena win occurred on November 28, 2005, when the Saints upended the Rams, 64-54, in Albany… The largest margin of victory for 3-2...... in November Fordham was 21 (85-64 on January 16, 1984 in the Rose Hill Gym and 90-69 4-3...... in December on November 29, 1991 in Albany)… The largest margin of victory for Siena 0-0...... in January 0-0...... in February was 18 (77-59 on November 25, 2003 in Albany)… The Rams are 6-3 against 0-0...... in March Siena in the Rose Hill Gym, 5-6 in Albany and 1-0 at Madison Square Garden… Fordham is 184-136 all-time against schools currently in the MAAC, including 0-0...... vs. Atlantic 10 a win over Manhattan and a loss at Monmouth earlier this year. 1-1...... vs. Northeast Conference 2-0...... vs. Patriot League WHO’S HOT?: Freshman guard Jon Severe has gotten his college career off 1-1...... vs, MAAC 1-0...... vs. Southern Conference to a hot start, averaging 20.8 ppg, tops in the Atlantic 10, including scoring a 1-0...... vs. MEAC season-high 32 points at Monmouth, shooting 8-for-13 from behind the arc, and 1-0...... vs. MVC 30 in the Manhattan game… The 32 points are the most for a Fordham freshman 0-1...... vs. ACC since Chris Gaston scored 32 in 2009… Severe scored a game-high 23 points 0-1...... vs. Big East in the win over Loyola, going a perfect 11-for-11 from the free throw stripe, 0-1...... vs. Ivy League and then netted 29 against Harvard, shooting 5-for-9 from long distance… He

4 - Fordham University Basketball Game Notes www.fordhamsports.com is third among all NCAA Division I freshmen in scoring (through games of December 22)… FORDHAM IN Senior guard Branden Frazier had 16 points THE CONFERENCE and tied his season-high with nine assists in the (Through games of Dec. 28, 2013) win over Loyola on Monday and then scored 31 points, his second 30-point game of the year, TEAM against Harvard while also dishing out seven as- Scoring 77.8 3rd sists… He is second in the Atlantic 10 in scoring, Scoring Defense 76.9 13th averaging 18.9 ppg, and leads the conference in Scoring Margin +0.8 10th free throw shooting (91.1%) while also leading Field Goal % 41.8 12th the Rams in assists with 57, including dishing Field Goal % Defense 44.4 9th Free Throw % 75.8 1st out a season-best nine against Furman, and he Three-Point FG % 33.0 7th is third on the squad in rebounding (5.5 rpg)… Three-Point FG % Defense 30.0 6th Frazier has two double-doubles this year, 24 Three-Point FG Made/Game 7.6 1st points and eleven rebounds versus Lehigh and Rebounding 38.0 3rd Jon Severe 21 points and ten boards versus Sacred Heart… Rebounding Against 38.6 13th Sophomore guard Mandell Thomas is third Rebounding Margin -0.6 12th on the team in scoring, averaging 13.7 ppg and Offensive Rebounds 14.9 2nd he is second in rebounding (5.7 rpg) after scoring 18 points and grabbing five Defensive Rebounds 23.1 11th Blocked Shots 4.0 7th rebounds at Colgate and then netting 15 points and hauling in eight rebounds Assists 13.7 5th versus Howard… Thomas has scored in double figures in nine of the eleven Steals 7.1 5th games he has appeared in this year, including a season-high 19 points versus Turnover Margin +2.1 T6th Furman, and has two double-doubles, scoring 18 points and adding a career-high Assist/Turnover Ratio 1.2 4th 13 rebounds against Lehigh and netting 17 points and grabbing ten rebounds at Manhattan… Sophomore forward Ryan Rhoomes scored a career-high 15 INDIVIDUAL points and grabbed a career-best 14 rebounds against Furman, netted 14 points, grabbed six rebounds and set a career-high with three steals in the Loyola win… Scoring Jon Severe 20.8 1st He leads the Rams with 7.2 rpg and is second on the team with 12 blocks. Branden Frazier 18.9 2nd

RAMS ADD KY-MANI SEWER Three-Pointers Made/Game TO ROSTER Jon Severe 3.5 1st Field Goal Percentage The Fordham Univer- Ryan Rhoomes .646 3rd sity men’s basketball roster grew by one on November Free Throw Percentage 19 as the Rams officially Branden Frazier .911 1st welcomed 13-year-old Ky- Jon Severe .757 6th Mani Sewer to the squad Rebounding after he signed an official Ryan Rhoomes 7.2 8th letter of intent with Ford- ham two weeks ago. Offensive Rebounds/Game The Fordham men’s Ryan Rhoomes 4.0 2nd basketball program and Sewer were brought to- Assists gether by Team Impact, whose mission is to improve the quality of life for Branden Frazier 4.8 4th children facing life-threatening and chronic illnesses by establishing and expanding vibrant team-based support networks. Steals Mandell Thomas 1.5 8th A 13-year-old from the Bronx, Ky-Mani is excited to become a member of the Fordham men’s basketball family. This past January, Ky-Mani started Blocks experiencing ongoing headaches. After a cat scan and MRI, doctors found Travion Leonard 1.1 11th that he had a brain tumor on his optical nerve as well as a tangle of abnormal Ryan Rhoomes 1.0 T13th arteries and veins called a Brain Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM). Just two weeks after his diagnosis, Ky-Mani had surgery and he continues Assist/Turnover Ratio to have medical appointments every other week, which include oncology, Branden Frazier 1.73 9th endocrinology and ophthalmology visits. Ky-Mani and his family, including his two brothers, arrived on campus on Minutes Played/Game Branden Frazier 38.1 1st November 3 to meet the team for the first time. He will be a part of the team Jon Severe 35.8 3rd going forward, and will celebrate his 14th birthday at the Fordham-Sacred Heart game on Saturday, November 23. www.fordhamsports.com Fordham University Basketball Game Notes - 5 FORDHAM FIRST IN TALE OF THE TAPE THREE-POINTERS Fordham 2013-14 Statistics Siena 7-5 Record 4-8 Did you know???? Fordham was the first team in the NCAA to use the 77.8 Scoring Average 69.7 three-point shot? The first time a three-point shot was used experimentally in 76.9 Scoring Defense 75.5 a game was on February 7, 1945 when Columbia defeated Fordham, 73-58. +0.9 Scoring Margin -5.8 The three-point line was set at 21 feet from the basket and Columbia scored 41.8 Field Goal % 42.6 11 “long goals” to Fordham’s nine. Also, free throwers had an option to take 44.4 Field Goal % Defense 44.0 their shots from the regular 15-foot distance for one point or from 21 feet for 33.0 Three-Point FG% 30.7 two points. Eight “long fouls” were made during the game. 30.0 3-Point FG% Defense 35.0 The game also featured a 12-foot wide free throw lane, a move that would 7.6 3-Pointers Made/Game 4.2 be adopted by the NCAA eleven years later. 6.3 3-Pointers Allowed/Game 5.8 75.8 Free Throw % 66.4 RAMS ONE-TWO IN ATLANTIC 10 SCORING RACE: The Fordham 38.0 Rebound Average 38.2 University Rams have the top two scorers in the Atlantic 10 as freshman guard 38.6 Rebounds Against Average 36.7 Jon Severe is leading the conference, averaging 20.8 ppg, while senior guard -0.6 Rebound Margin +1.5 Branden Frazier is right behind him, averaging 18.9 ppg, second best in the 13.7 Assists Average 13.7 conference. 11.2 Turnover Average 14.8 13.3 Turnovers Forced 12.1 FORDHAM OFF TO 7-5 START: The 2013-14 Rams are off to a 7-5 start, +2.1 Turnover Margin -2.7 the best start to a season since the 2000-01 team also started 7-4. 4.0 Blocks/Game 4.2 7.1 Steals/Game 6.5 HOLDING ON TO THE ROCK…: One of the keys to Fordham’s success this year is the decline in turnovers as the Rams rank sixth in the Atlantic 10 in turnover margin at +2.10 after finishing last in the conference in 2012-13 at FORDHAM-SIENA SERIES -4.48. Additionally, the Rams are fourth in the A-10 in assist/turnover ratio at (Fordham leads series, 12-9) 1.2 after finishing last winter at 0.78. 2/12/49 (A) 44-36 L 12/27/02 (H) 78-69 L 2/11/50 (H) 58-49 W 11/25/03 (A) 77-59 L …AND PUTTING IT IN THE BASKET: Another reason for the success of 2/10/51 (A) 58-39 W 12/23/04 (H) 69-59 W the 2013-14 Rams is the increase in scoring for this year’s Fordham squad who 2/9/52 (H) 54-48 L 11/28/05 (A) 64-54 L is averaging 77.8 ppg, third best in the Atlantic 10, after closing out last season 2/14/53 (A) 61-57 L 12/12/11 (A) 74-59 W 2/14/83 (A) 70-54 W 1223/12 (H) 81-75 W th 15 in the conference, averaging 64.4 ppg. 1/16/84 (H) 85-64 W Part of the surge in the offensive production comes at the charity stripe 12/22/84 (A) 83-69 W where the Rams are shooting an Atlantic 10 best 75.8% (200-264), led by senior 1/16/90 (H) 82-65 W guard Branden Frazier, who leads the conference, shooting 91.1% (72-79) 2/17/90 (A) 80-77 L 11/29/91 (A) 90-69 W from the line. Last year, Fordham was eleventh in the conference in free throw 1/6/93 (H) 70-68 L percentage (67.4%). 12/27/99 (MSG) 99-91 W 12/23/00 (A) 107-91 L FORDHAM WINS TWO NON- 12/24/01 (H) 78-69 W CONFERENCE ROAD GAMES: With the win over Colgate on Decem- ber 10, the Rams picked up their second non-conference road win of the year, marking the first time that a Fordham team has won two non-conference road games since the 2007 season when the Rams also won two. The last time the Rams won three non-conference road contests was in the 1999-2000 season.

CLOSE CALL: Fordham head coach Tom Pecora is no stranger to close games, sporting a 52-23 (.693) record over the past eight years in games decided by five points or less, 30-10 (.750) over the past six seasons, including 2-0 this year. Bryan Smith 6 - Fordham University Basketball Game Notes www.fordhamsports.com FORDHAM PARTNERS WITH SNY FOR 2013-14 PRESEASON BASKETBALL TELEVISION PACKAGE ATLANTIC 10 PICKS

