Score: VCU 77, UMass 62
Location: Amherst, Mass. (Mullins Center)
Records: VCU 20-7 (13-3 Atlantic 10), UMass 12-15 (5-10)
 
The short story: Senior guard KeShawn Curry scored a game-high 18 points and VCU forced 22 turnovers on the way to its seventh straight victory Saturday. The win was also the 100^th of Head Coach Mike Rhoades' career at VCU. He is 100-50 in five seasons.
 
OPENING TIP

• Curry led an efficient VCU offensive performance. He connected on 7-of-11 attempts from the floor and added four steals and four rebounds
• Junior guard Marcus Tsohonis added 12 points off the bench for VCU, while senior forward Vince Williams Jr. provided 10 points, four steals and two blocks
• Sophomore guard Ace Baldwin Jr. handed out nine assists for the Black and Gold, in addition to six points and four rebounds
• Trent Buttrick led UMass with 12 points

THE DIFFERENCE

• VCU outscored UMass 27-13 off turnovers and owned a 48-36 scoring advantage in the paint
• The Rams shot 53 percent (29-of-55) from the field, including 58 percent (15-of-26) in the first half
• VCU also took away UMass' greatest strength, limiting the Minutemen to 3-of-19 shooting from beyond the 3-point arc. UMass entered the day seventh in the country in 3-point percentage (.388). Forty-one percent of UMass' points this season have come off of 3-pointers
• UMass shot 38 percent (21-of-55) overall in the game
• Tsohonis connected on a pair of floaters in the early going that sparked a 9-2 VCU run to give the Rams a 17-7 lead with 10:59 remaining. VCU would never look back on the way to a wire-to-wire victory. The Rams led by as many as 25 in the game

NOTABLE

• Rhoades is the fourth VCU coach to record 100 wins at the helm. He joins Shaka Smart (163), Sonny Smith (136) and J.D. Barnett (132) in that club
• VCU improved to 9-1 on the road with Saturday's victory, including 7-1 in A-10 play. Those seven wins match the program's most league road wins in a season since the Rams joined the league in 2012-13
• VCU's seven-game win streak matches a season high. The Rams also took over sole possession of second place in the Atlantic 10 Conference standings with the win. The Rams trail Davidson (14-2) by one game with two to play
• All 11 Rams to see the floor Saturday scored

NEXT UP
VCU will return to the friendly confines of the Stuart C. Siegel Center to host St. Bonaventure on Tuesday, March 1 at 8:30 p.m. on CBS Sports Network