2019-20 Fordham Women's Basketball
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@FordhamWBB 2019-20 Game Notes 2014 & 2019 Atlantic 10 Champions · 2019 Atlantic 10 Regular Season Co-Champions · 2019-20 Fordham Women’s Basketball Assistant Sports Information Director (Women's Basketball Contact): Ryan Uhlich Email: [email protected] | Office: 718-817-4241 | Cell: 201-873-6616 | Fax: 718-817-4244 | FordhamSports.com 2019-20 Fordham Schedule (0-0, 0-0 A-10) Game One NOVEMBER (0-0) Bronx, N.Y. - Rose Hill Gymnasium 5 Notre Dame 7 p.m. 10 at Columbia 2 p.m. 13 at Penn State 7 p.m. Fordham Rams (0-0, 0-0 A-10) 17 Villanova 5 p.m. 20 Northeastern 7 p.m. vs. 24 at Charlotte 1 p.m. Notre Dame Fighting Irish (0-0, 0-0 ACC) 29 vs. Arkansas & 4 p.m. 30 vs. Lehigh & 4 p.m. Tuesday, November 5, 2019 - 7 p.m. - ESPN+ DECEMBER (0-0) 5 at Manhattan 7 p.m. 8 Georgetown 2 p.m. 14 Southern 2 p.m. 29 Samford # 1 p.m. NEWS AND NOTES 30 Hofstra/Houston # TBD - Fordham won its second Atlantic 10 championship and a share of its first-ever league regular season championship last year, advanc- JANUARY (0-0) ing to the NCAA Tournament for the third time in program history. The Rams won a program-record 13 Atlantic 10 games. 4 St. Bonaventure * 2 p.m. 8 at Davidson * 11 a.m. - Bre Cavanaugh and Mary Goulding were both named First Team All-Conference last year, the first Rams duo to earn the honor in the 12 George Washington *^ 2 p.m. same year in the A-10 era. It's also the fifth time the program has had two players earn All-Conference accolades in the same year 19 at George Mason *^ 4 p.m. and seventh straight year at least one player has represented Fordham on an All-Conference team. Cavanaugh was named Metropolitan 23 Saint Louis * 7 p.m. 26 at Dayton *@ 12 p.m. Basketball Writers Association's Player of the Year and First Team member, while head coach Stephanie Gaitley was named the Maggie 29 at VCU * 6 p.m. Dixon Coach of the Year for a third time, plus the same honors from the BCANY. FEBRUARY (0-0) - Cavanaugh was predicted by the Atlantic 10's head coaches to repeat as a member of the All-Conference First Team. The Rams were 1 La Salle * 2 p.m. picked to finish third for a second consecutive year, as well, in the poll. 5 Rhode Island * 11 a.m. 8 at Massachusetts * 1 p.m. - Cavanaugh became the third-fastest Ram to reach 1,000 career points at Davidson on February 13. The redshirt junior has started all 13 Davidson * 7 p.m. 68 contests the past two seasons and is up to 14th with 1,159, on pace to be the third Ram to score 2,000 points. Cavanaugh is also 16 at Richmond * 2 p.m. 19 at Saint Louis * 12 p.m. fourth all-time with a 17.0 point-per-game scoring average, eighth with 260 made free throws, and ninth with 141 three-pointers. 22 Dayton * 1 p.m. 25 at Duquesne * 7 p.m. - The Rams defense finished last season 10th in the country with just 54.4 points allowed per game, a new program high, which 29 Saint Joseph's * 2 p.m. included 49.9 per game from conference opponents. The team also didn't beat itself, limiting their turnovers to just 11.5 per contest, ranked seventh in Division I, and committed just 13.3 personal fouls per game, ranked ninth in the nation. The squad's 1.14 assist/ MARCH (0-0) turnover ratio ranked 37th. Fordham had six single-digit turnover games and 12 with 10 or fewer. 3 Atlantic 10 Championship First Round (Campus Sites) TBD 6-8 Atlantic 10 Championship (Dayton, Ohio) TBD - Gaitley's Rams have six 20-win seasons since her hire, one more than in the 40 years before her arrival. Prior to her hire, the * - Atlantic 10 game program had just five 20-win seasons in its entire history (1977-80, 1991-92, 1993-94). She also has six of the program's 11 & - Bahamas Hoopfest (Nassau, Bahamas) postseason berths all-time and three conference final appearances. The 2014 Atlantic 10 champions, Fordham has also earned four # - Fordham Holiday Classic ^ - Game on CBS Sports Network WNIT berths since 2011-12. @ - Game on ESPNU - The Rams are 0-19 against ranked teams all-time. Most recently, Fordham fell at #12/14 Syracuse in the first round of the NCAA Home Games in bold All times Eastern Tournament this past March. PROBABLE STARTERS (2018-19 Stats) Anna DeWolfe Bre Cavanaugh Vilisi Tavui Kendell Heremaia Kaitlyn Downey #2 | 5'8 | G | Fr. #10 | 5'8 | G | R-Jr. #14 | 6'4 | C | R-So. #20 | 5'9 | G | Jr. #24 | 6'1 | F | So. PPG N/A PPG 17.1 PPG 1.3 PPG 8.1 PPG 6.3 RPG N/A RPG 6.4 RPG 0.9 RPG 5.2 RPG 3.7 APG N/A APG 2.5 ORPG 0.5 APG 2.4 3FG/G 1.0 FG% N/A FG% .364 MPG 4.0 FG% .380 FG% .395 3FG% N/A 3FG% .315 FG% .412 3FG% .350 3FG% .308 FT% N/A FT% .804 FT% .714 FT% .630 FT% .722 Follow the Rams on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook & Snapchat - @FordhamWBB #RamsRising 1 @FordhamWBB 2019-20 Game Notes THE UNIVERSITY GAME COVERAGE School .........................................................................................................................Fordham University Watch: ESPN+ City/Zip .......................................................................................................................Bronx, N.Y., 10458 Andrew Bogusch - Play-by-Play Founded .................................................................................................................................................1841 Tim McMaster - Color Enrollment (Undergraduate) ......................................................................................................... 