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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 (1-0, 0-0 Atlantic 10) “RAMS” (1-0) H: 1-0; A: 0-0 Date Opponent Time/Score Nov. 1 NORTHWOOD (Exh.)...... 98-80, W Nov. 8 SAINT FRANCIS (Pa.) (SNY)...... 87-67, W at Nov. 12 at #9/7 Syracuse (ESPN3)...... 7:30 p.m. Nov. 15 LEHIGH (SNY)...... 7:00 p.m. #9/7 SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY Nov. 23 SACRED HEART...... 4:00 p.m. Nov. 26 at ...... 7:00 p.m. “ORANGE” (1-0) Dec. 4 FURMAN...... 7:00 p.m. Game Tuesday, November 12, 2013 - 7:30 p.m. Dec. 7 vs. St. John’s# (MSG)...... 1:30 p.m. Dec. 10 at Colgate...... 7:00 p.m. , Syracuse, N.Y. Dec. 14 HOWARD (SNY)...... 2:00 p.m. 2 Radio: WFUV (www..org)/TV: ESPN3 Dec. 21 at Monmouth...... 2:00 p.m. Dec. 23 LOYOLA (Ill.)...... 4:00 p.m. Ram Rants... Dec. 28 HARVARD (SNY)...... 4:00 p.m. 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. Syracuse, N.Y., to face the Syracuse University Orange in the Carrier Dome on Jan. 11 RICHMOND* (SNY)...... 7:00 p.m. Jan. 15 DAYTON* (SNY)...... 9:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 12, at 7:30 PM in a game that will be televised live on ESPN3 and Jan. 18 at Saint Louis* (NBCSN)...... 2:30 p.m. will also be broadcast live on WFUV (90.7 FM) and on the internet at www.wfuv.org. Jan. 22 GEORGE MASON*...... 7:00 p.m. - Fordham enters the game after opening the season with an 87-67 win over Saint Jan. 26 at Massachusetts* (NBCSN)...... 12:00 p.m. Francis (Pa.) University in the Rose Hill Gym on Friday night Jan. 29 at VCU*...... 7:00 p.m. Feb. 1 RHODE ISLAND* (SNY)...... 7:00 p.m. - Syracuse enters the contest coming off an 82-60 season-opening win over Cornell Feb. 8 at George Washington* (SNY)...... 4:00 p.m. University in the Carrier Dome last Friday night Feb. 12 ST. BONAVENTURE* (SNY)...... 9:00 p.m. Feb. 15 at Richmond* (SNY)...... 6:00 p.m. Feb. 22 at Saint Joseph’s*...... 2:00 p.m. * The game will be the 44th meeting between Fordham and Syracuse Feb. 27 VCU* (CBSSN)...... 7:00 p.m. - The Orange lead the all-time series, which started in the 1927-28 season, 27-16 Mar. 1 LA SALLE* (NBCSN)...... 5:00 p.m. - Syracuse has taken the past three meetings, including a 78-53 win on the Carrier Mar. 5 at Rhode Island* (SNY)...... 7:00 p.m. Dome on November 12, 2011, in the last meeting between the two schools Mar. 8 GEORGE WASHINGTON* (SNY)...... 4:30 p.m. Mar. 12- at Atlantic 10 Championship - The last Fordham win came on December 12, 1981 when the Rams squeaked out Mar. 16 (Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y.)...... TBA a 79-78 win in the Rose Hill Gym

# - Holiday Classic * - Atlantic 10 game * Branden Frazier Named Third Team Preseason All-Atlantic 10 SNY - SportsNet NY - Senior guard averaged 14.2 ppg last year, 13th best in Atlantic 10, and 5.0 apg, CBSSN – CBS Sports Network third in the conference in 2012-13 NBCSN – NBC Sports Network - Currently 25th on the Fordham career scoring list with 1,087 points Home Games in bold

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. 10.0 7.0 4.0 36.0 10 7 Second on 2012-13 team in scoring, first in assists G 1 Mandell Thomas 6-2 So. 15.0 7.0 3.0 33.0 15 7 Third on 2012-13 squad in scoring, second in steals G 10 Jon Severe 6-3 Fr. 28.0 2.0 2.0 37.0 28 2 Set school freshman record with 28 points in collegiate debut G 24 Bryan Smith 6-2 Jr. 18.0 8.0 1.0 37.0 18 8 Career-high 8 reb. vs SFU; Second last year with 43 3-pt. F 30 Ryan Rhoomes 6-8 So. 6.0 4.0 0.0 12.0 6 4 Shot 53.8% (43-80) from field in 2012-13, 3rd on team in reb.

