Fordham Women’s Basketball 2019 NCAA Tournament Capsule

 

Fordham Rams

Atlantic 10 (25-8, 13-3)

 
 
Big Wins: 12/29 Maine (72-64), 12/30 Middle Tennessee (61-49), 3/10 vs VCU (62-47)
Bad Losses: 11/14 Penn State (55-72), 12/5 at Pitt (62-65), 1/27 Davidson (56-60)
Coach: Stephanie Gaitley
 
Probable Starters:
Bre Cavanaugh, Sophomore, Guard, 17.3 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 2.5 apg
Lauren Holden, Senior, Guard, 9.0 ppg, 2.5 apg
Kendall Heremaia, Sophomore, Guard, 8.2 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 2.4 apg
Mary Goulding, Senior, Forward, 12.9 ppg, 8.3 rpg, 2.8 apg
Kaitlyn Downey, Freshman, Forward, 6.0 ppg, 3.7 rpg
 
Key Role Players:
Zara Jillings, Sophomore, Guard, 3.3 ppg, 2.7 rpg
Megan Jonassen, Freshman, Forward, 2.8 ppg, 3.3 rpg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 59.6 (277th in nation, 9th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 54.6 (9, 2)
Field-Goal Percentage: 38.7 (238, 6)
Field-Goal Defense: 40.8 (221, 13)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 7.5 (62, 1)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 31.1 (177, 6)
Free-Throw Percentage: 71.5 (110, 3)
Rebound Margin: 4.6 (64, 1)
Assists Per Game: 13.2 (162, 3)
Turnovers Per Game: 11.4 (5, 1)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2018 NIT First Round win over Harvard
2018 NIT Second Round win over Drexel
2018 NIT Third Round loss to Virginia Tech
2015 NIT First Round win over Central Connecticut State
2015 NIT Second Round loss to St. John’s
2014 NCAA Round of 64 loss to California
2013 NIT First Round win over Army
2013 NIT Second Round win over Boston
2013 NIT Third Round loss to James Madison
 
*all team stats through 3/7