QUICK PREVIEW 
 
First-place Saint Louis heads to the Bronx, N.Y., to take on the Fordham Rams in a matchup featuring the two hottest teams in the Atlantic 10 Conference. Game time is set for 6 p.m. (CT).
 
The Billikens are on a roll, having won six in a row to move to 15-6 overall and 7-1 in A-10 play. SLU is in first place in the league standings, a half-game up on VCU. Likewise, Fordham is hot also as the Rams are on a four-game winning streak. They enter Tuesday's tilt 17-4 overall, the most wins by an A-10 team, and 5-3 in league play.
 
FOLLOW THE ACTION 
 
Tuesday's game is being televised and produced by SNY in New York and it will also be carried live on Bally Sports Midwest and ESPN+. Mike Watts (play-by-play), Andrew Bogusch (analyst) and Maria Trivelpiece (sideline) have the call.
 
The radio broadcast will air on the home for the Billikens, KMOX 1120 AM. As always, Billiken Hall of Famers Bob Ramsey and Earl Austin Jr. will be on the call.
 
FIVE FACTS
 
1 // Yuri Collins continues to hold the overwhelming lead in the NCAA in assists (212) and assists per game (10.6). He is on the verge of becoming the Atlantic 10 Conference's all-time assists leader for a career, needing just 17 more to surpass Jacob Gilyard, who collected 782 assists in his five-year career at Richmond.
 
2 // Francis Okoro leads the A-10 in rebounding with 8.7 rpg. Additionally, Okoro is second in school history in career FG percentage (.578, 201-348). Melvin Robinson (1989-92) is the Billikens' career leader in FG percentage (.636, 201-348).
 
3 // Javon Pickett led the Billikens in scoring with 14 points at Davidson. He is fourth on the team in scoring (10.6 ppg) and second in rebounding (5.2 rpg).    
 
4 // Gibson Jimerson, who leads the team in scoring, and Javonte Perkins continue to move up the SLU scoring list. Jimerson's 1,105 career points rank 29th in school history, three away from passing Virgel Cobbin for 28th. Perkins (1,061 career points) needs two more points to pass Cody Ellis for 30th in school history.
 
5 // A win Tuesday would give SLU its longest winning streak within a season (seven) since the 2013-14 Billikens won 19 in a row. SLU had an 11-game winning streak between seasons at the end of the 2019-20 season and into the 2020-21 campaign.
 
ABOUT FORDHAM
 
The Rams are one the surprise teams in the Atlantic 10 this season. They were picked 11th in the preseason poll but have won four straight and are 17-4 (league-best 17 wins) and 5-3 in conference play.
 
Darius Quisenberry leads the Rams with 16.8 ppg, sixth in the A-10, while Khalid Moore follows with 15.0 ppg. Abdou Tsimbila leads the A-10 and is 31st in the NCAA with 1.95 blocked shots per game.
 
As a team, the Rams lead the league and are 14th in the NCAA in blocked shots. Fordham is also the league's top free-throw shooting team, hitting 75.4 percent from the charity stripe.
 
Fordham is under the direction of first-year head coach Keith Urgo. Urgo served as Fordham's associate head coach last year and was promoted to head coach after Kyle Neptune's departure to Villanova this offseason.
 
SERIES HISTORY
 
Saint Louis leads the all-time series 15-3. The Bills have won five games in a row in the series, including the last two games played at Rose Hill Gymnasium.
 
SLU is 5-3 in road games against Fordham and 4-3 in games played at Rose Hill Gymnasium. SLU played a "road" game against Fordham on Jan. 19, 2011, that the Rams hosted at the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, N.J.
 
UP NEXT
 
The Billikens are home for two in a row, beginning Friday, Feb. 3, against VCU. Game time at Chaifetz Arena is set for 6 p.m., and the game will be televised on ESPN2.