BRONX, N.Y.. – The Knights (7-3, 0-0) will travel across the GW Bridge Sunday afternoon for a matchup against the Fordham Rams (6-4, 0-0). This cross-the-water rivalry will take place at 3 p.m. at Rose Hill Gym in the Bronx, N.Y. you can watch the game on ESPN+. The Knights are coming off of a tough loss against Georgetown on Friday night where they snapped a four-game winning streak. FDU looks to bounce back against a tough Fordham team who handled the Knights well last season.
The Hoyas offense was too much for the Knights to handle, they shot 50% from the field over the course of the game. FDU's defense has been the backbone of their winning streak but they could not get a stop when needed in tonight's game. The Knights offense performed well scoring 60 points and shooting a solid 40.4% from the field, including hitting 10-of-19 three-pointers. The offense saw spurts of elite performances from
Dahomée Forgues and freshman Alba Rovira-Ayuso. Forgues scored 15 points while Rovira-Ayuso drilled 3-of-5 three-pointers for nine points. The Knights scoring lead
Chloe Wilson was limited to just 17 minutes due to foul trouble.
- Senior Sierra DeAngelo was named NEC Player of the Week. The Pittsburgh. Pa. native averaged 12.5 points per game during the week while adding 8.5 rebounds a night.
- Chloe Wilson is coming off a 12-point performance in only 17 minutes of action versus the Hoyas.
- Forgues is coming off back-to-back 15+ point outbursts and will look to add another one to Sunday's box score.
- Fordham had a nice 2021-'22 season, going 18-11 and 8-6 in A10 play.
- The Rams have started the new season off strong going 6-4 including a close loss to #17 in the nation, Maryland.
- Fordham has a lethal backcourt led by Asiah Dingle and Anna DeWolfe. Both guards are scoring 17+ points a contest while shooting higher than 41% from the field.
- Head coach Candice Green is in her fourth season at Fordham and is currently serving as the interim head coach.
Alumni Day
- Saturday, January 28 versus Merrimack
Senior Day
- Saturday, February 18 versus Wagner
