A pair of Atlantic 10 Conference rivals meet on the hard court Saturday in the Bronx at Rose Hill Gymnasium when the Fordham Rams (22-6, 10-5 A-10) host the Rhode Island Rams (8-19, 4-11 A-10). Rhode Island was defeated by George Washington 89-80 in overtime on Wednesday and the Rams have lost each of the last six. Fordham defeated Loyola-Chicago 71-69 on Wednesday night and the Rams have won four of the last five. Fordham trails first place in the A-10 by two games with only three games remaining on the regular season schedule. Josaphat Bilau is out for Rhode Island, while Fordham does not have any players listed on its injury report.
Rhode Island has won just four of its first 15 Atlantic 10 Conference games and the Rams have lost 19 of 27 overall. Rhode Island will not see the postseason in any tournament unless they miraculously win the regular season ending Conference tournament. Rhode Island's problems start but don't stop on offense as the Rams are scoring an average of only 66.1 points per game. Poor shooting has done in Rhode Island, as they shoot only 39.5% overall and 29.7% from behind the three-point line, with both those numbers in the bottom 10% of the nation.
Ishmael Leggett has had a strong season for Rhode Island, averaging a team best 16.7 points per game but shoots only 40.8% while second leading scorer Brayon Freeman is scoring an average of 14.3 points per game but is only shooting 36.8%. Only one other player, Jalen Carey at 10.0 points per game, is averaging double figures for Rhode Island. Freeman averages a team best 2.8 assists out of only 11.3 assists per game that Rhode Island averages as a team. Malik Martin is the king of the boards for Rhode Island with an average of 6.4 rebounds per game and Rhode Island as a team averages 37.4 boards per contest. The Rams are averaging 6.3 steals and 4.0 blocked shots per game.
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