Fordham University basketball First Team Second Team fans will have plenty of opportunities Tyreek Duren, LAS Sherrod Wright, GW to watch the Rams in action thanks to Chaz Williams, UMass Isaiah Armwood, GW Dwayne Evans, SLU Xavier Munford, URI a partnership between Fordham and Treveon Graham, VCU Langston Galloway, SJU SNY it was announced today. SNY Juvonte Reddic, VCU Ronald Roberts, SJU – the television home of the New York Mets and Jets – will broadcast Third Team Defensive Team eleven Fordham men's games and Branden Frazier, FOR Isaiah Armwood, GW one women's game. Tyrone Garland, LAS Patricio Garino, GW Jerrell Wright, LAS Chaz Williams, UMass "We are excited to partner with SNY to showcase Fordham basketball Cedrick Lindsay, UR Alonzo Nelson-Ododa, UR and look forward to being a part of SNY's outstanding programming," said Jordair Jett, SLU Jordair Jett, SLU Fordham Director of Athletics Dave Roach. The SNY television schedule start on opening night with a doubleheader Atlantic 10 Predicted Order of Finish in the historic Rose Hill Gym as the Fordham women host the University of (as selected by coaches and media) San Francisco at 6:00 p.m. and the men open their season with Saint Francis (Pa.) University at 8:30 p.m. 1. VCU (19)...... 307 Other men's home games to be televised include Lehigh (Nov. 15), 2. Saint Louis (5)...... 288 Howard (Dec. 14), Harvard (Dec. 28), Richmond (Jan. 11), Dayton (Jan. 15), 3. La Salle...... 265 Rhode Island (Feb. 1), St. Bonaventure (Feb. 12) and George Washington 4. Massachusetts...... 236 (Mar. 8). SNY will also carry two Fordham men's basketball road contests 5. Saint Joseph’s...... 199 at George Washington (Feb. 8) and at Richmond (Feb. 15). 6. Richmond...... 173 "SNY is excited to be able to provide New York area fans with a full-slate 7. Dayton...... 171 of Fordham basketball games this coming season," said Gary Morgenstern, 8. George Mason...... 141 SNY's SVP of Programming. "As the home of 'All Things New York Sports' 9. Rhode Island...... 130 – Fordham is a natural fit for the network." 10. George Washington...... 122 "We are thrilled to be working with SNY for our television package," said 11. Fordham...... 58 Fordham men's basketball head coach Tom Pecora. "The exposure Fordham 12. St. Bonaventure...... 56 will receive from being on one of the country's top regional sports networks 13. Duquesne...... 38 will be tremendous and will generate interest both in the New York City area and nationally." The last season opening win for Fordham prior to The SNY package brings the total number of Fordham men's televised this year was a 79-61 victory at Columbia in 2007. basketball games to 18. These include two appearances on the NBC Sports Overall, Fordham is 73-32 (.695) in season openers Network (at Saint Louis on January 18 and home with La Salle on March since 1908, 77-18 (.811) in home openers. 1), one on the CBS Sports Network (home for VCU on February 27) as well as one on ESPN3 (at Syracuse on November 12). The Fordham-St. John's FRAZIER SETS CAREER-HIGH: In the 89-74 loss game at Madison Square Garden on December 7 will be carried on the MSG at Syracuse on November 12, senior guard Branden Network while the game at VCU on January 29 will be televised on the local Frazier set a career-high with 33 points, shooting nine- CBS affiliate in Richmond and the Siena game on December 30 is slated to for-14 from the field, including 4-for-6 from behind the be televised but no information in available on the station at this time. arc. He also hit eleven of his 13 free throw attempts, tying career-highs for both. SEVERE SETS FRESHMAN RECORED IN OPENER: Fordham freshman guard Jon Severe had a collegiate debut to remember, netting 28 points, a school FORDHAM OFFENSIVE IN OPENER: When record for most points by a freshman in his Fordham debut. Severe shot 9-for- Fordham won their 2013 season opener, 87-67, against 15 from the field, including 7-for-10 from long range, in scoring his 28 points. Saint Francis (Pa.), it was the most points scored in a Severe bettered Trey Blue’s former school record of 24 points in his first season opener by the Rams since they put up 100 against Fordham game, set against Columbia in 2008. Adelphi in 1993. Severe then netted 19 points in his second game, a loss at Syracuse, setting The 20-point margin of victory was the largest the school mark for most points in a player’s first two collegiate games, and margin of victory for the Rams since a 79-58 win over had a second 20-poimt game with 23 versus Sacred Heart. Lafayette in 2008. On the year Severe is averaging 20.8 ppg, tops in the Atlantic 10. …AND IN THREE OTHER GAMES: The Rams have FORDHAM SNAPS SEASON-OPENING LOSING STREAK: With the win scored 80 or more points in four of their first 12 games over Saint Francis (Pa.) University on November 8, the Fordham Rams broke of 2013-14, scoring total of 933 points through the first a five-year losing streak in season openers. Last year, Fordham fell at Texas 12 contests. That is the highest total for a Fordham team State, 86-76, to open the season while in 2011, the Rams opened the season over the first nine games since the 1999-2000 squad with a loss at Syracuse. scored 960 points. www.fordhamsports.com Fordham University Basketball Game Notes - 7 Preseason FRAZIER NAMED A-10 PLAYER All-At- OF THE WEEK: Fordham senior lantic 10 guard Branden Frazier was named in a vot- for games played Dec. 9-15. ing by the Frazier averaged 21 points in league’s leading Fordham to a pair of wins last head week. He opened the week by scoring coaches a game-high 27 points in a 77-63 win at and media Colgate on Tuesday, shooting 8-for-16 members from the field, including 2-for-5 from it was an- long distance and he scored nine points nounced from the free throw stripe while also at the 2013 five rebounds and three steals. Frazier Atlantic followed that with 15 points in a home Men’s win over Howard on Saturday, again Basket- hitting 50 percent from the field (6- ball Me- for-12) and 42.9 percent (3-for-7) from dia Day at beyond the arc. He had six rebounds Barclays Travion Leonard and six assists in the win. Center. Mandell Thomas Last year, SEVERE NAMED A-10 ROOKIE OF THE WEEK: Fordham University Frazier averaged 14. 2 ppg, second best on the team, freshman guard Jon Severe was named Atlantic 10 Co-Rookie of the Week for and 3.7 rpg and led the Rams with 154 assists, 44 three- games played November 8-10 it was announced by the league office. Severe, pointers made and 28 steals. Frazier, who averaged who wins his first career A-10 weekly award, shares the honor with Rhode 12.7 ppg and 4.8 apg in Atlantic 10 play, shot 82.8% Island’s Ifeanyi Onyekaba. (135-163) from the free throw line and ranked third in In an 87-67 season-opening won over Saint Francis (Pa.) University on the Atlantic 10 in assists, sixth in assist/turnover ratio Friday night in the Rose Hill Gym, Severe scored a game-high 28 points, shoot- (1.6), ninth in free throw shooting percentage and 13th ing blistering 9-for-15 from the field, including an even better 7-for-10 from in scoring. behind the arc, for his 28 points, while adding two rebounds, two assists and Over his three-year career, Frazier has netted 1,077 one block, He surpassed the former school record for points by a freshman in points, good for a tie for 26th on the Fordham all-time his collegiate debut of 24 set by Trey Blue in 2008. scoring list, and he has 141 three-pointers made, good for seventh on the school’s career list. He also has 362 SEVERE NAMED A-10 ROOKIE OF THE WEEK - II: Fordham University assists and 76 steals in 87 career games. freshman guard Jon Severe was named Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week for games played November 25-December 1 it was announced by the league office FRAZIER NETS 1,000: Fordham junior guard Bran- today. Severe wins his second A-10 weekly award, having also been named den Frazier scored his 1,000th career point in the Saint rookie of the week on November 11. Louis game last February to become the 35th player in Severe was also recognized by ESPN’s Jeff Goodman who added him to Fordham men’s basketball history to hit the 1,000-point the latest version of his Freshman Tracker, ranking Severe as the tenth best career scoring mark. freshman in the country. Frazier currently has 1,304 career points, 14th on In the Rams’ lone contest on the week, a 79-75 win at Manhattan College the Fordham all-time scoring list, 19 points behind Bob in the annual Battle of the Bronx, Severe netted a game-high 30 points, shoot- Melvin (1960-63) and Bill Langheld (1965-68) for 13th ing 4-for-9 from behind the arc, and he added five rebounds to earn game MVP place. honors. LEONARD PLAYS THE “WEIGHTING” GAME: SEVERE NAMED A-10 ROOKIE OF THE WEEK – III: Fordham Univer- Chances are someone who saw Fordham freshman sity freshman guard Jon Severe was named Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week for Travion Leonard during his prep school days at Lee games played December 16-22. It is his third A-10 Rookie of the Week award Academy in Lee, Maine, wouldn’t recognize him to- so far in 2013-14. day. While playing at Lee, Leonard weighed as much Severe sunk eight 3-pointers on his way to 32 points in a loss at Monmouth, as 350 pounds, which concerned most of the coaches Fordham’s lone game of the week. It was his second 30-plus point game of the who were recruiting him. season and the eight 3-pointers is the second most in a game for a Ram (the After signing with Fordham, Leonard knew he school record is 10). The 32 points is also the most points scored by a Fordham would have to lose weight to become a factor in the freshman since Chris Gaston scored 32 as a freshman in 2009-10. Severe, a Rams’ lineup so when he arrived on campus in the sum- guard from Brooklyn, N.Y., was 9-of-17 from the field (.529) and 8-of-13 from mer of 2012, he immediately went to work on losing long range (.615). He had four rebounds, two assists and a steal in the game. weight. The results so far have been nothing short of as- FRAZIER NAMED THIRD TEAM PRESEASON ALL-ATLANTIC 10: tounding as he dropped almost 90 pounds during his Fordham University senior guard Branden Frazier was named Third Team freshman year, dropping down to 265 pounds. And that 8 - Fordham University Basketball Game Notes www.fordhamsports.com RAMS SIGN ERIC PASCHALL players), five sophomores and three freshmen. STARTING LINEUPS: Due to injury, Ford- DURING EARLY SIGNING PERIOD ham head coach Tom Pecora was forced to juggle his starting line from game-to-game Fordham University men’s basketball head last year, using 14 different combinations. coach Tom Pecora announced the signing of Eric Conversely in 2011-2012, Pecora used just Paschall (Dobbs Ferry, N.Y./St. Thomas More), six different lineups in 29 games (including the 2013 Westchester County “Mr. Basketball” one for senior night). honoree, to a National Letter of Intent for the The Rams used the same starting lineup 2014-2015 season. through the first three games of 2013-14 before “We are all thrilled to have Eric Paschall an injury to Bryan Smith forced a change in join the Fordham basketball family,” said Pec- games four and five. But the Rams returned to ora. “He is an important piece to the process of the original lineup for the Furman game and our future success. Eric will have an immediate have had the same lineup since, compiling a impact on our program when he joins us next 5-3 record. year.” An injury to Mandell Thomas forced A 6'6", 225-pound forward, Paschall is Pecora to use his third different lineup of the currently a senior at St. Thomas More Prep in year in the win over Loyola on December Oakdale, Conn., after spending three years at 23 but Thomas returned to the lineup for the Dobbs Ferry High School where he played for Harvard game. head coach Scott Patrillo. As a junior at Dobbs Ferry in 2012-13, Paschall averaged 26.0 points, 11.2 THOMAS TURNS IT ON: After a slow rebounds and 2.5 assists to earn state Class B player of the year honors and led the start to his collegiate career, guard Mandell Eagles into the Section 1 finals. He was named Westchester County’s Mr. Basketball, Thomas started to display his offensive po- becoming just the fourth junior to win the award, joining Elton Brand, Ben Gordon tential after being reinserted into the starting and Jabarie Hinds. lineup at Georgia Tech on December 29. Over Paschall averaged 20 points and nine rebounds per game as a sophomore at Dobbs the final 16 games, Thomas averaged 13.5 Ferry. He was named MVP of the 2012 Metro Classic, an annual all-star game featuring ppg, shooting 42.0% (29-69) from three-point the top players from the city and the suburbs, in the summer following his sophomore range, while also averaging 3.6 rpg. year, scoring 35 points in the contest. Paschall also led his “The City” AAU program On the year Thomas averaged 9.8 ppg, to a title at the July 15U championship in Little Rock, Ark., that summer. third best on the team, 13.9 ppg in Atlantic 10 “It feels good right now and I’m so happy to have signed with Fordham,” said action. Eric Paschall. “It’s a perfect situation for me as it’s a great academic school that’s Thomas has picked up where he left off close to home and I have a great relationship with the coaching staff.” last year, averaging 13.7 ppg and 5.7 rpg as “To sum up my feelings in one word it would be blessed,” said Juan Paschall, well as ranking second among the Rams with Eric’s father. “We are blessed to be joining the Fordham community and being a part 27 assists. of such a great university. If you asked me five years ago, I never thought anything like this would ever happen.” FRAZIER DISHING IT OUT: Senior guard “A lot of schools where recruiting Eric but the biggest difference was the coach- Branden Frazier has displayed his versatility ing staff at Fordham,” continued Juan Paschall. “From head coach Tom Pecora to over his first three years at Fordham, high- assistant coaches Tom Parrotta and David Duke, they all looked at my son as more lighted by a junior season in which he was than a basketball player and that meant a lot to us.” second on the team in scoring (14.2 ppg) while leading the squad in assists (154). trend has continued into his sophomore season as he continues to shed the pounds. Against Duquesne last winter, he recorded a career-high 13 assists, two shy of the Ford- THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME: Unlike last year, the Rams will benefit from ham single game record of 15 set by Jerry some cooking in 2013-2014, playing 15 games in the friendly confines of the historic Hobbie in 1984, tying him for third most in a Rose Hill Gym (seven nonconference and eight conference). game in school history. It also was the most Last winter, Fordham played 20 of its 31 games away from the Rose Hill Gym (16 assists in a game for a Ram since Rob Baxter road games and four neutral site games), the most for any Atlantic 10 men’s squad. The dished out 14 against Army in 1994. And what next most for an Atlantic 10 team was Massachusetts, who played 16 regular season made Frazier’s 13 assists more impressive was games away from home (12 on the road and four at a neutral site, three of those in the that he only committed one turnover. Puerto Rico Tip-Off Tournament). Frazier is having more success this year, Conversely, the eleven home games for the Rams were the fewest for any Atlantic leading the team with 57 assists while also 10 squad in 2012-2013 and the fewest for a Fordham squad since the 2005-2006 team scoring 18.9 ppg, second in the Atlantic 10, also played eleven games at home. and adding 5.5 rpg. RAMS OR LAMBS?: The 2013-14 Fordham men’s basketball team will be a young group, with just three seniors (only one scholarship player), five juniors (three scholarship www.fordhamsports.com Fordham University Basketball Game Notes - 9 looking at ways to give back to the community and 2013-14 Starters when we first heard of this last year we were all in,” Opponent 1 2 3 4 5 Rec. said head coach Tom Pecora. “Mike McBride has been Saint Francis (Pa.) Frazier Severe Thomas Smith Rhoomes 1-0 (1-0) a valued member of our program and he comes from at Syracuse Frazier Severe Thomas Smith Rhoomes 1-1 (1-1) a great family. To do something like this to benefit his Lehigh Frazier Severe Thomas Smith Rhoomes 2-1 (2-1) sister’s foundation was an easy decision to make.” Saced Heart Frazier Severe Thomas Myers Rhoomes 0-1 (2-2) In its fourth year, Katie’s Run has grown immensely, at Manhattan Frazier Severe Thomas Myers Rhoomes 1-1 (3-2) starting with a few hundred runners the first year and Furman Frazier Severe Thomas Smith Rhoomes 3-1 (4-2) featuring close to 1,000 competitors this year. Last year, at St. John's Frazier Severe Thomas Smith Rhoomes 3-2 (4-3) the race raised $15,000 and the McBride family was at Colgate Frazier Severe Thomas Smith Rhoomes 4-2 (5-3) hoping for an even better total in 2013. Howard Frazier Severe Thomas Smith Rhoomes 5-2 (6-3) All monies raised will go to the Ronald McDonald at Monmouth Frazier Severe Thomas Smith Rhoomes 5-3 (6-4) House of Long Island. The House is a home-away-from Loyola Frazier Severe Smith Leonard Rhoomes 1-0 (7-4) home for the families of seriously ill children who are Harvard Frazier Severe Thomas Smith Rhoomes 5-4 (7-5) undergoing medical care at local hospitals. The 42-bed- at Siena room facility, located on the campus of the Steven and at Duquesne Alexandra Cohen Children’s Medical Center of New Richmond York (formerly known as Schneider Children’s Hospital Dayton in New Hyde Park), was a place where Katie’s mother at Saint Louis spent nine months during Katie’s treatments. George Mason The Fordham contingent in the 2013 Katie’s Run at Massachusetts was comprised of returning players Ryan Canty, Jared at VCU Fay, Branden Frazier, DC Gaitley, Travion Leonard, Rhode Island Jermaine Myers, Khalid Robinson, Bryan Smith and at George Washington Mandell Thomas along with incoming freshmen An- St. Bonaventure toine Anderson and Jake Fay, and Director of Basketball at Richmond Operations Mike DePaoli. at Saint Joseph's Jared Fay paced the team, finishing the 5K course VCU in about 22 minutes despite running most of the race La Salle with one shoe untied, placing him among the top 40 at Rhode Island overall finishers and the top ten among men ages 20 to George Washington 24. “It means so much to me and my family to have RAMS REBOUNDING: Last year, Fordham averaged 37.6 rpg, third best in the team here again this year,” said Mike McBride, the Atlantic 10, while the Rams’ rebound margin of +2.2 was sixth best in the speaking about the Rams who came out to support his conference. sister’s charity. “It really shows that these guys are Fordham is back at it this year, averaging 38.0 rpg, third best in the Atlantic much more than just basketball players. They are true 10 and the Rams are also second in the conference in offensive rebounding, student-athletes who are really a big family. For them averaging 14.9/game. to give up their Sunday

MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAMS UP TO HELP MANAGER’S FAMILY: RAMS IN THE PROS: Five former Fordham men’s It was an uncommonly early wakeup call for members of the Fordham Univer- basketball players are currently playing professionally sity men’s basketball team on Sunday morning. But the Rams were more than overseas, including 2013 graduate Chris Gaston and happy to roll out of bed at what some consider an ungodly hour as they were 2012 graduate Kervin Bristol. on a mission, a mission to help one of their own as the Rams spent Sunday Gaston played this past summer with Ponce in the morning running the streets of New Hyde Park, New York, as part of Katie’s Puerto Rican professional league where he averaged Run, a charity run to benefit The Katie McBride Foundation. 7.0 ppg and 4.6 rpg, before signing with Asseco in the Katie McBride was the sister of former Fordham men’s basketball manager Poland-TBL league. He currently plays for Goes in Mike McBride, GSB `13, who died from Burkitt’s Lymphoma, a rare and ag- the Uruguay Professional League where he scored six gressive childhood cancer, in 2008. Katie’s Run, a project of the Katie McBride points and added ten rebounds in his first game. Foundation, honors the memory of Bristol played with Istanbulspor in Turkey in Katie and the families of all child- the summer of 2012 and enjoyed a successful rookie hood leukemia victims and other campaign, averaging 10.1 ppg and 12.2 rpg along with life-threatening diseases. This event’s 1.7 blocks/game in 19 games before he left to play for primary objective is to honor Katie Hopsi Polzela in Slovenia where he is averaged 8.3 ppg while raising important funds and and 5.7 rpg. He currently is playing for in Mykolaiv in awareness of the Ronald McDonald the Ukraine where he is averaging 12.0 ppg and 12.3 House of Long Island and the family rpg. support services it provides. “As a program we are always

10 - Fordham University Basketball Game Notes www.fordhamsports.com Bryant Dunston, a 2008 graduate began the 2010-11 year playing in Greece 2013-14 BY THE NUMBERS for Aris Thessaloniki, averaging 6.3 ppg and 3.5 rpg through eleven games in the Eurocup League and 6.2 ppg and 2.5 rpg in 13 games in the Greece League. He Largest Margin of Victory then moved to Bnei Hasharon, the former team of Fordham teammate Mushon 31 (79-48) vs. Furman (12/4/13) Ya’akosi, where he averaged 10.3 ppg and 6.0 rpg. In 2011-12, Dunston played for Hapoel Holon in Israel while he signed with Cimberio Varese in the Italian Largest Non-Conference Margin of Victory A League for 2012-13 where he is averaged 15.0 ppg and 7.4 rpg, both team 31 (79-48) vs. Furman (12/4/13) highs. He is currently playing for Olympiacos in the Greece league, averaging 8.1 and 4.2 rpg, 10.9 ppg and 6.3 rpg in the Euroleague. Largest Conference Margin of Victory Also playing overseas is Jermaine Anderson, a 2006 graduate who is ------playing for the TBB Trier team in the German league, averaging 9.6 ppg and 4.1 apg. He appeared with Buducnost in Montenegro in 2011-12, and was a Largest Margin of Defeat member of the New Yorker Phantoms Braunschweig in the German League in 15 (89-74) at Syracuse (11/12/13) 2012-13 where he averaged 7.9 ppg and 2.9 apg. He also played in Russia for Triumph Lyubertsy of the top-tier A-Superleague, averaging 10.0 ppg and 3.6 Largest Non-Conference Margin of Defeat rpg, before joining Panionios in the Greek League where he averaged 13.2 ppg 46 (104-58) at St. John's (12/7/13) and 3.0 rpg. He was a member of Team Canada in the 2010 World Champion- ships, averaging 8.4 ppg and 3.0 apg. Anderson suited up for Cedevita Zagreb Largest Conference Margin of Defeat in Croatia in 2009-10 where he averaged 12.0 ppg and 4.5 apg. He also played ------for the Canadian National team at 2011 FIBA Americas Championship. Former Ram Brenton Butler is playing his second season in Denmark for Largest Halftime Lead the Horsholm 79ers in 2013-14, averaging 21.1 ppg and 2.2 apg this year after 25 (49-24) vs. Furman (12/4/13) averaging 14.1 ppg and 2.8 rpg in 2012-13. Largest Halftime Deficit P.J. CARLESIMO HONORED WITH JOHNNY BACH AWARD: A mem- 25 (46-21) at Syracuse (11/12/13) ber of Fordham’s “sports royalty” was feted on Nov. 5 for his contributions to basketball at the University’s annual Men’s Basketball Tip-Off Dinner. Largest Lead With many of his siblings in attendance at Manhattan’s Intercontinental 41 (72-31) vs. Furman (12/4/13) Hotel, P.J. Carlesimo, FCRH ‘71, accepted the Johnny Bach Award. Joseph M. McShane, S.J., president of Fordham, dubbed the Carlesimo Largest Deficit family “Fordham sports royalty” because P.J.’s father Peter graduated from 48 (102-54) at St. John's (12/7/13) Fordham in 1940 and served as the University’s athletic director from 1968 to 1978, and all nine of his younger siblings are also Fordham graduates. After graduation, the younger Carlesimo served for four years as assistant evening. coach for the men’s basketball team before going on to coach Seton Hall Uni- Carlesimo waxed nostalgic about his time at versity for 12 years. Under his leadership, Seton Hall advanced to the school’s Fordham, joking that in his four student years, he only first ever NCAA tournament in 1988. played three-and-a-half minutes, which prepared him His teams qualified for the NCAA tournament in six of his final seven years, for a career as a coach. and he was named NCAA Coach of the Year in 1989 after registering a 31-7 To the current team members in the audience, who mark, and advancing to the NCAA championship game. will kick off their season on Nov. 8 at the Rose Hill Since 1994, Carlesimo has served as NBA head coach of the Portland Gym, he reminded them that, for all his successes, he’d Trail Blazers, Golden State Warriors, Seattle Supersonics, Oklahoma City seen his share of failure too. He told them that they Thunder, and last year as the interim head coach of the Brooklyn Nets. have it in them to turn failure around, too, with the right Father McShane noted that, in Catholicism, the month of November begins with values. He also gave praise to the award’s namesake, the Feast of All Saints; therefore it was proper to recognize Carlesimo as one of who was the basketball coach when Carlesimo came Fordham’s saints. to Fordham. “PJ is a man “Getting an award named after John Bach is really of integrity, a man of important to me; he was one of the reasons I came here. great talent, a man He was a great player, a Navy pilot, a fantastic college who comes from great coach, an athletic director after coaching here, and a stock, and [who] has tremendous representative of Fordham.” added to the legend of the family,” he said. HISTORICALLY SPEAKING: Fordham Univer- Michael Kay, sity’s home court, the Rose Hill Gymnasium which FCRH ’82, play-by- was named as one of the four “Cathedrals of College play broadcaster of the Basketball” by ESPN The Magazine, is the oldest gym New York Yankees and still being used by an NCAA Division I basketball team. host of Centerstage The 3,200-seat gym opened on January 16, 1925 for a on the YES Network, game between Fordham and Boston College. The Rams Frank McLaughlin with P.J. Carlesimo served as emcee for the took the opener 46-16 in a game refereed by one of the www.fordhamsports.com Fordham University Basketball Game Notes - 11 2013-14 Specialty Stats

Opponent Bench 2nd Chance Paint Off Turnovers Fast Break Rams/Saint Francis 10/24 18/12 18/24 16/20 5/2 Rams/Syracuse 7/30 6/27 16/38 6/23 8/10 Rams/Lehigh 8/4 14/5 44/36 12/8 14/4 Rams/Sacred Heart 8/31 12/6 32/40 19/8 10/12 Rams/Manhattan 6/25 16/18 18/38 7/9 0/4 Rams/Furman 16/25 20/9 34/26 19/12 8/6 Rams/St. John's 8/57 7/10 22/44 9/13 2/18 Rams/Colgate 12/13 18/9 42/38 15/11 4/2 Rams/Howard 11/38 22/19 34/20 8/11 2/0 Rams/Monmouth 17/25 6/18 22/30 16/20 4/6 Rams/Loyola 6/33 10/19 36/34 20/10 4/4 Rams/Harvard 10/23 17/9 38/38 15/21 4/8 Rams/Siena Rams/Duquesne Rams/Richmond Rams/Dayton Rams/Saint Louis Rams/George Mason Rams/Massachusetts Rams/VCU Rams/Rhode Island Rams/George Washington Rams/St. Bonaventure Rams/Richmond Rams/Saint Joseph's Rams/VCU Rams/La Salle Rams/Rhode Island Rams/George Washington Totals 119/328 156/161 356/406 162/166 65/76

University’s most prominent alumni, “The Fordham Flash”, Frankie Frisch. Rose Hill underwent a $2 million renovation in the summer of 2002, with new lighting, new seating, a new public address system, and new scoreboards installed. The Gym was one of the largest on-campus facilities at the time it was built, earning the nickname “The Prairie” because of its large floor space. The original configuration had no end zone stands and a seating capacity of 2,100 but several standing room crowds of 6,000 were reported in the late 1920’s. Since its opening in 1925, the gym has seen numerous renovations, adding new seating, scoreboards and public address systems. The arena has been in continuous use by Fordham’s basketball teams since its opening with the exception of the World War II years, when it was used for a barracks. The Rose Hill Gym has been the site of many legendary college and high school basketball games including Kareem Abdul Jabbar’s final high school game and the 1988 Tolentine-Archbishop Molloy Catholic High School Athletic Association (CHSAA) Championship game, billed by the New York Newsday as the “Best High School Game of the 80’s”. The Rose Hill Gym continues to host the CHSAA Championships annually and eleven years ago, former Ram Bevon Robin led Rice High School to the CHSAA Championship over Christ the King, led by Lamar Odom. The Rose Hill Gym has been named as one of the Top Ten arenas by USA Today and was featured in the 2011-12 ESPN The Magazine College Basketball issue as one of four Cathedrals of College Basketball.

