Game Date: Jan 29th, 2043
Northwestern 63 - VCU 67
Date: November 1st, 2042
Game: College [Non-Conference] [#1006040] 
Arena: Siegel Center
Attendance: 8,563
Player Of The Game: Howard Kern (1)
| Team / Score | 1 | 2 | F | |
| Northwestern Wildcats | 33 | 30 | 63 | |
| VCU Rams | 29 | 38 | 67 | |
| Northwestern Wildcats | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| # | Player | Min | FG | 3PT | FT | PTS | Off | Reb | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | DIST | PITP | FBP | FD | Fat | SC | ||
| 11 | C. Mooney sf | 28 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -7 | 12.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 25 | K. Rockwell pf | 14 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 3.8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 5 | H. Kern c | 30 | 6-11 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +4 | 3.2 | 12 | 0 | 5 | Mod | 🏀 | ||
| 34 | T. Thurston sg | 32 | 6-23 | 3-16 | 0-0 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +6 | 15.0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | Mod | 🏀 | ||
| 52 | A. Savage pg | 29 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 2-3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | -13 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 42 | J. Brackett pf | 18 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | -7 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 55 | M. Fletcher sg | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 4 | S. Thacker sf | 25 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 32 | A. Sanders pf | 16 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 33 | D. Feller sf | 5 | 4-7 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 11.3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| Total | 200 | 26-64 | 4-26 | 7-11 | 63 | 10 | 41 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 22 | -20 | 7.8 | 36 | 5 | 16 | - | 🏀 | |||
| Percentages | 40.6% | 15.4% | 63.6% | |||||||||||||||||||
| VCU Rams | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| # | Player | Min | FG | 3PT | FT | PTS | Off | Reb | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | DIST | PITP | FBP | FD | Fat | SC | ||
| 10 | B. Robinson sf | 32 | 4-12 | 1-7 | 1-2 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +9 | 11.5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 11 | R. Strong pf | 28 | 1-6 | 0-3 | 3-4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +6 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 24 | R. Henson c | 28 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 35 | M. Anderson sg | 32 | 4-14 | 1-9 | 6-6 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +14 | 7.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 32 | L. Elder pg | 30 | 5-13 | 1-8 | 4-7 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +6 | 4.2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 33 | K. Whitlock pg | 10 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 20.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 3 | N. Nixon sf | 15 | 3-7 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -13 | 6.0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 41 | E. Steffen sg | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 21 | A. Santana c | 24 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 4-4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +5 | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | - | 🏀 | ||
| Total | 200 | 21-62 | 4-33 | 21-28 | 67 | 12 | 40 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 16 | +20 | 7.9 | 26 | 14 | 22 | - | 🏀 | |||
| Percentages | 33.9% | 12.1% | 75.0% | |||||||||||||||||||
Player of the Game
Northwestern: Howard Kern
Head Coaches
Northwestern: Elliott Grady
VCU: Jared Paige
Offensive Efficiencies
Northwestern: At the rim (4/6 66.7%) Inside (14/21 66.7%) Mid-range (4/11 36.4%) Beyond the Arc (4/26 15.4%)
VCU: At the rim (9/13 69.2%) Inside (4/9 44.4%) Mid-range (4/7 57.1%) Beyond the Arc (4/33 12.1%)
Defensive Tactics
Northwestern: Man-To-Man (0.0%) Zone (78.9%) Pressure (1.1%) 2nd Chance (4.4%) Transition (13.3%) Int. Foul (2.2%)
VCU: Man-To-Man (56.3%) Zone (11.5%) Pressure (14.9%) 2nd Chance (5.7%) Transition (11.5%) Int. Foul (0.0%)
Weighted Skill Index (SI) & Team Power Index (TPI)
Northwestern: 126.0 / 126.0
VCU: 141.9 / 138.1
Injuries
Northwestern: none
VCU: none
Overworked
Northwestern: none
VCU: none
Game Information
Date: Saturday, November 1st, 2042
Game Type: College [Non-Conference]
Arena: Siegel Center
City: Richmond, VA
Attendance: 8,563
Version: 1.033
Simulated: Sun Dec 22 2024 @ 9:07:21 am PST
Standard Dialog
Starting Line-Ups
Northwestern: PG-Savage (6' 4"), SG-Thurston (6' 2½"), SF-Mooney (6' 4½"), PF-Rockwell (6' 9"), C-Kern (6' 10½")
VCU: PG-Elder (6' 4"), SG-Anderson (6' 4½"), SF-Robinson (6' 7½"), PF-Strong (6' 8"), C-Henson (6' 9")
1st Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Tip-off! Northwestern gains possession on the jump ball...
19:55 - Northwestern: Fast break opportunity! Thurston leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Thurston passes the ball to Savage on the perimeter. Savage passes the ball to Thurston on the perimeter. Strong steals the pass from Thurston.
19:34 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense. Elder passes the ball to Robinson in the paint. Robinson passes the ball to Anderson on the perimeter. Anderson passes the ball to Henson in the paint. Henson shoots from the low post. Foul! Rockwell fouls Henson on the shot. Henson makes the first free throw. Henson makes the second free throw. VCU 2 - 0.
19:11 - Northwestern: Fast break opportunity! Savage attacks with the ball on the fast break. Savage passes the ball to Thurston on the perimeter. Thurston shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Savage. Northwestern 3 - 2.
19:04 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense. Elder passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Anderson on the perimeter. Anderson shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Henson grabs the long offensive rebound.
18:49 - VCU: Henson has the rebound and restarts the offense. Henson passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Foul! Rockwell commits the foul on Strong.
18:45 - Game Event: Time out. Rockwell must sit with 2 fouls. Northwestern substitutes Thacker to Shooting Guard, Brackett to Power Forward and Sanders to Center. VCU substitutes Whitlock to Point Guard and Santana to Center.
18:45 - VCU: The ball is inbounded to Santana. Santana passes the ball to Robinson outside. Robinson passes the ball to Strong. Strong passes the ball to Anderson on the perimeter. Anderson shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Savage grabs the rebound.
18:20 - Northwestern: Fast break opportunity! Thacker attacks with the ball on the fast break. Thacker turns the ball over to the other team.
18:14 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Santana in the paint. Santana passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong passes the ball to Whitlock on the perimeter. Whitlock passes the ball to Santana in the paint. Santana shoots from the inside. Foul! Sanders fouls Santana on the shot. Santana makes the first free throw. Santana makes the second free throw. VCU 4 - 3.
17:48 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against pressure defense. Savage passes the ball to Sanders in the paint. Sanders passes the ball to Mooney on the perimeter. Mooney shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Whitlock grabs the long rebound.
17:31 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Robinson in the paint. Robinson passes the ball to Strong. Strong turns the ball over to the other team.
17:19 - Northwestern: Fast break opportunity! Thacker leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Thacker passes the ball to Mooney on the perimeter. Mooney passes the ball to Thacker outside. Thacker passes the ball to Mooney. Mooney passes the ball to Sanders in the paint. Sanders goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Mooney. Northwestern 5 - 4.
16:50 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Santana in the paint. Santana passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Thacker grabs the rebound.
16:32 - Northwestern: Fast break opportunity! Thacker attacks with the ball on the fast break. Thacker turns the ball over to the other team.
16:26 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Anderson outside. Anderson passes the ball to Robinson on the perimeter. Robinson shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! VCU 7 - 5.
16:07 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Savage passes the ball to Brackett. Brackett turns the ball over to the other team.
16:02 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Anderson leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Anderson passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Anderson on the perimeter. Anderson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Anderson with a fadeaway jumper. Foul! Mooney fouls Anderson on the shot. Anderson makes the first free throw. Anderson makes the second free throw. VCU 9 - 5.
15:31 - Game Event: Time out. Northwestern substitutes Mooney to Point Guard, Feller to Shooting Guard and Thacker to Small Forward. VCU substitutes Nixon to Small Forward.
15:31 - Northwestern: Mooney brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Mooney tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Mooney passes the ball to Feller. Feller with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! VCU 9 - 7.
15:19 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Brackett grabs the rebound.
15:09 - Northwestern: Fast break opportunity! Mooney leads the fast break with Feller and Thacker. Mooney passes the ball to Feller at the basket. Feller lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Mooney. Tied 9 - 9.
15:02 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Whitlock with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! VCU 11 - 9.
14:51 - Game Event: Time out. Northwestern substitutes Thurston to Shooting Guard, Sanders to Power Forward and Kern to Center. VCU substitutes Elder to Point Guard.
14:51 - Northwestern: Mooney brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Mooney passes the ball to Thurston on the perimeter. Thurston shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Foul! Nixon fouls Thacker blocking out to get the rebound.
14:40 - Northwestern: The ball is inbounded to Thacker. Thacker passes the ball to Kern in the paint. Kern passes the ball to Mooney in the paint. Mooney passes the ball to Thurston on the perimeter. Thurston shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Kern grabs the long offensive rebound.
14:17 - Northwestern: Kern has the rebound and restarts the offense. Kern shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Thurston grabs the long offensive rebound.
14:12 - Northwestern: Thurston has the rebound and restarts the offense. Thurston shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Strong grabs the long rebound.
14:07 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Anderson leads the fast break with Elder to the right. Anderson passes the ball to Elder at the basket. Elder lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Anderson. VCU 13 - 9.
