14/11/2026 7:15 PM
Aussies in NCAAM
It's all about Abass: Bodija career night powers Fordham
Abass Bodija made eight of his nine shots for 23 points and 11 rebounds as Fordham beat LIU 80-58.
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Fordham redshirt sophomore forward Abass Bodija made eight of his nine shots for career-high 23 points and 11 rebounds as the Rams beat Long Island University 80-58 at Rose Hill Gym in the Bronx.
Twenty-nine Australian men had a game, and their teams went a combined 17-12.
All box scores are below in a searchable table. Games played Friday, November 13 US time, Saturday, November 14. All times AEDT.
Bodija, from Brisbane, had eight points at half-time as Fordham led 36-25, then scored 15 after the break, opening the second half with a three-point play inside the first 15 seconds. He went 6-from-6 at the line and 1-from-1 from three, added two assists in 28 minutes and posted the only double-double by an Australian man on the day. Two of his first-half dunks were set up by fellow Australians, one by Roor Akhuar and one by Jack Whitbourn.
Fordham sophomore forward Roor Akhuar, from Melbourne, scored 13 off the bench on 4-from-8 shooting, two threes and three free throws, with eight of his points in the first half and four rebounds in 18 minutes. Junior centre Jack Whitbourn, also from Melbourne, had two points, five rebounds and two assists, both of them on Bodija baskets, as the three Australians combined for 38 of Fordham's 80.
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Portland graduate student guard Riley Parker, from Mandurah, scored 18 on 5-from-8 from three in 42 minutes, but the Pilots lost 94-88 in double overtime to East Texas A&M at the Chiles Center in Portland. His three with 1:30 left in the first overtime put Portland ahead 77-76, and another with 4:14 left in the second tied it at 82-82, before East Texas A&M closed on a 12-6 run. Junior forward James O'Donnell, from Sydney, added 13 points and five rebounds, and freshman Henry Sewell scored two. Freshmen Austin Foxwell and Carlin Briggs did not play.
Arizona State sophomore guard Joel Foxwell, from Melbourne, had 16 points and nine assists, hitting four threes, as the Sun Devils beat UL Monroe 92-62 at Desert Financial Arena in Tempe to move to 4-0. Freshman Ajak Nyuon, from Canberra, made both of his threes for six points in 10 minutes and assisted on one of Foxwell's, while sophomore Marcus Vaughns did not play.
Florida senior forward Alex Condon, from Perth, scored 16 on 4-from-7 shooting and 8-from-8 at the line, with six rebounds and four assists in 22 minutes, as the Gators beat Merrimack 83-54 at Tower Hill Arena in Gainesville to stay unbeaten at 4-0. Senior guard Alex Kovatchev, also from Perth, hit two threes for six points in four minutes.
Central Arkansas sophomore guard Harry Beauchamp, from Victoria, led the Bears with 14 points, hitting four threes, in a 79-66 loss at Arkansas at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, where Razorbacks freshman Maper Maker, from Perth, had two rebounds in five minutes. Bryant graduate student Keegan Harvey, from Newcastle, had 10 points, seven rebounds and three assists on 4-from-16 shooting as the Bulldogs, who trailed 35-31 at half-time, lost 72-51 at Rutgers.
Saint Mary's junior guard Josh Dent, from Wollongong, finished a point short of a double-double with nine points, all on threes, and 10 assists as the Gaels beat UIC 84-61 at University Credit Union Pavilion in Moraga. Rory Hawke started and had two assists, one of them on Dent's opening three, Luke Fennell had two points and four assists, and Flynn Pavely scored two.
Georgia freshman Mading Kuany, from Melbourne, hit a three that cut North Carolina's lead to 60-54 with 10:28 left, and the Bulldogs went on to win 78-70 at the Dean E. Smith Center in Chapel Hill. Georgetown junior Chol Machot had two points and two rebounds in an 85-78 win at Clemson, and Chattanooga freshman Kobe McDowell-White had four points, three rebounds, two assists and two steals in 35 minutes in a 77-70 win at Elon, who never led.
Ohio freshman Ché Brogan had four points and two steals and sophomore Kiir Kuany two points and two blocks in an 80-62 loss at Purdue. Southeast Missouri State senior Clayton Jewell had six points and seven rebounds in an 88-75 loss at Middle Tennessee, and Charlotte freshman Frank Oguche had two points and six rebounds in a 66-60 loss to App State.
Harvard senior Luca Ace-Nasteski had two points, seven rebounds and two assists in an 85-57 loss at George Washington, where Revolutionaries freshman Deng Manyang came on with 1:23 left. Bucknell freshman Ethan Marten-Coney scored four in a 77-59 loss to Columbia, whose senior guard Nicolo Romanelli did not play. TCU junior Ryan Hunt had four rebounds in a 76-64 win over Milwaukee, and West Florida freshman Oluwatomisin Ayodele-Osho played one minute in a 69-67 loss to Cleveland State in Huntsville.
Oklahoma senior Yaak Yaak did not play in a 74-58 win over Fairleigh Dickinson, and Hofstra junior Riley Dunn did not play in a 62-59 overtime win over Iona.
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