WHAT’S NEXT?: The Rams will open their 2014 Atlantic 10 schedule by traveling to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to face the Duquesne University Dukes in the A.J. Palumbo Center on Wednesday, January 8 at 7:00 PM.

12 - Fordham University Basketball Game Notes www.fordhamsports.com 2013-14 Fordham Men's Basketball Fordham Combined Team Statistics (as of Dec 28, 2013) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 7-5 5-2 2-3 0-0 CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 7-5 5-2 2-3 0-0

Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 10 SEVERE, Jon 12-12 430 35.8 76-204 .3 7 3 42-104 .4 0 4 56-74 .7 5 7 14 31 45 3.8 22 0 32 37 3 11 250 20.8 0 FRAZIER, Branden 12-12 457 38.1 70-166 .4 2 2 15-52 .2 8 8 72-79 .9 1 1 18 48 66 5.5 25 0 57 33 5 16 227 18.9 01 THOMAS, Mandell 11-11 376 34.2 52-140 .3 7 1 14-57 .2 4 6 33-49 .6 7 3 18 45 63 5.7 21 0 27 20 9 18 151 13.7 30 RHOOMES, Ryan 12-12 302 25.2 42-65 .6 4 6 0-0 .0 0 0 16-27 .5 9 3 48 38 86 7.2 36 3 5 6 12 6 100 8.3 24 SMITH, Bryan 10-10 261 26.1 27-73 .3 7 0 14-43 .3 2 6 5-7 .7 1 4 22 33 55 5.5 30 1 13 13 2 12 73 7.3 02 LEONARD, Travion 12-1 203 16.9 31-65 .4 7 7 0-1 .0 0 0 6-12 .5 0 0 28 29 57 4.8 41 3 2 13 13 12 68 5.7 42 CANTY, Ryan 6-0 67 11.2 6-10 .6 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 4-6 .6 6 7 6 13 19 3.2 11 0 1 1 2 2 16 2.7 03 MASSIMINO, Matt 1-0 4 4.0 1-1 1.000 0-0 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.0 22 MYERS, Jermaine 12-2 135 11.3 6-16 .3 7 5 2-9 .2 2 2 6-7 .8 5 7 2 8 10 0.8 8 0 18 4 0 5 20 1.7 20 FAY, Jared 2-0 9 4.5 1-2 .5 0 0 1-1 1.000 0-0 .0 0 0 1 2 3 1.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.5 13 WHITEHEAD, Chris 10-0 89 8.9 6-12 .5 0 0 0-1 .0 0 0 2-3 .6 6 7 4 6 10 1.0 10 0 8 2 0 1 14 1.4 12 FAY, Jake 8-0 51 6.4 3-12 .2 5 0 3-8 .3 7 5 0-0 .0 0 0 3 4 7 0.9 14 0 1 1 2 2 9 1.1 35 ROBINSON, Khalid 4-0 10 2.5 0-2 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 1 1 2 0.5 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 25 WALSH, Leo 3-0 6 2.0 0-0 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0 1 1 0.3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 Team 14 18 32 2 Total...... 12 2400 321-768 .4 1 8 91-276 .3 3 0 200-264 .7 5 8 179 277 456 38.0 223 7 164 134 48 85 933 77.8 Opponents...... 12 2400 323-727 .4 4 4 76-253 .3 0 0 201-270 .7 4 4 162 301 463 38.6 232 4 183 159 41 85 923 76.9

TEAM STATISTICS FOR OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 933 923 11/08/13 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) W 87-67 2036 Points per game 77.8 76.9 11/12/13 at Syracuse L 74-89 22667 Scoring margin +0.8 - 11/15/13 LEHIGH W 80-72 2128 FIELD GOALS-ATT 321-768 323-727 11/23/13 SACRED HEART L 73-85 2281 Field goal pct .4 1 8 .4 4 4 11/26/13 at Manhattan W 79-75 2520 3 POINT FG-ATT 91-276 76-253 12/4/13 FURMAN W 79-48 1462 3-point FG pct .3 3 0 .3 0 0 12/7/13 at St. John's L 58-104 10803 3-pt FG made per game 7.6 6.3 12/10/13 at COLGATEM W 77-73 630 FREE THROWS-ATT 200-264 201-270 12/14/13 HOWARD W 79-60 1432 Free throw pct .7 5 8 .7 4 4 12/21/13 at Monmouth L 78-87 1815 F-Throws made per game 16.7 16.8 12/23/13 LOYOLA UNIV. - CHICA W 83-69 2959 REBOUNDS 456 463 12/28/13 HARVARD L 86-94 3200 Rebounds per game 38.0 38.6 Rebounding margin -0.6 - * - Conference game ASSISTS 164 183 Assists per game 13.7 15.3 TURNOVERS 134 159 Turnovers per game 11.2 13.3 Turnover margin +2.1 - Assist/turnover ratio 1.2 1.2 STEALS 85 85 Steals per game 7.1 7.1 BLOCKS 48 41 Blocks per game 4.0 3.4 ATTENDANCE 15498 38435 Home games-Avg/Game 7-2214 5-7687 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 0-0

Score by Periods 1st 2nd Totals Fordham 447 486 933 Opponents 465 458 923 www.fordhamsports.com Fordham University Basketball Game Notes - 13 2013-14 TOP PERFORMANCES MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION

Points Scored Starting Lineups (Record): Fordham: 33, Branden Frazier at Syracuse (11/12/13) Rhoomes-Smith-Thomas-Severe-Frazier (5-4) Opponent: 31, Makey McKnight, Lehigh (11/15/13) Rhoomes-Myers-Thomas-Severe-Frazier (1-1) Rhoomes-Leonard-Smith-Severe-Frazier (1-0) Field Goals Fordham: 11, Jon Severe vs. Harvard (12/28/13) Games Led Fordham in Scoring*: Severe (5), Frazier (4), 11, Branden Frazier vs. Harvard (12/28/13) Thomas (1), Rhoomes (1). Opponent: 11, Makey McKnight, Lehigh (11/15/13) Games Led Fordham in Rebounding*: Rhoomes (4), Field Goal Attempts Thomas (3), Frazier (2), Leonard (2), Smith (1). Fordham: 21, Branden Frazier, 2x, last vs. St. John's (12/7/13) 21, Jon Severe, 2x, last vs. St. John's (12/7/13) Games Led Fordham in Assists*: Frazier (8), Thomas (2), Opponent: 21, George Beamon, Manhattan (11/26/13) Severe (2), Myers (1), Whitehead (1). 21, Andrew Nicholas, Monmouth (12/21/13) Double Figure Scoring Games: Frazier (11), Severe (10), Three-Point Field Goals Thomas (9), Rhoomes (3), Smith (2), Leonard (1). Fordham: 8, Jon Severe at Monmouth (12/21/13) Opponent: 6, Andrew Nicholas, Monmouth (12/21/13) 20-Point Games: Frazier (4), Severe (4).

Three-Point Field Goal Attempts 30-Point Games: Severe (2), Frazier (2). Fordham: 14, Mandell Thomas, at St. John's (12/7/13) Opponent: 13, Andrew Nicholas, Monmouth (12/21/13) 10-Rebounding Games: Rhoomes (3), Frazier (2), Thomas (2), Smith (1). Free Throws Fordham: 12, Branden Frazier at Manhattan (11/26/13) (* - Includes games when two or more tied for team lead) Opponent: 9, Makey McKnight, Lehigh (11/15/13)

Free Throws Attempted Fordham: 13, Branden Frazier at Syracuse (11/12/13) 13, Branden Frazier at Manhattan (11/26/13) 13, Jon Severe at Manhattan (11/26/13) Opponent: 10, Tyler Ennis, Syracuse (11/12/13) 10, Makey McKnight, Lehigh (11/15/13) 10, Tevin Falzon, Sacred Heart (11/23/13)

Rebounds Fordham: 19, Ryan Rhoomes vs. Howard (12/14/13) Opponent: 13, Louis Montes, Sacred Heart (11/23/13) 20-Point Games Assists 2013-14 Career Fordham: 9, Branden Frazier vs. Furman (12/4/13) Branden Frazier 6 18 9, Branden Frazier vs. Loyola (12/2/13) Jon Severe 7 7 Opponent: 11, Sir'Dominic Pointer, St. John's (12/7/13) Bryan Smith 0 3 Mandell Thomas 0 3 Blocks Fordham: 3, Branden Frazier vs. Saint Francis (11/8/13) 3, Travion Leonard vs. Sacred Heart (11/23/13) Career Double Figure Games 3, Ryan Rhoomes vs. Furman (12/4/13) Scoring Rebounding 3, Travion Leonard at Monmouth (12/21/13) Branden Frazier 66 1 Opponent: 9, Rhamel Brown, Manhattan (11/26/13) Bryan Smith 26 1 Mandell Thomas 23 2 Steals Jon Severe 10 0 Fordham: 4, Mandell Thomas vs. Lehigh (11/15/13) Ryan Canty 8 8 4, Mandell Thomas vs. Howard (12/14/13) Travion Leonard 8 0 Opponent: 4, Sir'Dominic Pointer, St. John's (12/7/13) Jermaine Myers 2 0 4, Wesley Saunders, Harvard (12/28/13) Ryan Rhoomes 4 5

14 - Fordham University Basketball Game Notes www.fordhamsports.com FORDHAM GAME HIGHS OPPONENT GAME HIGHS

Points: 87, vs. Saint Francis (11/8/13) Points: 104, St. John's (12/7/13)

Field Goals Made: 33, vs. Harvard (12/28/13) Field Goals Made: 39, St. John's (12/7/13)

Field Goals Attempts: 80, at St. John's (12/7/13) Field Goals Attempts: 71, Manhattan (11/26/13)

Field Goal %: 50.0% (31-62) vs. Howard (12/14/13) Field Goal %: 66.1 (39-59), St. John's (12/7/13)

3-Point Field Goals Made: 13, vs. Saint Francis (11/8/13) 3-Point Field Goals Made: 12, Monmouth (12/21/13)

3-Point Field Goals Attempted: 31, at St. John's (12/7/13) 3-Point Field Goals Attempted: 32, Manhattan (11/26/13)

Free Throws Made: 26, at Manhattan (11/26/13) Free Throws Made: 29, Syracuse (11/12/13)

Free Throws Attempted: 37, at Manhattan (11/26/13) Free Throws Attempted: 42, Syracuse (11/12/13)

Rebounds: 52, vs. Lehigh (11/15/13) Rebounds: 49, Sacred Heart (11/23/13)

Assists: 19, vs. Howard (12/14/13) Assists: 29, St. John's (12/7/13)

Steals: 9, 3x, last Howard (12/14/13) Steals: 15, Syracuse (11/12/13)

Blocks: 8, vs. Sacred Heart (11/23/13) Blocks: 11, Manhattan (11/26/13)

Turnovers: 19, at Syracuse (11/12/ Turnovers: 18, Sacred Heart (11/23/13)

FORDHAM GAME LOWS OPPONENT GAME LOWS

Points: 58, at St. John's (12/7/13) Points: 48, Furman (12/4/13)

Field Goals Made: 19, at St. John's (12/7/13) Field Goals Made: 16, Furman (12/4/13)

Field Goals Attempts: 48, at Syracuse (11/12/13) Field Goals Attempts: 47, Furman (12/4/13)

Field Goal %: 23.8% (19-80) at St. John's (12/7/13) Field Goal %: 30.8 (20-65), Howard (12/14/13)

3-Point Field Goals Made: 4, at Colgate (12/10/13) 3-Point Field Goals Made: 0, Furman (12/4/13)

3-Point Field Goals Attempted: 13, at Colgate (12/10/13) 3-Point Field Goals Attempted: 11, Furman (12/4/13)

Free Throws Made: 9, vs. Furman (12/4/13), Howard (12/14/13) Free Throws Made: 1, Loyola (12/23/13)

Free Throws Attempted: 11, vs. Howard (12/14/13) Free Throws Attempted: 2, Loyola (12/23/13)

Rebounds: 29, at Syracuse (11/12/13)) Rebounds: 25, Furman (12/4/13)

Assists: 5, at Colgate (12/10/13) Assists: 5, Furman (12/4/13)

Steals: 5, at Manhattan (11/26/13) Steals: 3, Lehigh (11/15/13)