14:00 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Whitlock to Point Guard.
14:00 - Northwestern: Mooney brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Mooney passes the ball to Kern in the paint. Kern passes the ball to Mooney. Mooney drives by Whitlock. Mooney lays it up. Foul! Whitlock fouls Mooney on the shot. Mooney makes the first free throw. Mooney makes the second free throw. VCU 13 - 11.
13:36 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Elder to Point Guard.
13:36 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder passes the ball to Nixon in the paint. Nixon passes the ball to Santana in the paint. Santana shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Strong grabs the offensive rebound.
13:21 - VCU: Strong has the rebound and restarts the offense. Strong passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Santana grabs the long offensive rebound.
13:08 - VCU: Santana has the rebound and restarts the offense. Santana passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon passes the ball to Elder in the paint. Elder passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Anderson on the perimeter. The shot clock winding down. Anderson shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Strong grabs the offensive rebound.
12:43 - VCU: Strong has the rebound and restarts the offense. Strong passes the ball to Elder. Elder drives down the lane. Elder passes the ball to Anderson at the basket. Anderson lays it up. The shot misses. Thacker grabs the rebound.
12:24 - Northwestern: Thurston brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Thurston shoots from downtown. The shot goes in! Northwestern 14 - 13.
12:20 - Game Event: Time out. Northwestern substitutes Thacker to Point Guard, Feller to Small Forward, Brackett to Power Forward and Sanders to Center. VCU substitutes Steffen to Shooting Guard, Santana to Power Forward and Henson to Center.
12:20 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder drives down the lane. Elder lays it up. It's blocked by Sanders! Sanders grabs the rebound.
12:06 - Northwestern: Thacker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Thacker passes the ball to Brackett in the paint. Brackett passes the ball to Feller. Feller shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Brackett. Northwestern 16 - 13.
11:47 - Game Event: Time out. Northwestern substitutes Savage to Point Guard, Thacker to Small Forward, Sanders to Power Forward and Kern to Center. VCU substitutes Nixon to Shooting Guard and Robinson to Small Forward.
11:47 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Nixon with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Thacker grabs the rebound.
11:27 - Northwestern: Thurston brings up the ball against pressure defense. Thurston passes the ball to Sanders in the paint. Sanders passes the ball to Savage in the paint. Savage shoots from the low post. Foul! Elder fouls Savage on the shot. Savage missed the first free throw. Savage makes the second free throw. Northwestern 17 - 13.
11:12 - Game Event: Time out. Northwestern substitutes Brackett to Power Forward and Sanders to Center. VCU substitutes Steffen to Shooting Guard and Nixon to Small Forward.
11:12 - VCU: Steffen brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Steffen drives to the basket. Foul! Savage commits the foul on Steffen.
11:00 - VCU: The ball is inbounded to Elder. Elder passes the ball to Henson in the paint. Henson passes the ball to Elder in the paint. Elder passes the ball to Nixon. Nixon passes the ball to Santana outside. Santana shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Savage grabs the rebound.
10:31 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Savage passes the ball to Thacker on the perimeter. Thacker tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Thacker with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Henson grabs the rebound.
10:18 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder passes the ball to Henson in the paint. Henson passes the ball to Nixon. Foul! Thacker commits the foul on Nixon.
10:10 - Game Event: Time out. Northwestern substitutes Sanders to Power Forward and Kern to Center. VCU substitutes Nixon to Shooting Guard and Robinson to Small Forward.
10:10 - VCU: The ball is inbounded to Nixon. Nixon shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Thurston grabs the long rebound.
10:04 - Northwestern: Fast break opportunity! Thurston leads the fast break. Foul! Elder commits the foul on Thurston.
9:57 - Game Event: Time out. Northwestern substitutes Thacker to Point Guard and Feller to Small Forward. Elder must sit with 2 fouls. VCU substitutes Whitlock to Point Guard.
9:57 - Northwestern: The ball is inbounded to Kern. Kern hands off the ball to Thurston. Thurston passes the ball to Kern in the paint. Kern passes the ball to Feller on the perimeter. Feller shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Nixon grabs the long rebound.
9:37 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Nixon leads the fast break with Whitlock to the right. Nixon passes the ball to Whitlock on the perimeter. Whitlock shoots from the three point line. Air ball! Thacker grabs the rebound.
9:33 - Northwestern: Thacker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Thacker tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Thacker with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Thurston grabs the offensive rebound.
9:20 - Northwestern: Thurston has the rebound. Thurston shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Northwestern 19 - 13.
9:18 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock passes the ball to Santana in the paint. Santana passes the ball to Robinson on the perimeter. Robinson shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Sanders grabs the rebound.
9:01 - Northwestern: Thacker brings up the ball against pressure defense. Thacker passes the ball to Kern in the paint. Kern passes the ball to Thurston. Thurston shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Kern. Northwestern 21 - 13.
8:45 - Game Event: Time out. Northwestern substitutes Savage to Point Guard and Thacker to Small Forward. VCU substitutes Anderson to Shooting Guard.
8:45 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock passes the ball to Henson in the paint. Henson passes the ball to Whitlock. Whitlock passes the ball to Anderson in the paint. Anderson passes the ball to Whitlock on the perimeter. Whitlock shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Anderson. Northwestern 21 - 16.
8:17 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Nixon to Shooting Guard.
8:17 - Northwestern: Thurston brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Thurston passes the ball to Savage on the perimeter. Savage passes the ball to Thurston in the paint. Thurston shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Savage. Northwestern 23 - 16.
8:04 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock passes the ball to Robinson in the paint. Robinson shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Kern grabs the rebound.
7:52 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Savage drives down the lane. Savage lays it up. The shot goes in! And Savage is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Savage makes the first free throw. Northwestern 26 - 16.
7:42 - Game Event: Time out. Northwestern substitutes Mooney to Small Forward. VCU substitutes Anderson to Shooting Guard.
7:42 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock passes the ball to Santana in the paint. Santana passes the ball to Henson in the paint. Henson passes the ball to Whitlock. Whitlock passes the ball to Henson in the paint. Henson passes the ball to Santana in the paint. Santana passes the ball to Henson in the paint. The shot clock winding down. Henson shoots from the low post. Foul! Sanders fouls Henson on the shot. Henson makes the first free throw. Henson missed the second free throw. Sanders grabs the rebound. Northwestern 26 - 17.
7:06 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Savage passes the ball to Sanders in the paint. Sanders passes the ball to Savage. Foul! Santana commits a foul away from the ball.
6:54 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Strong to Power Forward.
6:54 - Northwestern: The ball is inbounded to Thurston. Thurston passes the ball to Sanders in the paint. Sanders goes for the dunk. Offensive foul! Sanders charged with the foul while taking the shot over Strong.
6:44 - Game Event: Time out. Sanders must sit with 3 fouls. Northwestern substitutes Brackett to Power Forward.
6:44 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock passes the ball to Robinson in the paint. Robinson passes the ball to Strong. Strong passes the ball to Henson on the perimeter. Henson shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Robinson grabs the long offensive rebound.
6:18 - VCU: Robinson has the rebound and restarts the offense. Robinson passes the ball to Henson in the paint. Henson passes the ball to Robinson. Robinson shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Northwestern 26 - 19.
6:00 - Game Event: Time out. Northwestern substitutes Thacker to Point Guard, Fletcher to Shooting Guard and Feller to Small Forward. VCU substitutes Santana to Power Forward.
6:00 - Northwestern: Thacker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Thacker drives by Whitlock. Thacker passes the ball to Feller on the perimeter. Feller shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Robinson grabs the long rebound.
5:48 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock passes the ball to Robinson. Robinson shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Northwestern 26 - 21.
5:36 - Game Event: Time out. Northwestern substitutes Savage to Point Guard, Thurston to Shooting Guard and Mooney to Small Forward. VCU substitutes Strong to Power Forward.
5:36 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Savage passes the ball to Brackett in the paint. Brackett passes the ball to Thurston in the paint. Thurston shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Henson grabs the rebound.
5:23 - VCU: Anderson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Thurston steals the pass from Anderson.
5:15 - Northwestern: Fast break opportunity! Thurston leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Thurston passes the ball to Brackett in the paint. Brackett shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Thurston. Northwestern 28 - 21.
4:59 - Game Event: Time out. Northwestern substitutes Rockwell to Power Forward. VCU substitutes Elder to Point Guard.
4:59 - VCU: Anderson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Anderson passes the ball to Henson in the paint. Henson passes the ball to Robinson on the perimeter. Robinson shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Foul! Rockwell fouls Strong blocking out to get the rebound. In the bonus, Strong is shooting one-and-one. Strong makes the first free throw. Strong makes the second free throw. Northwestern 28 - 23.
4:42 - Game Event: Time out. Rockwell must sit with 3 fouls. Northwestern substitutes Sanders to Power Forward.
4:42 - Northwestern: Thurston brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Thurston shoots from deep. The shot misses. Henson grabs the rebound.
4:36 - VCU: Anderson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Anderson passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder passes the ball to Henson in the paint. Henson passes the ball to Anderson outside. Anderson passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder passes the ball to Strong outside. Strong shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Sanders grabs the rebound.