Key Reserves F 2 Travion Leonard 6-8 So. 2.0 2.0 0.0 15.0 2 2 Shot 47.2% from field in 2012-13 G 12 Jake Fay 6-5 Fr. 3.0 1.0 0.0 3.0 3 1 Played at Brimmer & May with Ryan Canty/Jared Fay G 13 Chris Whitehead 5-9 Jr. 0.0 1.0 0.0 3.0 0 1 Transfer from Danville Area CC G 22 Jermaine Myers 6-0 So. 0.0 1.0 3.0 8.0 0 1 Second on 2012-13 team in assists (68) C 42 Ryan Canty 6-9 Jr. 2.0 4.0 0.0 11.0 2 4 Four double-doubles in 2012-13; 10th in A-10 in rebounding * - 87-67 win over Saint Francis (Pa.) University on Friday night 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 , 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 33 Victor Ieronymides Fr. G/F 6-6 208 Lefkosia, Nicosia, Cyprus / Oak Hill Academy 35 Khalid Robinson RSr. G 6-2 195 Bronx, N.Y./Fordham Prep after practice, and by appointment. 42 Ryan Canty Jr. C 6-9 240 Danvers, Mass./Brimmer and May Notes on the Net Head Coach: Tom Pecora (Adelphi ‘83) basketball information will be avail- Associate Head Coach: David Duke, able on the internet at www.fordhamsports.com. Assistant Coaches: John Morton, Tom Parrotta Updated stats and game notes can be found here as Director of Basketball Operations: Mike DePaoli well as a roster and player bios. Video Coordinator: Steven Raisfeld General Information Asst. Video Coor.: Duane Woodward Location:...... Bronx, NY 10458 Athletic Trainer: Dave Zippo Founded:...... 1841 Managers: Bill McCullagh, Chris Scerbo, Dan Coster, Matt Greaney, Jon Russo, Nick Stanaj Enrollment (Undergraduate): ����������������������������������������� 8,427 Nickname:...... Rams Pronunciation Guide School Colors:...... Maroon and White Travion Leonard - Tray-VEE-on Home Court/Capacity:...... Rose Hill Gym (3,200) Affiliation:...... NCAA Div. I Nihad Musovic - KNEE-had MUS-so-vick Conference:...... Atlantic 10 Ryan Rhoomes – Rooms President:...... Joseph M. McShane, S.J. Khalid Robinson - Kaa - LID Athletics Director:...... David Roach Athletic Dept. Phone:...... 718/817-4300 THE GAME: The Fordham University Rams continue their 2013-14 season, Ticket Office Phone:...... 718/817-4759 the 111th season of varsity basketball at Rose Hill, by traveling to Syracuse, N.Y., to face the Syracuse University Orange in the Carrier Dome on Tuesday, Coaching Staff November 12, at 7:30 PM in a game that will be televised live on ESPN3 and Head Coach:...... Tom Pecora (Adelphi ‘83) broadcast live on WFUV (90.7 FM ) and www.wfuv.org. Record at Fordham (yrs): ��������������������������25-64 (Fourth year) Fordham enters the game after opening the season with an 87-67 win over Overall Record (yrs):...... 180-190 (12 years) Saint Francis (Pa.) University in the Associate Head Coach: David Duke (Albany ‘97) Assistant Coaches: Rose Hill Gym on Friday night. Syra- John Morton (Seton Hall ‘90) cuse, ranked eighth in the first AP poll Tom Parrotta (Fordham ‘88) and seventh in the USA Today Coaches Director of Basketball Operations:...... Michael DePaoli poll, opened the year with an 82-60 vic- Managers:...... Bill McCullagh, Chris Scerbo, Dan Coster, Matt Greaney, Jonathan Russo, Nick Stanaj tory over Cornell in the Carrier Dome on Friday night. Team Information 2012-13 Overall Record: ����������������������������������������������������7-24 THE SYRACUSE SERIES: Tuesday 2012-13 Atlantic 10 Record: ���������������������������������3-13 (T14th) night’s contest will be the 44th meeting Lettermen Returning/Lost: ������������������������������������������������� 8/3 between Fordham and Syracuse on Starters Returning/Lost: ����������������������������������������������������� 4/1 the hardwood… The Orange lead the 2013-14 Captains:...... Khalid Robinson, Branden Frazier all-time series, which started in the 1927-28 season, 27-16…Syracuse has Basketball History taken the past three meetings, including First year of basketball:...... 1902-03 Overall all-time record: ����������������������1472-1294 (111th year) a 78-53 win on the Carrier Dome on Number of years in NCAAs/Last: ����������������������������������������� 4 November 12, 2011, in the last meet- 1953, 1954, 1971, 1992, ing between the two schools… The Number of Years in NIT/Last: ��������������������������������������������� 16 last Fordham win came on December 1943, 1958, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1991 12, 1981 when the Rams squeaked out Last Post-season opponent:...... UMass (NCAA - 1992) Branden Frazier a 79-78 win in the Rose Hill Gym… 2 - Fordham University Basketball Game Notes www.fordhamsports.com Head Coach - Tom Pecora

Fourth Season at Fordham: 25-64 13th Season Overall: 180-190

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 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 , 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 and ACC. He improved on the Rams’ win total a five-year streak of improving its CAA record graduated in 1983 with a bachelor’s degree in from the previous two years, taking a program in every season since joining the league in 2001- physical education and health. He was inducted that won two games in all of 2009-2010 to nine 02 (Pecora’s first season). The MBWA named into Adelphi’s Hall of Fame in 2002. Pecora home wins in 2011-2012 in the historic Rose Hill Pecora their 2005-2006 Division I Coach of the entered the coaching profession as an assistant Gym, the most home victories for a Fordham Year, while the NABC named him their District to Bob McKillop at Long Island Lutheran team since 2006-2007. Fordham also notched a 2 Coach of the Year. He followed up that season High School from 1984 through 1987. Pecora winning non-conference record that winter, the with a 22-10 mark and an Aeropostale Holiday then served as an assistant coach to Stu Klein first winning non-conference slate for the Rams Festival Championship in 