Blocks: 1, at Colgate (12/10/13) Blocks: 0, Colgate (12/10/13), Howard (12/14/13), Loyola (12/23/13) Turnovers: 6, vs. Loyola (12/23/13) Turnovers: 9, Manhattan (11/26/13), St. John's (12/7/13) www.fordhamsports.com Fordham University Basketball Game Notes - 15 2013-14 RECAPS Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Fordham 87, Saint Francis (Pa.) 67 #9 Syracuse 89, Fordham 74 Fordham 80, Lehigh 72 November 8, 2013 November 12, 2013 November 15, 2013 Rose Hill Gym Carrier Dome, Syracuse, N.Y. Rose Hill Gym The last time Jon Severe was in the Rose Hill Gym It's hard to take away positives from a 15-point defeat When Fordham head coach Tom Pecora decided to he scored 19 points to lead his Christ the King team but the Fordham University men's basketball team go with a four-guard lineup, many wondered where to the CHSAA Class AA intersectional championship found some tonight in an 89-74 loss to #9 Syracuse the rebounding would come from. Tonight two guards last March as he took home tournament MVP honors. University in the Carrier Dome, the biggest is that answered that question as Branden Frazier and Mandell Despite that being a tough act to follow, the freshman there's no quit in the Rams, who trailed by as many Thomas each grabbed double digit rebounds to lead the guard managed to do it tonight as he scored a game- as 27 early in the second half before pulling to within Rams to an 80-72 win over Lehigh University in the high 28 points, setting a Fordham record for points by a 12 at one point. Rose Hill Gym. freshman in his first game, to lead the Rams to an 87-67 The comeback attempt was fueled by senior guard The 80-point outburst is Fordham’s second win over Saint Francis University in the Rose Hill Gym. Branden Frazier, who netted a game and career-high 80-point game of the year and the Rams scoring total Severe shot a blistering 9-for-15 from the field, 33 points, shooting 9-for-14 from the field, including of 241 points through the first three games is the highest including an even better 7-for-10 from behind the arc, 4-for-6 from behind the arc. total for a Fordham team over the first three contests for his 28 points, He surpassed the former school record "We seemed to get more comfortable attacking since the 2000-01 squad also scored 241 points (the for points by a freshman in his college debut of 24 set the zone in the second half," said Fordham head coach 1979-80 team scored 242 points over the first three by Trey Blue in 2008. Tom Pecora. "I think it was part that and part Syracuse games of the year). The Fordham offense wasn’t a one-man show relaxing a little with the big lead. But we gave up too Frazier scored a team-high 24 points and added tonight as Bryan Smith finished with 18 points, Mandell many easy baskets in the first half and couldn't get a career-best eleven rebounds while Thomas added 18 Thomas added 15 and Branden Frazier netted ten. Smith ourselves out of that hole." points and a career-high 13 rebounds with both players shot 4-for-8 from three-point range and grabbed a The Rams trailed by 25 at the break, 46-21, and dishing out six assists. Frazier’s double-double was the game-high eight rebounds, tying his career-high, while the Orange bumped the lead to 27 three times over the third in his career, the first in scoring and rebounding, Thomas added seven boards and Frazier chipped in with first four minutes of the second half, the last at 58-31 while Thomas notched his first career double-double. seven rebounds and a career-high three blocks. on a C.J. Fair jumper with 16:04 left. Fordham led by eight, 73-65 with 2:21 on the The Rams won a season-opener for the first time Syracuse held a 25-point lead 74-49 with 9:10 left clock after a Frazier basket but Lehigh used a Tim since 2007, snapping a five-game losing streak in when a Frazier three-pointer ignited a 9-1 Fordham run Kempton layup and Austin Price three-pointer to cut openers, and scored the most points in an opener since with all nine Ram points coming on threes (Mandell the Rams’ lead to three, 73-70, with 1:19 remaining. netting 100 against Adelphi in 1993. The 20-point Thomas and Jon Severe had the other long distance Frazier drove the lane on the ensuing possession margin of victory was Fordham’s biggest since a 79-58 shots) as Fordham got the deficit down to 17, 75-58, as a whistle blew with one official calling a travel on win over Lafayette in 2008. with 6:41 remaining. Frazier but he was overruled by one of his partners The Rams trailed by two, 19-17, with nine minutes The Orange led 18, 78-60, just over a minute later who called a Lehigh foul. Frazier sank both free throws left in the first when a Thomas jumper knotted the but the Rams responded with six unanswered points but Lehigh came right back with a Mackey McKnight game and ignited a 17-0 Fordham run as the Rams to make it a 12-point game, 78-66, at the 3:33 mark. jumper to make it a three-point game again, 75-72, took a 34-19 lead following a Severe three-pointer with Frazier netted the first of the six points with a jumper with 20 seconds left. Frazier sank three of four charity 4:50 remaining in the first. Severe had seven of the 17 while Ryan Rhoomes added a basket and a pair of free shots over the next seven seconds and Thomas added Fordham points in the run. throws. the exclamation point with a dunk just before the final The Rams took an 18-pooint lead into the break, But that was as close as the Rams would get as buzzer as the Rams pulled out the 8072 win. 45-27, thanks to a Thomas jumper with 16 seconds left the Orange netted the next seven points to get the lead The Rams came out red hot, scoring the first ten in the period and then opened the second half with a to 19, 85-66, with 2:20 left. points over the first two minutes of the game, five of 12-4 spurt to take a commanding 57-31 lead on a Smith The Rams were cold in the first half, shooting just those from Jon Severe. trifecta 3:36 into the second. Severe again led the run 28.6% (6-21) from the field, including 16.7% (2-12) The Rams led by nine, 16-7, after a Severe layup with three three-pointers in the stretch. from behind the arc. It was a total reversal in the second with 12:47 left in the half when Lehigh began whittling Saint Francis (Pa.) FG 3FG FT R F A TO B S TP half as Fordham shot 55.6% (15-27), 60.0% (9-15) from away at the Fordham lead, using a 10-2 run to pull to Earl Brown F 6-7 0-0 4-6 6 4 2 1 1 2 16 three-point land, while Syracuse shot 37.1% (13-35) within one, 18-17, with 9:41 remaining. Stephon Mosley F 3-13 2-6 6-7 6 3 0 2 0 0 14 Malik Harmon G 0-2 0-1 5-8 3 4 4 2 0 0 5 from the field and were held scoreless in nine shots Fordham got the lead back to four four times over Ben Millaud-Meunier G 2-9 1-8 0-0 6 1 0 2 0 1 5 from long distance over the final 20 minutes. the next three minutes, the final at 30-26 when Lehigh Ollie Jackson G 1-6 1-4 0-0 1 2 1 1 0 1 3 Fordham FG 3FG FT R F A TO B S TP scored six straight, taking its first lead of the game on Stephon Whyatt 3-7 0-3 4-6 3 1 1 0 0 2 10 Ryan Rhoomes F 1-2 0-0 3-6 4 5 1 2 1 0 5 Greg Brown 2-4 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 4 0 0 4 Branden Frazier G 9-14 4-6 11-13 5 1 2 7 0 0 33 a McKnight jumper with five minutes left in the period. Dominique Major 2-5 2-3 0-0 3 3 0 0 0 0 6 Mandell Thomas G 3-10 2-7 2-2 8 3 7 2 1 1 10 The Mountain Hawks got the lead to as many as Patrick Wrencher 0-0 0-0 2-2 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 Jon Severe G 5-12 4-10 5-9 1 2 2 5 0 1 19 three, 41-38, with 1:33 on the clock and took a three- Ronnie Drinnon 1-3 0-0 0-0 3 2 0 2 1 1 2 Bryan Smith G 0-4 0-3 0-0 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 Team 1 Travion Leonard 2-4 0-0 0-0 1 5 0 1 0 1 4 point lead into the break, 44-41. Totals 20-56 6-26 21-29 35 22 10 14 2 7 67 Jake Fay 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 3 1 0 0 1 3 Similar to the first half, the Rams came out on Chris Whitehead 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 fire in the second, outscoring Lehigh 8-0 over the first Fordham FG 3FG FT R F A TO B S TP Jermaine Myers 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Ryan Rhoomes F 1-3 0-0 4-4 4 4 0 0 1 0 6 Ryan Canty 0-1 0-0 0-0 4 4 1 0 1 2 0 two minutes to take a 49-44 lead on a Bryan Smith Branden Frazier G 4-10 0-3 2-3 7 3 4 0 3 2 10 Team 3 three-pointer. Mandell Thomas G 7-13 0-2 1-3 7 1 3 2 1 1 15 Totals 21-48 11-27 21-30 29 30 16 19 3 6 74 Lehigh retook the lead with a 9-0 spurt, leading Jon Severe G 9-15 7-10 3-4 2 1 2 4 1 0 28 Bryan Smith G 7-14 4-8 0-2 8 1 1 2 1 2 18 Syracuse FG 3FG FT R F A TO B S TP 53-49 with 14 minutes left but the Rams came back to Travion Leonard 1-2 0-1 0-0 2 4 0 1 0 1 2 C.J. Fair F 9-17 1-4 7-7 6 2 0 4 0 2 26 tie the game twice over the next 3:12, the final time at Jake Fay 1-5 1-3 0-0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 Rakeem Christmas F 1-2 0-0 3-4 3 4 2 0 1 1 5 56 midway through the second half. Chris Whitehead 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 DaJuan Coleman C 3-6 0-0 4-8 10 2 0 2 0 0 10 Jared Fay 1-2 1-1 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 Trevor Cooney G 1-6 0-4 0-0 1 4 4 2 0 2 2 A Ryan Rhoomes layup with 10:18 remaining put Jermaine Myers 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 Tyler Ennis G 4-8 0-1 8-10 4 2 5 0 0 4 16 the Rams up for good and started a run of seven straight Leo Walsh 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Michael Gbinije 1-1 1-1 0-0 1 4 0 0 0 2 3 Fordham points as the Rams took a 63-56 advantage Khalid Robinson 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 B.J. Johnson 1-7 0-4 0-0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 Ryan Canty 0-1 0-0 2-2 4 4 0 1 0 0 2 Jerami Grant 6-12 0-0 4-9 10 1 0 2 1 3 16 following a Frazier jumper with 9:35 on the clock. Team 2 Baye Moussa Keita 1-1 0-0 0-0 7 1 0 1 0 0 2 Totals 31-65 13-28 12-18 41 22 13 11 7 6 87 Tyler Roberson 1-4 0-2 3-4 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 Ron Patterson 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 Halftime: Ford 45-27. FG%: SFU 35.7, Ford 47.7. 3FG%: SFU 23.1, Team 4 1 Ford 46.4. FT%: SFU 72.4, Ford 66.7. Techs: None. Officials: Faia, Totals 29-65 2-16 29-42 48 25 12 11 3 15 89 Eddley, Ruppenthal. Attn.: 2,036. Halftime: Syr 46-21. FG%: Ford 43.8, Syr 44.6. 3FG%: Ford 40.7, Syr 12.5. FT%: Ford 70.0, Syr 69.0. Techs: None. Officials: Jones, Lindsay, Clark. Attn.: 22,667. 16 - Fordham University Basketball Game Notes www.fordhamsports.com 2013-14 RECAPS Lehigh FG 3FG FT R F A TO B S TP to end the half, taking a 37-35 lead into the locker Jesse Shuku F 2-8 1-2 1-2 12 1 1 1 2 1 6 Game 5 Tim Kempton F 5-9 0-0 1-2 3 3 1 1 0 0 11 room. Austin Price G 2-9 1-6 2-2 1 5 0 1 0 0 7 At the half, Severe had 13 points on 5-9 shoot- Fordham 79, Manhattan 75 Mackey McKight G 11-18 0-5 9-10 5 4 5 5 0 2 31 ing, including a 3-6 effort from deep. Frazier also had Corey Schaefer G 4-12 1-6 4-4 5 2 1 0 0 0 13 November 26, 2013 Miles Simelton 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 a big first half, with ten points and nine boards at the Stefan Cvrkalj 0-4 0-3 0-0 4 2 2 3 0 0 0 break. Draddy Gym, Bronx, N.Y. Shane Whitfield 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 Severe started the second half the same way he With the annual Battle of the Bronx between Fordham Justin Goldsborough 2-2 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 Conroy Baltimore 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 started the first, draining one from deep to put Ford- and Manhattan occurring two days before Thanksgiv- Team 3 ham back on top, 38-37. ing, Fordham fans discovered something to be thank- Totals 26-63 3-22 17-20 35 22 11 12 3 3 72 The two teams traded buckets over the next ful for tonight, or more appropriately, three things to