4:06 - Northwestern: Fast break opportunity! Savage attacks with the ball on the fast break. Savage turns the ball over to the other team.
4:01 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Elder leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Elder passes the ball to Henson. Henson passes the ball to Robinson outside. Robinson passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Anderson in the paint. Anderson shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Northwestern 28 - 25.
3:30 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against pressure defense. Savage passes the ball to Sanders in the paint. Sanders passes the ball to Thurston on the perimeter. Thurston passes the ball to Mooney in the paint. Mooney shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Thurston. Northwestern 30 - 25.
3:08 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Elder in the paint. Elder drives by Kern. Elder lays it up. Foul! Sanders fouls Elder on the shot. Elder makes the first free throw. Elder makes the second free throw. Northwestern 30 - 27.
2:40 - Game Event: Time out. Sanders must sit with 4 fouls. Northwestern substitutes Brackett to Power Forward.
2:40 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against pressure defense. Savage passes the ball to Brackett on the perimeter. Henson steals the pass from Brackett.
2:30 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Elder with a fadeaway jumper. Foul! Savage fouls Elder on the shot. Elder makes the first free throw. Elder makes the second free throw. Northwestern 30 - 29.
2:20 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against a zone defense. Savage passes the ball to Kern in the paint. Kern passes the ball to Savage on the perimeter. Savage passes the ball to Mooney outside. Mooney shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Anderson grabs the rebound.
1:52 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder passes the ball to Robinson on the perimeter. Robinson shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Robinson grabs the long offensive rebound.
1:39 - VCU: Robinson has the rebound and restarts the offense. Robinson passes the ball to Elder. Elder passes the ball to Henson in the paint. Henson passes the ball to Strong in the paint. And the shot clock expires!
1:18 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Savage passes the ball to Mooney on the perimeter. Mooney passes the ball to Thurston on the perimeter. Thurston shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Henson grabs the long rebound.
1:02 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Anderson outside. Offensive foul! Anderson commits the foul.
0:52 - Northwestern: Thurston brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Thurston passes the ball to Mooney. Mooney passes the ball to Thurston. Elder steals the pass from Thurston.
0:35 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Anderson leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Anderson passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Elder passes the ball to Henson in the paint. Henson shoots from the inside. Offensive foul! Henson charged with the foul while taking the shot over Kern.
0:14 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Savage passes the ball to Thurston in the paint. Thurston passes the ball to Mooney on the perimeter. Mooney shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Thurston. Northwestern 33 - 29.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Northwestern 33, VCU 29
Half-Time
2nd Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Savage must sit with 2 fouls. Northwestern substitutes Mooney to Point Guard and Thacker to Small Forward. Elder must sit with 2 fouls. VCU substitutes Whitlock to Point Guard.
20:00 - Game Event: Possession arrow favors VCU. They receive the ball...
19:55 - VCU: The ball is inbounded to Henson. Henson passes the ball to Whitlock on the perimeter. Whitlock passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Whitlock outside. Whitlock passes the ball to Anderson. Anderson drives to the basket. Foul! Mooney commits the foul on Anderson.
19:24 - Game Event: Time out. Northwestern substitutes Savage to Point Guard, Mooney to Small Forward and Rockwell to Power Forward. VCU substitutes Elder to Point Guard.
19:24 - VCU: The ball is inbounded to Strong. Strong passes the ball to Robinson on the perimeter. Robinson shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Thurston grabs the long rebound.
19:12 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Savage passes the ball to Kern in the paint. Kern shoots from the low post. Foul! Henson fouls Kern on the shot. Kern missed the first free throw. Kern makes the second free throw. Northwestern 34 - 29.
19:04 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder drives down the lane. Elder lays it up. Foul! Kern fouls Elder on the shot. Elder missed the first free throw. Elder missed the second free throw. Kern grabs the rebound.
18:51 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Savage passes the ball to Kern in the paint. Kern shoots from the low post. Strong rotates over and blocks the shot! Kern grabs the offensive rebound.
18:41 - Northwestern: Kern has the rebound and restarts the offense. Kern shoots from the block. The shot misses. Henson grabs the rebound.
18:35 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Anderson leads the fast break with Elder and Robinson. Anderson passes the ball to Elder at the basket. Elder lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Anderson. And Elder is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Elder missed the first free throw. Kern grabs the rebound. Northwestern 34 - 31.
18:30 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Savage passes the ball to Kern in the paint. Kern passes the ball to Rockwell outside. Rockwell drives down the lane. Rockwell lays it up. The shot misses. Kern grabs the offensive rebound.
18:05 - Northwestern: Kern has the rebound and restarts the offense. Kern shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Northwestern 36 - 31.
18:01 - Game Event: Time out. Northwestern substitutes Thacker to Shooting Guard and Brackett to Center. VCU substitutes Santana to Center.
18:01 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Elder passes the ball to Robinson in the paint. Robinson shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Foul! Brackett fouls Santana blocking out to get the rebound.
17:51 - VCU: The ball is inbounded to Strong. Strong hands off the ball to Anderson. Anderson shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Strong grabs the offensive rebound.
17:38 - VCU: Strong has the rebound and restarts the offense. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Rockwell grabs the rebound.
17:33 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Savage passes the ball to Brackett. Brackett turns the ball over to the other team.
17:26 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Anderson leads the fast break with Elder to the right. Anderson attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Northwestern 36 - 33.
17:20 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Savage passes the ball to Thacker outside. Thacker passes the ball to Savage outside. Savage passes the ball to Thacker. Thacker passes the ball to Rockwell in the paint. Rockwell shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Northwestern 38 - 33.
16:47 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder drives down the lane. Elder lays it up. The shot goes in! Northwestern 38 - 35.
16:35 - Northwestern: Thacker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Thacker passes the ball to Savage on the perimeter. Savage passes the ball to Thacker outside. Thacker turns the ball over out of bounds.
16:20 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense. Elder passes the ball to Robinson on the perimeter. Robinson shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Elder grabs the long offensive rebound.
16:10 - VCU: Elder has the rebound and restarts the offense. Elder passes the ball to Santana. Santana passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Santana. Tied 38 - 38.
15:53 - Game Event: Time out. Northwestern substitutes Mooney to Point Guard, Feller to Shooting Guard and Thacker to Small Forward. VCU substitutes Nixon to Small Forward.
15:53 - Northwestern: Feller brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Feller passes the ball to Brackett in the paint. Brackett shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Feller. Northwestern 40 - 38.
15:42 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder passes the ball to Nixon. Nixon passes the ball to Elder. Elder tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Elder passes the ball to Santana in the paint. Santana shoots in the paint. Foul! Rockwell fouls Santana on the shot. Santana makes the first free throw. Santana makes the second free throw. Tied 40 - 40.
15:26 - Game Event: Time out. Rockwell must sit with 4 fouls. Northwestern substitutes Fletcher to Shooting Guard and Feller to Power Forward.
15:26 - Northwestern: Mooney brings up the ball against a zone defense. Mooney passes the ball to Brackett in the paint. Santana steals the pass from Brackett.
15:17 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Anderson leads the fast break with Nixon to the right. Anderson attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! VCU 42 - 40.
15:12 - Northwestern: Fletcher brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Fletcher hands off the ball to Thacker. Thacker passes the ball to Brackett in the paint. Brackett turns the ball over out of bounds.
15:00 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder passes the ball to Santana in the paint. Santana shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! VCU 44 - 40.
14:50 - Game Event: Time out. Northwestern substitutes Thurston to Shooting Guard, Brackett to Power Forward and Kern to Center.
14:50 - Northwestern: Mooney brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Mooney drives down the lane. Mooney lays it up. The shot misses. Anderson grabs the rebound.
14:41 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Anderson attacks with the ball on the fast break. Anderson passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Strong grabs the long offensive rebound.
14:34 - VCU: Strong has the rebound and restarts the offense. Strong passes the ball to Santana in the paint. Santana shoots from the low post. Kern rotates over and blocks the shot! Kern grabs the rebound.
14:25 - Northwestern: Mooney brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Mooney passes the ball to Thacker. Thacker passes the ball to Mooney. Mooney passes the ball to Brackett in the paint. Brackett shoots from the inside. Foul! Strong fouls Brackett on the shot. Brackett missed the first free throw. Brackett missed the second free throw. Santana grabs the rebound.
14:05 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder passes the ball to Anderson on the perimeter. Anderson shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Kern grabs the rebound.
13:55 - Northwestern: Thurston brings up the ball against pressure defense. Thurston passes the ball to Mooney on the perimeter. Mooney passes the ball to Kern in the paint. Kern passes the ball to Thurston. Thurston with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Kern tips it in. VCU 44 - 42.
13:38 - VCU: Anderson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Anderson passes the ball to Santana in the paint. Santana passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Elder. Elder drives down the lane. Elder passes the ball to Strong at the basket. Strong lays it up. The shot goes in! VCU 46 - 42.
13:38 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to VCU!
13:13 - Northwestern: Mooney brings up the ball against pressure defense. Mooney passes the ball to Thacker in the paint. Thacker passes the ball to Kern in the paint. Kern passes the ball to Thacker. Thacker passes the ball to Thurston outside. Thurston shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Nixon grabs the long rebound.
12:45 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Elder leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Elder passes the ball to Nixon. Nixon with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Brackett grabs the rebound.
