Game Date: Nov 21st, 2043
VCU 89 - Cincinnati 114
Date: April 4th, 2043
Game: College [Invitational] [#1027131] 
Arena: Invitational Game Arena
Attendance: 8,283
Player Of The Game: Jeffery Messina (1)
| Team / Score | 1 | 2 | F | |
| VCU Rams | 41 | 48 | 89 | |
| Cincinnati Bearcats | 45 | 69 | 114 | |
| 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 | 10-17 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 26 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -22 | 16.2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 11 | R. Strong pf | 28 | 7-18 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 17 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -14 | 3.3 | 12 | 0 | 3 | Mod | 🏀 | ||
| 24 | R. Henson c | 18 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | +1 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 35 | M. Anderson sg | 32 | 4-19 | 0-4 | 1-2 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -15 | 16.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 32 | L. Elder pg | 32 | 9-18 | 4-9 | 2-2 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | -14 | 11.7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 33 | K. Whitlock pg | 8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -11 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 41 | E. Steffen sg | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 21 | A. Santana c | 28 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -27 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 3 | N. Nixon sf | 17 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -17 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 51 | H. Harrison pf | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| Total | 200 | 33-83 | 10-24 | 13-15 | 89 | 14 | 44 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 16 | -125 | 11.4 | 28 | 8 | 11 | - | 🏀 | |||
| Percentages | 39.8% | 41.7% | 86.7% | |||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati Bearcats | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| # | Player | Min | FG | 3PT | FT | PTS | Off | Reb | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | DIST | PITP | FBP | FD | Fat | SC | ||
| 44 | B. Blakely sf | 33 | 6-10 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +18 | 16.8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 5 | S. Jackson pf | 25 | 5-10 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | +6 | 7.6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 55 | J. Garrett c | 28 | 4-10 | 0-1 | 6-6 | 14 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +14 | 3.8 | 8 | 0 | 5 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 3 | M. Simmons sg | 28 | 8-16 | 3-10 | 0-0 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +7 | 12.8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 33 | J. Messina pg | 33 | 8-21 | 4-13 | 7-7 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +18 | 10.9 | 8 | 11 | 6 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 1 | J. Glover sg | 24 | 3-7 | 2-5 | 3-4 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +26 | 20.7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 52 | N. Grasso c | 12 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | +13 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 34 | S. Austin pf | 15 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +19 | 2.5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 11 | U. Goldberg sg | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| Total | 200 | 41-87 | 14-38 | 18-21 | 114 | 17 | 52 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 11 | +125 | 10.6 | 44 | 24 | 16 | - | 🏀 | |||
| Percentages | 47.1% | 36.8% | 85.7% | |||||||||||||||||||
Player of the Game
Cincinnati: Jeffery Messina
Head Coaches
VCU: Jared Paige
Cincinnati: Brant Hamilton
Offensive Efficiencies
VCU: At the rim (7/11 63.6%) Inside (7/24 29.2%) Mid-range (9/24 37.5%) Beyond the Arc (10/24 41.7%)
Cincinnati: At the rim (9/11 81.8%) Inside (13/28 46.4%) Mid-range (5/10 50.0%) Beyond the Arc (14/38 36.8%)
Defensive Tactics
VCU: Man-To-Man (42.0%) Zone (16.1%) Pressure (18.8%) 2nd Chance (8.9%) Transition (14.3%) Int. Foul (0.0%)
Cincinnati: Man-To-Man (1.0%) Zone (80.0%) Pressure (0.0%) 2nd Chance (8.6%) Transition (10.5%) Int. Foul (0.0%)
Weighted Skill Index (SI) & Team Power Index (TPI)
VCU: 150.6 / 146.8
Cincinnati: 140.2 / 138.3
Injuries
VCU: none
Cincinnati: none
Overworked
VCU: none
Cincinnati: none
Game Information
Date: Saturday, April 4th, 2043
Game Type: College [Invitational]
Arena: Hardwood Invitational Game Arena
City: San Francisco, CA
Attendance: 8,283
Version: 1.034
Simulated: Wed Feb 5 2025 @ 9:07:20 am PST
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Starting Line-Ups
VCU: PG-Elder (6' 4"), SG-Anderson (6' 4½"), SF-Robinson (6' 7½"), PF-Strong (6' 8"), C-Henson (6' 9")
Cincinnati: PG-Messina (6' 5½"), SG-Simmons (6' 8"), SF-Blakely (6' 3½"), PF-Jackson (6' 9"), C-Garrett (6' 9½")
1st Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Tip-off! Cincinnati gains possession on the jump ball...
19:55 - Cincinnati: Fast break opportunity! Messina leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Messina drives down the lane. Messina lays it up. The shot goes in! And Messina is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Messina makes the first free throw. Cincinnati 3 - 0.
19:40 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense. Elder drives by Simmons. Elder passes the ball to Henson at the basket. Henson lays it up. The shot misses. Garrett grabs the rebound.
19:29 - Cincinnati: Fast break opportunity! Simmons leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Simmons passes the ball to Messina. Messina passes the ball to Jackson in the paint. Jackson shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
19:07 - VCU: Anderson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Anderson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Anderson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Strong tips it in. Cincinnati 3 - 2.
18:56 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Whitlock to Point Guard and Santana to Center. Cincinnati substitutes Glover to Shooting Guard and Grasso to Center.
18:56 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against pressure defense. Messina passes the ball to Blakely on the perimeter. Blakely shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Cincinnati 6 - 2.
18:46 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Anderson in the paint. Offensive foul! Santana commits the foul away from the ball.
18:40 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Messina drives by Whitlock. Messina lays it up. Foul! Whitlock fouls Messina on the shot. Messina makes the first free throw. Messina makes the second free throw. Cincinnati 8 - 2.
18:31 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Robinson. Robinson shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Santana tips it in. Cincinnati 8 - 4.
18:21 - Cincinnati: Glover brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitlock steals the pass from Glover.
18:14 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Anderson leads the fast break with Whitlock and Robinson. Anderson passes the ball to Whitlock at the basket. Whitlock lays it up. Foul! Messina fouls Whitlock on the shot. Whitlock makes the first free throw. Whitlock makes the second free throw. Cincinnati 8 - 6.
18:08 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Messina tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Messina passes the ball to Glover. Glover with a fadeaway jumper. Foul! Anderson fouls Glover on the shot. Glover makes the first free throw. Glover missed the second free throw. Santana grabs the rebound. Cincinnati 9 - 6.
17:58 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Robinson on the perimeter. Robinson shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Strong grabs the offensive rebound.
17:41 - VCU: Strong has the rebound. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Jackson grabs the rebound.
17:39 - Cincinnati: Fast break opportunity! Glover attacks with the ball on the fast break. Glover passes the ball to Messina on the perimeter. Messina shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Anderson grabs the rebound.
17:34 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Santana in the paint. Santana passes the ball to Anderson on the perimeter. Anderson shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Glover grabs the long rebound.
17:21 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Messina passes the ball to Grasso. Grasso tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Grasso shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Messina. Cincinnati 11 - 6.
17:03 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Anderson in the paint. Anderson passes the ball to Whitlock. Whitlock passes the ball to Robinson outside. Robinson passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Santana grabs the offensive rebound.
16:33 - VCU: Santana has the rebound and restarts the offense. Santana passes the ball to Robinson in the paint. Robinson passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the low post. Foul! Jackson fouls Strong on the shot. Strong makes the first free throw. Strong makes the second free throw. Cincinnati 11 - 8.
16:13 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against pressure defense. Messina shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Jackson grabs the offensive rebound.
16:08 - Cincinnati: Jackson has the rebound and restarts the offense. Jackson shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Cincinnati 13 - 8.
16:02 - VCU: Anderson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Anderson passes the ball to Santana in the paint. Santana passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. It's blocked by Grasso! Messina grabs the rebound.
15:46 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against pressure defense. Messina tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Messina turns the ball over to the other team.
15:37 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Anderson in the paint. Anderson shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Messina grabs the rebound.
15:26 - Cincinnati: Fast break opportunity! Messina leads the fast break with Blakely and Glover. Messina passes the ball to Blakely on the perimeter. Blakely shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Messina. Cincinnati 16 - 8.
15:20 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Nixon to Small Forward. Cincinnati substitutes Glover to Point Guard, Goldberg to Shooting Guard and Austin to Power Forward.
15:20 - VCU: Anderson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Anderson passes the ball to Whitlock. Whitlock shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Austin grabs the rebound.
15:11 - Cincinnati: Goldberg brings up the ball against a zone defense. Goldberg passes the ball to Grasso in the paint. Grasso shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Austin tips it in. Cincinnati 18 - 8.