8,855 Listen: WFUV (90.7 FM & wfuvsports.org) Nickname ..............................................................................................................................................Rams Jackson Heil - Play-by-Play School Colors.............................................................................................................. Maroon and White Jimmy Sullivan - Color Home Court (Capacity) .....................................................................................Rose Hill Gym (3,200) Affiliation ...................................................................................................................................NCAA Div. I Live Stats: www.SideArmStats.com/Fordham/WBall Conference ................................................................................................................................Atlantic 10 President .................................................................................................................Joseph McShane, S.J. Setting the Scene Alma Mater, Yr. ........................................................................................................Boston College '72 The Fordham women’s basketball team opens its 2019-20 campaign by welcoming Director of Intercollegiate Athletics ................................................................................David Roach last year’s NCAA runner-up, #16/14 Notre Dame, to the Rose Hill Gym on Tuesday Athletic Dept. Phone ...................................................................................................(718) 817-4300 night at 7 p.m. Ticket Office Phone .......................................................................................................(855) RAM-TIXS Last Time Out WOMEN'S BASKETBALL COACHING STAFF The Fordham Rams won the 2019 Atlantic 10 championship, in addition to a share of the Head Coach ..............................................................................................................Stephanie V. Gaitley program’s first-ever regular season title, and went to the NCAA Tournament for the fourth Alma Mater/Year ................................................................................................................ Villanova '82 time in school history. The Rams, with a top-10 defense nationally, stymied opponent Record at School (yrs) ...............................................................................................169-95 (8 years) after opponent during a 12-game win streak through the championship at Duquesne, Overall Record (yrs) .............................................................................................633-365 (33 years) capping a 20-3 record after beginning the year 5-5. Head coach Stephanie Gaitley Office Phone...................................................................................................................(718) 817-4270 was named Coach of the Year by the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association and Assistant Coach .....................................................................................................................Sonia Burke the BCANY, while Bre Cavanaugh and Mary Goulding earned First Team All-Conference Assistant Coach ..............................................................................................................Valerie Nainima honors, the first Fordham pair to do so in the same year. Last year’s 25 wins were tied Assistant Coach ................................................................................................................ Candice Green for the third-most in program history and the team’s 267 three-pointers set a new Director of Women’s Basketball Operations ...........................................................Abigail Corning single-season record. Video Coordinator ...........................................................................................................Kerri McMahan Director of Player Development ....................................................................................Nicole Munger Director of Women’s Basketball Administration ............................................................ Allie Keller Series History vs. Notre Dame