12:32 - Northwestern: Mooney brings up the ball against pressure defense. Mooney passes the ball to Thurston on the perimeter. Thurston shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Kern grabs the offensive rebound.
12:22 - Northwestern: Kern has the rebound. Kern shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! VCU 46 - 44.
12:20 - Game Event: Time out. Northwestern substitutes Thacker to Point Guard, Fletcher to Shooting Guard, Thurston to Small Forward, Feller to Power Forward and Brackett to Center. VCU substitutes Nixon to Shooting Guard, Robinson to Small Forward, Santana to Power Forward and Henson to Center.
12:20 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense. Elder passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Feller grabs the rebound.
12:09 - Northwestern: Fletcher brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Fletcher passes the ball to Thacker on the perimeter. Thacker passes the ball to Thurston in the paint. Thurston passes the ball to Feller on the perimeter. Feller shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Brackett grabs the long offensive rebound.
11:47 - Northwestern: Brackett has the rebound and restarts the offense. Brackett passes the ball to Thacker. Thacker passes the ball to Feller in the paint. Feller passes the ball to Thurston outside. Thurston shoots from deep. The shot misses. Elder grabs the rebound.
11:24 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense. Elder drives down the lane. Elder passes the ball to Santana at the basket. Santana lays it up. The shot misses. Thacker grabs the rebound.
11:10 - Northwestern: Thacker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Thacker passes the ball to Feller. Feller shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Thacker. Tied 46 - 46.
10:58 - Game Event: Time out. Northwestern substitutes Savage to Point Guard, Thurston to Shooting Guard, Thacker to Small Forward, Sanders to Power Forward and Kern to Center.
10:58 - VCU: Nixon brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nixon passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Kern grabs the rebound.
10:47 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Savage passes the ball to Thurston on the perimeter. Thurston shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Santana grabs the rebound.
10:37 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Nixon leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Nixon passes the ball to Santana in the paint. Santana shoots from the low post. Offensive foul! Santana charged with the foul while taking the shot over Kern.
10:22 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Savage passes the ball to Sanders. Sanders with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Santana grabs the rebound.
10:12 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Nixon leads the fast break with Elder to the right. Nixon lays it up. The shot goes in! VCU 48 - 46.
10:06 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Savage passes the ball to Kern in the paint. Kern shoots from the block. The shot misses. Elder grabs the rebound.
9:55 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Nixon leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Nixon passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Nixon grabs the long offensive rebound.
9:39 - VCU: Nixon has the rebound and restarts the offense. Nixon passes the ball to Robinson. Robinson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Robinson passes the ball to Nixon. Nixon with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! VCU 50 - 46.
9:24 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Henson steals the pass from Savage.
9:18 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Nixon leads the fast break with Elder to the right. Nixon lays it up. The shot goes in! And Nixon is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Nixon missed the first free throw. Sanders grabs the rebound. VCU 52 - 46.
9:14 - Northwestern: Thurston brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Thurston shoots from deep. The shot misses. Henson grabs the rebound.
9:08 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense. Elder passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Thurston grabs the rebound.
8:53 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Savage passes the ball to Kern in the paint. Foul! Henson commits the foul on Kern.
8:49 - Game Event: Time out. Northwestern substitutes Rockwell to Power Forward. VCU substitutes Anderson to Shooting Guard.
8:49 - Northwestern: The ball is inbounded to Rockwell. Rockwell passes the ball to Kern in the paint. Kern passes the ball to Savage in the paint. Savage passes the ball to Kern in the paint. Kern passes the ball to Thacker outside. Thacker passes the ball to Savage on the perimeter. Savage passes the ball to Thurston outside. The shot clock winding down. Thurston shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Henson grabs the rebound.
8:14 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense. Elder passes the ball to Anderson on the perimeter. Anderson shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Elder. VCU 55 - 46.
8:14 - Game Event: The home crowds goes crazy as their team has captured the momentum!
8:03 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Nixon to Shooting Guard.
8:03 - Northwestern: Thurston brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Thurston passes the ball to Rockwell in the paint. Rockwell shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Thurston. VCU 55 - 48.
7:52 - Game Event: Time out. Northwestern substitutes Mooney to Small Forward. VCU substitutes Anderson to Shooting Guard.
7:52 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder passes the ball to Anderson on the perimeter. Anderson shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Foul! Mooney fouls Robinson blocking out to get the rebound. In the bonus, Robinson is shooting one-and-one. Robinson makes the first free throw. Robinson missed the second free throw. Kern grabs the rebound. VCU 56 - 48.
7:40 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against a zone defense. Savage passes the ball to Kern in the paint. Kern shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Savage. VCU 56 - 50.
7:28 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder passes the ball to Santana in the paint. Santana turns the ball over to the other team.
7:23 - Northwestern: Fast break opportunity! Savage attacks with the ball on the fast break. Savage passes the ball to Thurston on the perimeter. Thurston shoots from beyond the arc. Air ball! Santana grabs the rebound.
7:17 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Anderson leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Anderson passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder passes the ball to Santana in the paint. Santana passes the ball to Robinson in the paint. Robinson shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Santana. VCU 58 - 50.
6:49 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Strong to Power Forward.
6:49 - Northwestern: Thurston brings up the ball against a zone defense. Robinson steals the pass from Thurston.
6:43 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Anderson attacks with the ball on the fast break. Anderson passes the ball to Elder at the basket. Elder lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Anderson. VCU 60 - 50.
6:37 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against a zone defense. Savage passes the ball to Rockwell in the paint. Rockwell tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Rockwell shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Kern grabs the offensive rebound.
6:22 - Northwestern: Kern has the rebound. Kern shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Robinson grabs the rebound.
6:20 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Anderson leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Anderson passes the ball to Henson in the paint. Henson passes the ball to Elder in the paint. Elder passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the inside. Offensive foul! Strong charged with the foul while taking the shot over Rockwell.
5:57 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against pressure defense. Savage passes the ball to Thurston. Thurston shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
5:45 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Elder attacks with the ball on the fast break. Elder turns the ball over to the other team.
5:40 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Savage passes the ball to Thurston. Thurston shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Elder grabs the rebound.
5:27 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Robinson. Robinson drives down the lane. Robinson passes the ball to Elder at the basket. Elder lays it up. Offensive foul! Elder charged with the foul while taking the shot over Kern.
5:04 - Game Event: Time out. Northwestern substitutes Thacker to Shooting Guard. VCU substitutes Santana to Power Forward.
5:04 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against a zone defense. Savage passes the ball to Kern in the paint. Kern shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! VCU 60 - 52.
4:52 - Game Event: Time out. Northwestern substitutes Thurston to Shooting Guard. VCU substitutes Strong to Power Forward.
4:52 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Savage steals the pass from Elder.
4:46 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against a zone defense. Savage passes the ball to Thurston on the perimeter. Thurston shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Savage. VCU 60 - 55.
4:35 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder passes the ball to Robinson on the perimeter. Robinson turns the ball over to the other team.
4:31 - Northwestern: Fast break opportunity! Savage leads the fast break with Thurston and Mooney. Savage passes the ball to Thurston on the perimeter. Thurston shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Anderson grabs the long rebound.
4:27 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Anderson leads the fast break with Elder to the right. Anderson passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Rockwell grabs the rebound.
4:23 - Northwestern: Fast break opportunity! Thurston leads the fast break with Savage and Mooney. Thurston passes the ball to Savage on the perimeter. Savage shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
4:18 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder passes the ball to Henson in the paint. Henson passes the ball to Robinson. Robinson passes the ball to Elder in the paint. Foul! Thurston commits a foul away from the ball. In the bonus, Anderson is shooting one-and-one. Anderson makes the first free throw. Anderson makes the second free throw. VCU 62 - 55.
4:02 - Game Event: Time out. Northwestern substitutes Thacker to Shooting Guard.
4:02 - Northwestern: Thacker brings up the ball against pressure defense. Thacker passes the ball to Kern in the paint. Kern passes the ball to Savage outside. Savage passes the ball to Mooney. Mooney passes the ball to Kern in the paint. Kern shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! VCU 62 - 57.
3:36 - Game Event: Time out. Northwestern substitutes Thurston to Shooting Guard.
3:36 - VCU: Anderson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Anderson passes the ball to Strong. Strong with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Rockwell grabs the rebound.
3:28 - Northwestern: Fast break opportunity! Savage leads the fast break. Offensive foul! Savage commits the foul on the break.
3:22 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder passes the ball to Anderson. Anderson drives down the lane. Anderson passes the ball to Robinson on the perimeter. Robinson shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Elder grabs the long offensive rebound.
3:02 - VCU: Elder has the rebound and restarts the offense. Elder passes the ball to Anderson on the perimeter. Anderson shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Kern grabs the rebound.
2:53 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Savage passes the ball to Kern in the paint. Kern passes the ball to Savage. Savage passes the ball to Rockwell in the paint. Rockwell passes the ball to Savage on the perimeter. Savage shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Henson grabs the rebound.
2:22 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Anderson leads the fast break with Robinson and Elder. Anderson lays it up. Foul! Mooney fouls Anderson on the shot. Mooney fouls out. Thacker replaces Mooney at small forward. Anderson makes the first free throw. Anderson makes the second free throw. VCU 64 - 57.