Fordham FG 3FG FT R F A TO B S TP several minutes and the Rams entered the first media be thankful for. Those three are senior Branden Fra- Ryan Rhoomes F 4-9 0-0 0-0 12 3 0 1 2 0 8 timeout of the half trailing 50-49 with 15:23 to play. zier, sophomore Mandell Thomas and freshman Jon Branden Frazier G 9-21 0-2 6-7 11 1 6 3 0 1 24 Fordham would pull back ahead less than three Severe, who combined for 68 points to lead Fordham Mandell Thomas G 6-14 1-3 5-9 13 2 6 3 0 4 18 Jon Severe G 5-23 0-10 6-6 5 2 3 1 0 1 16 minutes later, as Severe and Ryan Rhoomes hit four to a 79-75 win in the Draddy Gym. Bryan Smith G 2-3 2-3 0-0 4 4 2 2 0 0 6 consecutive free throws to move the Rams ahead 55- Severe led the way for Fordham, scoring a Travion Leonard 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 54 with 12:50 to go. game-high 30 points, 22 of those coming in the first Jake Fay 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 3 0 1 1 1 0 Chris Whitehead 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 After Sacred Heart scored six unanswered to half, to earn game MVP honors. He is the first Ford- Jermaine Myers 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 pull ahead 60-55, the Rams responded with eight of ham freshman to net 30 points in a game since Chris Ryan Canty 3-3 0-0 2-4 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 their own, pulling ahead 63-60 with just over nine Gaston scored 32 against St. John’s in 2009. Frazier Team 2 Totals 29-74 3-18 19-26 52 19 17 12 4 7 80 minutes left on the clock. Chris Whitehead had a huge added 21 points while Thomas chipped in with 17 part in that run for the Rams, with a steal, a breakaway points and ten rebounds for his second double-double Halftime: Leh 44-41. FG%: Leh 41.3, Ford 39.2. 3FG%: Leh 13.6, layup, and a drawn charge. of the year. Ford 16.7. FT%: Leh 85.0, Ford 73.1. Techs: None. Officials: Kelly, Pucino, Houvinen. Attn.: 2,128. Sacred Heart would pull ahead by four, 69-65, The Rams led for the most of the first half but just under the six minute mark, but the Rams would started slowing down in the second and eventually fight back to get within one less than two minutes later trailed the Jaspers by six, 68-62, with 6:36 remain- Game 4 on a Frazier free throw. ing. A pair of Frazier free throws and a Severe three- Sacred Heart 85, Fordham 73 Up one, the Pioneers scored four in a row to pull pointer over the next 37 seconds pulled the Rams to ahead by five, 73-68, but two Thomas free throws within one, 68-67. November 23, 2013 moved Fordham back within three with just over three After a Michael Alvardo layup boosted the Man- Rose Hill Gym minutes to go. hattan lead to three, Severe hit his second three-point- Branden Frazier nabbed his second double-double of Sacred Heart scored again and the Rams pulled er of the half to knot the game at 70 with 4:39 on the the year and Jon Severe scored a game-high 23 points, within three on a Frazier layup with two and a half clock. but the Rams fell to Sacred Heart 85-73 in the Rose minutes on the clock, but that would be as close as Thomas hit one of two free throws 19 seconds Hill Gym on Saturday afternoon. Fordham got the rest of the way. later to put the Rams up one but a George Beamon Leading by as many as nine in the first half, The Pioneers converted on their free throws three-point play gave the Jaspers the lead, 73-71, with the Rams (2-2) were undone by a stellar second-half down the stretch, moving their lead to 12 and coming 4:07 left. shooting performance from the Pioneers. Sacred away with an 85-73 win. Both offenses went cold over the next 2:28 be- Heart (1-4) converted on 59 percent of their tries in Sacred Heart FG 3FG FT R F A TO B S TP fore a pair of Severe free throws at 1:39 tied the game the latter stanza, in addition to a 21-25 effort at the Chris Evans F 3-10 0-0 2-3 6 2 3 2 0 0 8 at 73 and, after Beamon missed a three-pointer for Louis Montes F 6-14 0-2 4-6 13 3 2 5 1 0 16 charity stripe. Cole Walton C 2-3 0-0 0-0 3 1 1 0 0 0 4 Manhattan with 1:26 remaining, a Frazier layup put Severe, New York State's Mr. Basketball as a se- Evan Kelley G 5-11 0-3 2-2 5 4 2 4 0 2 12 the Rams up for good, 75-73, with just under a minute nior at the Christ the King, registered the second-best Phil Gaetano G 2-4 2-4 8-8 2 3 6 4 0 0 14 on the clock. Mostafa Abdel Latif 1-1 0-0 0-0 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 offensive output of his young career. His 23 points to- Eyimofe Edukugho 2-2 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 1 0 1 4 A missed Alvardo three was rebounded by the day were second only to his season-opening 28-point Steve Glowiak 3-7 1-4 2-2 3 2 4 0 0 1 9 Rams and Frazier was fouled and sank both charity outburst against Saint Francis (Pa.). The Brooklyn na- Tevin Flazon 4-7 1-2 7-10 10 4 1 2 1 0 16 shots with 20 seconds left to make it a 77-73 game be- Team 2 tive also grabbed nine boards, falling just one shy of Totals 28-59 4-15 25-31 49 20 19 18 2 4 85 fore Beamon put in a layup to cut the Fordham lead to his first double-double. two, 77-75, with 12 seconds left. But the Rams were Frazier finished the contest with 21 points and Fordham FG 3FG FT R F A TO B S TP able to inbound the ball to Frazier who found a wide Ryan Rhoomes F 2-4 0-0 2-4 6 5 0 1 0 1 6 ten rebounds, marking the second straight game with Branden Frazier G 7-20 0-6 7-8 10 2 5 3 1 1 21 open Jermaine Myers over half court and Myers fed a double-double for the Brooklyn native. Frazier also Mandell Thomas G 4-17 1-9 2-2 2 1 3 1 2 2 11 the ball to Travion Leonard who dunked just before led the Rams with five assists. Jon Severe G 8-19 4-10 3-5 9 1 2 1 1 2 23 the buzzer to account for the 79-75 final. Jermaine Myers G 2-4 0-1 0-0 0 1 3 0 0 0 4 The third Ram to finish the game in double fig- Travion Leonard 3-5 0-0 0-1 5 5 1 3 3 2 6 The Rams jumped out to a 12-4 lead over the ures, Mandell Thomas scored 11 points against the Jake Fay 0-4 0-2 0-0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 first 3:45 with Severe accounting for eight of the 12 Pioneers. Chris Whitehead 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 points. Team 1 Severe came out on fire to start the first half, Totals 27-74 5-28 14-20 35 20 14 9 8 9 73 Four straight Manhattan points pulled the Jas- scoring Fordham's first 11 points and helping the pers to within four, 12-8, before the Rams responded Rams pull ahead 13-4 just inside the 16 minute mark. Halftime: SHU 37-35. FG%: SHU 47.5, Ford 36.5. 3FG%: SHU with an 8-1 run to take their biggest lead of the night, 26.7, Ford 17.9. FT%: SHU 80.6, Ford 70.0. Techs: Ford-Frazier. From there, Sacred Heart scored six unanswered Officials: Marotta, Gwynn, Jackson. Attn.: 2,281. 20-9, following a Thomas three-pointer. to move within three, but Severe slashed through the The Rams led by eleven again later in the half, lane and made a floater to end the run with 12:40 25-14, after a pair of Severe free throws but Manhat- to go. Jermaine Myers banked one in the next time tan outscored Fordham 23-13 over the next seven down, putting Fordham ahead by seven, 17-10, and minutes to cut the Fordham lead to one, 38-37. How- forcing a Sacred Heart timeout. ever, the Rams managed to take a 43-39 lead at the Tevin Falzon converted on a three-pointer for break. the Pioneers out of the stoppage to get within four, but Myers and Thomas each scored to get the Rams back ahead by eight, 21-13, with just over ten minutes remaining in the period. Fordham led by five, 25-20, coming out of the second media timeout before Frazier scored four in a row, two of which came on a brilliant pass from Se- vere, to go ahead nine with just over six minutes to go. Down 29-20, Sacred Heart uncorked a 17-6 run www.fordhamsports.com Fordham University Basketball Game Notes - 17 2013-14 RECAPS Fordham FG 3FG FT R F A TO B S TP eleven three times over the next two minutes, the last shots in the first half. Ryan Rhoomes F 1-2 0-0 1-2 6 4 0 1 1 0 3 Branden Frazier G 4-9 1-3 12-13 4 3 5 2 0 2 21 at 22-11 with 11:50 on the clock when Fordham used a The second half was not much better for the Mandell Thomas G 7-20 2-6 1-4 10 4 1 2 2 3 17 16-4 spurt to take a commanding 38-15 lead following Rams, as the Red Storm hit six of their nine three- Jon Severe G 9-21 4-9 8-13 5 3 1 3 0 0 30 a Severe three-pointer with 6:47 remaining in the half. pointers in the period, while Fordham made just 1-of- Jermaine Myers G 0-1 0-0 2-2 3 3 3 0 0 0 2 Travion Leonard 2-5 0-0 2-2 7 4 0 0 1 0 6 Severe had eleven points in the run, including three 13 from long range. Chris Whitehead 0-0 0-0 0-1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 three-pointers. St. John's kept the Rams in check defensively, Team 5 Fordham led by 25 at the break, 49-24, and built with Fordham netting just eight field goals in the pe- Totals 23-58 7-18 26-37 42 21 11 8 4 5 79 the lead to as many as 41 in the second half, 72-31, on riod, and held Fordham's leading scorer, Severe, to Manhattan FG 3FG FT R F A TO B S TP a Frazier layup midway through the half. 1-for-21 shooting for the game. Rhamel Borwn F 5-7 0-0 2-3 7 5 0 1 9 0 12 Thomas finished with a season-high 19 points The Red Storm would win the game, 104-58, Emmy Andujar F 3-5 0-1 0-0 3 2 0 2 0 0 6 CJ Jones G 1-6 0-3 2-2 2 2 3 1 0 0 4 and four rebounds for the Rams while Travion Leon- which marked St. John's first 100-point game since George Beamon G 7-21 2-11 8-9 11 4 1 1 0 1 24 ard added seven points and five rebounds and Bryan 1999, and the first time that Fordham has allowed 100 Michael Alvarado G 2-10 0-2 0-0 3 4 3 1 0 1 4 Smith grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds. points, since January 25, 2012, against Richmond. Shane Richards 3-9 3-9 0-0 2 1 0 1 0 1 9 Furman FG 3FG FT R F A TO B S TP For Fordham, Thomas was the Rams' leading Tyler Wilson 2-3 0-0 1-2 0 3 2 0 0 0 5 Kendrec Ferrara F 2-6 0-0 2-4 5 2 1 2 0 1 6 RaShawn Stores 0-4 0-3 0-0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 Keith Belfield F 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 scorer with 15 points, followed by Frazier with 13 Rich Williams 0-1 0-0 0-0 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 Aaron O'Neill G 0-4 0-3 0-0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 points and four rebounds. Travion Leonard netted Ashton Pankey 2-2 0-0 1-3 2 0 0 1 1 0 5 Stephen Croone G 3-9 0-2 5-6 1 3 3 6 0 4 11 eight points off the bench and tied a career-high with Donovan Kates 1-3 1-3 3-4 2 3 1 0 0 1 6 Larry Wideman G 1-7 0-3 2-2 2 2 1 0 0 2 4 Team 7 T.K. Hayes 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 nine rebounds, while Severe added nine points, six Totals 26-71 6-32 17-23 45 28 12 9 11 4 75 William Gates 2-5 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 5 0 0 4 boards, and four assists. Dominic Early 7-13 0-2 7-7 7 2 0 0 1 3 21 Halftime: Ford 43-39. FG%: Ford 39.7, Man 36.6. 3FG%: Ford Fordham FG 3FG FT R F A TO B S TP Kevin Chuisseu 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 Ryan Rhoomes F 2-3 0-0 0-0 6 5 0 0 0 0 4 38.9, Man 18.8. FT%: Ford 70.3, Man 73.9. Techs: None. Officials: Team 4 McCarthy, Ferguson, Prager. Attn.: 2,520. Branden Frazier G 4-16 1-5 4-4 4 3 2 1 0 1 13 Totals 16-47 0-11 16-19 25 12 5 17 1 11 48 Mandell Thomas G 5-21 3-14 2-4 3 1 1 1 0 1 15 Jon Severe G 1-21 1-5 6-6 6 3 4 3 1 2 9 Game 6 Fordham FG 3FG FT R F A TO B S TP Bryan Smith G 3-9 2-7 1-1 5 1 1 1 1 1 9 Ryan Rhoomes F 7-8 0-0 1-2 14 1 1 0 3 0 15 Travion Leonard 4-9 0-0 0-1 9 4 0 2 0 1 8 Branden Frazier G 2-5 0-1 0-0 2 2 9 3 0 2 4 Jake Fay 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Fordham 79, Furman 48 Mandell Thomas G 7-11 2-5 3-3 4 2 2 1 0 0 19 Jermaine Myers 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 December 4, 2013 Jon Severe G 8-18 5-8 2-2 1 2 3 2 0 0 23 Leo Walsh 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bryan Smith G 1-6 0-3 0-0 12 3 1 3 0 3 2 Khalid Robinson 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rose Hill Gym Travion Leonard 2-8 0-0 3-6 5 2 0 0 0 2 7 Team 6 Matt Massimino 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Totals 19-80 7-31 13-16 40 18 10 9 2 6 58 Before tonight’s game with Furman University, Ford- Jake Fay 1-1 1-1 0-0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 ham head coach Tom Pecora turned to sophomore Chris Whitehead 1-5 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 St. John's FG 3FG FT R F A TO B S TP forward Ryan Rhoomes and simply said “Get 20 re- Jared Fay 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chris Obekpa F 1-2 0-0 0-0 5 2 1 1 4 0 2 Jermaine Myers 1-3 0-2 0-0 2 1 1 1 0 2 2 bounds tonight.” Whether it was the new sneakers he KaKarr Sampson F 6-6 0-0 0-0 4 1 1 2 1 0 12 Leo Walsh 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Phil Greene IV C 4-5 1-2 2-2 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 was wearing or the request of his coach, Rhoomes Khalid Robinson 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 D'Angelo Harrison G 4-8 2-4 3-4 4 2 2 2 1 0 13 went out and tried his best, finishing with 15 points, Team 1 Rysheed Jordan G 2-5 0-0 5-8 5 2 5 1 0 1 9 Totals 23-58 7-18 26-37 42 21 11 8 4 5 79 shooting 7-for-8 from the field, and 14 rebounds in Jamal Branch 3-3 0-0 0-0 2 0 5 1 0 0 6 Marco Bourgau;t 3-3 3-3 0-0 2 1 0 0 0 1 9 22 minutes to lead the Rams to a 79-48 win over the Halftime: Ford 49-24. FG%: Fur 34.0, Ford 47.0. 3FG%: Fur 0.0, God'sgift Achiuwa 3-4 0-0 2-4 3 2 0 0 0 0 8 Paladins in the Rose Hill Gym. Ford 38.1. FT%: Fur 84.2, Ford 69.2. Techs: None. Officials: Corbett, Max Hooper 1-4 1-3 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 Jones, Carrion. Attn.: 1,462. With the win, Fordham improves to 4-2 on the Sir'Dominic Pointer 4-8 0-1 4-4 9 1 11 0 3 4 12 Orlando Sanchez 8-10 2-2 1-1 8 0 4 2 1 1 19 year, the first 4-2 start for the Rams since 2006, while Game 7 Khadim Ndiaye 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Furman falls to 3-4. Tyler Walston 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 The 31-point margin of victory was the largest St. John's 104, Fordham 58 Team 2 Totals 39-59 9-15 17-23 46 13 29 9 10 7 104 for Pecora since he became head coach at Fordham December 7, 2013 and the largest for the Rams since an 88-44 win over Halftime: StJ 52-32. FG%: Ford 23.8, StJ 66.1. 3FG%: Ford 22.6, NJIT in 2007. Madison Square Garden StJ60.0. FT%: Ford 81.3, StJ 73.9. Techs: None. Officials: Driscoll, The second meeting between Fordham and Fur- While a winter storm front begins to trek across the Clougherty, Chiazza. Attn.: 10,803. man turned out much like the first, a 105-74 Ram northeast, it was the Red Storm causing havoc at Mad- Game 8 win at St. John’s in the 1971 NCAA tournament, and ison Square Garden for the Fordham Rams, as a torrid shooting performance by St. John's downed the Rams, the home squad did it by controlling all facets of the Fordham 77, Colgate 73 game, outshooting, outrebounding and playing lock- 104-58, on Saturday afternoon at the 2013 Advanced down defense, holding the visitors to shooting 34.0% Auto Parts Holiday Festival. December 10, 2013 (16-47) from the field and without a three-pointer. It St. John's hit on all cylinders in the first half, Cotterell Court, Hamilton, N.Y. marked the first time that the Rams held an opponent connecting on 22 of 25 shots to start the game, good Prior to tonight's game with Colgate, the Fordham without a three-pointer since St. John’s in 2009 while for 88% from the field, and finished the half at 78.6%. coaching staff identified some keys to winning the the 48 points are the fewest for a Fordham opponents "If they (St. John's) shoot the ball like that, game which included limiting the Raiders' three-point since the 44 scored by NJIT in 2007. they're going to be a hard team to beat for a lot of shooting and controlling the boards. For the first 20 Freshman guard Jon Severe, who entered the people," said head coach Tom Pecora following the minutes the Rams seemed to have problems executing game leading the Atlantic 10 and ranking 13th in the game. the game plan but the second 20 minutes were a dif- NCAA Division I in scoring, finished with 23 points, The Red Storm opened the game with the first ferent story as Fordham dominated the glass and held shooting 5-for-8 from behind the arc and he added seven points on a three-pointer by D'Angelo Harri- Colgate to three three-pointers and pulled out a 77-73 three assists in notching his fourth 20-point game of son and consecutive lay-ups by Phil Greene and Ja- win on Cotterell Court. the season. But the more amazing stat tonight was Karr Sampson. After a timeout, Fordham responded Colgate entered the game leading the NCAA that Fordham won despite its second leading scorer, with an 8-0 run of its own. Jon Severe and Mandell in three-pointers made (12.1/game) while the Rams Branden Frazier who entered the game averaging 21.8 Thomas each hit a three-pointer, while Branden Fra- were the yin to the Raiders' yang, leading the nation ppg, scoring only four points (though he did dish out a zier knocked down a pair of free throws. in three-point shooting defense (21.9%). Tonight Col- season-high nine assists). The Rams stayed right with the Red Storm in the gate had the better play from behind the arc over the Three minutes into the game the Rams led by opening seven minutes, trailing by one, 15-14, follow- first ten minutes, hitting four of its first ten long dis- one, 6-5, when a pair of Mandell Thomas three-point- ing a three-point basket from Bryan Smith with 12:26 tance shots, but the Rams switched to a man-to-man ers started a 12-0 run as the Rams took an 18-5 lead on left. defense for the final 30 minutes and held Colgate to a Thomas jumper with 13:49 left in the half. Thomas St. John's then turned up the heat with nine just four three-pointers on 13 tries the rest of the way. accounted for eight of the 12 points while Rhoomes straight points and put together a 22-6 burst, which The story on the boards was similar as Colgate chipped in with the other four. was capped off with a dunk by Sampson, extending outrebounded the Rams 20-12 in the first half but The Paladins got the Fordham lead down to the lead to 37-20. The Red Storm finished the half Fordham controlled the glass in the second, record- ahead by 20 points, 52-32, connecting on 22 of 28 18 - Fordham University Basketball Game Notes www.fordhamsports.com 2013-14 RECAPS ing 18 rebounds to just ten for the home squad and outscoring Colgate 9-0 on second chance points over Game 9 Game 10 the final 20 minutes. Fordham 79, Howard 60 Monmouth 87, Fordham 78 Mandell Thomas was a key to Fordham's strong second half, scoring 14 of his 18 points in the half December 14, 2013 December 21, 2013 while Branden Frazier netted 13 of his game-high 27 Rose Hill Gym The MAC, West Long Branch, N.J. points in the period. For the first eight games of the season, the talk of With St. Nicholas Day quickly approaching, the Ford- Trailing 41-34 at the break, the Rams opened the the Fordham basketball team has been the play of ham men’s basketball squad ran in to a Nicholas today second half with a 12-5 run to take a 46-45 lead, the the guards, specifically freshman Jon Severe and se- but it wasn’t the good kind for the Rams. Monmouth’s Rams' first lead since 2-0 in the opening seconds, on a nior Branden Frazier, who entered today’s game with Andrew Nicholas netted 30 points, including a three- Mandell Thomas three-point play 4:11 into the period. Howard ranked one-two in the Atlantic 10 in scoring. pointer with 1:38 left to break a 77-77 tie, to lead the The score would be tied twice over the next Sophomore forward Ryan Rhoomes decided it was Hawks to an 87-78 win over Fordham in the Multipur- three minutes before the Raiders scored eight straight time for the Fordham forwards to get some attention pose Activity Center. points to break a 52-52 tie and take a 60-52 lead fol- today as he recorded his second double-double of the The Rams fell despite a season-high 32 points lowing a Luke Roh layup with 8:49 remaining. season, scoring 19 points and adding eleven rebounds, from freshman Jon Severe, who shot 8-for-13 from A Frazier layup just under a minute later started both game-highs, to lead the Rams to a 79-60 win over behind the arc, 6-for-8 in the first half as the Rams a 9-2 Fordham spurt as the Rams pulled to within one, Howard University in the Rose Hill Gym. took a 46-41 lead into the intermission. 62-61, on a Travion Leonard layup with 5:09 left. Rhoomes shot 8-for-10 from the field in scoring Fordham increased the lead to as many as 13 in Colgate bumped the lead to four, 67-63, three his career-high 19 points, eleven of those coming in the second half, 63-50, and led by seven, 77-70, fol- minutes later, but a Rhoomes three-point play and a the second half as Fordham recovered from a sluggish lowing a Severe three-pointer with 3:31 remaining. Frazier jumper put the Rams up one, 68-67, with 1:38 first half, outscoring the Bison, 39-27, over the final Six seconds later, Deon Jones missed the second of remaining. 20 minutes. a one-and-one but the Rams couldn’t control the ball After the Raiders took a 70-68 lead on a Damon The Rams led from start to finish with the excep- and it went back to Monmouth. Max DiLeo made the Sherman-Newsome three-pointer, Leonard knotted tion of a 27-27 tie with 5:57 left in the first half. Ford- Rams pay, nailing a three with 3:07 on the clock to the game with a put back of a Frazier miss with 46 ham led by just a point, 31-30, with 3:39 remaining in make it a three-point game, 77-74. seconds left. the half but closed out the period with a 9-3 spurt, led After a missed Severe jumper, Monmouth On Colgate's ensuing possession, Thomas stole by four points from Travion Leonard, to take a 40-33, moved the ball around to Nicholson who buried a the ball for the Rams and was fouled, nailing both of lead at the break. three-pointer to tie the game at 77. his free throws to give Fordham a 72-70 lead with 31 Baskets from Severe and Rhoomes to open the On Fordham’s ensuing offensive possession, ticks on the clock. second half bumped the Fordham lead to eleven, 44- Ryan Rhoomes was fouled with just over two min- Following a Colgate missed three, Thomas got 33, a minute in to the half, but the Bison were able to utes left but he missed both of his free throws, the the rebound and fed Bryan Smith who was fouled and get the lead down to eight, 46-38, a minute later. first missed free throws of the game for the Rams. Smith made booth charity shots with 16 seconds left A Frazier three-pointer with 17:28 left in the Monmouth rebounded the second miss and got the to make it a 74-70 game. game started a 7-0 Fordham run as the Rams took a ball down court where a loose ball was picked up by Five seconds later, Austin Tillotson made two 53-38 lead on a Mandell Thomas three-point play with Nicholas on the right wing and he hit his sixth three- free throws for Colgate to cut the Rams' advantage 15:51 on the clock. pointer of the game to give the Hawks the lead, 80-77, to two, 74-72, before Frazier hit one of his two free A Marcel Boyd layup with 12:24 left trimmed with 1:38 remaining. throws with ten seconds remaining to give the Raiders the Fordham lead back to 12, 55-43, but Fordham then Severe made one of two free throws at the 1:23 one last chance to tie the game. But Fordham fouled used an 8-1 run to take a commanding 63-44 lead fol- mark to make it a two-point game, 80-78, but a Josh Tillotson with six seconds left and Tilloston made the lowing a Rhoomes layup with 8:40 remaining. James trey gave the home squad an 80-78 lead with first free throw before intentionally missing the sec- The closest Howard would get from that point 49 ticks on the clock and the Hawks hit all four of ond but the Rams controlled the rebound and Thomas would be 15, 65-50, with 7:39 remaining but the Rams their free throws over the final 29 seconds to secure made two free throws with four seconds left to secure scored the next eight points to grow the lead to 23, 73- the win. the win for the Rams. 50, on a Thomas layup with 5:48 left to put the game Frazier added 12 points and seven rebounds for Fordham FG 3FG FT R F A TO B S TP out of reach. the Rams while Rhoomes had seven points and two Ryan Rhoomes F 4-5 0-0 1-1 8 2 1 0 1 0 9 Howard FG 3FG FT R F A TO B S TP blocks and Travion Leonard finished with six points, Branden Frazier G 8-16 2-5 9-10 5 1 1 3 0 3 27 Prince Okoroh F 2-15 1-2 2-2 5 0 2 1 0 1 7 Mandell Thomas G 4-10 1-3 9-10 5 1 0 3 0 1 18 Solomon Mangham F 3-9 3-7 0-0 4 2 0 2 0 2 9 six rebounds and three blocks. Fordham FG 3FG FT R F A TO B S TP Jon Severe G 2-9 1-2 2-4 3 1 1 3 0 1 7 Marcel Boyd C 3-7 0-0 0-0 7 2 1 1 0 0 6 Ryan Rhoomes F 3-4 0-0 1-3 2 4 0 1 2 1 7 Bryan Smith G 1-5 0-2 2-2 3 3 1 1 0 1 4 Kofi Andoh G 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Branden Frazier G 2-11 0-5 8-8 7 4 1 3 0 1 12 Travion Leonard 5-8 0-0 0-0 4 3 0 2 0 0 10 Ausar Madison G 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Mandell Thomas G 2-5 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 Jake Fay 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Keon Hill 2-8 0-2 1-1 1 0 2 1 0 0 5 Jon Severe G 9-17 8-13 6-7 4 3 2 5 0 1 32 Chris Whitehead 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 James Daniels 2-9 2-6 5-6 3 4 2 2 0 0 11 Bryan Smith G 2-6 1-3 0-0 3 4 1 2 0 1 5 Jermaine Myers 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Damon Collins 1-2 0-0 1-2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 Travion Leonard 3-5 0-0 0-0 6 1 1 1 3 2 6 Team 1 Jared Norsworthy 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chris Whitehead 2-3 0-0 2-2 4 1 2 0 0 0 6 Totals 25-55 4-13 23-27 30 14 5 12 1 7 77 Tyler Stone 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jermaine Myers 1-5 0-3 3-3 2 0 2 1 0 1 5 James Miller 5-10 3-7 1-1 7 4 1 2 0 1 14 Ryan Canty 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 Colgate FG 3FG FT R F A TO B S TP Oliver Ellison 2-3 0-0 1-2 4 1 0 0 0 1 5 Team 3 Murphy Burnatowski F 3-13 0-5 2-2 7 3 3 3 0 2 8 Team 2 Totals 24-57 10-26 20-23 32 18 9 15 6 7 78 Ethan Jacobs C 6-11 0-2 2-2 5 4 0 3 0 0 14 Totals 20-65 9-24 11-14 37 13 8 11 0 6 60 Austin Tilotson G 7-12 1-4 3-6 3 4 1 4 0 1 18 Monmouth FG 3FG FT R F A TO B S TP Luke Roh G 3-4 0-0 0-0 2 5 3 2 0 0 6 Fordham FG 3FG FT R F A TO B S TP Tyrone O'Garro F 3-7 0-0 0-3 10 1 2 3 0 0 6 D. Sherman-Newsome G 5-7 4-6 0-2 2 0 4 2 0 1 14 Ryan Rhoomes F 8-10 0-0 3-4 11 1 1 0 1 0 19 Zac Tillman C 1-5 0-0 2-2 3 1 1 1 0 1 4 Chad Johnson 0-2 0-2 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Branden Frazier G 6-12 3-7 0-0 6 0 6 1 0 2 15 Deon Jones G 4-13 0-4 5-7 6 4 2 1 1 2 13 Matt McMullen 4-7 3-4 0-0 5 1 2 1 0 1 11 Mandell Thomas G 5-9 1-3 4-5 8 2 2 3 2 4 15 Justin Robinson G 3-9 3-8 0-0 3 2 2 2 1 0 9 Clayton Graham 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 2 4 0 0 0 2 Jon Severe G 4-14 1-8 2-2 1 1 4 2 0 1 11 Andrew Nicholas G 10-21 6-13 4-4 8 2 1 1 0 2 30 Team 6 Bryan Smith G 3-8 2-7 0-0 5 3 5 1 0 2 8 Josh James 2-5 1-2 0-0 4 3 3 3 0 0 5 Totals 29-57 8-23 7-12 32 20 19 15 0 5 73 Travion Leonard 3-6 0-0 0-0 4 2 0 0 2 0 6 Max DiLeo 6-7 2-3 4-4 0 2 2 0 1 3 18 Jake Fay 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Greg Noack 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 Halftime: Colg 41-34. FG%: Ford 45.5, Colg 50.9. 3FG%: Ford 30.8, Chris Whitehead 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 Khalil Brown 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Colg 34.8. FT%: Ford 85.2 Colg 58.3. Techs: None. Officials: Faia, Jermaine Myers 1-1 1-1 0-0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 Collin Stewart 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Bruno, Carrion. Attn.: 630. Khalid Robinson 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Chris Brady 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 3 0 2 1 0 0 Team 2 Marcelo Ruediger 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 31-62 8-26 9-11 40 11 19 8 5 9 79 Team 5 Halftime: Ford 40-33. FG%: How 30.8, Ford 50.0. 3FG%: How 37.5, Halftime: Ford 46-41. FG%: Ford 42.1, Mon 43.5. 3FG%: Ford Ford 30.8. FT%: How 78.6, Ford 81.8. Techs: None. Officials: Evans, 38.5, Mon 40.0. FT%: Ford 87.0, Mon 75.0. Techs: None. Officials: Cox, Bordeaux. Attn.: 1432. Hughes, Faia, White. Attn.: 1,815.

