National Basketball Association
VCU 71, Dayton 65
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, March 15, 2015
Where: Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York
Officials:
# Bill McCarthy, # Gary Prager, # Wally Rutecki
Attendance:
7685
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VCU
71, Dayton 65: Treveon Graham had 20 points, 13 rebounds and four
assists as the Rams edged out the Flyers for the Atlantic 10
tournament championship in Brooklyn, N.Y.
JeQuan
Lewis scored 15 points and Mo Alie-Cox scored 13 points on 6-of-6
shooting from the field for VCU (26-9), which snapped a two-game
losing streak in the Atlantic 10 title game. Terry Larrier added 10
points for the Rams.
Scoochie
Smith led Dayton (25-8) with 16 points and four steals, while Dyshawn
Pierre and Jordan Sibert each scored 14 points. Kendall Pollard had
13 points for the Flyers, who were only 2-of-12 from 3-point range.
The
first half was close throughout, but a closing 9-2 run on 3-pointers
by Larrier, Melvin Johnson and Lewis put VCU up by seven at the
break, and Graham hit a 3 in the opening seconds of the second half
to up the advantage to 10. But Dayton held the Rams without a field
goal for nearly seven minutes, tying the game with just under 12
minutes to play on Pierre's tip-in.
It
was still tied with just over a minute to go when Graham got free for
a layup and Doug Brooks got a steal and fed Lewis for another layup to put
VCU up four with 53 seconds left. The Flyers tried to foul to get
back into the game, but the Rams went 8-for-8 from the line the rest
of the way to hold off the charge.
GAME NOTEBOOK: VCU was 5-of-13
from the line before the closing minute's perfect showing. … The
Flyers used only seven players, with the bench going 0-of-7 from
the field for zero points. … The Rams won the rebound battle 40-35 despite Pierre's team-high 11, including six offensive boards.
Top Game Performances
| VCU |
|
Dayton |
|
Treveon Graham 20 |
Scoring |
Scoochie Smith 16 |
|
Treveon Graham 4 |
Assists |
Dyshawn Pierre 4 |
|
Treveon Graham 13 |
Rebounds |
Dyshawn Pierre 11 |
|
Treveon Graham 5 |
Free Throws Made |
Jordan Sibert 7 |
|
Mo Alie-Cox 1 |
Steals |
Scoochie Smith 4 |
|
Mo Alie-Cox 1 |
Blocks |
Dyshawn Pierre 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| VCU
|
71 |
42.9 |
10-27 |
13-21 |
14 |
35 |
4 |
4 |
13 |
| Dayton
|
65 |
38.2 |
2-12 |
21-27 |
10 |
30 |
2 |
11 |
10 |
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