Box Score Score: VCU 73, Davidson 62
Location: Richmond, Va. (Stuart C. Siegel Center)
Records: VCU 17-6 (7-3 Atlantic 10) Davidson 11-11 (5-5)
Attendance: 7,637 (148th consecutive sellout)
The short story: VCU forced 16 first-half turnovers and senior guard Marcus Evans supplied 19 points to push the Rams past Davidson Friday night at the Siegel Center.
OPENING TIP
- Evans shot 3-of-5 from beyond the arc and connected on all six of his free throws on the way to his highest scoring output since Nov. 25. The senior also grabbed a season-high five rebounds
- VCU senior guard De'Riante Jenkins finished with 15 points and added seven rebounds, five steals and four assists
- Issac Vann and Marcus Santos-Silva finished with nine and eight points, respectively, for the Rams
- Davidson guard Kellan Grady scored a 27 points to lead all scorers in Friday's contest. Hyunjung Lee added 20 points for the Wildcats
THE DIFFERENCE
- Vann scored the first four points of the game and freshman guard Bones Hyland hit a long 3-pointer as VCU stormed to a 15-2 lead to open the game
- VCU forced 16 first-half turnovers on the way to a 35-20 lead at the break. Davidson finished with 21 turnovers, while VCU coughed it up just nine times
- The Rams outscored Davidson 23-7 off turnovers
- Davidson cut VCU's lead to 63-56 with 4:11 left on a Grady 3-pointer, but senior forward Mike'L Simms buried a triple from the corner two possessions later to halt the Wildcats' charge
NOTABLE
- VCU hit all 19 of its free throws to establish a new school record for most makes without a miss in a game. The Rams were 18-of-18 at the line on Jan. 5 at George Mason
- The Rams improved to 7-5 all-time against Davidson
- The Black and Gold is 13-1 at home this season
- VCU's defense held the Wildcats to zero fast break points while capitalizing off of 10 transition points
NEXT UP
VCU will host in-state rival George Mason on Wednesday, Feb. 12 at the Stuart C. Siegel Center at 7 p.m. That game will be broadcast on ESPNU.
