This past week, the Fordham women’s basketball team struggled to generate offense as they lost both of their matchups.

On Jan. 29, Fordham hosted the University of Rhode Island (URI) Rams and was held to a meager 35 points in the contest. They were dominated from the get-go as URI opened the game on a 19-2 run. Fordham was never able to bounce back, partly because of poor perimeter shooting, finishing the game 12-0 from three-point range. Junior guard Chaé Harris led the scoring for Fordham with 12 points and graduate guard Taylor Donaldson contributed 8 points. Combined, the pair scored more than half of the Rams’ points.

Following their loss, the Rams looked to bounce back on the road against Saint Louis University (SLU). Though a late rally did force overtime, they were not able to pull out the win. After scoring just 23 points in the first 30:50 of the game, the Rams scored 26 points in the final 9:10 of regulation to tie it up. Taylor Donaldson drained the game-tying bucket with 28 seconds to play on a contested jumper. The overtime period saw many free throws and just one made basket. SLU scored the final seven points to secure the win. Donaldson led the way for the Rams with 21 points, six rebounds and two steals.

As a team, Fordham totaled 55 rebounds, their most in a game since last year’s season opener against Adelphi. Those 55 marked their most offensive boards since they grabbed 30 rebounds against Dartmouth back on Nov. 26, 2003.

The Rams dropped consecutive games for just the second time this season, falling to 12-9 on the year and 6-4 in Atlantic 10 play.

The Rams return home to the Rose Hill Gym on Saturday, Feb. 8. They will face the George Mason Patriots at 2 p.m.