2:16 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Savage passes the ball to Thacker on the perimeter. Thacker shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Henson grabs the rebound.
2:05 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder passes the ball to Anderson outside. Anderson passes the ball to Robinson. Robinson passes the ball to Henson in the paint. Henson passes the ball to Anderson on the perimeter. Anderson shoots from beyond the arc. Air ball! Henson grabs the offensive rebound.
1:36 - VCU: Henson has the rebound. Henson shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! VCU 66 - 57.
1:36 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to VCU!
1:34 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Savage passes the ball to Rockwell in the paint. Rockwell goes for the dunk. Foul! Strong fouls Rockwell on the shot. Rockwell makes the first free throw. Rockwell makes the second free throw. VCU 66 - 59.
1:26 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense. Elder passes the ball to Henson in the paint. Offensive foul! Henson commits the foul.
1:19 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against a zone defense. Savage passes the ball to Rockwell in the paint. Rockwell shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Savage. VCU 66 - 61.
1:08 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense. Elder passes the ball to Henson in the paint. Henson passes the ball to Elder outside. Elder shoots from deep. The shot misses. Kern grabs the rebound.
0:52 - Northwestern: Fast break opportunity! Savage leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Savage passes the ball to Rockwell in the paint. Rockwell shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Henson grabs the rebound.
0:38 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Anderson leads the fast break with Robinson and Elder. Anderson lays it up. It's blocked by Kern! Rockwell grabs the rebound.
0:34 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Savage passes the ball to Thurston on the perimeter. Thurston passes the ball to Rockwell on the perimeter. Rockwell passes the ball to Savage. Savage passes the ball to Thacker. Thacker with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Rockwell tips it in. VCU 66 - 63.
0:02 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball while the defense tries to foul. Elder passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Foul! Rockwell commits the intentional foul on Strong. Rockwell fouls out. Sanders replaces Rockwell at power forward. In the double bonus, Strong is shooting two free throws. Strong missed the first free throw. Strong makes the second free throw. VCU 67 - 63.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Northwestern 63, VCU 67
Starting Line-Ups
Northwestern: PG-Savage (6' 4"), SG-Thurston (6' 2½"), SF-Mooney (6' 4½"), PF-Rockwell (6' 9"), C-Kern (6' 10½")
VCU: PG-Elder (6' 4"), SG-Anderson (6' 4½"), SF-Robinson (6' 7½"), PF-Strong (6' 8"), C-Henson (6' 9")
1st Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Tip-off! Northwestern gains possession on the jump ball...
19:55 - Northwestern: Fast break opportunity! Thurston leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Thurston passes the ball to Savage on the perimeter. Savage passes the ball to Thurston on the perimeter. Strong steals the pass from Thurston.
19:34 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense. Elder passes the ball to Robinson in the paint. Robinson passes the ball to Anderson on the perimeter. Anderson passes the ball to Henson in the paint. Henson shoots from the low post. Foul! Rockwell fouls Henson on the shot. Henson makes the first free throw. Henson makes the second free throw. VCU 2 - 0.
19:11 - Northwestern: Fast break opportunity! Savage attacks with the ball on the fast break. Savage passes the ball to Thurston on the perimeter. Thurston shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Savage. Northwestern 3 - 2.
19:04 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense. Elder passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Anderson on the perimeter. Anderson shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Henson grabs the long offensive rebound.
18:49 - VCU: Henson has the rebound and restarts the offense. Henson passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Foul! Rockwell commits the foul on Strong.
18:45 - Game Event: Time out. Rockwell must sit with 2 fouls. Northwestern substitutes Thacker to Shooting Guard, Brackett to Power Forward and Sanders to Center. VCU substitutes Whitlock to Point Guard and Santana to Center.
18:45 - VCU: The ball is inbounded to Santana. Santana passes the ball to Robinson outside. Robinson passes the ball to Strong. Strong passes the ball to Anderson on the perimeter. Anderson shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Savage grabs the rebound.
18:20 - Northwestern: Fast break opportunity! Thacker attacks with the ball on the fast break. Thacker turns the ball over to the other team.
18:14 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Santana in the paint. Santana passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong passes the ball to Whitlock on the perimeter. Whitlock passes the ball to Santana in the paint. Santana shoots from the inside. Foul! Sanders fouls Santana on the shot. Santana makes the first free throw. Santana makes the second free throw. VCU 4 - 3.
17:48 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against pressure defense. Savage passes the ball to Sanders in the paint. Sanders passes the ball to Mooney on the perimeter. Mooney shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Whitlock grabs the long rebound.
17:31 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Robinson in the paint. Robinson passes the ball to Strong. Strong turns the ball over to the other team.
17:19 - Northwestern: Fast break opportunity! Thacker leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Thacker passes the ball to Mooney on the perimeter. Mooney passes the ball to Thacker outside. Thacker passes the ball to Mooney. Mooney passes the ball to Sanders in the paint. Sanders goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Mooney. Northwestern 5 - 4.
16:50 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Santana in the paint. Santana passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Thacker grabs the rebound.
16:32 - Northwestern: Fast break opportunity! Thacker attacks with the ball on the fast break. Thacker turns the ball over to the other team.
16:26 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Anderson outside. Anderson passes the ball to Robinson on the perimeter. Robinson shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! VCU 7 - 5.
16:07 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Savage passes the ball to Brackett. Brackett turns the ball over to the other team.
16:02 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Anderson leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Anderson passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Anderson on the perimeter. Anderson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Anderson with a fadeaway jumper. Foul! Mooney fouls Anderson on the shot. Anderson makes the first free throw. Anderson makes the second free throw. VCU 9 - 5.
15:31 - Game Event: Time out. Northwestern substitutes Mooney to Point Guard, Feller to Shooting Guard and Thacker to Small Forward. VCU substitutes Nixon to Small Forward.
15:31 - Northwestern: Mooney brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Mooney tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Mooney passes the ball to Feller. Feller with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! VCU 9 - 7.
15:19 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Brackett grabs the rebound.
15:09 - Northwestern: Fast break opportunity! Mooney leads the fast break with Feller and Thacker. Mooney passes the ball to Feller at the basket. Feller lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Mooney. Tied 9 - 9.
15:02 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Whitlock with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! VCU 11 - 9.
14:51 - Game Event: Time out. Northwestern substitutes Thurston to Shooting Guard, Sanders to Power Forward and Kern to Center. VCU substitutes Elder to Point Guard.
14:51 - Northwestern: Mooney brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Mooney passes the ball to Thurston on the perimeter. Thurston shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Foul! Nixon fouls Thacker blocking out to get the rebound.
14:40 - Northwestern: The ball is inbounded to Thacker. Thacker passes the ball to Kern in the paint. Kern passes the ball to Mooney in the paint. Mooney passes the ball to Thurston on the perimeter. Thurston shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Kern grabs the long offensive rebound.
14:17 - Northwestern: Kern has the rebound and restarts the offense. Kern shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Thurston grabs the long offensive rebound.
14:12 - Northwestern: Thurston has the rebound and restarts the offense. Thurston shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Strong grabs the long rebound.
14:07 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Anderson leads the fast break with Elder to the right. Anderson passes the ball to Elder at the basket. Elder lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Anderson. VCU 13 - 9.
14:00 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Whitlock to Point Guard.
14:00 - Northwestern: Mooney brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Mooney passes the ball to Kern in the paint. Kern passes the ball to Mooney. Mooney drives by Whitlock. Mooney lays it up. Foul! Whitlock fouls Mooney on the shot. Mooney makes the first free throw. Mooney makes the second free throw. VCU 13 - 11.
13:36 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Elder to Point Guard.
13:36 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder passes the ball to Nixon in the paint. Nixon passes the ball to Santana in the paint. Santana shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Strong grabs the offensive rebound.
13:21 - VCU: Strong has the rebound and restarts the offense. Strong passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Santana grabs the long offensive rebound.
13:08 - VCU: Santana has the rebound and restarts the offense. Santana passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon passes the ball to Elder in the paint. Elder passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Anderson on the perimeter. The shot clock winding down. Anderson shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Strong grabs the offensive rebound.
12:43 - VCU: Strong has the rebound and restarts the offense. Strong passes the ball to Elder. Elder drives down the lane. Elder passes the ball to Anderson at the basket. Anderson lays it up. The shot misses. Thacker grabs the rebound.
12:24 - Northwestern: Thurston brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Thurston shoots from downtown. The shot goes in! Northwestern 14 - 13.
12:20 - Game Event: Time out. Northwestern substitutes Thacker to Point Guard, Feller to Small Forward, Brackett to Power Forward and Sanders to Center. VCU substitutes Steffen to Shooting Guard, Santana to Power Forward and Henson to Center.
12:20 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder drives down the lane. Elder lays it up. It's blocked by Sanders! Sanders grabs the rebound.
12:06 - Northwestern: Thacker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Thacker passes the ball to Brackett in the paint. Brackett passes the ball to Feller. Feller shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Brackett. Northwestern 16 - 13.
11:47 - Game Event: Time out. Northwestern substitutes Savage to Point Guard, Thacker to Small Forward, Sanders to Power Forward and Kern to Center. VCU substitutes Nixon to Shooting Guard and Robinson to Small Forward.
