Jamaica, N.Y. – Even though it was dry outside, inside Carnesecca Arena it was raining threes as Fordham and St. John's combined to take 57 of the long range shots. Unfortunately for the Rams, the Red Storm made five more than the visitors as St. John's dropped Fordham, 90-62.
With the loss, Fordham evens its record at 5-5 on the year while St. John's also goes to 5-5.
The Rams fell despite a 20-point game from junior forward
Christian Sengfelder, who accounted for a career-high six of Fordham's ten three-pointers on the night, sinking six of his 12 long distance shots, while also adding two steals. Junior guard
Will Tavares added a season-high 14 points for Fordham while graduate guard
Javontae Hawkins finished with eleven points and five rebounds.
Joseph Chartouny
St. John's got off to an eleven-point lead, 25-14, midway through the first half and the home squad led by ten, 32-22, with seven minutes left in the half when the Rams went on an 11-2 run to make it a one-point game, 34-33, on a Tavares layup with 2:44 on the clock. Tavares had six of the eleven Fordham points in the run.
But the Rams would go scoreless the rest of the half as St. John's took a 42-33 lead at the break, thanks to a Fredrico Mussini three-point play just before the buzzer.
The Red Storm scored the first four points of the second half before a
Prokop Slanina three-pointer pulled the Rams within ten, 46-36, 2:04 into the period. But St. John's used an 11-2 run take a commanding 57-38 lead with 15:26 left and the closest the Rams would get from that point was 14, 59-45, on a Sengfelder three-pointer with 11:22 remaining.
Slanina finished with nine points for the Rams while
Joseph Chartouny added seven rebounds and six assists, both team highs.
Fordham returns to action on Saturday night, December 10, as they travel across the Bronx to face Manhattan College in the annual Battle of the Bronx at 7:00 p.m. in Draddy Gymnasium.
Notes
Sengfelder's previous career high for three-pointers made was four, which he accomplished four times, most recently vs. FDU on November 18.
Tavares' previous season-high was 13 against NYIT earlier this year.
Chartouny was held scoreless for the first time in his collegiate career.
Slanina made his first career start, replacing
Jesse Bunting in the starting lineup.
St. John's made 15 of 31 three-point attempts, both season-highs for a Fordham opponent.
Fordham forced 16 St. John's turnovers and recorded eight steals. It was the first time in the past nine games that Fordham didn't finish with a double digit steals total.
The Rams are now 0-17 all-time at Carnesecca Arena.