2006-2007, while lead- at Nassau Community College in Garden City since 2006-2007. ing the Pride back to the postseason NIT for the from 1987 through 1989. In his first season on Rose Hill, Pecora imme- third year in a row. A familiar figure in the community, Pecora is diately energized Fordham fans with a huge win Pecora first joined the Pride staff in 1994-1995 actively involved with several charities, includ- over St. John’s while in 2011-12, he guided the as an assistant under current Villanova head coach ing Coaches vs. Cancer and Futures in Educa- Rams to a win over Georgia Tech from the ACC Jay Wright. In seven years as an assistant, Pecora tion, He is also active with the Chris Carrino in a sold out Rose Hill Gym and then upended played an integral role in building the Hofstra Foundation for FSHD, the Each One Counts nationally ranked Harvard, Fordham’s first win program into one of the top programs in the Foundation, the Association for the Help of over a Top 25 team since 2000. country. The Pride registered a 50-12 record over Retarded Children (AHRC), Covenant House Pecora, who led to four the 1999-2000 and 2000-2001 seasons, ranking and CYO Charities. During the summer of 20-win seasons as a head coach, was named sixth in the nation in winning percentage over 2008, Pecora took part in Operation Hardwood, head men’s basketball coach at Fordham that span (.806). Hofstra captured America East a USO-sponsored tour of Iraq and Kuwait. University on March 25, 2010. In 16 years at Championships and earned NCAA Division I Pecora and his wife, the former Mary Beth Hofstra with Pecora on the staff (nine years as Tournament berths in his final two seasons as an Cantwell, reside in Williston Park, New York, a head coach, seven as an assistant), the Pride assistant coach (2000 and 2001). with their daughters, Amanda and Brianna, and averaged 19 wins a season (246-161). As a head Pecora arrived at Hofstra in 1994 after serv- their son, Sean. www.fordhamsports.com Fordham University Basketball Game Notes - 3 RAMS ON THE AIRWAVES FORDHAM TENDENCIES IN 2013-14 AND INTERNET 1-0...... at home (Rose Hill) 0-0...... 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 0-0...... in day games show, One-on-One. The 50,000 watt public radio 1-0...... in night games station reaches the entire tri-state area 24 hours a 1-0...... on weeknights day, 365 days a year. The broadcast will begin 0-0...... on weekends with the pregame show, five minutes before tip- 1-0...... when leading at the half off and will conclude with a five minute postgame 0-0...... when trailing at the half report. Broadcasting the Syracuse game will be 0-0...... when tied at the half Mack Rosenberg on play-by-play duties along with Chris Marasco on color commentary and Eric Mollo serving as the 1-0...... when they outshoot their opponent producer/engineer. Executive Producer Bob Ahrens will be in the WFUV 0-0...... when outshot by opponent 0-0...... when shooting same as opponent studios. 0-0...... when shooting 50% or better from field 1-0...... when shooting under 50% from field The games can also be heard on the internet at 0-0...... when opp. shoots 50% or better from field 1-0...... when opp. shoots under 50% from field www.wfuv.org This year, all Fordham basketball broadcasts will also be archived on 0-0...... when Fordham scores 59 points or fewer 0-0...... when Fordham scores 60-69 points www.wfuv.org. 0-0...... when Fordham scores 70-79 points Tom Pecora can also be heard every Saturday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. in 1-0...... when Fordham scores 80-89 points the Fordham Focus segment of One-on-One (except for Saturday afternoon’s 0-0...... when Fordham scores 90+ points when the show is pre-empted by a men's basketball game). 0-0...... in games decided by three points or less Syracuse has won 20 of the 25 games played in Syracuse while the Rams have 0-0...... in games decided by four to ten points won eleven of the 18 games played in the Rose Hill Gym… The longest win- 1-0...... in games decided by 11-20 points 0-0...... in games decided by 20 or more points ning streak was a seven game streak for Syracuse from 1972 through 1978 which was snapped by Fordham’s win in 1982… The largest margin of victory 1-0...... when outrebounding opponent for Syracuse was 47 (109-62 on February 20, 1978)… The largest margin of 0-0...... when outrebounded by opponent victory for Fordham was 23 (98-75 on December 19, 1970)… Fordham is 43- 0-0...... when tied in rebounding 95 all-time against schools currently in the ACC (The Orange are in their first season as a member of the conference)… The last win for the Rams over an 0-0...... more turnovers than opponent 1-0...... fewer turnovers than opponent ACC opponent was a 72-66 win over Georgia Tech in the Rose Hill Gym on 0-0...... same turnovers as opponent December 29, 2011… Last year the Rams played two ACC schools, falling to Pitt, 86-51, and Georgia Tech, 73-48. 0-0...... on Monday 0-0...... on Tuesday FORDHAM SNAPS SEASON- 0-0...... on Wednesday OPENING LOSING STREAK: With 0-0...... on Thursday 1-0...... on Friday the win over Saint Francis (Pa.) Uni- 0-0...... on Saturday versity on November 8, the Fordham 0-0...... on Sunday Rams broke a five-year losing streak in season openers. Last year, Fordham 1-0...... in November fell at Texas State, 86-76, to open the 0-0...... in December season while in 2011, the Rams opened 0-0...... in January 0-0...... in February the season with a loss at Syracuse. 0-0...... in March The last season opening win for Fordham prior to this year was a 79-61 0-0...... vs. Atlantic 10 victory at Columbia in 2007. 1-0...... vs, Northeast Conference Overall, Fordham is 73-32 (.695) in season openers since 1908, 77-18 (.811) in home openers.

