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Bronx, N.Y. – Fordham (9-3) wrapped up nonconference action with back-to-back wins of 27 points or more and now kicks off Atlantic 10 action on Sunday against La Salle (7-5) on CBS Sports Network and WFUV.
Last Time Out
After three weeks without competitive action and three postponed or cancelled games, it was no surprise to see some rust for the Rams and Knights of FDU on Sunday evening. The visitors led, 10-8, after the opening frame with Fordham hitting just 4-of-20 shots from the field. It didn't take long, though, for the offense to begin clicking - starting with an Anna DeWolfe triple that tied the contest at 16-16 at the seven-minute mark, it was nearly all Rams from that point on. A Megan Jonassen jumper on the next possession proved to be the go-ahead bucket and, following a Madison Stanley three a few minutes later, Fordham closed the first half on a 10-0 run that extended all the way to 21 unanswered midway through the third quarter. FDU snapped the slide but the Rams again closed a period on a run, scoring nine straight heading to the fourth, and leading by 30 soon after.
DeWolfe powered Fordham with her sixth straight 20-point effort, scoring 23 on 10-of-20 shooting with three steals, two assists, a block, and a rebound over 31 minutes, while Asiah Dingle, with 14, and Jonassen, with 12, finished in double figures. Dingle notched another three thefts, while Jonassen grabbed five rebounds and a pair of steals. Matilda Flood chipped in a team-high and career-best nine rebounds, four offensive, off the bench, while Maranda Nyborg netted a personal-best three blocks, plus a steal, four points, three boards, and two assists, over a career-high 25 minutes. Read all about it here.
Series History with La Salle
The Explorers own a 33-16 all-time advantage over the Rams since the 1983-84 season when both teams were in the MAAC together. La Salle began the series in dominant fashion, winning 14 straight contests and 22 of 24 through the 2001 season. Between 1990 and 1996 when the Rams were in the Patriot League, they met just once - a 73-70 Explorers win at the Harvard Invitational. It's been all Fordham over the last seven years - eight straight wins. Under Gaitley, Fordham is 8-2 against La Salle. In their most recent meeting, Fordham was victorious at home, 62-45, on February 1, 2020. In that contest, both DeWolfe and Heremaia fell one board shy of a double-double, with the former adding five assists, and both players tallying a block and a steal. Downey chipped in with 12 points.
Triple D - DeWolfe, Dingle, Downey
Shut the front door! So far this season, the Fordham trio have been gnarly, righteous, dynamite, and, perhaps most importantly, the bomb-dot-com. All three already have one A-10 Player of the Week award so far this season. Combined, they make up 64.9% of the team's scoring on a combined 42.4% shooting overall. They are the real deal. For context for the uninitiated, this entire blurb is related to Guy Fieri's Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.
Hungry Like DeWolfe
The reigning Atlantic 10 Co-Player of the Year became the 24th Ram to reach 1,000 career points on December 12 against Lafayette, doing so on a patented mid-range jumper, hitting nothing but net. With her sixth straight 20-point performance, her season average is back above 20 after becoming just the third Ram to ever finish a season at that number last year. At the end of her sophomore campaign, DeWolfe ranked 22nd nationally with 20.8 points per game, one of seven underclassmen in the top-25, and was 25th with 37.3 minutes played and 29th with 2.7 threes per contest. DeWolfe has started 62 consecutive contests in her collegiate career, beginning with her first game against #16 Notre Dame at home in front of a sold out Rose Hill Gym where she nearly triple-doubled (10 points, 9 rebounds, 9 assists) in a close five-point loss to the Irish. DeWolfe was a three-time Rookie of the Week and All-Rookie selection that year while leading all freshmen in minutes played (1,152).
DeWolfe leads the Atlantic 10 in scoring (20.4 points per game) on 43.7% overall shooting, 36.4% from distance, and 82.6% from the line. She is second on the team with 34 assists and 21 steals. She is 8th nationally with 38.0 minutes per game and 17th in points per game.
Variety Pack
The Rams have had three different Atlantic 10 Players of the Week this season. First it was Asiah Dingle after averaging 26.0 points, 9.5 rebounds, 5.0 steals, and 3.0 assists over wins against Quinnipiac and Seton Hall to kick the season off. The week after it was Kaitlyn Downey after averaging 19.5 points at Notre Dame and against Michigan State, including a career-high-matching 24 points in the win over the Spartans. Most recently it was Anna DeWolfe, who scored 28 points in back-to-back wins over Stony Brook and Princeton, with 4.0 assists and 3.0 steals. It's only the third time in program history three different Rams have garnered the award and just the second time in the A-10 era - last year DeWolfe, Downey, and Heremaia earned Player of the Week at least once.
Dingle All the Way
The Boston native was a shoe-in for the year's first A-10 Player of the Week award, averaging 26.0 points, 9.5 rebounds, 5.0 steals, and 3.0 assists over 39.5 minutes of two exciting wins to begin the campaign. Through 12 contests, Dingle leads the team in assists and steals, is second in scoring and is third in rebounding. For her career across three schools, she has accumulated 1,183 points, an average of 12.9 per game, across 92 appearances and 75 starts. She is a 42.3% career shooting with 3.6 rebounds, 3.0 assists, and 2.1 steals per game.
Kendell Here-oh-my!