15:02 - 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 in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Whitlock. Whitlock with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Cincinnati 18 - 10.
14:38 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Elder to Point Guard. Cincinnati substitutes Simmons to Shooting Guard and Garrett to Center.
14:38 - Cincinnati: Glover brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Glover passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Austin shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
14:25 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense. Elder tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Elder with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Glover grabs the rebound.
14:16 - Cincinnati: Glover brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Glover passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Austin shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Glover. Cincinnati 20 - 10.
14:16 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Cincinnati!
14:04 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense. Elder passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Austin grabs the rebound.
13:53 - Cincinnati: Fast break opportunity! Simmons leads the fast break with Glover and Blakely. Simmons lays it up. The shot goes in! Cincinnati 22 - 10.
13:47 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense. Elder passes the ball to Santana in the paint. Santana passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder drives by Blakely. Elder passes the ball to Strong at the basket. Strong lays it up. The shot misses. Austin grabs the rebound.
13:25 - Cincinnati: Glover brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Glover passes the ball to Simmons. Simmons shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Glover. Cincinnati 24 - 10.
13:15 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense. Elder passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Cincinnati 24 - 12.
13:01 - Cincinnati: Simmons brings up the ball against a zone defense. Simmons passes the ball to Blakely outside. Blakely passes the ball to Austin. Austin passes the ball to Garrett in the paint. Garrett shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
12:41 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense. Elder drives by Simmons. Elder attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Cincinnati 24 - 14.
12:31 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Steffen to Shooting Guard, Santana to Power Forward and Henson to Center. Cincinnati substitutes Messina to Point Guard, Glover to Small Forward and Grasso to Center.
12:31 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Messina tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Messina with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Henson grabs the rebound.
12:22 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense. Elder passes the ball to Nixon outside. Nixon passes the ball to Santana in the paint. Santana passes the ball to Nixon. Nixon carelessly turns the ball over out of bounds.
12:07 - Game Event: Time out. Cincinnati substitutes Glover to Point Guard and Goldberg to Small Forward.
12:07 - Cincinnati: Glover brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Glover passes the ball to Grasso in the paint. Grasso passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Austin shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Grasso. Cincinnati 26 - 14.
11:52 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Nixon to Shooting Guard and Robinson to Small Forward. Cincinnati substitutes Messina to Point Guard, Glover to Small Forward and Jackson to Power Forward.
11:52 - 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. Elder passes the ball to Nixon. Nixon passes the ball to Henson in the paint. Henson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Henson passes the ball to Elder. Elder with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Cincinnati 26 - 16.
11:14 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Steffen to Shooting Guard and Nixon to Small Forward.
11:14 - Cincinnati: Simmons brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Simmons shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Elder grabs the long rebound.
11:10 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Steffen leads the fast break with Elder and Nixon. Steffen passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Steffen. Cincinnati 26 - 19.
11:03 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against pressure defense. Messina drives by Nixon. Messina passes the ball to Glover on the perimeter. Glover shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Santana grabs the rebound.
10:51 - 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 in the paint. Elder passes the ball to Santana on the perimeter. Santana passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder drives by Simmons. Elder passes the ball to Steffen at the basket. Steffen lays it up. Foul! Jackson fouls Steffen on the shot. Steffen makes the first free throw. Steffen makes the second free throw. Cincinnati 26 - 21.
10:16 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Nixon to Shooting Guard and Robinson to Small Forward. Jackson must sit with 2 fouls. Cincinnati substitutes Austin to Power Forward and Garrett to Center.
10:16 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against a zone defense. Messina tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Messina with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Henson grabs the rebound.
10:03 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense. Elder passes the ball to Nixon outside. Glover steals the pass from Nixon.
9:51 - Cincinnati: Fast break opportunity! Simmons leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Simmons passes the ball to Messina outside. Messina passes the ball to Glover on the perimeter. Glover passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Austin shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Cincinnati 28 - 21.
9:24 - Game Event: Time out. Cincinnati substitutes Blakely to Small Forward.
9:24 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense. Elder passes the ball to Robinson outside. Robinson passes the ball to Henson in the paint. Henson passes the ball to Santana in the paint. Santana shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Henson. Cincinnati 28 - 23.
8:57 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Anderson to Shooting Guard.
8:57 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against a zone defense. Messina passes the ball to Simmons on the perimeter. Simmons shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Messina. Cincinnati 31 - 23.
8:44 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense. Elder shoots from downtown. The shot goes in! Cincinnati 31 - 26.
8:37 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Henson steals the pass from Messina.
8:31 - 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 beyond the arc. The shot misses. Foul! Henson fouls Garrett trying to grab the offensive rebound.
8:25 - Game Event: Time out. Henson must sit with 2 fouls. VCU substitutes Nixon to Small Forward, Robinson to Power Forward and Santana to Center.
8:25 - Cincinnati: The ball is inbounded to Blakely. Blakely passes the ball to Austin. Austin passes the ball to Messina in the paint. Messina tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Messina shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Austin grabs the offensive rebound.
8:00 - Cincinnati: Austin has the rebound and restarts the offense. Austin shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Austin tips it in. Cincinnati 33 - 26.
7:56 - VCU: Anderson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Anderson passes the ball to Santana in the paint. Santana passes the ball to Nixon. Nixon passes the ball to Robinson in the paint. Robinson passes the ball to Anderson on the perimeter. Anderson shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Garrett grabs the rebound.
7:28 - Cincinnati: Fast break opportunity! Messina leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Messina passes the ball to Simmons on the perimeter. Simmons shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Santana grabs the rebound.
7:14 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense. Elder passes the ball to Nixon outside. Nixon passes the ball to Santana in the paint. Santana passes the ball to Robinson. Robinson passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Cincinnati 33 - 29.
6:42 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Robinson to Small Forward and Strong to Power Forward. Cincinnati substitutes Glover to Shooting Guard.
6:42 - Cincinnati: Glover brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Glover passes the ball to Garrett in the paint. Garrett shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Cincinnati 35 - 29.
6:32 - 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 passes the ball to Anderson in the paint. Anderson passes the ball to Elder in the paint. Elder passes the ball to Robinson on the perimeter. Robinson shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Cincinnati 35 - 32.
6:01 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Steffen to Shooting Guard, Nixon to Small Forward and Robinson to Power Forward. Cincinnati substitutes Grasso to Shooting Guard and Glover to Small Forward.
6:01 - Cincinnati: Grasso brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Grasso passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Austin shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Grasso. Cincinnati 37 - 32.
5:48 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Anderson to Shooting Guard, Robinson to Small Forward and Strong to Power Forward. Cincinnati substitutes Simmons to Shooting Guard and Blakely to Small Forward.
5:48 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder passes the ball to Anderson. Anderson shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot misses. Garrett grabs the rebound.
5:39 - Cincinnati: Fast break opportunity! Simmons leads the fast break with Blakely to the right. Simmons passes the ball to Blakely on the perimeter. Blakely shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Simmons. Cincinnati 40 - 32.
5:34 - Game Event: Time out. Cincinnati substitutes Glover to Shooting Guard.
5:34 - 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 passes the ball to Elder outside. Elder passes the ball to Robinson. Robinson passes the ball to Anderson. Anderson passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Garrett grabs the rebound.
5:04 - Cincinnati: Fast break opportunity! Messina leads the fast break. Foul! Elder commits the foul on Messina.
4:59 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Henson to Center. Cincinnati substitutes Simmons to Shooting Guard and Jackson to Power Forward.
4:59 - Cincinnati: The ball is inbounded to Messina. Messina drives down the lane. Messina lays it up. Offensive foul! Messina charged with the foul while taking the shot over Elder.
4:48 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder drives by Simmons. Elder lays it up. The shot goes in! Cincinnati 40 - 34.
4:37 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Messina tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Messina passes the ball to Simmons. Simmons with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Anderson grabs the rebound.
4:23 - VCU: Anderson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blakely steals the pass from Anderson.
4:17 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against a zone defense. Messina passes the ball to Jackson in the paint. Jackson shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
4:08 - 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 shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Cincinnati 40 - 37.
3:56 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Messina passes the ball to Blakely outside. Blakely passes the ball to Messina. Messina passes the ball to Garrett in the paint. Garrett shoots in the paint. Foul! Henson fouls Garrett on the shot. Garrett makes the first free throw. Garrett makes the second free throw. Cincinnati 42 - 37.
3:36 - Game Event: Time out. Henson must sit with 3 fouls. VCU substitutes Santana to Center.
