Holy Cross faces Fordham, looks to end road slide

Holy Cross Crusaders (3-6) at Fordham Rams (6-3)

New York; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Holy Cross will attempt to end its five-game road slide when the Crusaders face Fordham.

The Rams are 4-1 on their home court. Fordham is the A-10 leader with 12.3 offensive rebounds per game led by Rikus Schulte averaging 3.2.

The Crusaders are 0-5 in road games. Holy Cross is fifth in the Patriot League giving up 74.1 points while holding opponents to 47.3% shooting.

Fordham's average of 6.9 made 3-pointers per game this season is only 0.4 fewer made shots on average than the 7.3 per game Holy Cross gives up. Holy Cross averages 7.6 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.5 fewer makes per game than Fordham gives up.

TOP PERFORMERS: Dejour Reaves is scoring 16.3 points per game and averaging 4.6 rebounds for the Rams. Marcus Greene is averaging 1.6 made 3-pointers.

Tyler Boston is scoring 14.2 points per game and averaging 3.7 rebounds for the Crusaders. Joe Nugent is averaging 12.5 points and 4.1 rebounds.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.