Kendell Heremaia became the 23rd Ram to reach 1,000 points for her career, doing so at Seton Hall in the second game of this season, matching her career-high of 29 points and shooting a blistering 8-of-11 from behind the arc, just one off the single-game program record. The New Zealand international has since ascended to 20th all-time with 1,088 career points and is currently seventh all-time with 188 made three-pointers, with Suzanne Maguire ('97) next at 200.
Heremaia has racked up 1,106 points, 693 rebounds, 282 assists, and 123 steals over 128 career appearances and 101 starts. Only six other Rams have reached the 1,000-point, 500-rebound, 200-assist, 100-steal plateaus, most recently Samantha Clark ('16), but also featuring Becky Peters ('12) and Abigail Corning ('14) that have played under Coach Gaitley. Among that group, Heremaia has the second-fewest points and third-fewest rebounds and steals, but the second-most assists.
Gaitley's "Most Challenging" Nonconference Schedule Yet
Fordham women's basketball head coach Stephanie Gaitley called this year's nonconference slate her "most challenging" of any of her teams in her career. It featured five predicted conference favorites (Quinnipiac, Baylor, Stony Brook, Princeton, Florida Gulf Coast), one runner-up (Manhattan), and three third-place finishers (Seton Hall, Michigan State, Houston), plus two NCAA champions (Baylor, Notre Dame), and six programs that received votes in at least one national preseason poll. Fordham had one top-25 win (Princeton) and four top-100 wins (Quinnipiac, Michigan State, Houston, Stony Brook), and finished nonconference 49th in the NET rankings.
Nationally Speaking (as of 1/7)
Like last year, stoppages in play lead to falling down the national and conference ranks in many categories, so per-game averages take on an added importance. Among their Division I peers, the Rams are 15th in free-throw percentage (.781), 62nd in turnover margin (3.75), 63rd in turnovers per game (14.4), 86th in assist/turnover ratio (0.99), and 93rd in fouls per game (15.5).
At the individual level, Anna DeWolfe is 8th in minutes played per game (38.0) and 68th in total minutes (424), 17th in scoring (20.4), 13th in field-goal attempts (222) and 20th in makes (97), and is 40th with 32 made threes. Asiah Dingle is 40th with 2.7 steals per game, while Kendell Heremaia is 51st with her 84.8% free-throw percentage.
Deeper Dive Into Games Won
Through nine wins this season, the Rams are outscoring opponents 71.7 to 57.3 (+14.3). Fordham is shooting 43.9% from the floor and 33.7% from distance and converting nearly half of its two-point attempts (49.3%). Fordham is outrebounding foes, 34.4 to 29.6, with 107 offensive boards out of 310 total (34.5%). Opponents are committing 18.6 turnovers per game with the Rams notching 9.2 steals and 3.4 blocks per contest and committing just 14.4 turnovers themselves.
Anna DeWolfe is leading the charge with 22.8 points per game on 47.7% shooting overall, 39.7% from deep, and 84.2% from the line, leading the squad with 30 assists. Asiah Dingle is averaging 14.9 points, 5.4 rebounds, 3.0 steals, and 2.9 assists, while Kaitlyn Downey leads with 6.8 boards to go with 9.6 points, Kendell Heremaia chips in 13.6 points and 6.1 boards, and Megan Jonassen hauls in 6.1 boards, as well. With Heremaia shooting 39.8% from the floor, five others averaging 10 or more minutes are shooting 42.0% or better.
This Is Our House
Since Coach Gaitley took over before the 2011-12 season, the Rams hold a 127-33 (79.4%) record at home across 160 contests. Over the last four-plus seasons, the Rams are 71-12 in the Rose Hill Gym, including a 34-6 mark in conference play and three straight Holiday Classic crowns. Fordham is currently riding 12 straight wins in the Bronx.
60 is the Magic Number?
Fordham is 77-11 over its last five seasons when scoring 60 points or more, including an 8-3 mark last year and 9-0 record to begin this season. The offense has been clicking so far for the Rams, with six of their nine wins coming with 70 or more points.
3 and D
Stephanie Gaitley's Rams have dominated the all-time top-10 for scoring defense, holding nine of the 10 spots with the 2008-09 squad holding the record with just 47.9 points allowed per game. Fordham was 31st nationally last season with 57.4 points allowed per game. Gaitley's Rams have held opponents under 50 points 92 times in 325 games (28.3%) and hold an 85-7 record in those contests.
Similarly, Gaitley's Rams are all over the top-10 for three-pointers made. In fact, they hold every spot in the top-seven, with the 2018-19 squad breaking the 2013-14 title-winning Rams' record by 23 (267 total). They also set the record for attempts with a whopping 826. Last year's team was on pace to finish sixth, shooting 36.8% as a group before the WNIT, but poor shooting in the final two games dropped them to 11th in program history at 35.0%.
Class of 2026
Head coach Stephanie Gaitley has announced her 2021 recruiting class made up of four future Rams – Kaila Berry, Rose Nelson, Ashley O'Connor, and Faith Pappas. Read all about the incoming class here.
Preseason Poll
Fordham was predicted to finish third in the annual Atlantic 10 preseason coaches poll, totaling 163 points among the 14 head coaches, just behind Dayton (193) and Rhode Island (174). The Rams return four of their five starters and 91% of their scoring from a year ago, while adding senior transfer Asiah Dingle and Australian U19 international Millie Prior. Anna DeWolfe, the reigning Co-Player of the Year, was selected to the preseason All-Conference First Team, while Kendell Heremaia was named to the Second Team.
Up Next
The Rams travel down to Virginia to play at George Mason and VCU this week. Up first is a date with the Patriots on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
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