3:36 - VCU: Anderson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Anderson passes the ball to Santana. Santana passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Santana. Cincinnati 42 - 39.
3:19 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against a zone defense. Messina passes the ball to Garrett in the paint. Garrett shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Elder grabs the rebound.
3:08 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder turns the ball over out of bounds.
3:02 - Game Event: Time out. Cincinnati substitutes Glover to Shooting Guard.
3:02 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against pressure defense. Messina passes the ball to Glover on the perimeter. Glover shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Blakely grabs the long offensive rebound.
2:53 - Cincinnati: Blakely has the rebound and restarts the offense. Blakely passes the ball to Jackson on the perimeter. Jackson passes the ball to Messina on the perimeter. Messina shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Glover grabs the long offensive rebound.
2:39 - Cincinnati: Glover has the rebound and restarts the offense. Glover passes the ball to Messina on the perimeter. Messina passes the ball to Blakely on the perimeter. Blakely shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Robinson grabs the long rebound.
2:22 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Anderson leads the fast break with Robinson and Elder. Anderson lays it up. It's blocked by Messina! Garrett grabs the rebound.
2:15 - Cincinnati: Glover brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Robinson steals the pass from Glover.
2:10 - 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 Santana outside. Santana passes the ball to Robinson on the perimeter. Messina steals the pass from Robinson.
1:44 - Cincinnati: Fast break opportunity! Glover attacks with the ball on the fast break. Glover turns the ball over to the other team.
1:40 - VCU: Anderson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Anderson passes the ball to Robinson on the perimeter. Robinson shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Anderson grabs the offensive rebound.
1:26 - VCU: Anderson has the rebound. Anderson shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Garrett grabs the rebound.
1:24 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Messina passes the ball to Blakely on the perimeter. Blakely passes the ball to Jackson on the perimeter. Jackson shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Blakely. Cincinnati 45 - 39.
1:09 - Game Event: Time out. Cincinnati substitutes Simmons to Shooting Guard.
1:09 - 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 from the low post. The shot misses. Jackson grabs the rebound.
0:57 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Messina passes the ball to Jackson in the paint. Jackson carelessly turns the ball over out of bounds.
0:52 - 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 shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Elder. Cincinnati 45 - 41.
0:40 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against a zone defense. Messina passes the ball to Simmons outside. Simmons passes the ball to Blakely. Blakely passes the ball to Jackson in the paint. Offensive foul! Jackson commits the foul.
0:20 - Game Event: Time out. Jackson must sit with 3 fouls. Cincinnati substitutes Austin to Power Forward.
0:20 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder passes the ball to Anderson in the paint. Anderson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Anderson passes the ball to Elder. Elder with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Austin grabs the rebound.
0:01 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against a zone defense. The shot clock winding down. Messina shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Anderson grabs the long rebound.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
VCU 41, Cincinnati 45
Half-Time
2nd Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Messina must sit with 2 fouls. Cincinnati substitutes Glover to Point Guard.
20:00 - Game Event: Possession arrow favors VCU. They receive the ball...
19:55 - VCU: The ball is inbounded to Santana. Santana passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder passes the ball to Robinson. Robinson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Cincinnati 45 - 43.
19:37 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Henson to Center. Cincinnati substitutes Messina to Point Guard and Jackson to Power Forward.
19:37 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against pressure defense. Messina passes the ball to Jackson in the paint. Jackson shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
19:25 - VCU: Anderson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Anderson passes the ball to Robinson outside. Robinson shoots from downtown. The shot goes in! Assisted by Anderson. VCU 46 - 45.
19:11 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Messina drives to the basket. Foul! Robinson commits the foul on Messina.
19:02 - Cincinnati: The ball is inbounded to Jackson. Jackson shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Anderson grabs the long rebound.
18:58 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Elder leads the fast break. Foul! Messina commits the foul on Elder.
18:54 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Whitlock to Point Guard. Cincinnati substitutes Glover to Shooting Guard and Grasso to Center.
18:54 - VCU: The ball is inbounded to Henson. Henson passes the ball to Anderson. Anderson shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! VCU 48 - 45.
18:43 - Cincinnati: Glover brings up the ball against pressure defense. Glover passes the ball to Messina. Messina passes the ball to Jackson in the paint. Jackson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Jackson passes the ball to Grasso in the paint. Grasso shoots in the paint. It's blocked by Henson! Robinson grabs the rebound.
18:18 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Anderson attacks with the ball on the fast break. Anderson passes the ball to Robinson on the perimeter. Robinson shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Anderson. VCU 51 - 45.
18:13 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against pressure defense. Messina passes the ball to Jackson on the perimeter. Jackson passes the ball to Glover in the paint. Glover turns the ball over out of bounds.
18:03 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Glover steals the pass from Whitlock.
17:57 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Messina drives by Whitlock. Messina lays it up. The shot goes in! VCU 51 - 47.
17:47 - 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 passes the ball to Anderson. Anderson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Henson grabs the offensive rebound.
17:36 - VCU: Henson has the rebound and restarts the offense. Henson shoots from the low post. Foul! Grasso fouls Henson on the shot. Henson makes the first free throw. Henson makes the second free throw. VCU 53 - 47.
17:32 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Messina tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Messina passes the ball to Blakely in the paint. Blakely shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! VCU 53 - 49.
17:20 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Whitlock leads the fast break with Anderson and Robinson. Whitlock passes the ball to Anderson on the perimeter. Anderson shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Messina grabs the rebound.
17:16 - Cincinnati: Fast break opportunity! Glover leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Glover passes the ball to Grasso in the paint. Grasso shoots from the low post. Foul! Henson fouls Grasso on the shot. Grasso missed the first free throw. Grasso makes the second free throw. VCU 53 - 50.
16:57 - Game Event: Time out. Henson must sit with 4 fouls. VCU substitutes Santana to Center.
16:57 - 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 Whitlock on the perimeter. Whitlock passes the ball to Robinson outside. Robinson passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Strong grabs the offensive rebound.
16:34 - VCU: Strong has the rebound. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! And Strong is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Strong makes the first free throw. VCU 56 - 50.
16:32 - Cincinnati: Glover brings up the ball against a zone defense. Glover passes the ball to Jackson in the paint. Jackson goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! VCU 56 - 52.
16:22 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Blakely grabs the rebound.
16:10 - Cincinnati: Fast break opportunity! Glover leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Glover shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! VCU 56 - 55.
16:03 - 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. The shot misses. Blakely grabs the rebound.
15:52 - Cincinnati: Glover brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Glover passes the ball to Grasso. Grasso with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
15:42 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock passes the ball to Robinson on the perimeter. Blakely steals the pass from Robinson.
15:31 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Messina passes the ball to Jackson in the paint. Jackson shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Cincinnati 57 - 56.
15:23 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Elder to Point Guard and Nixon to Small Forward. Cincinnati substitutes Glover to Point Guard, Goldberg to Shooting Guard and Austin to Power Forward.
15:23 - 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 passes the ball to Anderson in the paint. Anderson shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Strong tips it in. VCU 58 - 57.
15:10 - Cincinnati: Glover brings up the ball against a zone defense. Glover tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Glover with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Cincinnati 59 - 58.
15:01 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Whitlock to Point Guard.
15:01 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon passes the ball to Anderson. Anderson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Austin grabs the rebound.
14:49 - Cincinnati: Fast break opportunity! Goldberg leads the fast break with Glover and Blakely. Goldberg passes the ball to Glover at the basket. Glover lays it up. Foul! Anderson fouls Glover on the shot. Glover makes the first free throw. Glover makes the second free throw. Cincinnati 61 - 58.
14:46 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Elder to Point Guard. Cincinnati substitutes Simmons to Shooting Guard and Garrett to Center.
14:46 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder drives by Blakely. Elder lays it up. Offensive foul! Elder charged with the foul while taking the shot over Garrett.
14:35 - Cincinnati: Glover brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Glover passes the ball to Garrett in the paint. Garrett shoots from the block. Foul! Nixon fouls Garrett on the shot. Garrett makes the first free throw. Garrett makes the second free throw. Cincinnati 63 - 58.
14:24 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Austin grabs the long rebound.
14:17 - Cincinnati: Glover brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Anderson steals the pass from Glover.
14:13 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Elder leads the fast break with Anderson and Nixon. Elder lays it up. Foul! Simmons fouls Elder on the shot. Elder makes the first free throw. Elder makes the second free throw. Cincinnati 63 - 60.
14:09 - Cincinnati: Glover brings up the ball against pressure defense. Glover passes the ball to Simmons on the perimeter. Simmons shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Austin grabs the long offensive rebound.
