THE BASICS
Rhode Island (15-6, 4-5 A-10) at Fordham (10-12, 2-7 A-10)
Tip-Off: Wednesday, Feb. 5, 7:00 p.m. EST
Coverage: Watch: ESPN+ | Listen: Varsity Network | Live Stats | Game Notes

RHODE ISLAND VS. FORDHAM - SERIES NOTES

• Rhode Island and Fordham are meeting for the 75th time.
• URI leads the all-time series, 42-32.
• The series has been evenly split over the last 10 games with each side winning five times.
• Last season, the teams played twice, with the road team winning both games.
• Rhody is 20-19 when playing at Fordham.
• Rhody and Fordham have met at least once every year since the 1995-96 season.
• Fordham is 7-4 in Rose Hill this season. Rhode Island is 1-4 in road games.
• Fordham's Jackie Johnson III enters the week leading the Atlantic 10 with 145 made field goals.
• Wednesday's game features two of the top three scorer's in the A-10. Rhode Island's Sebastian Thomas is second with 19.0 points per game, while Fordham's Jackie Johnson III scores 18.4 per game.
• Rhode Island and Fordham rank first and second in the Atlantic 10 in fastbreak points per game, respectively.
• URI averages 14.71 fastbreak points per game, while Fordham averages 13.0.
• Fordham's bench averages 25.5 points per game.

RAMS LOOKING FOR SECOND STRAIGHT LEAGUE WIN

• URI enters Wednesday's game looking to win back-to-back conference games for the first time this season.
• The last time Rhode Island won consecutive games was its final two non-conference games, when it defeated Central Connecticut State 77-69 (Dec. 15) and beat Temple 85-79 (Dec. 21).
• Rhode Island is looking to get back to .500 in Atlantic 10 play.
• At the midpoint of league play, URI is tied for eighth place in the A-10 standings.
• With one more victory, URI would have its most wins in a season since the Rams were 21-9 in 2019-20.

RHODE ISLAND COMING OFF BEST SHOOTING PERFORMANCE OF THE SEASON

• In its 88-82 win over Massachusetts, Rhode Island shot .566 (30-for-53) from the floor.
• It was the team's best shooting percentage of the season, and the ninth time this year the Rams have shot better than .500 in a game.
• The strong performance came one game after Rhody shot .345 (20-of-58), the team's second-lowest shooting percentage of the year.
• While the Rams rank seventh in the A-10 with a .458 field goal percentage, they lead the league in scoring at 78.9 points per game.