Score: VCU 74, Iona 58
Location: New Rochelle, N.Y. (Hynes Center)
Records: VCU 2-0, Iona 0-2

• Including Alaeze and Calhoun, all five VCU starters scored in double figures.
• Defensively, VCU was superb. The Rams created 22 turnovers and held the Gaels to 36 percent (19-of-53) shooting. VCU committed just nine turnovers of its own.
• Iona shot just 28 percent (8-of-29) in the first half as VCU took a 32-25 lead.
• Junior point guard Keira Robinson filled up the box score again Tuesday. The Columbia, South Carolina native scored 10 points, handed out four assists and grabbed four rebounds and four steals for VCU.
• Treyanna Clay led the way for Iona with 15 points and seven rebounds.

• It was a game of runs in the early going. VCU staked itself to a 15-4 lead in the opening minutes, but the Rams then endured a seven-minute scoring drought as Iona answered with a 12-0 burst.
• A short time later, Robinson and senior Jessica Ogunnorin contributed a pair of buckets each to a 12-0 VCU run that snapped a 19-all tie and gave the Rams a 31-19 advantage with 2:41 left.
• Iona scored the first seven points after the break, including back-to-back layups by Marina Lizarazu, to knot the game at 32-all. But VCU responded with what was effectively the knockout punch. Alaeze sparked an 11-1 blitz with four free throws and a jumper to push VCU in front for good at 43-33 with 5:25 left. The Gaels would get no closer than eight points the rest of the way.

• VCU is 2-0 under Coach Beth O'Boyle for the second straight season.
• Ogunnorin, a transfer from Stony Brook, scored six points and grabbed five rebounds in her VCU debut.
• In two games, VCU has forced a combined 44 turnovers. 
• The Rams have held their first two opponents this season, Coppin State and Iona, to .343 (36-of-105) shooting from the floor.

• The Rams will complete their two-game road swing on Saturday, Nov. 21 at IUPUI in Indianapolis. Tip-off for that match-up is set for 7 p.m.