13:58 - Cincinnati: Austin has the rebound and restarts the offense. Austin hands off the ball to Glover. Glover passes the ball to Garrett in the paint. Garrett goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Glover. Cincinnati 65 - 60.
13:41 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder passes the ball to Anderson. Anderson shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Elder. Cincinnati 65 - 62.
13:30 - Cincinnati: Glover brings up the ball against pressure defense. Glover passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Austin shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Santana grabs the rebound.
13:20 - 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 corner. The shot misses. Garrett grabs the long rebound.
13:09 - Cincinnati: Fast break opportunity! Simmons leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Simmons passes the ball to Glover in the paint. Glover shoots from the low post. It's blocked by Elder! Garrett grabs the offensive rebound.
12:54 - Cincinnati: Garrett has the rebound and restarts the offense. Garrett shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Austin grabs the offensive rebound.
12:51 - Cincinnati: Austin has the rebound and restarts the offense. Austin passes the ball to Garrett in the paint. Garrett passes the ball to Blakely outside. Blakely shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Anderson grabs the rebound.
12:33 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Anderson leads the fast break with Elder and Nixon. Anderson passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Nixon grabs the long offensive rebound.
12:28 - VCU: Nixon has the rebound and restarts the offense. Nixon passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the block. It's blocked by Austin! Austin grabs the rebound.
12:15 - Cincinnati: Fast break opportunity! Simmons leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Simmons shoots from downtown. The shot goes in! Cincinnati 68 - 62.
12:07 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Steffen to Shooting Guard and Harrison to Power Forward. Cincinnati substitutes Messina to Point Guard, Glover to Small Forward, Jackson to Power Forward and Grasso to Center.
12:07 - 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 shoots from the inside. It's blocked by Jackson! Santana grabs the offensive rebound.
11:55 - VCU: Santana has the rebound and restarts the offense. Simmons steals the pass from Santana.
11:51 - Cincinnati: Fast break opportunity! Simmons attacks with the ball on the fast break. Simmons passes the ball to Messina on the perimeter. Messina shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Harrison grabs the rebound.
11:44 - 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 shoots from the low post. Foul! Jackson fouls Nixon on the shot. Nixon missed the first free throw. Nixon makes the second free throw. Cincinnati 68 - 63.
11:31 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Robinson to Power Forward. Jackson must sit with 4 fouls. Cincinnati substitutes Austin to Power Forward.
11:31 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against a zone defense. Messina drives down the lane. Messina passes the ball to Glover on the perimeter. Glover shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Simmons grabs the long offensive rebound.
11:20 - Cincinnati: Simmons has the rebound and restarts the offense. Simmons shoots from deep. The shot goes in! Cincinnati 71 - 63.
11:14 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder passes the ball to Nixon. Nixon shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot misses. Glover grabs the rebound.
11:02 - Cincinnati: Fast break opportunity! Simmons attacks with the ball on the fast break. Simmons passes the ball to Glover on the perimeter. Glover shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Simmons. Cincinnati 74 - 63.
10:58 - Game Event: Time out. Cincinnati substitutes Garrett to Center.
10:58 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder passes the ball to Robinson in the paint. Robinson shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Simmons grabs the rebound.
10:47 - Cincinnati: Fast break opportunity! Simmons leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Simmons shoots from well beyond the arc. Air ball! Santana grabs the rebound.
10:37 - 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 Robinson in the paint. Robinson shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Messina grabs the rebound.
10:17 - Cincinnati: Fast break opportunity! Simmons leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Simmons shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Robinson grabs the rebound.
10:05 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Steffen leads the fast break with Nixon to the right. Steffen passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Garrett grabs the rebound.
10:00 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against pressure defense. Messina drives down the lane. Messina lays it up. The shot goes in! Cincinnati 76 - 63.
10:00 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Cincinnati!
9:52 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder drives down the lane. Elder passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Garrett grabs the long rebound.
9:41 - Cincinnati: Fast break opportunity! Messina leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Messina passes the ball to Garrett on the perimeter. Garrett shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Garrett tips it in. Cincinnati 78 - 63.
9:29 - VCU: Steffen brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Steffen passes the ball to Nixon outside. Nixon passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder carelessly turns the ball over out of bounds.
9:20 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Messina tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Messina with a fadeaway jumper. Foul! Elder fouls Messina on the shot. Messina makes the first free throw. Messina makes the second free throw. Cincinnati 80 - 63.
9:08 - 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 beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Elder. Cincinnati 80 - 66.
8:54 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Nixon to Shooting Guard, Robinson to Small Forward, Santana to Power Forward and Henson to Center. Cincinnati substitutes Blakely to Small Forward and Jackson to Power Forward.
8:54 - Cincinnati: Simmons brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Simmons shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Simmons grabs the offensive rebound.
8:49 - Cincinnati: Simmons has the rebound and restarts the offense. Simmons shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Cincinnati 82 - 66.
8:43 - VCU: Nixon brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Nixon passes the ball to Santana in the paint. Santana shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Jackson grabs the rebound.
8:31 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Messina passes the ball to Blakely on the perimeter. Blakely shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Cincinnati 85 - 66.
8:19 - Game Event: Time out. Cincinnati substitutes Glover to Small Forward.
8:19 - VCU: Nixon brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Messina steals the pass from Nixon.
8:13 - Cincinnati: Breakaway! Messina takes the ball the length of the court. Messina lays it up. The shot goes in! Cincinnati 87 - 66.
8:08 - 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 Henson in the paint. Henson passes the ball to Santana in the paint. Santana passes the ball to Robinson in the paint. Robinson goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Santana. Cincinnati 87 - 68.
7:44 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Anderson to Shooting Guard. Cincinnati substitutes Blakely to Small Forward.
7:44 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Messina passes the ball to Blakely. Blakely shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Messina. Cincinnati 89 - 68.
7:36 - 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 goes in! Assisted by Elder. Cincinnati 89 - 71.
7:28 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Messina drives by Robinson. Messina passes the ball to Garrett at the basket. Garrett lays it up. The shot misses. Jackson grabs the offensive rebound.
7:20 - Cincinnati: Jackson has the rebound and restarts the offense. Jackson shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Cincinnati 91 - 71.
7:14 - 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! Cincinnati 91 - 73.
7:08 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against pressure defense. Messina passes the ball to Blakely on the perimeter. Blakely shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Elder grabs the long rebound.
6:56 - 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 turns the ball over to the other team.
6:51 - Cincinnati: Fast break opportunity! Simmons leads the fast break with Messina to the right. Simmons lays it up. The shot goes in! Cincinnati 93 - 73.
6:47 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Strong to Power Forward.
6:47 - 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 tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Henson passes the ball to Elder. Elder with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Garrett grabs the rebound.
6:30 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against pressure defense. Messina passes the ball to Garrett in the paint. Garrett shoots from the block. The shot misses. Robinson grabs the rebound.
6:19 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder passes the ball to Strong outside. Strong passes the ball to Anderson. Anderson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Garrett grabs the rebound.
6:03 - Cincinnati: Fast break opportunity! Simmons leads the fast break with Messina to the right. Simmons passes the ball to Messina on the perimeter. Messina shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Simmons. Cincinnati 96 - 73.
5:59 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder passes the ball to Anderson. Anderson shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot misses. Messina grabs the rebound.
5:48 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Messina passes the ball to Blakely on the perimeter. Blakely passes the ball to Jackson. Jackson passes the ball to Simmons. Simmons tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Simmons with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Jackson. Cincinnati 98 - 73.
5:26 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Nixon to Small Forward and Robinson to Power Forward.
5:26 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder passes the ball to Anderson outside. Anderson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Anderson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Robinson tips it in. Cincinnati 98 - 75.
5:09 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Messina passes the ball to Jackson in the paint. Jackson passes the ball to Messina on the perimeter. Messina shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Jackson. Cincinnati 101 - 75.
4:51 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Robinson to Small Forward and Strong to Power Forward.
4:51 - 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 drives down the lane. Anderson lays it up. Foul! Garrett fouls Anderson on the shot. Anderson missed the first free throw. Anderson makes the second free throw. Cincinnati 101 - 76.
4:35 - Cincinnati: Simmons brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Simmons passes the ball to Jackson in the paint. Jackson passes the ball to Messina on the perimeter. Messina shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Jackson grabs the long offensive rebound.
4:18 - Cincinnati: Jackson has the rebound and restarts the offense. Jackson passes the ball to Messina on the perimeter. Messina shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Garrett grabs the offensive rebound.