Ryan Canty 4 - Fordham University Basketball Game Notes www.fordhamsports.com SEVERE SETS FRESHMAN RECORED IN OPENER: Fordham FORDHAM IN freshman guard Jon Severe had a col- THE CONFERENCE legiate debut to remember, netting 28 (Through games of Nov. 9, 2013) points, a school record for most points by a freshman in his Fordham debut. TEAM Severe shot 9-for-15 from the field, Scoring 87.0 T5th including 7-for-10 from long range, in Scoring Defense 67.0 8th scoring his 28 points. Scoring Margin +20.0 T5th Severe bettered Trey Blue’s former % 47.7 5th school record of 24 points in his first Field Goal % Defense 35.7 6th Fordham game, set against Columbia % 66.7 T8th Three- FG % 46.4 3rd in 2008. Three-Point FG % Defense 23.1 6th Three-Point FG Made/Game 13.0 1st FORDHAM OFFENSIVE IN Rebounding 41.0 T6th OPENER: When Fordham won their Rebounding Against 35.0 T9th 2013 season opener, 87-67, against Rebounding Margin +6.0 T8th Saint Francis (Pa.), it was the most Offensive Rebounds 14.0 T5th points scored in a season opener by Defensive Rebounds 27.0 T7th Blocked Shots 7.0 1st the Rams since they put up 100 against Mandell Thomas Assists 13.0 T7th Adelphi in 1993. Steals 6.0 7th The 20-point margin of victory was the largest margin of victory for the Turnover Margin +3.0 6th Rams since a 79-58 win over Lafayette in 2008. /Turnover Ratio 1.2 6th

RAMS OPEN SEASON WITH WIN OVER SAINT FRANCIS: The last time INDIVIDUAL Jon Severe was in the Rose Hill Gym he scored 19 points to lead his Christ the King team to the CHSAA Class AA intersectional championship last March as Scoring Jon Severe 28.0 T1st he took home tournament MVP honors. Despite that being a tough act to follow, Bryan Smith 18.0 T11th the freshman guard managed to do it tonight as he scored a game-high 28 points, Mandell Thomas 15.0 T22nd setting a Fordham record for points by a freshman in his first game, to lead the Rams to an 87-67 win over Saint Francis University in the Rose Hill Gym. Free Throw Shooting Severe shot a blistering 9-for-15 from the field, including an even better Ryan Rhoomes 1.000 T1st 7-for-10 from behind the arc, for his 28 points, He surpassed the former school record for points by a freshman in his college debut of 24 set by Trey Blue in Three-Pointers Made/Game 2008. Jon Severe 7.0 1st The Fordham offense wasn’t a one-man show tonight as Bryan Smith Rebounding finished with 18 points, Mandell Thomas added 15 and Branden Frazier netted Bryan Smith 8.0 T11th ten. Smith shot 4-for-8 from three-point range and grabbed a game-high eight Mandell Thomas 7.0 T17th rebounds, tying his career-high, while Thomas added seven boards and Frazier chipped in with seven rebounds and a career-high three blocks. Assists The Rams won a season-opener for the first time since 2007, snapping a Branden Frazier 4.0 T9th five-game losing streak in openers, and scored the most points in an opener since netting 100 against Adelphi in 1993. The 20-point margin of victory was Steals Fordham’s biggest since a 79-58 win over Lafayette in 2008. Bryan Smith 2.0 T8th The Rams trailed by two, 19-17, with nine minutes left in the first when a Branden Frazier 2.0 T8th Thomas jumper knotted the game and ignited a 17-0 Fordham run as the Rams Blocks took a 34-19 lead following a Severe three-pointer with 4:50 remaining in the Branden Frazier 3.0 T1st first. Severe had seven of the 17 Fordham points in the run. The Rams took an 18-pooint lead into the break, 45-27, thanks to a Thomas Assist/Turnover Ratio jumper with 16 seconds left in the period and then opened the second half with Branden Frazier 1.6 T1st a 12-4 spurt to take a commanding 57-31 lead on a Smith trifecta 3:36 into the second. Severe again led the run with three three-pointers in the stretch. Minutes Player/Game Fordham built the lead to as many as 27, 67-40, on a Severe three with 12 Jon Severe 37.0 T6th minutes left and the closest the Red Flash would get from that point was the Bryan Smith 37.0 T6th final 20-point margin.

