@FordhamWBB 2020-21 Game Notes 2014 & 2019 Atlantic 10 Champions · 6 Postseason Berths in 9 Years (2 NCAA, 4 WNIT) 2020-21 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 2020-21 Fordham Schedule (1-1, 0-0 A-10) Game 3 NOVEMBER (1-0) Bronx, N.Y. - Rose Hill Gym 25 at Stony Brook W, 62-58 Fordham Rams (1-1, 0-0 Atlantic 10) DECEMBER (0-1) vs. 5 at Quinnipiac L, 58-62 Hofstra Pride (2-3, 0-0 CAA) 18 Hofstra 7 p.m. 21 at Davidson * 12 p.m. Friday, December 18, 2020 - 7 p.m. JANUARY (0-0) 1 George Mason * 1 p.m. 3 George Washington * 2 p.m. NEWS AND NOTES 8 at Rhode Island * TBD - This will be the 25th all-time meeting between the two schools since 1972, a 38-33 Pride victory in Hempstead. Five contests later 10 at Massachusetts * 1 p.m. and the Rams, led by freshmen Anne Gregory and Mary Ann Bilotti, plus sophomore Mary Hayes, had their largest margin of victory 14 at Saint Louis * TBD that still remains today, an 81-23 win in the Bronx. Fordham is 10-2 all-time at home against Hofstra, including a 60-46 victory in 16 at Dayton * 1 p.m. the most recent game on November 21, 2014. Senior Emily Tapio and junior Samantha Clark combined for 29 points, 13 rebounds, 7 assists, and 4 steals in that one. 22 St. Bonaventure * 2 p.m. 24 Duquesne * 2 p.m. - Kaitlyn Downey was named this season's first Atlantic 10 Player of the Week three weeks ago, her first career league accolade, 31 Davidson * 2 p.m. after posting a monster 16-point, 20-rebound double-double at Stony Brook in the season opener. FEBRUARY (0-0) - Over nine years under head coach Stephanie Gaitley, Fordham has won two Atlantic 10 championships (2014 and 2019), have seven 20-win seasons, two more than in the 40 years before her arrival, and six of the program's 11 postseason berths all-time (last 5 at Richmond * 5 p.m. year would've seen a fifth WNIT berth had the COVID-19 pandemic not ended the season abruptly), including two trips to the NCAA 7 at VCU * TBD Tournament and four appearances in the WNIT. Gaitley, the winningest coach in Fordham women's basketball history, has a career 12 Saint Joseph's * 2 p.m. 191-106 record in the Bronx, good for a .643 win percentage, second-highest all-time. She is also the longest-tenured head coach 14 La Salle * 2 p.m. in program history, entering her 10th year, two more than Kevin Morris (1993-2000). 18 at George Mason * TBD - There is no mistaking the ideology of Gaitley's teams: defense, defense, defense. Her Rams have finished within the top-40 nation- 20 at George Washington * TBD ally in scoring defense in every season since her appointment and within the top-20 in seven of them, reaching an apex of ninth in 26 Dayton * 2 p.m. 2018-19 with 54.4 points allowed per game, while the 2012-13 squad’s average of 52.4 were the fewest allowed despite finishing 28 Saint Louis * 2 p.m. 16th in the country. Though the 2008-09 team holds the single-season record of 47.9 points allowed, Gaitley’s teams hold the other 7 #2 VCU %^ 1:30 p nine spots in the record book. One illuminating stat to show its defensive dominance is the program’s 78-7 record when holding an * - Atlantic 10 game opponent under 50 points, something that’s happened in 28.7% of games under Gaitley. Home Games in bold All times Eastern PROBABLE STARTERS Anna DeWolfe Katie McLoughlin Sarah Karpell Kendell Heremaia Kaitlyn Downey #2 | 5'8 | G | So. #3 | 5'10 | G | Sr. #13 | 5'7 | G | So. #20 | 5'9 | G | Sr. #24 | 6'1 | F | Jr. PPG 23.0 PPG 7.0 PPG 4.0 PPG 5.5 PPG 16.0 APG 2.5 RPG 3.5 RPG 4.5 RPG 3.0 RPG 20.0 3FG/G 2.5 FG% .500 APG 4.0 APG 1.5 3FG/G 3.0 FG% .459 3FG% .500 FG% .273 SPG 1.0 FG% .385 3FG% .500 3FG/G 1.5 3FG% .250 FG% .267 3FG% .600 MPG 36.5 MPG 29.5 MPG 38.5 MPG 16.5 FT% .750 Follow the Rams on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook & Snapchat - @FordhamWBB #TheFordhamWay 1 @FordhamWBB 2020-21 Game Notes THE UNIVERSITY GAME COVERAGE School .........................................................................................................................Fordham University Watch: ESPN+ City/Zip .......................................................................................................................Bronx, N.Y., 10458 Mike Watts - Play-by-Play Founded .................................................................................................................................................1841 Andrew Bogusch - Color Enrollment (Undergraduate) ......................................................................................................... 