4:08 - Cincinnati: Garrett has the rebound. Garrett shoots from the low post. Foul! Strong fouls Garrett on the shot. Garrett makes the first free throw. Garrett makes the second free throw. Cincinnati 103 - 76.
4:06 - Game Event: Time out. Cincinnati substitutes Glover to Shooting Guard.
4:06 - 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 corner. The shot misses. Glover grabs the long rebound.
3:58 - Cincinnati: Fast break opportunity! Glover leads the fast break with Messina and Blakely. Glover passes the ball to Messina on the perimeter. Messina shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Glover. Cincinnati 106 - 76.
3:52 - Game Event: Time out. Cincinnati substitutes Simmons to Shooting Guard.
3:52 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder drives by Simmons. Elder lays it up. The shot misses. Simmons grabs the rebound.
3:41 - Cincinnati: Fast break opportunity! Simmons attacks with the ball on the fast break. Simmons turns the ball over to the other team.
3:35 - 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 Robinson. Robinson shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Anderson. Cincinnati 106 - 78.
3:18 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against pressure defense. Messina tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Messina with a fadeaway jumper. Foul! Robinson fouls Messina on the shot. Messina makes the first free throw. Messina makes the second free throw. Cincinnati 108 - 78.
3:09 - 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 Anderson. Anderson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Henson. Cincinnati 108 - 80.
2:55 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Messina tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Messina passes the ball to Blakely. Blakely with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
2:43 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blakely steals the pass from Elder.
2:39 - Cincinnati: Fast break opportunity! Simmons leads the fast break with Messina and Blakely. Simmons passes the ball to Messina on the perimeter. Messina shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Jackson grabs the offensive rebound.
2:35 - Cincinnati: Jackson has the rebound and restarts the offense. Jackson shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Henson grabs the rebound.
2:29 - 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. Strong grabs the offensive rebound.
2:25 - VCU: Strong has the rebound and restarts the offense. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Strong grabs the offensive rebound.
2:21 - VCU: Strong has the rebound. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Elder grabs the offensive rebound.
2:19 - VCU: Elder has the rebound and restarts the offense. Elder shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Cincinnati 108 - 82.
2:13 - Cincinnati: Simmons brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Simmons shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Jackson grabs the offensive rebound.
2:07 - Cincinnati: Jackson has the rebound. Jackson shoots from the low post. Foul! Strong fouls Jackson on the shot. Jackson missed the first free throw. Jackson makes the second free throw. Cincinnati 109 - 82.
2:05 - 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 turns the ball over to the other team.
1:52 - Cincinnati: Fast break opportunity! Simmons leads the fast break with Messina and Blakely. Simmons passes the ball to Messina on the perimeter. Messina shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Simmons. Cincinnati 112 - 82.
1:48 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder passes the ball to Robinson. Robinson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Robinson passes the ball to Anderson. Anderson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Robinson. Cincinnati 112 - 84.
1:28 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. VCU is fatigued and are showing low defensive energy. Messina drives by Robinson. Messina attempts to dunk it. Henson rotates over and blocks the shot! Robinson grabs the rebound.
1:17 - VCU: Anderson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Cincinnati is fatigued and are showing low defensive energy. Anderson passes the ball to Strong. Strong passes the ball to Elder. Elder passes the ball to Henson in the paint. Henson passes the ball to Strong. Strong with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Garrett grabs the rebound.
0:46 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Messina passes the ball to Garrett in the paint. Garrett shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Messina. Cincinnati 114 - 84.
0:36 - 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 goes in! Cincinnati 114 - 87.
0:25 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against pressure defense. Messina passes the ball to Garrett in the paint. Garrett passes the ball to Messina on the perimeter. Messina shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
0:09 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder passes the ball to Strong. Strong with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Cincinnati 114 - 89.
0:01 - Cincinnati: Messina dribbles out the clock until time expires.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
VCU 89, Cincinnati 114
Starting Line-Ups
VCU: PG-Elder (6' 4"), SG-Anderson (6' 4½"), SF-Robinson (6' 7½"), PF-Strong (6' 8"), C-Henson (6' 9")
Cincinnati: PG-Messina (6' 5½"), SG-Simmons (6' 8"), SF-Blakely (6' 3½"), PF-Jackson (6' 9"), C-Garrett (6' 9½")
1st Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Tip-off! Cincinnati gains possession on the jump ball...
19:55 - Cincinnati: Fast break opportunity! Messina leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Messina drives down the lane. Messina lays it up. The shot goes in! And Messina is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Messina makes the first free throw. Cincinnati 3 - 0.
19:40 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense. Elder drives by Simmons. Elder passes the ball to Henson at the basket. Henson lays it up. The shot misses. Garrett grabs the rebound.
19:29 - Cincinnati: Fast break opportunity! Simmons leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Simmons passes the ball to Messina. Messina passes the ball to Jackson in the paint. Jackson shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
19:07 - VCU: Anderson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Anderson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Anderson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Strong tips it in. Cincinnati 3 - 2.
18:56 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Whitlock to Point Guard and Santana to Center. Cincinnati substitutes Glover to Shooting Guard and Grasso to Center.
18:56 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against pressure defense. Messina passes the ball to Blakely on the perimeter. Blakely shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Cincinnati 6 - 2.
18:46 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Anderson in the paint. Offensive foul! Santana commits the foul away from the ball.
18:40 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Messina drives by Whitlock. Messina lays it up. Foul! Whitlock fouls Messina on the shot. Messina makes the first free throw. Messina makes the second free throw. Cincinnati 8 - 2.
18:31 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Robinson. Robinson shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Santana tips it in. Cincinnati 8 - 4.
18:21 - Cincinnati: Glover brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitlock steals the pass from Glover.
18:14 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Anderson leads the fast break with Whitlock and Robinson. Anderson passes the ball to Whitlock at the basket. Whitlock lays it up. Foul! Messina fouls Whitlock on the shot. Whitlock makes the first free throw. Whitlock makes the second free throw. Cincinnati 8 - 6.
18:08 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Messina tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Messina passes the ball to Glover. Glover with a fadeaway jumper. Foul! Anderson fouls Glover on the shot. Glover makes the first free throw. Glover missed the second free throw. Santana grabs the rebound. Cincinnati 9 - 6.
17:58 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Robinson on the perimeter. Robinson shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Strong grabs the offensive rebound.
17:41 - VCU: Strong has the rebound. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Jackson grabs the rebound.
17:39 - Cincinnati: Fast break opportunity! Glover attacks with the ball on the fast break. Glover passes the ball to Messina on the perimeter. Messina shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Anderson grabs the rebound.
17:34 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Santana in the paint. Santana passes the ball to Anderson on the perimeter. Anderson shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Glover grabs the long rebound.
17:21 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Messina passes the ball to Grasso. Grasso tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Grasso shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Messina. Cincinnati 11 - 6.
17:03 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Anderson in the paint. Anderson passes the ball to Whitlock. Whitlock passes the ball to Robinson outside. Robinson passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Santana grabs the offensive rebound.
16:33 - VCU: Santana has the rebound and restarts the offense. Santana passes the ball to Robinson in the paint. Robinson passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the low post. Foul! Jackson fouls Strong on the shot. Strong makes the first free throw. Strong makes the second free throw. Cincinnati 11 - 8.
16:13 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against pressure defense. Messina shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Jackson grabs the offensive rebound.
16:08 - Cincinnati: Jackson has the rebound and restarts the offense. Jackson shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Cincinnati 13 - 8.
16:02 - VCU: Anderson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Anderson passes the ball to Santana in the paint. Santana passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. It's blocked by Grasso! Messina grabs the rebound.
15:46 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against pressure defense. Messina tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Messina turns the ball over to the other team.
15:37 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Anderson in the paint. Anderson shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Messina grabs the rebound.
15:26 - Cincinnati: Fast break opportunity! Messina leads the fast break with Blakely and Glover. Messina passes the ball to Blakely on the perimeter. Blakely shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Messina. Cincinnati 16 - 8.
15:20 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Nixon to Small Forward. Cincinnati substitutes Glover to Point Guard, Goldberg to Shooting Guard and Austin to Power Forward.
15:20 - VCU: Anderson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Anderson passes the ball to Whitlock. Whitlock shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Austin grabs the rebound.
15:11 - Cincinnati: Goldberg brings up the ball against a zone defense. Goldberg passes the ball to Grasso in the paint. Grasso shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Austin tips it in. Cincinnati 18 - 8.
15:02 - 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 in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Whitlock. Whitlock with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Cincinnati 18 - 10.
14:38 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Elder to Point Guard. Cincinnati substitutes Simmons to Shooting Guard and Garrett to Center.