11:47 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Nixon with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Thacker grabs the rebound.
11:27 - Northwestern: Thurston brings up the ball against pressure defense. Thurston passes the ball to Sanders in the paint. Sanders passes the ball to Savage in the paint. Savage shoots from the low post. Foul! Elder fouls Savage on the shot. Savage missed the first free throw. Savage makes the second free throw. Northwestern 17 - 13.
11:12 - Game Event: Time out. Northwestern substitutes Brackett to Power Forward and Sanders to Center. VCU substitutes Steffen to Shooting Guard and Nixon to Small Forward.
11:12 - VCU: Steffen brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Steffen drives to the basket. Foul! Savage commits the foul on Steffen.
11:00 - VCU: The ball is inbounded to Elder. Elder passes the ball to Henson in the paint. Henson passes the ball to Elder in the paint. Elder passes the ball to Nixon. Nixon passes the ball to Santana outside. Santana shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Savage grabs the rebound.
10:31 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Savage passes the ball to Thacker on the perimeter. Thacker tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Thacker with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Henson grabs the rebound.
10:18 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder passes the ball to Henson in the paint. Henson passes the ball to Nixon. Foul! Thacker commits the foul on Nixon.
10:10 - Game Event: Time out. Northwestern substitutes Sanders to Power Forward and Kern to Center. VCU substitutes Nixon to Shooting Guard and Robinson to Small Forward.
10:10 - VCU: The ball is inbounded to Nixon. Nixon shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Thurston grabs the long rebound.
10:04 - Northwestern: Fast break opportunity! Thurston leads the fast break. Foul! Elder commits the foul on Thurston.
9:57 - Game Event: Time out. Northwestern substitutes Thacker to Point Guard and Feller to Small Forward. Elder must sit with 2 fouls. VCU substitutes Whitlock to Point Guard.
9:57 - Northwestern: The ball is inbounded to Kern. Kern hands off the ball to Thurston. Thurston passes the ball to Kern in the paint. Kern passes the ball to Feller on the perimeter. Feller shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Nixon grabs the long rebound.
9:37 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Nixon leads the fast break with Whitlock to the right. Nixon passes the ball to Whitlock on the perimeter. Whitlock shoots from the three point line. Air ball! Thacker grabs the rebound.
9:33 - Northwestern: Thacker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Thacker tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Thacker with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Thurston grabs the offensive rebound.
9:20 - Northwestern: Thurston has the rebound. Thurston shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Northwestern 19 - 13.
9:18 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock passes the ball to Santana in the paint. Santana passes the ball to Robinson on the perimeter. Robinson shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Sanders grabs the rebound.
9:01 - Northwestern: Thacker brings up the ball against pressure defense. Thacker passes the ball to Kern in the paint. Kern passes the ball to Thurston. Thurston shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Kern. Northwestern 21 - 13.
8:45 - Game Event: Time out. Northwestern substitutes Savage to Point Guard and Thacker to Small Forward. VCU substitutes Anderson to Shooting Guard.
8:45 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock passes the ball to Henson in the paint. Henson passes the ball to Whitlock. Whitlock passes the ball to Anderson in the paint. Anderson passes the ball to Whitlock on the perimeter. Whitlock shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Anderson. Northwestern 21 - 16.
8:17 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Nixon to Shooting Guard.
8:17 - Northwestern: Thurston brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Thurston passes the ball to Savage on the perimeter. Savage passes the ball to Thurston in the paint. Thurston shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Savage. Northwestern 23 - 16.
8:04 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock passes the ball to Robinson in the paint. Robinson shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Kern grabs the rebound.
7:52 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Savage drives down the lane. Savage lays it up. The shot goes in! And Savage is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Savage makes the first free throw. Northwestern 26 - 16.
7:42 - Game Event: Time out. Northwestern substitutes Mooney to Small Forward. VCU substitutes Anderson to Shooting Guard.
7:42 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock passes the ball to Santana in the paint. Santana passes the ball to Henson in the paint. Henson passes the ball to Whitlock. Whitlock passes the ball to Henson in the paint. Henson passes the ball to Santana in the paint. Santana passes the ball to Henson in the paint. The shot clock winding down. Henson shoots from the low post. Foul! Sanders fouls Henson on the shot. Henson makes the first free throw. Henson missed the second free throw. Sanders grabs the rebound. Northwestern 26 - 17.
7:06 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Savage passes the ball to Sanders in the paint. Sanders passes the ball to Savage. Foul! Santana commits a foul away from the ball.
6:54 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Strong to Power Forward.
6:54 - Northwestern: The ball is inbounded to Thurston. Thurston passes the ball to Sanders in the paint. Sanders goes for the dunk. Offensive foul! Sanders charged with the foul while taking the shot over Strong.
6:44 - Game Event: Time out. Sanders must sit with 3 fouls. Northwestern substitutes Brackett to Power Forward.
6:44 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock passes the ball to Robinson in the paint. Robinson passes the ball to Strong. Strong passes the ball to Henson on the perimeter. Henson shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Robinson grabs the long offensive rebound.
6:18 - VCU: Robinson has the rebound and restarts the offense. Robinson passes the ball to Henson in the paint. Henson passes the ball to Robinson. Robinson shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Northwestern 26 - 19.
6:00 - Game Event: Time out. Northwestern substitutes Thacker to Point Guard, Fletcher to Shooting Guard and Feller to Small Forward. VCU substitutes Santana to Power Forward.
6:00 - Northwestern: Thacker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Thacker drives by Whitlock. Thacker passes the ball to Feller on the perimeter. Feller shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Robinson grabs the long rebound.
5:48 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock passes the ball to Robinson. Robinson shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Northwestern 26 - 21.
5:36 - Game Event: Time out. Northwestern substitutes Savage to Point Guard, Thurston to Shooting Guard and Mooney to Small Forward. VCU substitutes Strong to Power Forward.
5:36 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Savage passes the ball to Brackett in the paint. Brackett passes the ball to Thurston in the paint. Thurston shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Henson grabs the rebound.
5:23 - VCU: Anderson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Thurston steals the pass from Anderson.
5:15 - Northwestern: Fast break opportunity! Thurston leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Thurston passes the ball to Brackett in the paint. Brackett shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Thurston. Northwestern 28 - 21.
4:59 - Game Event: Time out. Northwestern substitutes Rockwell to Power Forward. VCU substitutes Elder to Point Guard.
4:59 - VCU: Anderson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Anderson passes the ball to Henson in the paint. Henson passes the ball to Robinson on the perimeter. Robinson shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Foul! Rockwell fouls Strong blocking out to get the rebound. In the bonus, Strong is shooting one-and-one. Strong makes the first free throw. Strong makes the second free throw. Northwestern 28 - 23.
4:42 - Game Event: Time out. Rockwell must sit with 3 fouls. Northwestern substitutes Sanders to Power Forward.
4:42 - Northwestern: Thurston brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Thurston shoots from deep. The shot misses. Henson grabs the rebound.
4:36 - VCU: Anderson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Anderson passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder passes the ball to Henson in the paint. Henson passes the ball to Anderson outside. Anderson passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder passes the ball to Strong outside. Strong shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Sanders grabs the rebound.
4:06 - Northwestern: Fast break opportunity! Savage attacks with the ball on the fast break. Savage turns the ball over to the other team.
4:01 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Elder leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Elder passes the ball to Henson. Henson passes the ball to Robinson outside. Robinson passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Anderson in the paint. Anderson shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Northwestern 28 - 25.
3:30 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against pressure defense. Savage passes the ball to Sanders in the paint. Sanders passes the ball to Thurston on the perimeter. Thurston passes the ball to Mooney in the paint. Mooney shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Thurston. Northwestern 30 - 25.
3:08 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Elder in the paint. Elder drives by Kern. Elder lays it up. Foul! Sanders fouls Elder on the shot. Elder makes the first free throw. Elder makes the second free throw. Northwestern 30 - 27.
2:40 - Game Event: Time out. Sanders must sit with 4 fouls. Northwestern substitutes Brackett to Power Forward.
2:40 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against pressure defense. Savage passes the ball to Brackett on the perimeter. Henson steals the pass from Brackett.
2:30 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Elder with a fadeaway jumper. Foul! Savage fouls Elder on the shot. Elder makes the first free throw. Elder makes the second free throw. Northwestern 30 - 29.
2:20 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against a zone defense. Savage passes the ball to Kern in the paint. Kern passes the ball to Savage on the perimeter. Savage passes the ball to Mooney outside. Mooney shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Anderson grabs the rebound.
1:52 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder passes the ball to Robinson on the perimeter. Robinson shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Robinson grabs the long offensive rebound.
1:39 - VCU: Robinson has the rebound and restarts the offense. Robinson passes the ball to Elder. Elder passes the ball to Henson in the paint. Henson passes the ball to Strong in the paint. And the shot clock expires!
1:18 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Savage passes the ball to Mooney on the perimeter. Mooney passes the ball to Thurston on the perimeter. Thurston shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Henson grabs the long rebound.
1:02 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Anderson outside. Offensive foul! Anderson commits the foul.
0:52 - Northwestern: Thurston brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Thurston passes the ball to Mooney. Mooney passes the ball to Thurston. Elder steals the pass from Thurston.