www.fordhamsports.com Fordham University Basketball Game Notes - 19 2013-14 RECAPS Loyola FG 3FG FT R F A TO B S TP jumper. The Casey basket was the first of 15 straight Game 10 Matt O'Leary F 3-7 0-3 0-0 4 0 3 3 0 1 6 Christian Thomas F 6-12 0-0 0-0 6 1 2 0 0 1 12 Harvard points as the Crimson took advantage of cold Fordham 83, Loyola (Ill.) 69 Joe Crisman G 1-2 1-1 0-0 0 2 2 1 0 0 3 Fordham shooting to take a 38-25 lead with 3:50 left Jeff White G 4-10 1-1 0-0 5 3 5 3 0 1 9 in the half. December 23, 2013 Milton Doyle G 3-8 0-1 0-0 8 4 6 2 0 1 6 Cody Johnson 5-6 0-1 1-2 5 4 1 3 0 0 11 The Rams were able to get the Harvard lead Rose Hill Game Devon Turk 6-12 5-10 0-0 2 1 0 0 0 0 17 down to ten twice over the final two minutes before It may be safe to say that this game was won for the London Dokubo 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 the visitors took the 43-32 lead at the break. Fordham men’s basketball program last September, Nick Osborne 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Harvard FG 3FG FT R F A TO B S TP Bill Clark 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Steve Moundou-Missi F 3-6 0-0 5-7 6 1 2 3 2 1 11 when head coach Tom Pecora brought in members of Tony Nixon 2-5 1-3 0-0 0 2 0 1 0 0 5 Kyle Casey F 7-11 0-3 3-6 9 3 1 3 0 0 17 The Program to train the Rams for two days in lead- Team 4 Laurent Rivard G 2-4 1-3 5-6 1 3 2 0 0 1 10 ership development and team building. That work Totals 30-63 8-21 1-2 34 19 21 14 0 4 69 Siyani Chambers G 5-11 5-9 4-4 2 0 9 2 0 3 19 Wesley Saunders G 4-10 2-2 4-5 3 4 7 2 0 4 14 paid off today as Fordham turned to that experience Fordham FG 3FG FT R F A TO B S TP Brandyn Curry 0-1 0-0 0-1 2 5 3 1 0 0 0 to overcome a first half deficit to defeat Loyola (Ill.) Travion Leonard F 3-7 0-0 1-2 9 4 0 1 2 2 7 Jonah Travis 2-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 University, 83-69, in the Rams’ 600th win the historic Ryan Rhoomes F 7-8 0-0 0-0 6 0 0 0 0 3 14 Evan Cummings 1-1 0-0 0-0 3 1 0 1 2 0 2 Branden Frazier G 4-12 2-5 6-6 3 1 9 2 0 0 16 Agunwa Okolie 6-7 1-1 4-6 6 1 0 2 1 0 17 Rose Hill Gym. Jon Severe G 5-16 2-10 11-11 2 0 6 3 0 0 23 Team 0 Pecora surprised the Rams with an appearance Bryan Smith G 6-13 3-6 2-2 7 2 1 0 0 2 17 Totals 30-53 9-18 25-35 33 18 24 15 5 9 94 from Sam Cila, a member of The Program team who Chris Whitehead 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Jermaine Myers 1-2 1-2 1-2 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 Fordham FG 3FG FT R F A TO B S TP worked with the Rams in September, prior to the Ryan Canty 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 Ryan Rhoomes F 2-7 0-0 0-1 7 2 1 0 0 1 4 game. But it looked as if Cila’s appearance would Team 2 Branden Frazier G 11-20 2-4 7-7 2 4 7 5 1 1 31 go for naught as the Rams trailed by nine at the half, Totals 27-60 8-23 21-23 33 10 18 6 2 7 83 Mandell Thomas G 2-10 0-3 4-7 3 4 2 0 1 1 8 Jon Severe G 11-19 5-9 2-5 6 3 2 5 0 2 29 38-29, before Jon Severe, who was named Atlantic Halftime: Loy 38-29. FG%: Loy 47.6, Ford 45.0. 3FG%: Loy 38.1, Bryan Smith G 2-5 0-1 0-0 5 4 0 0 0 0 4 10 Rookie of the Week for the third time this season Ford 34.8. FT%: Loy 50.0, Ford 91.3. Techs: None. Officials: Luckie, Travion Leonard 3-5 0-0 0-0 4 5 0 1 1 1 6 before the game, led Fordham back, scoring 20 of his Scirotto, Albright. Attn.: 2,959. Jermaine Myers 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 Ryan Canty 2-3 0-0 0-0 6 0 0 0 0 0 4 game-high 23 points in the second half. Game 11 Team 4 1 The Rams also rallied behind their defense, Totals 33-69 7-17 13-20 37 22 14 12 3 7 86 holding Loyola to just two three-pointers on eleven Harvard 94, Fordham 86 Halftime: Harv 43-32. FG%: Harv 56.6, Ford 47.8. 3FG%: Harv tries in the second half, after allowing the Ramblers to 50.0, Ford 41.2. FT%: Harv 71.4, Ford 65.0. Techs: Fordham shoot 60.0% (6-10) from long distance over the first December 28, 2013 (Bench). Officials: Bruno, Butler, Jackson. Attn.: 3,200. 20 minutes. Rose Hill Game After taking the nine-point deficit into the break, The Fordham University men’s basketball team found the Rams opened the second half with energy, outscor- out the hard way today that it’s difficult to play catch ing Loyola 12-2 over the first four minutes to take a up against a team like Harvard University. Every 41-40 lead on a Bryan Smith three-pointer. Travion time the Rams scored and appeared ready to go on a Leonard opened the period with a put back and Smith run, the Crimson would find an answer, not allowing connected on a three-pointer 30 seconds later to make Fordham to mount the comeback, as Fordham fell to it a 38-34 game. A Matt O’Leary jumper bumped the Harvard, 94-86, in front of a sold out Rose Hill Gym. Ramblers’ lead back to six, before consecutive Ryan The Rams fell despite Braden Frazier netting a Rhoomes layups pulled the Rams to within one, 40- game-high 31 points and Jon Severe adding 29, 27 of 38. those coming in the second half when Fordham at- A minute after the Smith trey, a Jeff White layup tempted to come back from a 17-pount deficit. Frazier put the visitors back in front, 42-41, and Loyola would shot 11-for-20 from the field and added seven assists lead by one again with 14:12 remaining, 44-43, when while Severe was 5-for-9 from behind the arc and he a Severe layup gave Fordham the lead for good, 45- grabbed six rebounds. 44, with 13:51 on the clock. Trailing by eleven at the break, 43-32, the Crim- The lead would fluctuate between one and three son came out and scored the first six points of the sec- points for Fordham until a Leonard basket with 9:46 ond half to take its largest lead of the day, 49-32, a left started a 7-0 spurt to turn a 49-48 lead into a 56- minute into the period. 48 advantage with 8:29 left following Smith’s third A pair of Frazier free throws 14 seconds later three-pointer of the half. halted the Harvard run but the Crimson led by 15, 56- Later in the half, the Ramblers got the Fordham 41, three minutes later when the Rams used a 15-6 run lead down to four, 66-62, on a White three-pointer to pull to within six, 62-56, on a Severe three-pointer with 3:06 remaining when a Severe three-pointer with 10:30 remaining, his fourth trifecta in the run. started an 11-2 run as the Rams took a commanding Steve Moundou-Missi was fouled on Harvard’s 77-64 lead with 38 seconds left as Fordham made all next offensive possession. He made his first free throw 14 of its free throws over the final 1:21 to secure the and missed the second, but Kyle Casey was able to get win. the rebound for the Crimson feeding Siyani Chambers who hit a three-pointer to turn the six-point Fordham deficit into a ten-point shortage, 66-56. That play was the beginning of a 14-5 Harvard run as the Crimson got its lead back to 15, 76-61, with 7:27 left. But the Rams started to chip away at the Crimson advantage, scoring eight straight points to get it down to seven, 76-69, following a Bryan Smith jumper with 4:44 on the clock. After Harvard got the lead back to ten, 81-71, the Rams went on an 11-5 run to make it a four-point game, 86-82, after a pair of Frazier free throws with 31 seconds remaining. Severe had five points in the run and Frazier four. But Harvard hit all eight of its free throws over the final 21 seconds to hold on for the win. The game started out close, with five ties over the first eleven minutes, the final at 25 on a Casey 20 - Fordham University Basketball Game Notes www.fordhamsports.com 2013-14 PLAYER PROFILES BRANDEN FRAZIER Sr., G, 6-3, 185 Brooklyn, N.Y./Bishop Loughlin

2013-14 Game-By-Game Opponent MP FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO B S PTS Saint Francis (Pa.) 36* 4-10 0-3 2-3 2-5-7 3 4 0 3 2 10 at #9 Syracuse 38* 9-14 4-6 11-13 1-4-5 1 2 7 0 0 33 Lehigh 40* 9-21 0-2 6-7 4-7-11 1 6 3 0 1 24 Sacred Heart 40* 7-20 0-6 7-8 3-7-10 2 5 3 1 1 21 at Manhattan 40* 4-9 1-3 12-13 0-4-4 3 5 2 0 2 21 Furman 33* 2-5 0-1 0-0 0-2-2 2 9 3 0 2 4 at St. John's 39* 4-16 1-5 4-4 2-2-4 3 2 1 0 1 13 at Colgate 40* 8-16 2-5 9-10 1-4-5 1 1 3 0 3 27 0 Howard 37* 6-12 3-7 0-0 2-4-6 0 6 1 0 2 15 at Monmouth 36* 2-11 0-5 8-8 2-5-7 4 1 3 0 1 12 Loyola (Ill.) 38* 4-12 2-5 6-6 1-2-3 1 9 2 0 0 16 Season/Career Highs Harvard 40* 11-20 2-4 7-7 0-2-2 4 7 5 1 1 31 at Siena Points at Duquesne Season: 33, at Syracuse (11/12/13) Richmond Career: 33, at Syracuse (11/12/13) Dayton Rebounds Saint Louis Season: 11, vs. Lehigh (11/15/13) George Mason at Massachusetts Career: 11, vs. Lehigh (11/15/13) at VCU Field Goals Rhode Island Season: 11, vs. Harvard (12/28/13) at George Washington Career: 11, vs. Harvard (12/28/13) St. Bonaventure Field Goal Attempted at Richmond Season: 21, vs. Lehigh (11/15/13) at Saint Joseph's Career: 24, at URI (2/29/12) VCU Three-Point Field Goals La Salle at Rhode Island Season: 4, at Syracuse (11/12/13) George Washington Career: 6, vs. LIU (11/23/10) Three-Point Field Goals Attempted * - game started Season: 7, vs. Howard (12/14/13) Career: 11, at URI (2/29/12) 2013-14 Notes Free Throws Sits in 14th place on Fordham's all-time scoring list with 1,304 career points... Named Atlantic 10 Season: 12, at Manhattan (11/26/13) Player of the Week on December 16... Has started all 12 games at guard in 2013-14... Averaging 18.9 Career: 12, at Manhattan (11/26/13) ppg, second on the team and second in the Atlantic 10, along with 5.5 rpg, third best on the squad... Also Free Throws Attempted has a team-high 57 assists along with 16 steals and five blocks... Shooting an Atlantic 10-best 91.1% (72- Season: 13, 2x, last at Manh'tan (11/26/13) 79) from the free throw line... Has posted double figures in scoring in eleven of the 12 games with five Career: 13, 3x, last at Manh'tan (11/26/13) 20-point games and two 30-point games... Scored a career-high 33 points, shooting 9-for-14 from the field Assists and 4-for-6 from behind the arc, at Syracuse (11/12/13) while adding five rebounds... Finished with 31 Season: 9, 2x, last vs. Loyola (12/23/13) points, shooting 11-for-20 from the field, and added seven assists versus Harvard (12/28/13)... Netted 27 Career: 13, vs. Duquesne (1/9/13) points, shooting 8-for-16 from the field, and added five rebounds at Colgate (12/10/13)... Recorded first Steals double-double of the year, and the third of his career (first in points and rebounding), with 24 points and Season: 3, at Colgate (12/10/13) eleven rebounds versus Lehigh (11/15/13)... Added six assists against Lehigh... Followed Lehigh game Career: 5, vs. Xavier (1/7/12) with second double-double of the year with 21 points and ten rebounds versus Sacred Heart (11/23/13)... Blocks Finished with 21 points, shooting 12-for-13 from the charity stripe, along with five assists in the win at Season: 3, vs. Saint Francis (11/8/13) Manhattan (11/26/13)... Scored 16 points and tied his season-high with nine assists in win over Loyola Career: 3, vs. Saint Francis (11/8/13) (12/23/13)... Netted 15 points and added six rebounds and six assists vs. Howard (12/13/14)... Scored 13 Minutes points and added four rebounds vs. St. John's (12/7/13)... Netted 12 points and grabbed seven rebounds at Season: 40, 5x, last vs. Harvard (12/28/13) Monmouth (12/21/13)... Opened season with ten points, seven rebounds and four assists in win over Saint Career: 44, vs. Dayton (2/11/12) Francis (Pa.)(11/8/13)... Dished out a season-best nine assists in win over Furman (12/4/13).