FRAZIER NAMED THIRD TEAM PRESEASON ALL-ATLANTIC 10: Fordham University senior guard Branden Frazier was named Third Team Preseason All-Atlantic 10 in a voting by the league’s head coaches and media members it was announced at the 2013 Atlantic Men’s Basketball Media Day www.fordhamsports.com Fordham University Basketball Game Notes - 5 FORDHAM FIRST IN TALE OF THE TAPE THREE-POINTERS Fordham 2013-14 Statistics Syracuse 1-0 Record 1-0 Did you know???? Fordham was the first team in the NCAA to use the 87.0 Scoring Average 82.0 three-point shot? The first time a three-point shot was used experimentally in 67.0 Scoring Defense 60.0 a game was on February 7, 1945 when Columbia defeated Fordham, 73-58. +20.0 Scoring Margin +22.0 The three-point line was set at 21 feet from the basket and Columbia scored 47.7 Field Goal % 53.6 11 “long goals” to Fordham’s nine. Also, free throwers had an option to take 35.7 Field Goal % Defense 40.7 their shots from the regular 15-foot distance for one point or from 21 feet for 46.4 Three-Point FG% 50.0 two points. Eight “long fouls” were made during the game. 23.1 3-Point FG% Defense 31.2 The game also featured a 12-foot wide free throw lane, a move that would 13.0 3-Pointers Made/Game 10.0 be adopted by the NCAA eleven years later. 6.0 3-Pointers Allowed/Game 10.0 66.7 Free Throw % 66.7 at Barclays Center. 41.0 Rebound Average 38.0 Last year, Frazier averaged 14. 2 ppg, second best on the team, and 3.7 rpg 35.0 Rebounds Against Average 26.0 and led the Rams with 154 assists, 44 three-pointers made and 28 steals. Frazier, +6.0 Rebound Margin +12.0 who averaged 12.7 ppg and 4.8 apg in Atlantic 10 play, shot 82.8% (135-163) 13.0 Assists Average 19.0 from the free throw line and ranked third in the Atlantic 10 in assists, sixth in 11.0 Turnover Average 14.0 assist/turnover ratio (1.6), ninth in free throw shooting percentage and 13th in 14.0 Turnovers Forced 17.0 scoring. +3.0 Turnover Margin +3.0 Over his three-year career, Frazier has netted 1,077 points, good for a tie th 7.0 Blocks/Game 6.0 for 26 on the Fordham all-time scoring list, and he has 141 three-pointers 6.0 Steals/Game 12.0 made, good for seventh on the school’s career list. He also has 362 assists and 76 steals in 87 career games. FORDHAM-SYRACUSE SERIES FRAZIER NETS 1,000: Fordham junior guard Branden Frazier scored his (Syracuse leads series, 27-16) th 1,000 career point in the Saint Louis game last February to become the 35th 1/14/28 (A) 31-29 W 2/12/64 (A) 83-59 L player in Fordham men’s basketball history to hit the 1,000-point career scoring 1/11/29 (H) 35-14 W 12/11/68 (H) 77-62 W mark. 1/10/30 (A) 35-15 L 12/6/69 (A) 87-89 L Frazier currently has 1,087 career points, 25th on the Fordham all-time 1/7/31 (A) 33-22 L 12/19/70 (H) 98-75 W 1/13/32 (A) 22-16 L 2/9/72 (A) 90-89 (ot) L scoring list, 14 points behind Damon Lopez (1988-91). 1/11/33 (H) 32-22 L 2/6/73 (H) 73-71 L 2/10/34 (A) 29-24 L 2/6/74 (A) 102-81 L LEONARD PLAYS THE “WEIGHTING” GAME: Chances are someone 2/1/35 (H) 27-24 W 3/3/75 (H) 88-73 L who saw Fordham freshman Travion Leonard during his prep school days at 1/14/29 (A) 57-22 L 1/7/76 (A) 55-48 L 1/12/40 (H) 42-34 W 1/5/77 (H) 87-68 L Lee Academy in Lee, Maine, wouldn’t recognize him today. While playing at 1/10/41 (A) 60-44 L 2/20/78 (A) 109-62 L Lee, Leonard weighed as much as 350 pounds, which concerned most of the 1/19/42 (H) 50-43 L 12/12/81 (H) 79-78 W coaches who were recruiting him. 1/16/43 (A) 55-38 W 11/27/82 (A) 66-44 L After signing with Fordham, Leonard knew he would have to lose weight 1/31/48 (A) 78-65 L 12/16/07 (A) 80-63 L 2/2/49 (A) 76-42 L 11/12/11 (A) 78-53 L to become a factor in the Rams’ lineup 2/2/50 (A) 70-61 L so when he arrived on campus in the 1/16/53 (H) 92-70 W summer of 2012, he immediately went 1/16/54 (A) 95-75 W to work on losing weight. 12/8/54 (H) 60-56 W 12/10/55 (A) 85-69 L The results so far have been noth- 13/30/55 (H) 79-61 L ing short of astounding as he dropped 1/9/57 (H) 93-76 L almost 90 pounds during his freshman 1/8/58 (A) 81-79 W year, dropping down to 265 pounds. 12/17/58 (H) 80-75 W 1/6/60 (A) 84-65 L And that trend has continued into his 1/5/61 (H) 54-48 W sophomore season as he continues to 12/2/61 (A) 68-56 W shed the pounds. 12/12/62 (H) 57-43 W

THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME: Unlike last year, the Rams will benefit from some cooking in 2013-2014, playing 15 games in the friendly confines of the historic Rose Hill Gym (seven nonconference and eight conference). Last winter, Fordham played 20 of Bryan Smith its 31 games away from the Rose Hill 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 , 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 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." THOMAS TURNS IT ON: After a slow start to his The SNY package brings the total number of Fordham men's televised collegiate career, guard Mandell Thomas started to basketball games to 18. These include two appearances on the NBC Sports display his offensive potential after being reinserted Network (at Saint Louis on January 18 and home with La Salle on March into the starting lineup at Georgia Tech on December 1), one on the CBS Sports Network (home for VCU on February 27) as well 29. Over the final 16 games, Thomas averaged 13.5 ppg, as one on ESPN3 (at Syracuse on November 12). The Fordham-St. John's shooting 42.0% (29-69) from three-point range, while game at Madison Square Garden on December 7 will be carried on the MSG also averaging 3.6 rpg. Network while the game at VCU on January 29 will be televised on the local On the year Thomas averaged 9.8 ppg, third best CBS affiliate in Richmond and the Siena game on December 30 is slated to on the team, 13.9 ppg in Atlantic 10 action. be televised but no information in available on the station at this time. FRAZIER DISHING IT OUT: Senior guard Branden Gym (16 road games and four neutral site games), the most for any Atlantic 10 Frazier has displayed his versatility over his first three men’s squad. The next most for an Atlantic 10 team was Massachusetts, who years at Fordham, highlighted by a junior season in played 16 regular season games away from home (12 on the road and four at a which he was second on the team in scoring (14.2 ppg) neutral site, three of those in the Puerto Rico Tip-Off Tournament). while leading the squad in assists (154). Conversely, the eleven home games for the Rams were the fewest for any Against Duquesne last winter, he recorded a career- Atlantic 10 squad in 2012-2013 and the fewest for a Fordham squad since the high 13 assists, two shy of the Fordham single game 2005-2006 team also played eleven games at home. record of 15 set by Jerry Hobbie in 1984, tying him for third most in a game in school history. It also was RAMS OR LAMBS?: The 2013-14 Fordham men’s basketball team will be a the most assists in a game for a Ram since Rob Baxter young group, with just three seniors (only one scholarship player), five juniors dished out 14 against Army in 1994. And what made (three scholarship players), five sophomores and four freshmen. Frazier’s 13 assists more impressive was that he only committed one turnover. STARTING LINEUPS: Due to injury, Fordham head coach Tom Pecora was forced to juggle his starting line from game-to-game last year, using 14 different CANTY ON TARGET: Sophomore center Ryan combinations. Conversely in 2011-2012, Pecora used just six different lineups in 29 games (including one for senior night). www.fordhamsports.com Fordham University Basketball Game Notes - 7 Canty, who is averaged 6.0 ppg and 7.0 former Fordham men’s basketball manager Mike Mc- rpg on the year improved on his shoot- Bride, GSB `13, who died from Burkitt’s Lymphoma, a ing percentage in 2012-13, shooting rare and aggressive childhood cancer, in 2008. Katie’s 55.1% (86-156) from the field. Run, a project of the Katie McBride Foundation, honors Canty led the team with 28 blocks the memory of Katie and the families of all childhood while also ranking second on the squad, leukemia victims and other life-threatening diseases. and tenth in the Atlantic 10, in rebound- This event’s primary objective is to honor Katie while ing (7.0). raising important funds and awareness of the Ronald McDonald House of Long Island and the family sup- RAMS REBOUNDING: After finish- port services it provides. ing third in the Atlantic 10 in rebound- “As a program we are always looking at ways to ing in 2011-12, the Fordham Rams give back to the community and when we first heard got off to a slow start on the boards in of this last year we were all in,” said head coach Tom 2012-13. But over the last 24 games Pecora. “Mike McBride has been a valued member of of the season, the Rams picked up the our program and he comes from a great family. To do rebounding effort, outrebounding their something like this to benefit his sister’s foundation opponent in 15 of the final 24 contests, was an easy decision to make.” ten of those by double digits. In its fourth year, Katie’s Run has grown immensely, Over the last 24 games, the Rams starting with a few hundred runners the first year and Travion Leonard averaged 39.5 rpg and outrebounded featuring close to 1,000 competitors this year. Last their opponent by an average of 4.8 year, the race raised $15,000 and the McBride family rpg. was hoping for an even better total in 2013. On the year, Fordham averaged 37.6 rpg, third best in the Atlantic 10, while All monies raised will go to the Ronald McDonald the Rams’ rebound margin of +2.2 was sixth best in the conference. House of Long Island . The House is a home-away- from home for the families of seriously ill children RAMS POST THIRD STRAIGHT HOME NONCONFERENCE WIN- who are undergoing medical care at local hospitals. NING RECORD: With the win over Monmouth on December 31 last year, The 42-bedroom facility, located on the campus of Fordham closed out the home portion of its 2012 nonconference schedule with the Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children’s Medical a 2-1 record, the Rams third straight season with a winning home nonconfer- Center of New York (formerly known as Schneider ence slate (the Rams were 6-1 at home in nonconference action in 2011-12 and Children’s Hospital in New Hyde Park), was a place 5-3 in 2010-11). where Katie’s mother spent nine months during Katie’s The last time Fordham had three consecutive nonconference home winning treatments. records was from 1996-97 until 1998-99. The Fordham contingent in the 2013 Katie’s Run was comprised of returning players Ryan Canty, Jared CLOSE CALL: Fordham head coach Tom Pecora is no stranger to close games, Fay, Branden Frazier, DC Gaitley, Travion Leonard, sporting a 50-23 (.685) record over the past eight years in games decided by Jermaine Myers, Khalid Robinson, Bryan Smith and five points or less, 28-10 (.737) over the past five seasons. Mandell Thomas along with incoming freshmen An- toine Anderson and Jake Fay, and Director of Basket- RAMS LOOKING FOR 600th WIN IN ROSE HILL GYM: With the win ball Operations Mike DePaoli. over Saint Francis (Pa.) on November 8, the Fordham University Rams have Jared Fay paced the team, finishing the 5K course 597 all-time wins in the historic Rose Hill Gym as they look for win number in about 22 minutes despite running most of the race 600 this winter. with one shoe untied, placing him among the top 40 In 2010-11, the Rams celebrated the 900th game played in the historic Rose overall finishers and the top ten among men ages 20 Hill Gym with a 61-57 come-from-behind win over Hartford on November 27th. to 24. With a 1-0 record at home this year, Fordham is 597-343 (.635) in the Rose “It means so much to me and my family to have Hill Gym since it opened in 1925. the team here again this year,” said Mike McBride, speaking about the Rams who came out to support his MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAMS UP TO HELP MANAGER’S FAMILY: sister’s charity. “It really shows that these guys are It was an uncommonly early wakeup call for members of the Fordham Uni- much more than just basketball players. They are true versity men’s basketball team on Sunday morning. But the Rams were more student-athletes who are really a big family. For them than happy to roll out of bed at to give up their Sunday what some consider an ungodly hour as they were on a mission, a RAMS IN THE PROS: Five former Fordham men’s mission to help one of their own as basketball players are currently playing professionally the Rams spent Sunday morning overseas, including 2013 graduate Chris Gaston and running the streets of New Hyde 2012 graduate Kervin Bristol. Park, New York, as part of Katie’s Gaston played this past summer with Ponce in the Run, a charity run to benefit The Puerto Rican professional league where he averaged Katie McBride Foundation. 7.0 ppg and 4.6 rpg, before signing with Asseco in the Katie McBride was the sister of Poland-TBL league. 8 - Fordham University Basketball Game Notes www.fordhamsports.com Bristol played with Istanbulspor in Turkey in the summer of 2012 and enjoyed a of the family,” he said. successful rookie campaign, averaging 10.1 ppg and 12.2 rpg along with 1.7 blocks/game Michael Kay, FCRH ’82, play-by-play in 19 games before he left to play for Hopsi Polzela in Slovenia where he is averaged broadcaster of the and host 8.3 ppg and 5.7 rpg. He currently is playing for in Mykolaiv in the Ukraine where he is of Centerstage on the YES Network, served as averaging 11.8 ppg and 13.3 rpg. emcee for the evening. Bryant Dunston, a 2008 graduate began the 2010-11 year playing in Greece for Carlesimo waxed nostalgic about his time Aris Thessaloniki, averaging 6.3 ppg and 3.5 rpg through eleven games in the Eurocup at Fordham, joking that in his four student League and 6.2 ppg and 2.5 rpg in 13 games in the Greece League. He then moved to years, he only played three-and-a-half minutes, Bnei Hasharon, the former team of Fordham teammate Mushon Ya’akosi, where he which prepared him for a career as a coach. averaged 10.3 ppg and 6.0 rpg. In 2011-12, Dunston played for Hapoel Holon in Israel To the current team members in the audi- while he signed with Cimberio Varese in the Italian A League for 2012-13 where he is ence, who will kick off their season on Nov. averaged 15.0 ppg and 7.4 rpg, both team highs. He is currently playing for Olympiacos 8 at the Rose Hill Gym, he reminded them in the Greece league, averaging 8.3 and 4.8 rpg through the first four games of the season, that, for all his successes, he’d seen his share 10.3 ppg and 7.7 rpg in the Euroleague. of failure too. He told them that they have it Also playing overseas is Jermaine Anderson, a 2006 graduate who is playing for in them to turn failure around, too, with the the TBB Trier team in the German league, averaging 9.7 ppg and 3.1 apg. He appeared right values. He also gave praise to the award’s with Buducnost in Montenegro in 2011-12, and was a member of the New Yorker Phan- namesake, who was the basketball coach when toms Braunschweig in the German League in 2012-13 where he averaged 7.9 ppg and Carlesimo came to Fordham. 