14:38 - Cincinnati: Glover brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Glover passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Austin shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
14:25 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense. Elder tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Elder with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Glover grabs the rebound.
14:16 - Cincinnati: Glover brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Glover passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Austin shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Glover. Cincinnati 20 - 10.
14:16 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Cincinnati!
14:04 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense. Elder passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Austin grabs the rebound.
13:53 - Cincinnati: Fast break opportunity! Simmons leads the fast break with Glover and Blakely. Simmons lays it up. The shot goes in! Cincinnati 22 - 10.
13:47 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense. Elder passes the ball to Santana in the paint. Santana passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder drives by Blakely. Elder passes the ball to Strong at the basket. Strong lays it up. The shot misses. Austin grabs the rebound.
13:25 - Cincinnati: Glover brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Glover passes the ball to Simmons. Simmons shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Glover. Cincinnati 24 - 10.
13:15 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense. Elder passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Cincinnati 24 - 12.
13:01 - Cincinnati: Simmons brings up the ball against a zone defense. Simmons passes the ball to Blakely outside. Blakely passes the ball to Austin. Austin passes the ball to Garrett in the paint. Garrett shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
12:41 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense. Elder drives by Simmons. Elder attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Cincinnati 24 - 14.
12:31 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Steffen to Shooting Guard, Santana to Power Forward and Henson to Center. Cincinnati substitutes Messina to Point Guard, Glover to Small Forward and Grasso to Center.
12:31 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Messina tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Messina with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Henson grabs the rebound.
12:22 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense. Elder passes the ball to Nixon outside. Nixon passes the ball to Santana in the paint. Santana passes the ball to Nixon. Nixon carelessly turns the ball over out of bounds.
12:07 - Game Event: Time out. Cincinnati substitutes Glover to Point Guard and Goldberg to Small Forward.
12:07 - Cincinnati: Glover brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Glover passes the ball to Grasso in the paint. Grasso passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Austin shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Grasso. Cincinnati 26 - 14.
11:52 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Nixon to Shooting Guard and Robinson to Small Forward. Cincinnati substitutes Messina to Point Guard, Glover to Small Forward and Jackson to Power Forward.
11:52 - 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. Elder passes the ball to Nixon. Nixon passes the ball to Henson in the paint. Henson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Henson passes the ball to Elder. Elder with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Cincinnati 26 - 16.
11:14 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Steffen to Shooting Guard and Nixon to Small Forward.
11:14 - Cincinnati: Simmons brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Simmons shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Elder grabs the long rebound.
11:10 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Steffen leads the fast break with Elder and Nixon. Steffen passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Steffen. Cincinnati 26 - 19.
11:03 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against pressure defense. Messina drives by Nixon. Messina passes the ball to Glover on the perimeter. Glover shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Santana grabs the rebound.
10:51 - 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 in the paint. Elder passes the ball to Santana on the perimeter. Santana passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder drives by Simmons. Elder passes the ball to Steffen at the basket. Steffen lays it up. Foul! Jackson fouls Steffen on the shot. Steffen makes the first free throw. Steffen makes the second free throw. Cincinnati 26 - 21.
10:16 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Nixon to Shooting Guard and Robinson to Small Forward. Jackson must sit with 2 fouls. Cincinnati substitutes Austin to Power Forward and Garrett to Center.
10:16 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against a zone defense. Messina tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Messina with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Henson grabs the rebound.
10:03 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense. Elder passes the ball to Nixon outside. Glover steals the pass from Nixon.
9:51 - Cincinnati: Fast break opportunity! Simmons leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Simmons passes the ball to Messina outside. Messina passes the ball to Glover on the perimeter. Glover passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Austin shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Cincinnati 28 - 21.
9:24 - Game Event: Time out. Cincinnati substitutes Blakely to Small Forward.
9:24 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense. Elder passes the ball to Robinson outside. Robinson passes the ball to Henson in the paint. Henson passes the ball to Santana in the paint. Santana shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Henson. Cincinnati 28 - 23.
8:57 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Anderson to Shooting Guard.
8:57 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against a zone defense. Messina passes the ball to Simmons on the perimeter. Simmons shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Messina. Cincinnati 31 - 23.
8:44 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense. Elder shoots from downtown. The shot goes in! Cincinnati 31 - 26.
8:37 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Henson steals the pass from Messina.
8:31 - 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 beyond the arc. The shot misses. Foul! Henson fouls Garrett trying to grab the offensive rebound.
8:25 - Game Event: Time out. Henson must sit with 2 fouls. VCU substitutes Nixon to Small Forward, Robinson to Power Forward and Santana to Center.
8:25 - Cincinnati: The ball is inbounded to Blakely. Blakely passes the ball to Austin. Austin passes the ball to Messina in the paint. Messina tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Messina shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Austin grabs the offensive rebound.
8:00 - Cincinnati: Austin has the rebound and restarts the offense. Austin shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Austin tips it in. Cincinnati 33 - 26.
7:56 - VCU: Anderson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Anderson passes the ball to Santana in the paint. Santana passes the ball to Nixon. Nixon passes the ball to Robinson in the paint. Robinson passes the ball to Anderson on the perimeter. Anderson shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Garrett grabs the rebound.
7:28 - Cincinnati: Fast break opportunity! Messina leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Messina passes the ball to Simmons on the perimeter. Simmons shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Santana grabs the rebound.
7:14 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense. Elder passes the ball to Nixon outside. Nixon passes the ball to Santana in the paint. Santana passes the ball to Robinson. Robinson passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Cincinnati 33 - 29.
6:42 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Robinson to Small Forward and Strong to Power Forward. Cincinnati substitutes Glover to Shooting Guard.
6:42 - Cincinnati: Glover brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Glover passes the ball to Garrett in the paint. Garrett shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Cincinnati 35 - 29.
6:32 - 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 passes the ball to Anderson in the paint. Anderson passes the ball to Elder in the paint. Elder passes the ball to Robinson on the perimeter. Robinson shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Cincinnati 35 - 32.
6:01 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Steffen to Shooting Guard, Nixon to Small Forward and Robinson to Power Forward. Cincinnati substitutes Grasso to Shooting Guard and Glover to Small Forward.
6:01 - Cincinnati: Grasso brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Grasso passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Austin shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Grasso. Cincinnati 37 - 32.
5:48 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Anderson to Shooting Guard, Robinson to Small Forward and Strong to Power Forward. Cincinnati substitutes Simmons to Shooting Guard and Blakely to Small Forward.
5:48 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder passes the ball to Anderson. Anderson shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot misses. Garrett grabs the rebound.
5:39 - Cincinnati: Fast break opportunity! Simmons leads the fast break with Blakely to the right. Simmons passes the ball to Blakely on the perimeter. Blakely shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Simmons. Cincinnati 40 - 32.
5:34 - Game Event: Time out. Cincinnati substitutes Glover to Shooting Guard.
5:34 - 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 passes the ball to Elder outside. Elder passes the ball to Robinson. Robinson passes the ball to Anderson. Anderson passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Garrett grabs the rebound.
5:04 - Cincinnati: Fast break opportunity! Messina leads the fast break. Foul! Elder commits the foul on Messina.
4:59 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Henson to Center. Cincinnati substitutes Simmons to Shooting Guard and Jackson to Power Forward.
4:59 - Cincinnati: The ball is inbounded to Messina. Messina drives down the lane. Messina lays it up. Offensive foul! Messina charged with the foul while taking the shot over Elder.
4:48 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder drives by Simmons. Elder lays it up. The shot goes in! Cincinnati 40 - 34.
4:37 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Messina tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Messina passes the ball to Simmons. Simmons with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Anderson grabs the rebound.
4:23 - VCU: Anderson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blakely steals the pass from Anderson.
4:17 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against a zone defense. Messina passes the ball to Jackson in the paint. Jackson shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
4:08 - 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 shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Cincinnati 40 - 37.
3:56 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Messina passes the ball to Blakely outside. Blakely passes the ball to Messina. Messina passes the ball to Garrett in the paint. Garrett shoots in the paint. Foul! Henson fouls Garrett on the shot. Garrett makes the first free throw. Garrett makes the second free throw. Cincinnati 42 - 37.
3:36 - Game Event: Time out. Henson must sit with 3 fouls. VCU substitutes Santana to Center.
3:36 - VCU: Anderson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Anderson passes the ball to Santana. Santana passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Santana. Cincinnati 42 - 39.
3:19 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against a zone defense. Messina passes the ball to Garrett in the paint. Garrett shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Elder grabs the rebound.