Frazier's Career Stats Season G-GS Min-Avg FG-A Pct. 3FG-3A Pct. FT-A Pct. Off-Def Reb-Avg PF-FO A TO B S Pts-Avg 2010-11 27-26 931-34.5 100-266 .376 55-162 .340 43-66 .652 15-54 69-2.6 58-0 90 68 2 17 298-11.0 2011-12 29-29 982-33.9 123-336 .366 42-154 .273 52-77 .675 19-51 71-2.4 40-1 118 62 11 31 340-11.7 2012-13 31-30 1086-35.0 130-377 .345 44-159 .277 135-163 .828 31-84 115-3.7 66-1 154 94 1 28 439-14.2 2013-14 12-12 457-38.1 70-166 .422 15-52 .288 72-79 .911 18-48 66-5.5 25-0 57 33 5 16 227-18.9 Totals 99-97 3456-34.9 423-1145 .369 156-527 .296 302-385 .784 83-237 321-3.2 189-2 419 257 19 92 1304-13.2 www.fordhamsports.com Fordham University Basketball Game Notes - 21 2013-14 PLAYER PROFILES MANDELL THOMAS So., G, 6-2, 185 Rochester, N.Y./ Rush-Henrietta (Notre Dame Prep)

2013-14 Game-By-Game Opponent MP FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO B S PTS Saint Francis (Pa.) 33* 7-13 0-2 1-3 2-5-7 1 3 2 1 1 15 at #9 Syracuse 39* 3-10 2-7 2-2 1-7-8 3 7 2 1 1 10 Lehigh 39* 6-14 1-3 5-9 4-9-13 2 6 3 0 4 18 Sacred Heart 40* 4-17 1-9 2-2 1-1-2 1 3 1 2 2 11 at Manhattan 40* 7-20 2-6 1-4 3-7-10 4 1 2 2 3 17 Furman 26* 7-11 2-5 3-3 0-4-4 2 2 1 0 0 19 at St. John's 39* 5-21 3-14 2-4 3-0-0 1 1 1 0 1 15 at Colgate 37* 4-10 1-3 9-10 0-5-5 1 0 3 0 1 18 1 Howard 38* 5-9 1-3 4-5 3-5-8 2 2 3 2 4 15 at Monmouth 10* 2-5 1-2 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 2 0 0 5 Loyola (Ill.) DNP Season/Career Highs Harvard 35* 2-10 0-3 4-7 1-2-3 4 2 0 1 1 8 at Siena Points at Duquesne Season: 19, vs. Furman (12/4/13) Richmond Career: 23, at Xavier (2/13/13) Dayton Rebounds Saint Louis Season: 13, vs. Lehigh (11/15/13) George Mason at Massachusetts Career: 13, vs. Lehigh (11/15/13) at VCU Field Goals Rhode Island Season: 7, 2x, last vs. Furman (12/4/13) at George Washington Career: 9, at St. Bona. (3/9/13) St. Bonaventure Field Goal Attempted at Richmond Season: 21, vs. St. John's (12/7/13) at Saint Joseph's Career: 21, vs. St. John's (12/7/13) VCU Three-Point Field Goals La Salle at Rhode Island Season: 3, vs. St. John's (12/7/13) George Washington Career: 3, 5x, last vs. St. John's (12/7/13) Three-Point Field Goals Attempted * - game started Season: 14, vs. St. John's (12/7/13) Career: 14, vs. St. John's (12/7/13) 2013-14 Notes Free Throws Season: 9, at Colgate (12/10/13) Has started in eleven games at guard for the Rams in 2013-14 (missed Loyola game with injury)... Averaging 13.7 ppg, third best on the team, and second on team with 5.7 rpg... Has scored in double figures in nine of Career: 9, at Colgate (12/10/13) theeleven games he has appeared in... Leads team with 18 steals and third on team with nine blocks and 27 Free Throws Attempted assists... Netted a season-high 19 points, shooting 7-for-11 from the field, and added four rebounds in the Season: 10, at Colgate (12/10/13) Furman win (12/4/13)... Notched first career double-double with 18 points and a career-high 13 rebounds in Career: 10, at Colgate (12/10/13) the win over Lehigh (11/15/13)... Had second career double-double with 17 points and ten boards at Manhattan Assists (11/26/13)... Scored 18 points and added five rebounds at Colgate (12/10/13)... Opened season with 15 points and Season: 7, at Syracuse (11/12/13) seven rebounds in Saint Francis (Pa.) win (11/8/13)... Also scored 15 points while adding three rebounds vs. St. Career: 7, at Syracuse (11/12/13) John's (12/7/13)... Netted 15 points and added eight rebounds and four steals in win over Howard (12/13/14)... Steals Finished with eleven points and three assists against Sacred Heart (11/23/13)... Scored ten points and added Season: 4, 2x, last vs. Howard (12/14/13) eight rebounds and a career-high seven assists at #9 Syracuse (11/12/13). Career: 4, 2x, last vs. Howard (12/14/13) Blocks Season: 2, 3x, vs. Howard (12/14/13) Career: 4, vs. Duquesne (1/9/13) Minutes Season: 40, 2x, last vs. Manh'tan (11/26/13) Career: 40, 3x, last vs. Manh'tan (11/26/13)

Thomas' Career Stats Season G-GS Min-Avg FG-A Pct. 3FG-3A Pct. FT-A Pct. Off-Def Reb-Avg PF-FO A TO B S Pts-Avg 2012-13 30-21 833-27.8 106-268 .396 31-81 .383 51-70 .729 26-66 92-3.1 56-0 52 63 13 26 294-9.8 2013-14 11-11 376-34.2 52-140 .371 14-57 .246 33-49 .673 18-45 63-5.7 21-0 27 20 9 18 151-13.7 Totals 41-32 1209-29.5 158-408 .387 45-138 .326 84-119 .706 44-111 155-3.8 77-0 79 83 22 44 445-10.9

22 - Fordham University Basketball Game Notes www.fordhamsports.com 2013-14 PLAYER PROFILES TRAVION LEONARD So., F, 6-8, 275 Raleigh, N.C./Kestrel Heights School (Lee Academy)

2013-14 Game-By-Game Opponent MP FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO B S PTS Saint Francis (Pa.) 15 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-2-2 4 0 1 0 1 2 at #9 Syracuse 9 2-4 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 5 0 1 0 1 4 Lehigh 5 0-2 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 2 0 1 1 0 0 Sacred Heart 21 3-5 0-0 0-1 2-3-5 5 1 3 3 2 6 at Manhattan 16 2-5 0-0 2-2 3-4-7 4 0 0 1 0 6 Furman 15 2-8 0-0 3-6 3-2-5 2 0 0 0 2 7 at St. John's 19 4-9 0-0 0-1 4-5-9 4 0 2 0 1 8 at Colgate 16 5-8 0-0 0-0 3-1-4 3 0 2 0 0 10 2 Howard 18 3-6 0-0 0-0 3-1-4 2 0 0 2 0 6 at Monmouth 28 3-5 0-0 0-0 1-5-6 1 1 1 3 2 6 Loyola (Ill.) 23* 3-7 0-0 1-2 6-3-9 4 0 1 2 2 7 Season Highs Harvard 18 3-5 0-0 0-0 1-3-4 5 0 1 1 1 6 at Siena Points at Duquesne Season: 10, at Colgate (12/10/13) Richmond Career: 13, vs. URI (1/26/13) Dayton Rebounds Saint Louis Season: 9, 2x, last vs. Loyola (12/23/13) George Mason at Massachusetts Career: 9, 3x, last vs. Loyola (12/23/13) at VCU Field Goals Rhode Island Season: 5, at Colgate (12/10/13) at George Washington Career: 6, vs. URI (1/26/13) St. Bonaventure Field Goal Attempted at Richmond Season: 9, vs. St. John's (12/7/13) at Saint Joseph's Career: 14, vs. URI (1/26/13) VCU Three-Point Field Goals La Salle at Rhode Island Season: 0 George Washington Career: 0 Three-Point Field Goals Attempted * - game started Season: 1, vs. Saint Francis (Pa.)(11/8/13) Career: 1, 2x, Saint Francis (Pa.)(11/8/13) 2013-14 Notes Free Throws Season: 3, vs. Furman (12/4/13) Has appeared in all 12 games at forward in 2013-14, starting one... Averaging 5.7 ppg and 4.8 rpg... Also Career: 4, vs. UMass (1/13/13) has a team-high 13 blocks and 12 steals... Scored a season-high ten points, shooting 5-for-8 from the field, Free Throws Attempted and added four rebounds and Colgate (12/10/13)... Matched his career-high with nine rebounds while Season: 6, vs. Furman (12/4/13) also scoring seven points and blocking two shots and recording two steals in the Loyola win (12/23/13)... Career: 6, vs. Furman (12/4/13) Netted eight points and tied his career-best with nine rebounds versus St. John's (12/7/13)... Finished with Assists seven points and added five rebounds and two steals in the win over Furman (12/4/13)... Netted six points Season: 1, vs. Sacred Heart (11/23/13) and added five rebounds and three blocks versus Sacred Heart (11/23/13)... Also finished with six points Career: 2, 2x, last vs. Butler (2/16/13) and grabbed a season-high seven rebounds at Manhattan (11/26/13)... Netted six points and added four Steals rebounds and two blocks in the win over Howard (12/14/13)... Finished with six points, six rebounds and Season: 2, 4x, last vs. Loyola (12/23/13) three steals at Monmouth (12/21/13)... Recorded six points and added four rebounds against Harvard Career: 2, 5x, last vs. Loyola (12/23/13) (12/28/13)... Scored four points and added a rebound and a block at #9 Syracuse (11/12/13). Blocks Season: 3, 2x, last at Monmouth (12/21/13) Career: 3, 2x, last at Monmouth (12/21/13) Minutes Season: 28, at Monmouth (12/21/13) Career: 33, vs. URI (1/26/13)

Leonard's Career Stats Season G-GS Min-Avg FG-A Pct. 3FG-3A Pct. FT-A Pct. Off-Def Reb-Avg PF-FO A TO B S Pts-Avg 2012-13 31-18 534-17.2 83-176 .472 0-1 .000 30-52 .577 65-69 134-4.3 82-3 10 51 16 5 196-6.3 2013-14 12-1 203-16.9 31-65 .477 0-1 .000 6-12 .500 28-29 57-4.8 41-3 2 13 13 12 68-5.7 Totals 43-19 737-17.1 114-241 .473 0-2 .000 37-64 .578 93-98 191-4.4 123-6 12 64 29 17 264-6.1

www.fordhamsports.com Fordham University Basketball Game Notes - 23 2013-14 PLAYER PROFILES JON SEVERE Fr., G, 6-4, 180 Brooklyn, N.Y./Christ the King

2013-14 Game-By-Game Opponent MP FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO B S PTS Saint Francis (Pa.) 37* 9-15 7-10 3-4 0-2-2 1 2 4 1 0 28 at #9 Syracuse 40* 5-12 4-10 5-9 1-0-1 2 2 5 0 1 19 Lehigh 40* 5-23 0-10 6-6 1-4-5 2 3 1 0 1 16 Sacred Heart 40* 8-19 4-10 3-5 3-6-9 1 2 1 1 2 23 at Manhattan 37* 9-21 4-9 8-13 0-5-5 3 1 3 0 0 30 Furman 27* 8-18 5-8 2-2 0-1-1 2 3 2 0 0 23 at St. John's 37* 1-21 1-5 6-6 5-1-6 3 4 3 1 2 9 at Colgate 24* 2-9 1-2 2-4 1-2-3 1 1 3 0 1 7 10 Howard 32* 4-14 1-8 2-2 0-1-1 1 4 2 0 1 11 at Monmouth 40* 9-17 8-13 6-7 1-3-4 3 2 5 0 1 32 Loyola (Ill.) 40* 5-16 2-10 11-11 0-2-2 0 6 3 0 0 23 Season Highs Harvard 36* 11-19 5-9 2-5 2-4-6 3 2 5 0 2 29 at Siena Points at Duquesne Season: 32, at Monmouth (12/21/13) Richmond Rebounds Dayton Season: 9, vs. Sacred Heart (11/23/13) Saint Louis Field Goals George Mason at Massachusetts Season: 1, vs. Harvard (12/28/13) at VCU Field Goal Attempted Rhode Island Season: 23, vs. Lehigh (11/15/13) at George Washington Three-Point Field Goals St. Bonaventure Season: 8, at Monmouth (12/21/13) at Richmond Three-Point Field Goals Attempted at Saint Joseph's Season: 13, at Monmouth (12/21/13) VCU Free Throws La Salle at Rhode Island Season: 11, vs. Loyola (12/23/13) George Washington Free Throws Attempted Season: 13, at Manhattan (11/26/13) * - game started Assists Season: 6, vs. Loyola (12/23/13) 2013-14 Notes Steals Has started all 12 games at guard for the Rams in 2013-14... Averaging 20.8 ppg, tops in the Atlantic 10, Season: 2, 3x, last vs. Harvard (12/28/13) along with 3.8 rpg... Leads A-10 with 42 three-pointers made... Named Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week Blocks three times this year (Nov. 11, Dec. 2, Dec. 23)... Opened collegiate career with 28 points against Saint Season: 1, 3x, last vs. St. John's (12/7/13) Francis (Pa.)(11/8/13), setting a new Fordham record for most points scored by a freshman in his debut... Minutes Shot 9-for-15 from the field, including 7-for-10 from behind the arc, in the Saint Francis game... Netted Season: 40, 5x, last vs. Loyola (12/23/13) a season-high 32 points, shooting 8-for-13 from behind the arc, and added four rebounds at Monmouth (12/21/13)... Scored 30 points and had five rebounds in the win at Manhattan (11/26/13) to earn game MVP honors... Finished with 29 points, 27 coming in the second half, shooting 5-for-9 from behind the arc, and added six rebounds versus Harvard (12/28/13)... Netted 23 points and added a season-high nine rebounds and two steals versus Sacred Heart (11/23/13)... Also scored 23 points, shooting 11-for-11 from the charity stripe, and added a season-high six assists in Loyola win (12/23/13)... Scored 19 points and added two assists at Syracuse (11/12/13)... Finished with 16 points, five rebounds and three assists in the Lehigh win (11/15/13)... Netted nine points and added six rebounds, four assists and two steals in the St. John's game (12/7/13).

Severe's Career Stats Season G-GS Min-Avg FG-A Pct. 3FG-3A Pct. FT-A Pct. Off-Def Reb-Avg PF-FO A TO B S Pts-Avg 2013-14 12-12 430-35.8 76-204 .373 42-104 .404 56-74 .757 14-31 45-3.8 22-0 32 37 3 11 250-20.8

24 - Fordham University Basketball Game Notes www.fordhamsports.com 2013-14 PLAYER PROFILES JAKE FAY Fr., G, 6-5, 175 Lynn, Mass./Brimmer and May

2013-14 Game-By-Game Opponent MP FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO B S PTS Saint Francis (Pa.) 3 1-5 1-3 0-0 1-0-1 2 0 0 0 0 3 at #9 Syracuse 8 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0-0 3 1 0 0 1 3 Lehigh 14 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2-2 3 0 1 1 1 0 Sacred Heart 10 0-4 0-2 0-0 2-0-2 2 0 0 1 0 0 at Manhattan DNP Furman 6 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-1-1 2 0 0 0 0 3 at St. John's 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 at Colgate 5 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 Howard 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 at Monmouth DNP Loyola (Ill.) DNP Season/Career Highs Harvard DNP at Siena Points at Duquesne Season: 3, 3x, last vs. Furman (12/4/13) Richmond Rebounds Dayton Season: 2, 2x, last vs. SHU (11/23/13) Saint Louis Field Goals George Mason at Massachusetts Season: 1, 3x, last vs. Furman (12/4/13) at VCU Field Goal Attempted Rhode Island Season: 5, vs. Saint Francis (Pa.)(11/8/13) at George Washington Three-Point Field Goals St. Bonaventure Season: 1, 3x, last vs. Furman (12/4/13) at Richmond Three-Point Field Goals Attempted at Saint Joseph's Season: 3, vs. Saint Francis (Pa.)(11/8/13) VCU Free Throws La Salle at Rhode Island Season: 0 George Washington Free Throws Attempted Season: 0 * - game started Assists Season: 1, at Syracuse (11/12/13) 2013-14 Notes Steals Season: 1, 2x, vs. Lehigh (11/15/13) Has appeared in eight games for the Rams in 2013-14... Averaging 1.1 ppg and 0.9 rpg... Hit a three-pointer Blocks in his collegiate debut vs. Saint Francis (Pa.) (11/8/13) and another at Syracuse (11/12/13)... Grabbed Season: 1, 2x, last vs. SHU (11/23/13) two rebounds and blocked a shot versus Sacred Heart (11/23/13)... Nailed a three in the win over Furman Minutes (12/4/13). Season: 14, vs. Lehigh (11/15/13)

Fay's Career Stats Season G-GS Min-Avg FG-A Pct. 3FG-3A Pct. FT-A Pct. Off-Def Reb-Avg PF-FO A TO B S Pts-Avg 2011-12 8-0 51-6.4 3-12 .250 3-8 .375 0-0 .000 3-4 7-0.9 14-0 1 1 2 2 9-1.1

www.fordhamsports.com Fordham University Basketball Game Notes - 25 2013-14 PLAYER PROFILES CHRIS WHITEHEAD Jr., G, 5-9, 190 New Albany, Ind./New Albany (Danville Area CC)

2013-14 Game-By-Game Opponent MP FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO B S PTS Saint Francis (Pa.) 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 at #9 Syracuse 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Lehigh 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Sacred Heart 17 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 3 0 0 0 1 2 at Manhattan 14 0-0 0-0 0-1 1-1-2 0 1 0 0 0 0 Furman 13 1-5 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 0 1 2 0 0 2 at St. John's DNP at Colgate 9 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 2 1 0 0 0 0 13 Howard 6 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 0 1 0 0 0 2 at Monmouth 13 2-3 0-0 2-2 1-3-4 1 2 0 0 0 6 Loyola (Ill.) 7 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Season/Career Highs Harvard DNP at Siena Points at Duquesne Season: 6, at Monmouth (12/21/13) Richmond Rebounds Dayton Season: 4, at Monmouth (12/21/13) Saint Louis Field Goals George Mason at Massachusetts Season: 2, at Monmouth (12/21/13) at VCU Field Goal Attempted Rhode Island Season: 5, vs. Furman (12/4/13) at George Washington Three-Point Field Goals St. Bonaventure Season: 0 at Richmond Three-Point Field Goals Attempted at Saint Joseph's Season: 1, vs. Furman (12/4/13) VCU Free Throws La Salle at Rhode Island Season: 2, at Monmouth (12/21/13) George Washington Free Throws Attempted Season: 2, at Monmouth (12/21/13) * - game started Assists Season: 2, at Monmouth (12/21/13) 2013-14 Notes Steals Season: 1, vs. Sacred Heart (11/23/13) Has appeared in ten games for the Rams in 2013-14... Averaging 1.4 ppg and 1.0 rpg while also recording Blocks eight assists... Finished with a season-high six points and added a season-best four rebounds and two assists Season: 0 at Monmouth (12/21/13)... Scored first points as a Ram with a basket against Sacred Heart (11/23/13)... Minutes Also netted a basket in the win over Colgate (12/10/13) and another in the win over Howard (12/13/14). Season: 17, vs. Sacred Heart (11/23/13)