2.9 apg. He also played in Russia for Triumph Lyubertsy of the top-tier A-Superleague, “Getting an award named after John Bach averaging 10.0 ppg and 3.6 rpg, before joining Panionios in the Greek League where he is really important to me; he was one of the averaged 13.2 ppg and 3.0 rpg. He was a member of Team Canada in the 2010 World reasons I came here. He was a great player, Championships, averaging 8.4 ppg and 3.0 apg. Anderson suited up for Cedevita Zagreb a Navy pilot, a fantastic college coach, an in Croatia in 2009-10 where he averaged 12.0 ppg and 4.5 apg. He also played for the athletic director after coaching here, and a Canadian National team at 2011 FIBA Americas Championship. tremendous representative of Fordham.” Former Ram Brenton Butler is playing his second season in Denmark for the Horsholm 79ers in 2013-14, averaging 17.4 ppg and 2.0 apg this year after averaging HISTORICALLY SPEAKING: Fordham 14.1 ppg and 2.8 rpg in 2012-13. University’s home court, the Rose Hill Gym- nasium which was named as one of the four P.J. CARLESIMO HONORED WITH AWARD: A member of “Cathedrals of College Basketball” by ESPN Fordham’s “sports royalty” was feted on Nov. 5 for his contributions to basketball at The Magazine, is the oldest gym still being the University’s annual Men’s Basketball Tip-Off Dinner. used by an NCAA Division I basketball team. With many of his siblings in attendance at Manhattan’s Intercontinental Hotel, P.J. The 3,200-seat gym opened on January 16, Carlesimo, FCRH ‘71, accepted the Johnny Bach Award. 1925 for a game between Fordham and Boston Joseph M. McShane, S.J., president of Fordham, dubbed the Carlesimo family College. The Rams took the opener 46-16 in “Fordham sports royalty” because P.J.’s father Peter graduated from Fordham in 1940 a game refereed by one of the University’s and served as the University’s athletic director from 1968 to 1978, and all nine of his most prominent alumni, “The Fordham Flash”, younger siblings are also Fordham graduates. . After graduation, the younger Carlesimo served for four years as assistant coach for Rose Hill underwent a $2 million renova- the men’s basketball team before going on to coach Seton Hall University for 12 years. tion in the summer of 2002, with new lighting, Under his leadership, Seton Hall advanced to the school’s first ever NCAA tournament new seating, a new public address system, and in 1988. new scoreboards installed. His teams qualified for the NCAA tournament in six of his final seven years, and he The Gym was one of the largest on-cam- was named NCAA Coach of the Year in 1989 after registering a 31-7 mark, and advanc- pus facilities at the time it was built, earning ing to the NCAA championship game. the nickname “The Prairie” because of its large Since 1994, Carlesimo has served as NBA head coach of the Portland Trail floor space. The original configuration had no Blazers, Golden State War- end zone stands and a seating capacity of 2,100 riors, Seattle Supersonics, but several standing room crowds of 6,000 Oklahoma City Thunder, and were reported in the late 1920’s. Since its last year as the interim head opening in 1925, the gym has seen numerous coach of the . renovations, adding new seating, scoreboards Father McShane noted that, in and public address systems. Catholicism, the month of No- The arena has been in continuous use by vember begins with the Feast Fordham’s basketball teams since its opening of All Saints; therefore it was with the exception of the World War II years, proper to recognize Carlesimo when it was used for a barracks. as one of Fordham’s saints. The Rose Hill Gym has been the site “PJ is a man of integrity, of many legendary college and high school a man of great talent, a man who basketball games including Kareem Abdul comes from great stock, and Jabbar’s final high school game and the 1988 Frank McLaughlin with P.J. Carlesimo [who] has added to the legend Tolentine-Archbishop Molloy Catholic High www.fordhamsports.com Fordham University Basketball Game Notes - 9 2013-14 Starters Opponent 1 2 3 4 5 Rec. Saint Francis (Pa.) Frazier Severe Thomas Smith Rhoomes 1-0 (1-0) at Syracuse Lehigh Saced Heart at Manhattan Furman at St. John's at Colgate Howard at Monmouth Loyola Harvard at Siena at Duquesne Richmond Dayton at Saint Louis George Mason at Massachusetts at VCU Rhode Island at George Washington St. Bonaventure at Richmond at Saint Joseph's VCU La Salle at Rhode Island George Washington 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 Los Angeles Clipper 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 return home to host the Moun- tain Hawks in the Rose Hill Gym on Friday night, November 15, at 7:00 p.m. in a game that will be televised live on SportsNet NY (SNY).

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