0:35 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Anderson leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Anderson passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Elder passes the ball to Henson in the paint. Henson shoots from the inside. Offensive foul! Henson charged with the foul while taking the shot over Kern.
0:14 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Savage passes the ball to Thurston in the paint. Thurston passes the ball to Mooney on the perimeter. Mooney shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Thurston. Northwestern 33 - 29.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Northwestern 33, VCU 29
Half-Time
2nd Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Savage must sit with 2 fouls. Northwestern substitutes Mooney to Point Guard and Thacker to Small Forward. Elder must sit with 2 fouls. VCU substitutes Whitlock to Point Guard.
20:00 - Game Event: Possession arrow favors VCU. They receive the ball...
19:55 - VCU: The ball is inbounded to Henson. Henson passes the ball to Whitlock on the perimeter. Whitlock passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Whitlock outside. Whitlock passes the ball to Anderson. Anderson drives to the basket. Foul! Mooney commits the foul on Anderson.
19:24 - Game Event: Time out. Northwestern substitutes Savage to Point Guard, Mooney to Small Forward and Rockwell to Power Forward. VCU substitutes Elder to Point Guard.
19:24 - VCU: The ball is inbounded to Strong. Strong passes the ball to Robinson on the perimeter. Robinson shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Thurston grabs the long rebound.
19:12 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Savage passes the ball to Kern in the paint. Kern shoots from the low post. Foul! Henson fouls Kern on the shot. Kern missed the first free throw. Kern makes the second free throw. Northwestern 34 - 29.
19:04 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder drives down the lane. Elder lays it up. Foul! Kern fouls Elder on the shot. Elder missed the first free throw. Elder missed the second free throw. Kern grabs the rebound.
18:51 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Savage passes the ball to Kern in the paint. Kern shoots from the low post. Strong rotates over and blocks the shot! Kern grabs the offensive rebound.
18:41 - Northwestern: Kern has the rebound and restarts the offense. Kern shoots from the block. The shot misses. Henson grabs the rebound.
18:35 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Anderson leads the fast break with Elder and Robinson. Anderson passes the ball to Elder at the basket. Elder lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Anderson. And Elder is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Elder missed the first free throw. Kern grabs the rebound. Northwestern 34 - 31.
18:30 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Savage passes the ball to Kern in the paint. Kern passes the ball to Rockwell outside. Rockwell drives down the lane. Rockwell lays it up. The shot misses. Kern grabs the offensive rebound.
18:05 - Northwestern: Kern has the rebound and restarts the offense. Kern shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Northwestern 36 - 31.
18:01 - Game Event: Time out. Northwestern substitutes Thacker to Shooting Guard and Brackett to Center. VCU substitutes Santana to Center.
18:01 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Elder passes the ball to Robinson in the paint. Robinson shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Foul! Brackett fouls Santana blocking out to get the rebound.
17:51 - VCU: The ball is inbounded to Strong. Strong hands off the ball to Anderson. Anderson shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Strong grabs the offensive rebound.
17:38 - VCU: Strong has the rebound and restarts the offense. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Rockwell grabs the rebound.
17:33 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Savage passes the ball to Brackett. Brackett turns the ball over to the other team.
17:26 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Anderson leads the fast break with Elder to the right. Anderson attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Northwestern 36 - 33.
17:20 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Savage passes the ball to Thacker outside. Thacker passes the ball to Savage outside. Savage passes the ball to Thacker. Thacker passes the ball to Rockwell in the paint. Rockwell shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Northwestern 38 - 33.
16:47 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder drives down the lane. Elder lays it up. The shot goes in! Northwestern 38 - 35.
16:35 - Northwestern: Thacker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Thacker passes the ball to Savage on the perimeter. Savage passes the ball to Thacker outside. Thacker turns the ball over out of bounds.
16:20 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense. Elder passes the ball to Robinson on the perimeter. Robinson shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Elder grabs the long offensive rebound.
16:10 - VCU: Elder has the rebound and restarts the offense. Elder passes the ball to Santana. Santana passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Santana. Tied 38 - 38.
15:53 - Game Event: Time out. Northwestern substitutes Mooney to Point Guard, Feller to Shooting Guard and Thacker to Small Forward. VCU substitutes Nixon to Small Forward.
15:53 - Northwestern: Feller brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Feller passes the ball to Brackett in the paint. Brackett shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Feller. Northwestern 40 - 38.
15:42 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder passes the ball to Nixon. Nixon passes the ball to Elder. Elder tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Elder passes the ball to Santana in the paint. Santana shoots in the paint. Foul! Rockwell fouls Santana on the shot. Santana makes the first free throw. Santana makes the second free throw. Tied 40 - 40.
15:26 - Game Event: Time out. Rockwell must sit with 4 fouls. Northwestern substitutes Fletcher to Shooting Guard and Feller to Power Forward.
15:26 - Northwestern: Mooney brings up the ball against a zone defense. Mooney passes the ball to Brackett in the paint. Santana steals the pass from Brackett.
15:17 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Anderson leads the fast break with Nixon to the right. Anderson attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! VCU 42 - 40.
15:12 - Northwestern: Fletcher brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Fletcher hands off the ball to Thacker. Thacker passes the ball to Brackett in the paint. Brackett turns the ball over out of bounds.
15:00 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder passes the ball to Santana in the paint. Santana shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! VCU 44 - 40.
14:50 - Game Event: Time out. Northwestern substitutes Thurston to Shooting Guard, Brackett to Power Forward and Kern to Center.
14:50 - Northwestern: Mooney brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Mooney drives down the lane. Mooney lays it up. The shot misses. Anderson grabs the rebound.
14:41 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Anderson attacks with the ball on the fast break. Anderson passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Strong grabs the long offensive rebound.
14:34 - VCU: Strong has the rebound and restarts the offense. Strong passes the ball to Santana in the paint. Santana shoots from the low post. Kern rotates over and blocks the shot! Kern grabs the rebound.
14:25 - Northwestern: Mooney brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Mooney passes the ball to Thacker. Thacker passes the ball to Mooney. Mooney passes the ball to Brackett in the paint. Brackett shoots from the inside. Foul! Strong fouls Brackett on the shot. Brackett missed the first free throw. Brackett missed the second free throw. Santana grabs the rebound.
14:05 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder passes the ball to Anderson on the perimeter. Anderson shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Kern grabs the rebound.
13:55 - Northwestern: Thurston brings up the ball against pressure defense. Thurston passes the ball to Mooney on the perimeter. Mooney passes the ball to Kern in the paint. Kern passes the ball to Thurston. Thurston with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Kern tips it in. VCU 44 - 42.
13:38 - VCU: Anderson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Anderson passes the ball to Santana in the paint. Santana passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Elder. Elder drives down the lane. Elder passes the ball to Strong at the basket. Strong lays it up. The shot goes in! VCU 46 - 42.
13:38 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to VCU!
13:13 - Northwestern: Mooney brings up the ball against pressure defense. Mooney passes the ball to Thacker in the paint. Thacker passes the ball to Kern in the paint. Kern passes the ball to Thacker. Thacker passes the ball to Thurston outside. Thurston shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Nixon grabs the long rebound.
12:45 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Elder leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Elder passes the ball to Nixon. Nixon with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Brackett grabs the rebound.
12:32 - Northwestern: Mooney brings up the ball against pressure defense. Mooney passes the ball to Thurston on the perimeter. Thurston shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Kern grabs the offensive rebound.
12:22 - Northwestern: Kern has the rebound. Kern shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! VCU 46 - 44.
12:20 - Game Event: Time out. Northwestern substitutes Thacker to Point Guard, Fletcher to Shooting Guard, Thurston to Small Forward, Feller to Power Forward and Brackett to Center. VCU substitutes Nixon to Shooting Guard, Robinson to Small Forward, Santana to Power Forward and Henson to Center.
12:20 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense. Elder passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Feller grabs the rebound.
12:09 - Northwestern: Fletcher brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Fletcher passes the ball to Thacker on the perimeter. Thacker passes the ball to Thurston in the paint. Thurston passes the ball to Feller on the perimeter. Feller shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Brackett grabs the long offensive rebound.
11:47 - Northwestern: Brackett has the rebound and restarts the offense. Brackett passes the ball to Thacker. Thacker passes the ball to Feller in the paint. Feller passes the ball to Thurston outside. Thurston shoots from deep. The shot misses. Elder grabs the rebound.
11:24 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense. Elder drives down the lane. Elder passes the ball to Santana at the basket. Santana lays it up. The shot misses. Thacker grabs the rebound.
11:10 - Northwestern: Thacker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Thacker passes the ball to Feller. Feller shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Thacker. Tied 46 - 46.
10:58 - Game Event: Time out. Northwestern substitutes Savage to Point Guard, Thurston to Shooting Guard, Thacker to Small Forward, Sanders to Power Forward and Kern to Center.
10:58 - VCU: Nixon brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nixon passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Kern grabs the rebound.
10:47 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Savage passes the ball to Thurston on the perimeter. Thurston shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Santana grabs the rebound.
10:37 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Nixon leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Nixon passes the ball to Santana in the paint. Santana shoots from the low post. Offensive foul! Santana charged with the foul while taking the shot over Kern.
10:22 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Savage passes the ball to Sanders. Sanders with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Santana grabs the rebound.