8,855 Listen: WFUV (90.7 FM & wfuvsports.org) Nickname ..............................................................................................................................................Rams Jackson Heil School Colors.............................................................................................................. Maroon and White Jimmy Sullivan Home Court (Capacity) .....................................................................................Rose Hill Gym (3,200) Affiliation ...................................................................................................................................NCAA Div. I Conference ................................................................................................................................Atlantic 10 Setting the Scene The Rams (1-1) will finally get the home portion of their schedule started on Friday night against President .................................................................................................................Joseph McShane, S.J. visiting Hofstra (2-3). Tip-off on ESPN+ and WFUV is set for 7 p.m. Alma Mater, Yr. ........................................................................................................Boston College '72 Interim Director of Intercollegiate Athletics ...........................................................................Ed Kull Last Time Out Athletic Dept. Phone ...................................................................................................(718) 817-4300 The Rams saw a double-digit lead disappear to a torrid Quinnipiac rally in the second half, falling Ticket Office Phone .......................................................................................................(855) RAM-TIXS by four points on the road. The Rams struggled to begin the contest but used an explosive 23-point effort in the second to lead by eight at the interval. Leading by as much as 13 at the third quarter WOMEN'S BASKETBALL COACHING STAFF media timeout, 41-28, the Bobcats came out flying afterwards with a 12-0 run to get within one, Head Coach ..............................................................................................................Stephanie V. Gaitley forcing Gaitley into calling a timeout. Quinnipiac regained the lead after that following a sixth Fordham Alma Mater/Year ................................................................................................................ Villanova '82 turnover by that point in the period already, though Anna DeWolfe canned a three-pointer to quickly Record at School (yrs) ..........................................................................................191-107 (10 years) put the visitors back ahead. Katie McLoughlin and Downey each made tough baskets to keep the hosts Overall Record (yrs) .............................................................................................655-377 (35 years) within striking distance but Quinnipiac saw out the contest down the stretch by making its free throws. Office Phone...................................................................................................................(718) 817-4270 DeWolfe made it two straight 20-point games, scoring 21 points on 7-of-16 shooting, while Downey Assistant Coach .....................................................................................................................Sonia Burke double-doubled yet again with 12 points and 10 rebounds, displaying her versatility, as well, with a Assistant Coach ..............................................................................................................Valerie Nainima game-high six assists, plus a block and a steal. McLoughlin set a new career-high for points in the Assistant Coach ................................................................................................................ Candice Green first half alone, finishing with 12 points on on 4-of-7 shooting, while freshmen Maranda Nyborg and Director of Women’s Basketball Operations ...........................................................Abigail Corning Matilda Flood each scored their first collegiate points. Megan Jonassen was also a bright spot off Video Coordinator .............................................................................................................Anita Jennings the bench, grabbing five of her nine rebounds on the offensive glass. Fordham, as a whole, however, Director of Player Development ....................................................................................Nicole Munger turned the ball over 19 times for a second straight contest. Director of Women’s Basketball Administration ............................................................ Allie Keller Head Athletic Trainer .........................................................................................................Erin