Whitehead's Career Stats Season G-GS Min-Avg FG-A Pct. 3FG-3A Pct. FT-A Pct. Off-Def Reb-Avg PF-FO A TO B S Pts-Avg 2013-14 10-0 892-8.9 6-12 .500 0-1 .000 2-3 .667 4-6 10-1.0 10-0 8 2 0 1 14-1.4

26 - Fordham University Basketball Game Notes www.fordhamsports.com 2013-14 PLAYER PROFILES JERMAINE MYERS So., G, 6-0, 180 Ajax, Ontario/Culver Academy (Blair Academy)

2013-14 Game-By-Game Opponent MP FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO B S PTS Saint Francis (Pa.) 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 0 3 0 0 0 0 at #9 Syracuse 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Lehigh 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Sacred Heart 13* 2-4 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 1 3 0 0 0 4 at Manhattan 29* 0-1 0-0 2-2 1-2-3 3 3 0 0 0 2 Furman 13 1-3 0-2 0-0 0-2-2 1 1 1 0 2 2 at St. John's 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 2 1 0 0 0 at Colgate 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Howard 8 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 1 0 0 3 at Monmouth 22 1-5 0-3 3-3 0-2-2 0 2 1 0 1 5 22 Loyola (Ill.) 15 1-2 1-2 1-2 0-2-2 0 1 0 0 0 4 Season Highs Harvard 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 2 0 0 1 0 at Siena Points at Duquesne Season: 5, at Monmouth (12/21/13) Richmond Career: 11, at VCU (2/2/13) Dayton Rebounds Saint Louis Season: 3, at Manhattan (11/26/13) George Mason at Massachusetts Career: 5, vs. Fairfield (11/20/12) at VCU Field Goals Rhode Island Season: 2, vs. Sacred Heart (11/23/13) at George Washington Career: 4, at Texas State (11/9/12) St. Bonaventure Field Goal Attempted at Richmond Season: 5, at Monmouth (12/21/13) at Saint Joseph's Career: 8, vs. Penn (11/19/12) VCU Three-Point Field Goals La Salle at Rhode Island Season: 1, 2x, last vs. Loyola (12/23/13) George Washington Career: 2, vs. Fairfield (11/20/12) Three-Point Field Goals Attempted * - game started Season: 3, at Monmouth (12/21/13) Career: 5, 2x, last at Dayton (1/23/13) 2013-14 Notes Free Throws Season: 3, at Monmouth (12/21/13) Has appeared all 12 games at guard for the Rams in 2013-14, starting two... Averaging 1.7 ppg and 0.8 rpg... Career: 7, at Xavier (2/13/13) Has 18 assists, three of those coming against Saint Francis (Pa.)(11/8/13) and three more versus Sacred Free Throws Attempted Heart (11/23/13) and at Manhattan (11/26/13)... Scored five points and had two rebounds and two assists Season: 3, at Monmouth (12/21/13) at Monmouth (12/21/13)... Netted four points in the Sacred Heart game... Made a three-pointer in the win Career: 9, at Xavier (2/13/13) over Howard (12/14/13) and another in the win over Loyola (12/23/13). Assists Season: 3, 3x last at Manhattan (11/26/13) Career: 8, at St. Bona (3/9/13) Steals Season: 2, vs. Furman (12/4/13) Career: 2, 5x, last at St. Bona (3/9/13) Blocks Season: 0 Career: 1, 3x, last at GW (2/20/13) Minutes Season: 29, at Manhattan (11/26/13) Career: 39, 2x, last Manhattan (11/29/12)

Myers' Career Stats Season G-GS Min-Avg FG-A Pct. 3FG-3A Pct. FT-A Pct. Off-Def Reb-Avg PF-FO A TO B S Pts-Avg 2012-13 31-18 667-21.5 34-104 .327 13-51 .255 32-44 .727 6-48 54-1.7 59-1 68 56 4 21 113-3.6 2013-14 12-2 135-11.3 6-16 .375 2-9 .222 6-7 .857 2-8 10-0.8 8-0 18 4 0 5 20-1.7 Totals 43-20 780-18.1 40-120 .333 15-60 .250 38-51 .745 8-56 64-1.5 68-1 86 60 4 26 133-3.1

www.fordhamsports.com Fordham University Basketball Game Notes - 27 2013-14 PLAYER PROFILES BRYAN SMITH Jr., G, 6-2, 190 Brooklyn, N.Y./Midwood

2013-14 Game-By-Game Opponent MP FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO B S PTS Saint Francis (Pa.) 37* 7-14 4-8 0-2 2-6-8 1 1 2 1 2 18 at #9 Syracuse 12* 0-4 0-3 0-0 1-2-3 5 0 1 0 0 0 Lehigh 12* 2-3 2-3 0-0 2-2-4 4 2 2 0 0 6 Sacred Heart DNP-Inj. at Manhattan DNP-Inj. Furman 25* 1-6 0-3 0-0 7-5-12 3 1 3 0 3 2 at St. John's 37* 3-9 2-7 1-1 3-2-5 1 1 1 1 1 9 at Colgate 32* 1-5 0-2 2-2 1-2-3 3 1 1 0 1 4 24 Howard 27* 3-8 2-7 0-0 2-3-5 3 5 1 0 2 8 at Monmouth 18* 2-6 1-3 0-0 0-3-3 4 1 2 0 1 5 Loyola (Ill.) 40* 6-13 3-6 2-2 2-5-7 2 1 0 0 2 17 Season Highs Harvard 21* 2-5 0-1 0-0 2-3-5 4 0 0 0 0 4 at Siena Points at Duquesne Season: 18, vs. Saint Francis (Pa.)(11/8/13) Richmond Career: 23, at Temple (2/1/12) Dayton Rebounds Saint Louis Season: 12, vs. Furman (12/4/13) George Mason at Massachusetts Career: 12, vs. Furman (12/4/13) at VCU Field Goals Rhode Island Season: 7, vs. Saint Francis (Pa.)(11/8/13) at George Washington Career: 8, at Temple (2/1/12) St. Bonaventure Field Goal Attempted at Richmond Season: 14, vs. Saint Francis (Pa.)(11/8/13) at Saint Joseph's Career: 16, vs. Monmouth (12/31/12) VCU Three-Point Field Goals La Salle at Rhode Island Season: 4, vs. Saint Francis (Pa.)(11/8/13) George Washington Career: 5, vs. Harvard (1/3/12) Three-Point Field Goals Attempted * - game started Season: 8, vs. Saint Francis (Pa.)(11/8/13) Career: 11, at Ole Miss (1/4/13) Free Throws 2013-14 Notes Season: 2, 2x, last vs. Loyola (12/23/13) Has started ten games at guard for the Rams in 2013-14, missing two games with an injury (Sacred Heart Career: 7, vs. Colgate (11/29/11) and Manhattan)... Averaging 7.3 ppg, fifth best on team, along with 5.5 rpg, fourth best on squad... Also Free Throws Attempted has 13 assists and 12 steals... Opened season with 18 points and eight rebounds, tying his career-high, in Season: 2, 3x, last vs. Loyola (12/23/13) win over Saint Francis (Pa.)(11/8/13)... Grabbed a career-best 12 rebounds in win over Furman (12/4/13)... Career: 8, vs. Colgate (11/29/11) Netted 17 points and added seven rebounds and two steals in win over Loyola (12/23/13)... Scored nine Assists points and added five rebounds versus St. John's (12/7/13)... Netted eight points and grabbed five rebounds Season: 5, vs. Howard (12/14/13) and dished out five assists in win over Howard (12/14/13)... Finished with six points and four rebounds Career: 5, 3x, last vs. Howard (12/14/13) in Lehigh win (11/15/13). Steals Season: 3, vs. Furman (12/4/13) Career: 6, vs. Colgate (11/29/11) Blocks Season: 1, 2x, last vs. St. John's (12/7/13) Career: 2, vs. Manhattan (11/29/12) Minutes Season: 40, vs. Loyola (12/23/13) Career: 40, 4x, last vs. Loyola (12/23/13)

Smith's Career Stats Season G-GS Min-Avg FG-A Pct. 3FG-3A Pct. FT-A Pct. Off-Def Reb-Avg PF-FO A TO B S Pts-Avg 2011-12 29-21 875-30.2 93-289 .322 54-179 .302 37-62 .597 33-60 93-3.2 72-3 50 49 4 38 277-9.6 2012-13 27-21 679-25.1 72-208 .346 43-130 .331 25-34 .735 30-58 88-3.3 87-6 33 44 12 25 212-7.9 2013-14 10-10 261-26.1 27-73 .370 14-43 .326 5-7 .714 22-33 55-5.5 30-1 13 13 2 12 73-7.3 Totals 56-52 1815-32.4 192-571 .336 111-352 .315 67-104 .644 85-151 236-4.2 189-10 96 106 18 75 562-10.0

28 - Fordham University Basketball Game Notes www.fordhamsports.com 2013-14 PLAYER PROFILES RYAN RHOOMES So., F, 6-8, 235 South Jamaica, N.Y./Cardozo

2013-14 Game-By-Game Opponent MP FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO B S PTS Saint Francis (Pa.) 12* 1-3 0-0 4-4 2-2-4 4 0 0 1 0 6 at #9 Syracuse 28* 1-2 0-0 3-6 2-2-4 5 1 2 1 0 5 Lehigh 30* 4-9 0-0 0-0 6-6-12 3 0 1 2 0 8 Sacred Heart 19* 2-4 0-0 2-4 5-1-6 5 0 1 0 1 6 at Manhattan 24* 1-2 0-0 1-2 2-4-6 4 0 1 1 0 3 Furman 22* 7-8 0-0 1-2 9-5-14 1 1 0 3 0 15 at St. John's 21* 2-3 0-0 0-0 5-1-6 5 0 0 0 0 4 at Colgate 31* 4-5 0-0 1-1 4-4-8 2 1 0 1 0 9 30 Howard 30* 8-10 0-0 3-4 5-6-11 1 1 0 1 0 19 at Monmouth 23* 3-4 0-0 1-3 1-1-2 4 0 1 2 1 7 Loyola (Ill.) 30* 7-8 0-0 0-0 3-3-6 0 0 0 0 3 14 Season/Career Highs Harvard 32* 2-7 0-0 0-1 4-3-7 2 1 0 0 1 4 at Siena Points at Duquesne Season: 19, vs. Howard (12/14/13) Richmond Career: 19, vs. Howard (12/14/13) Dayton Rebounds Saint Louis Season: 14, vs. Furman (12/4/13) George Mason at Massachusetts Career: 14, vs. Furman (12/4/13) at VCU Field Goals Rhode Island Season: 8, vs. Howard (12/14/13) at George Washington Career: 8, vs. Howard (12/14/13) St. Bonaventure Field Goal Attempted at Richmond Season: 10, vs. Howard (12/14/13) at Saint Joseph's Career: 10, vs. Howard (12/14/13) VCU Three-Point Field Goals La Salle at Rhode Island Season: 0 George Washington Career: 0 Three-Point Field Goals Attempted * - game started Season: 0 Career: 0 2013-14 Notes Free Throws Season: 4, vs. Lehigh (11/15/13) Has started all 12 games at forward for the Rams in 2013-14... Averaging 8.3 ppg, fourth best on team, and Career: 5, vs. Richmond (2/23/13) leads team with 7.2 rpg... Shooting 64.6% (42-65) from the field, third best in the Atlantic 10... Scored a Free Throws Attempted career-high 19 points while also adding eleven rebounds for his second double-double of the year in the Season: 6, at Syracuse (11/12/13) Howard win (12/14/13)... Had a career night versus Furman (12/4/13), scoring a career-high 15 points and Career: 9, vs. Richmond (2/23/13) grabbing a career-best 14 rebounds while also blocking three shots... Followed that game with nine points Assists and eight rebounds at Colgate (12/10/13)... Netted 14 points, grabbed six rebounds and recorded a career- Season: 1, 4x, last vs. Howard (12/14/13) high three steals in Loyola win (12/23/13)... Opened season with six points and four rebounds in win over Career: 2, at St. John's (12/8/12) Saint Francis (Pa.)(11/8/13)... Netted eight points and tied his career-high with 12 rebounds versus Lehigh Steals (11/15/13)... Scored seven points and blocked two shots at Monmouth (12/21/13)... Had six points and Season: 3, last vs. Loyola (12/23/13) six rebounds against Sacred Heart (11/23/13)... Finished with five points and four rebounds at Syracuse Career: 3, vs. Loyola (12/23/13)) (11/12/13)... Netted four points and grabbed six rebounds against St. John's (12/7/13)... Had three points Blocks and six rebounds at Manhattan (11/26/13). Season: 3, vs. Furman (12/4/13) Career: 4, vs. Duquesne (1/9/13) Minutes Season: 31, at Colgate (12/10/13) Career: 31, at Colgate (12/10/13)

Rhoomes' Career Stats Season G-GS Min-Avg FG-A Pct. 3FG-3A Pct. FT-A Pct. Off-Def Reb-Avg PF-FO A TO B S Pts-Avg 2012-13 30-4 547-18.2 43-80 .538 0-0 .000 22-54 .407 61-92 153-5.1 60-1 11 22 21 10 108-3.6 2013-14 12-12 302-25.2 42-65 .646 0-0 .000 16-27 .593 48-38 86-7.2 36-3 5 6 12 6 100-8.3 Totals 42-16 849-20.2 85-145 .586 0-0 .000 38-81 .469 109-130 239-5.7 96-4 16 28 33 16 208-5.0

www.fordhamsports.com Fordham University Basketball Game Notes - 29 2013-14 PLAYER PROFILES RYAN CANTY Jr., C, 6-9, 240 Danvers, Mass./Brimmer & May

2013-14 Game-By-Game Opponent MP FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF A TO B S PTS Saint Francis (Pa.) 11 0-1 0-0 2-2 1-3-4 4 0 1 0 0 2 at #9 Syracuse 19 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-4-4 4 1 0 1 2 0 Lehigh 9 3-3 0-0 2-4 1-1-2 0 0 0 0 0 8 Sacred Heart DNP at Manhattan DNP Furman DNP at St. John's DNP at Colgate DNP Howard DNP at Monmouth 10 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 0 1 0 0 42 Loyola (Ill.) 7 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-2-2 2 0 0 0 0 2 Season/Career Highs Harvard 11 2-3 0-0 0-0 4-2-6 0 0 0 0 0 4 at Siena Points at Duquesne Season: 8, vs. Lehigh (11/15/13) Richmond Career: 18, vs. Manhattan (11/29/12) Dayton Rebounds Saint Louis Season: 6, vs. Harvard (12/28/13) George Mason at Massachusetts Career: 16, at St. John's (12/8/12) at VCU Field Goals Rhode Island Season: 3, vs. Lehigh (11/15/13) at George Washington Career: 8, vs. Manhattan (11/29/12) St. Bonaventure Field Goal Attempted at Richmond Season: 3, 2x, last vs. Harvard (12/28/13) at Saint Joseph's Career: 17, at St. John's (12/8/12) VCU Three-Point Field Goals La Salle at Rhode Island Season: 0 George Washington Career: 0 Three-Point Field Goals Attempted * - game started Season: 0 Career: 0 Free Throws 2013-14 Notes Season: 32, 2x, last vs. Lehigh (11/15/13) Returned to action at Monmouth (12/21/13) after taking a leave from the team for personal reasons following Career: 3, at Ole Miss (1/4/13) the Lehigh game... Has appeared in six games at center for the Rams in 2013-14... Averaging 2.7 ppg and Free Throws Attempted 3.2 rpg... Also has two steals and two blocks... Scored eight points and grabbed two rebounds in win over Season: 4, vs. Lehigh (11/15/13) Lehigh (11/15/13)... Netted four points and grabbed four rebounds versus Harvard (12/28/13). Career: 8, vs SBU (2/22/12) Assists Season: 1, at Syracuse (11/12/13) Career: 1, 9x, last at Syracuse (11/12/13) Steals Season: 2, at Syracuse (11/12/13) Career: 2, at Syracuse (11/12/13) Blocks Season: 1, 2x, last at Monmouth (12/21/13) Career: 4, vs. Manhattan (11/29/12) Minutes Season: 19, at Syracuse (11/12/13) Career: 37, at St. John's (12/8/12)

Canty's Career Stats Season G-GS Min-Avg FG-A Pct. 3FG-3A Pct. FT-A Pct. Off-Def Reb-Avg PF-FO A TO B S Pts-Avg 2011-12 26-1 199-7.7 16-31 .516 0-0 .000 9-25 .360 28-27 55-2.1 42-0 3 7 12 2 41-1.6 2012-13 31-20 569-18.4 86-156 .551 0-0 .000 13-37 .351 90-126 216-7.0 99-8 7 36 28 8 185-6.0 2013-14 6-0 67-11.2 6-10 .600 0-0 .000 4-6 .667 6-13 19-3.2 11-0 1 1 2 2 16-2.7 Totals 63-21 835-13.3 108-197 .548 0-0 .000 26-68 .382 124-166 290-4.6 152-8 11 44 42 12 242-3.8

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