3:08 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder turns the ball over out of bounds.
3:02 - Game Event: Time out. Cincinnati substitutes Glover to Shooting Guard.
3:02 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against pressure defense. Messina passes the ball to Glover on the perimeter. Glover shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Blakely grabs the long offensive rebound.
2:53 - Cincinnati: Blakely has the rebound and restarts the offense. Blakely passes the ball to Jackson on the perimeter. Jackson passes the ball to Messina on the perimeter. Messina shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Glover grabs the long offensive rebound.
2:39 - Cincinnati: Glover has the rebound and restarts the offense. Glover passes the ball to Messina on the perimeter. Messina passes the ball to Blakely on the perimeter. Blakely shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Robinson grabs the long rebound.
2:22 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Anderson leads the fast break with Robinson and Elder. Anderson lays it up. It's blocked by Messina! Garrett grabs the rebound.
2:15 - Cincinnati: Glover brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Robinson steals the pass from Glover.
2:10 - 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 Santana outside. Santana passes the ball to Robinson on the perimeter. Messina steals the pass from Robinson.
1:44 - Cincinnati: Fast break opportunity! Glover attacks with the ball on the fast break. Glover turns the ball over to the other team.
1:40 - VCU: Anderson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Anderson passes the ball to Robinson on the perimeter. Robinson shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Anderson grabs the offensive rebound.
1:26 - VCU: Anderson has the rebound. Anderson shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Garrett grabs the rebound.
1:24 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Messina passes the ball to Blakely on the perimeter. Blakely passes the ball to Jackson on the perimeter. Jackson shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Blakely. Cincinnati 45 - 39.
1:09 - Game Event: Time out. Cincinnati substitutes Simmons to Shooting Guard.
1:09 - 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 from the low post. The shot misses. Jackson grabs the rebound.
0:57 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Messina passes the ball to Jackson in the paint. Jackson carelessly turns the ball over out of bounds.
0:52 - 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 shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Elder. Cincinnati 45 - 41.
0:40 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against a zone defense. Messina passes the ball to Simmons outside. Simmons passes the ball to Blakely. Blakely passes the ball to Jackson in the paint. Offensive foul! Jackson commits the foul.
0:20 - Game Event: Time out. Jackson must sit with 3 fouls. Cincinnati substitutes Austin to Power Forward.
0:20 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder passes the ball to Anderson in the paint. Anderson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Anderson passes the ball to Elder. Elder with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Austin grabs the rebound.
0:01 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against a zone defense. The shot clock winding down. Messina shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Anderson grabs the long rebound.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
VCU 41, Cincinnati 45
Half-Time
2nd Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Messina must sit with 2 fouls. Cincinnati substitutes Glover to Point Guard.
20:00 - Game Event: Possession arrow favors VCU. They receive the ball...
19:55 - VCU: The ball is inbounded to Santana. Santana passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder passes the ball to Robinson. Robinson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Cincinnati 45 - 43.
19:37 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Henson to Center. Cincinnati substitutes Messina to Point Guard and Jackson to Power Forward.
19:37 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against pressure defense. Messina passes the ball to Jackson in the paint. Jackson shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
19:25 - VCU: Anderson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Anderson passes the ball to Robinson outside. Robinson shoots from downtown. The shot goes in! Assisted by Anderson. VCU 46 - 45.
19:11 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Messina drives to the basket. Foul! Robinson commits the foul on Messina.
19:02 - Cincinnati: The ball is inbounded to Jackson. Jackson shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Anderson grabs the long rebound.
18:58 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Elder leads the fast break. Foul! Messina commits the foul on Elder.
18:54 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Whitlock to Point Guard. Cincinnati substitutes Glover to Shooting Guard and Grasso to Center.
18:54 - VCU: The ball is inbounded to Henson. Henson passes the ball to Anderson. Anderson shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! VCU 48 - 45.
18:43 - Cincinnati: Glover brings up the ball against pressure defense. Glover passes the ball to Messina. Messina passes the ball to Jackson in the paint. Jackson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Jackson passes the ball to Grasso in the paint. Grasso shoots in the paint. It's blocked by Henson! Robinson grabs the rebound.
18:18 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Anderson attacks with the ball on the fast break. Anderson passes the ball to Robinson on the perimeter. Robinson shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Anderson. VCU 51 - 45.
18:13 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against pressure defense. Messina passes the ball to Jackson on the perimeter. Jackson passes the ball to Glover in the paint. Glover turns the ball over out of bounds.
18:03 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Glover steals the pass from Whitlock.
17:57 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Messina drives by Whitlock. Messina lays it up. The shot goes in! VCU 51 - 47.
17:47 - 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 passes the ball to Anderson. Anderson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Henson grabs the offensive rebound.
17:36 - VCU: Henson has the rebound and restarts the offense. Henson shoots from the low post. Foul! Grasso fouls Henson on the shot. Henson makes the first free throw. Henson makes the second free throw. VCU 53 - 47.
17:32 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Messina tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Messina passes the ball to Blakely in the paint. Blakely shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! VCU 53 - 49.
17:20 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Whitlock leads the fast break with Anderson and Robinson. Whitlock passes the ball to Anderson on the perimeter. Anderson shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Messina grabs the rebound.
17:16 - Cincinnati: Fast break opportunity! Glover leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Glover passes the ball to Grasso in the paint. Grasso shoots from the low post. Foul! Henson fouls Grasso on the shot. Grasso missed the first free throw. Grasso makes the second free throw. VCU 53 - 50.
16:57 - Game Event: Time out. Henson must sit with 4 fouls. VCU substitutes Santana to Center.
16:57 - 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 Whitlock on the perimeter. Whitlock passes the ball to Robinson outside. Robinson passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Strong grabs the offensive rebound.
16:34 - VCU: Strong has the rebound. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! And Strong is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Strong makes the first free throw. VCU 56 - 50.
16:32 - Cincinnati: Glover brings up the ball against a zone defense. Glover passes the ball to Jackson in the paint. Jackson goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! VCU 56 - 52.
16:22 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Blakely grabs the rebound.
16:10 - Cincinnati: Fast break opportunity! Glover leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Glover shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! VCU 56 - 55.
16:03 - 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. The shot misses. Blakely grabs the rebound.
15:52 - Cincinnati: Glover brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Glover passes the ball to Grasso. Grasso with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
15:42 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock passes the ball to Robinson on the perimeter. Blakely steals the pass from Robinson.
15:31 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Messina passes the ball to Jackson in the paint. Jackson shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Cincinnati 57 - 56.
15:23 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Elder to Point Guard and Nixon to Small Forward. Cincinnati substitutes Glover to Point Guard, Goldberg to Shooting Guard and Austin to Power Forward.
15:23 - 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 passes the ball to Anderson in the paint. Anderson shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Strong tips it in. VCU 58 - 57.
15:10 - Cincinnati: Glover brings up the ball against a zone defense. Glover tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Glover with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Cincinnati 59 - 58.
15:01 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Whitlock to Point Guard.
15:01 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon passes the ball to Anderson. Anderson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Austin grabs the rebound.
14:49 - Cincinnati: Fast break opportunity! Goldberg leads the fast break with Glover and Blakely. Goldberg passes the ball to Glover at the basket. Glover lays it up. Foul! Anderson fouls Glover on the shot. Glover makes the first free throw. Glover makes the second free throw. Cincinnati 61 - 58.
14:46 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Elder to Point Guard. Cincinnati substitutes Simmons to Shooting Guard and Garrett to Center.
14:46 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder drives by Blakely. Elder lays it up. Offensive foul! Elder charged with the foul while taking the shot over Garrett.
14:35 - Cincinnati: Glover brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Glover passes the ball to Garrett in the paint. Garrett shoots from the block. Foul! Nixon fouls Garrett on the shot. Garrett makes the first free throw. Garrett makes the second free throw. Cincinnati 63 - 58.
14:24 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Austin grabs the long rebound.
14:17 - Cincinnati: Glover brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Anderson steals the pass from Glover.
14:13 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Elder leads the fast break with Anderson and Nixon. Elder lays it up. Foul! Simmons fouls Elder on the shot. Elder makes the first free throw. Elder makes the second free throw. Cincinnati 63 - 60.
14:09 - Cincinnati: Glover brings up the ball against pressure defense. Glover passes the ball to Simmons on the perimeter. Simmons shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Austin grabs the long offensive rebound.
13:58 - Cincinnati: Austin has the rebound and restarts the offense. Austin hands off the ball to Glover. Glover passes the ball to Garrett in the paint. Garrett goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Glover. Cincinnati 65 - 60.