10:12 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Nixon leads the fast break with Elder to the right. Nixon lays it up. The shot goes in! VCU 48 - 46.
10:06 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Savage passes the ball to Kern in the paint. Kern shoots from the block. The shot misses. Elder grabs the rebound.
9:55 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Nixon leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Nixon passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Nixon grabs the long offensive rebound.
9:39 - VCU: Nixon has the rebound and restarts the offense. Nixon passes the ball to Robinson. Robinson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Robinson passes the ball to Nixon. Nixon with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! VCU 50 - 46.
9:24 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Henson steals the pass from Savage.
9:18 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Nixon leads the fast break with Elder to the right. Nixon lays it up. The shot goes in! And Nixon is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Nixon missed the first free throw. Sanders grabs the rebound. VCU 52 - 46.
9:14 - Northwestern: Thurston brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Thurston shoots from deep. The shot misses. Henson grabs the rebound.
9:08 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense. Elder passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Thurston grabs the rebound.
8:53 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Savage passes the ball to Kern in the paint. Foul! Henson commits the foul on Kern.
8:49 - Game Event: Time out. Northwestern substitutes Rockwell to Power Forward. VCU substitutes Anderson to Shooting Guard.
8:49 - Northwestern: The ball is inbounded to Rockwell. Rockwell passes the ball to Kern in the paint. Kern passes the ball to Savage in the paint. Savage passes the ball to Kern in the paint. Kern passes the ball to Thacker outside. Thacker passes the ball to Savage on the perimeter. Savage passes the ball to Thurston outside. The shot clock winding down. Thurston shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Henson grabs the rebound.
8:14 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense. Elder passes the ball to Anderson on the perimeter. Anderson shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Elder. VCU 55 - 46.
8:14 - Game Event: The home crowds goes crazy as their team has captured the momentum!
8:03 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Nixon to Shooting Guard.
8:03 - Northwestern: Thurston brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Thurston passes the ball to Rockwell in the paint. Rockwell shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Thurston. VCU 55 - 48.
7:52 - Game Event: Time out. Northwestern substitutes Mooney to Small Forward. VCU substitutes Anderson to Shooting Guard.
7:52 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder passes the ball to Anderson on the perimeter. Anderson shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Foul! Mooney fouls Robinson blocking out to get the rebound. In the bonus, Robinson is shooting one-and-one. Robinson makes the first free throw. Robinson missed the second free throw. Kern grabs the rebound. VCU 56 - 48.
7:40 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against a zone defense. Savage passes the ball to Kern in the paint. Kern shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Savage. VCU 56 - 50.
7:28 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder passes the ball to Santana in the paint. Santana turns the ball over to the other team.
7:23 - Northwestern: Fast break opportunity! Savage attacks with the ball on the fast break. Savage passes the ball to Thurston on the perimeter. Thurston shoots from beyond the arc. Air ball! Santana grabs the rebound.
7:17 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Anderson leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Anderson passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder passes the ball to Santana in the paint. Santana passes the ball to Robinson in the paint. Robinson shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Santana. VCU 58 - 50.
6:49 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Strong to Power Forward.
6:49 - Northwestern: Thurston brings up the ball against a zone defense. Robinson steals the pass from Thurston.
6:43 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Anderson attacks with the ball on the fast break. Anderson passes the ball to Elder at the basket. Elder lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Anderson. VCU 60 - 50.
6:37 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against a zone defense. Savage passes the ball to Rockwell in the paint. Rockwell tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Rockwell shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Kern grabs the offensive rebound.
6:22 - Northwestern: Kern has the rebound. Kern shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Robinson grabs the rebound.
6:20 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Anderson leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Anderson passes the ball to Henson in the paint. Henson passes the ball to Elder in the paint. Elder passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the inside. Offensive foul! Strong charged with the foul while taking the shot over Rockwell.
5:57 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against pressure defense. Savage passes the ball to Thurston. Thurston shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
5:45 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Elder attacks with the ball on the fast break. Elder turns the ball over to the other team.
5:40 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Savage passes the ball to Thurston. Thurston shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Elder grabs the rebound.
5:27 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Robinson. Robinson drives down the lane. Robinson passes the ball to Elder at the basket. Elder lays it up. Offensive foul! Elder charged with the foul while taking the shot over Kern.
5:04 - Game Event: Time out. Northwestern substitutes Thacker to Shooting Guard. VCU substitutes Santana to Power Forward.
5:04 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against a zone defense. Savage passes the ball to Kern in the paint. Kern shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! VCU 60 - 52.
4:52 - Game Event: Time out. Northwestern substitutes Thurston to Shooting Guard. VCU substitutes Strong to Power Forward.
4:52 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Savage steals the pass from Elder.
4:46 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against a zone defense. Savage passes the ball to Thurston on the perimeter. Thurston shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Savage. VCU 60 - 55.
4:35 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder passes the ball to Robinson on the perimeter. Robinson turns the ball over to the other team.
4:31 - Northwestern: Fast break opportunity! Savage leads the fast break with Thurston and Mooney. Savage passes the ball to Thurston on the perimeter. Thurston shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Anderson grabs the long rebound.
4:27 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Anderson leads the fast break with Elder to the right. Anderson passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Rockwell grabs the rebound.
4:23 - Northwestern: Fast break opportunity! Thurston leads the fast break with Savage and Mooney. Thurston passes the ball to Savage on the perimeter. Savage shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
4:18 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder passes the ball to Henson in the paint. Henson passes the ball to Robinson. Robinson passes the ball to Elder in the paint. Foul! Thurston commits a foul away from the ball. In the bonus, Anderson is shooting one-and-one. Anderson makes the first free throw. Anderson makes the second free throw. VCU 62 - 55.
4:02 - Game Event: Time out. Northwestern substitutes Thacker to Shooting Guard.
4:02 - Northwestern: Thacker brings up the ball against pressure defense. Thacker passes the ball to Kern in the paint. Kern passes the ball to Savage outside. Savage passes the ball to Mooney. Mooney passes the ball to Kern in the paint. Kern shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! VCU 62 - 57.
3:36 - Game Event: Time out. Northwestern substitutes Thurston to Shooting Guard.
3:36 - VCU: Anderson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Anderson passes the ball to Strong. Strong with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Rockwell grabs the rebound.
3:28 - Northwestern: Fast break opportunity! Savage leads the fast break. Offensive foul! Savage commits the foul on the break.
3:22 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder passes the ball to Anderson. Anderson drives down the lane. Anderson passes the ball to Robinson on the perimeter. Robinson shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Elder grabs the long offensive rebound.
3:02 - VCU: Elder has the rebound and restarts the offense. Elder passes the ball to Anderson on the perimeter. Anderson shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Kern grabs the rebound.
2:53 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Savage passes the ball to Kern in the paint. Kern passes the ball to Savage. Savage passes the ball to Rockwell in the paint. Rockwell passes the ball to Savage on the perimeter. Savage shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Henson grabs the rebound.
2:22 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Anderson leads the fast break with Robinson and Elder. Anderson lays it up. Foul! Mooney fouls Anderson on the shot. Mooney fouls out. Thacker replaces Mooney at small forward. Anderson makes the first free throw. Anderson makes the second free throw. VCU 64 - 57.
2:16 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Savage passes the ball to Thacker on the perimeter. Thacker shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Henson grabs the rebound.
2:05 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder passes the ball to Anderson outside. Anderson passes the ball to Robinson. Robinson passes the ball to Henson in the paint. Henson passes the ball to Anderson on the perimeter. Anderson shoots from beyond the arc. Air ball! Henson grabs the offensive rebound.
1:36 - VCU: Henson has the rebound. Henson shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! VCU 66 - 57.
1:36 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to VCU!
1:34 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Savage passes the ball to Rockwell in the paint. Rockwell goes for the dunk. Foul! Strong fouls Rockwell on the shot. Rockwell makes the first free throw. Rockwell makes the second free throw. VCU 66 - 59.
1:26 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense. Elder passes the ball to Henson in the paint. Offensive foul! Henson commits the foul.
1:19 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against a zone defense. Savage passes the ball to Rockwell in the paint. Rockwell shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Savage. VCU 66 - 61.
1:08 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense. Elder passes the ball to Henson in the paint. Henson passes the ball to Elder outside. Elder shoots from deep. The shot misses. Kern grabs the rebound.
0:52 - Northwestern: Fast break opportunity! Savage leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Savage passes the ball to Rockwell in the paint. Rockwell shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Henson grabs the rebound.
0:38 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Anderson leads the fast break with Robinson and Elder. Anderson lays it up. It's blocked by Kern! Rockwell grabs the rebound.
0:34 - Northwestern: Savage brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Savage passes the ball to Thurston on the perimeter. Thurston passes the ball to Rockwell on the perimeter. Rockwell passes the ball to Savage. Savage passes the ball to Thacker. Thacker with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Rockwell tips it in. VCU 66 - 63.
0:02 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball while the defense tries to foul. Elder passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Foul! Rockwell commits the intentional foul on Strong. Rockwell fouls out. Sanders replaces Rockwell at power forward. In the double bonus, Strong is shooting two free throws. Strong missed the first free throw. Strong makes the second free throw. VCU 67 - 63.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Northwestern 63, VCU 67
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