13:41 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder passes the ball to Anderson. Anderson shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Elder. Cincinnati 65 - 62.
13:30 - Cincinnati: Glover brings up the ball against pressure defense. Glover passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Austin shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Santana grabs the rebound.
13:20 - 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 corner. The shot misses. Garrett grabs the long rebound.
13:09 - Cincinnati: Fast break opportunity! Simmons leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Simmons passes the ball to Glover in the paint. Glover shoots from the low post. It's blocked by Elder! Garrett grabs the offensive rebound.
12:54 - Cincinnati: Garrett has the rebound and restarts the offense. Garrett shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Austin grabs the offensive rebound.
12:51 - Cincinnati: Austin has the rebound and restarts the offense. Austin passes the ball to Garrett in the paint. Garrett passes the ball to Blakely outside. Blakely shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Anderson grabs the rebound.
12:33 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Anderson leads the fast break with Elder and Nixon. Anderson passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Nixon grabs the long offensive rebound.
12:28 - VCU: Nixon has the rebound and restarts the offense. Nixon passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the block. It's blocked by Austin! Austin grabs the rebound.
12:15 - Cincinnati: Fast break opportunity! Simmons leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Simmons shoots from downtown. The shot goes in! Cincinnati 68 - 62.
12:07 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Steffen to Shooting Guard and Harrison to Power Forward. Cincinnati substitutes Messina to Point Guard, Glover to Small Forward, Jackson to Power Forward and Grasso to Center.
12:07 - 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 shoots from the inside. It's blocked by Jackson! Santana grabs the offensive rebound.
11:55 - VCU: Santana has the rebound and restarts the offense. Simmons steals the pass from Santana.
11:51 - Cincinnati: Fast break opportunity! Simmons attacks with the ball on the fast break. Simmons passes the ball to Messina on the perimeter. Messina shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Harrison grabs the rebound.
11:44 - 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 shoots from the low post. Foul! Jackson fouls Nixon on the shot. Nixon missed the first free throw. Nixon makes the second free throw. Cincinnati 68 - 63.
11:31 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Robinson to Power Forward. Jackson must sit with 4 fouls. Cincinnati substitutes Austin to Power Forward.
11:31 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against a zone defense. Messina drives down the lane. Messina passes the ball to Glover on the perimeter. Glover shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Simmons grabs the long offensive rebound.
11:20 - Cincinnati: Simmons has the rebound and restarts the offense. Simmons shoots from deep. The shot goes in! Cincinnati 71 - 63.
11:14 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder passes the ball to Nixon. Nixon shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot misses. Glover grabs the rebound.
11:02 - Cincinnati: Fast break opportunity! Simmons attacks with the ball on the fast break. Simmons passes the ball to Glover on the perimeter. Glover shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Simmons. Cincinnati 74 - 63.
10:58 - Game Event: Time out. Cincinnati substitutes Garrett to Center.
10:58 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder passes the ball to Robinson in the paint. Robinson shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Simmons grabs the rebound.
10:47 - Cincinnati: Fast break opportunity! Simmons leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Simmons shoots from well beyond the arc. Air ball! Santana grabs the rebound.
10:37 - 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 Robinson in the paint. Robinson shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Messina grabs the rebound.
10:17 - Cincinnati: Fast break opportunity! Simmons leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Simmons shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Robinson grabs the rebound.
10:05 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Steffen leads the fast break with Nixon to the right. Steffen passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Garrett grabs the rebound.
10:00 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against pressure defense. Messina drives down the lane. Messina lays it up. The shot goes in! Cincinnati 76 - 63.
10:00 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Cincinnati!
9:52 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder drives down the lane. Elder passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Garrett grabs the long rebound.
9:41 - Cincinnati: Fast break opportunity! Messina leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Messina passes the ball to Garrett on the perimeter. Garrett shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Garrett tips it in. Cincinnati 78 - 63.
9:29 - VCU: Steffen brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Steffen passes the ball to Nixon outside. Nixon passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder carelessly turns the ball over out of bounds.
9:20 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Messina tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Messina with a fadeaway jumper. Foul! Elder fouls Messina on the shot. Messina makes the first free throw. Messina makes the second free throw. Cincinnati 80 - 63.
9:08 - 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 beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Elder. Cincinnati 80 - 66.
8:54 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Nixon to Shooting Guard, Robinson to Small Forward, Santana to Power Forward and Henson to Center. Cincinnati substitutes Blakely to Small Forward and Jackson to Power Forward.
8:54 - Cincinnati: Simmons brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Simmons shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Simmons grabs the offensive rebound.
8:49 - Cincinnati: Simmons has the rebound and restarts the offense. Simmons shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Cincinnati 82 - 66.
8:43 - VCU: Nixon brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Nixon passes the ball to Santana in the paint. Santana shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Jackson grabs the rebound.
8:31 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Messina passes the ball to Blakely on the perimeter. Blakely shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Cincinnati 85 - 66.
8:19 - Game Event: Time out. Cincinnati substitutes Glover to Small Forward.
8:19 - VCU: Nixon brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Messina steals the pass from Nixon.
8:13 - Cincinnati: Breakaway! Messina takes the ball the length of the court. Messina lays it up. The shot goes in! Cincinnati 87 - 66.
8:08 - 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 Henson in the paint. Henson passes the ball to Santana in the paint. Santana passes the ball to Robinson in the paint. Robinson goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Santana. Cincinnati 87 - 68.
7:44 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Anderson to Shooting Guard. Cincinnati substitutes Blakely to Small Forward.
7:44 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Messina passes the ball to Blakely. Blakely shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Messina. Cincinnati 89 - 68.
7:36 - 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 goes in! Assisted by Elder. Cincinnati 89 - 71.
7:28 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Messina drives by Robinson. Messina passes the ball to Garrett at the basket. Garrett lays it up. The shot misses. Jackson grabs the offensive rebound.
7:20 - Cincinnati: Jackson has the rebound and restarts the offense. Jackson shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Cincinnati 91 - 71.
7:14 - 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! Cincinnati 91 - 73.
7:08 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against pressure defense. Messina passes the ball to Blakely on the perimeter. Blakely shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Elder grabs the long rebound.
6:56 - 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 turns the ball over to the other team.
6:51 - Cincinnati: Fast break opportunity! Simmons leads the fast break with Messina to the right. Simmons lays it up. The shot goes in! Cincinnati 93 - 73.
6:47 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Strong to Power Forward.
6:47 - 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 tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Henson passes the ball to Elder. Elder with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Garrett grabs the rebound.
6:30 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against pressure defense. Messina passes the ball to Garrett in the paint. Garrett shoots from the block. The shot misses. Robinson grabs the rebound.
6:19 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder passes the ball to Strong outside. Strong passes the ball to Anderson. Anderson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Garrett grabs the rebound.
6:03 - Cincinnati: Fast break opportunity! Simmons leads the fast break with Messina to the right. Simmons passes the ball to Messina on the perimeter. Messina shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Simmons. Cincinnati 96 - 73.
5:59 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder passes the ball to Anderson. Anderson shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot misses. Messina grabs the rebound.
5:48 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Messina passes the ball to Blakely on the perimeter. Blakely passes the ball to Jackson. Jackson passes the ball to Simmons. Simmons tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Simmons with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Jackson. Cincinnati 98 - 73.
5:26 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Nixon to Small Forward and Robinson to Power Forward.
5:26 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder passes the ball to Anderson outside. Anderson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Anderson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Robinson tips it in. Cincinnati 98 - 75.
5:09 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Messina passes the ball to Jackson in the paint. Jackson passes the ball to Messina on the perimeter. Messina shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Jackson. Cincinnati 101 - 75.
4:51 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Robinson to Small Forward and Strong to Power Forward.
4:51 - 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 drives down the lane. Anderson lays it up. Foul! Garrett fouls Anderson on the shot. Anderson missed the first free throw. Anderson makes the second free throw. Cincinnati 101 - 76.
4:35 - Cincinnati: Simmons brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Simmons passes the ball to Jackson in the paint. Jackson passes the ball to Messina on the perimeter. Messina shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Jackson grabs the long offensive rebound.
4:18 - Cincinnati: Jackson has the rebound and restarts the offense. Jackson passes the ball to Messina on the perimeter. Messina shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Garrett grabs the offensive rebound.
4:08 - Cincinnati: Garrett has the rebound. Garrett shoots from the low post. Foul! Strong fouls Garrett on the shot. Garrett makes the first free throw. Garrett makes the second free throw. Cincinnati 103 - 76.
4:06 - Game Event: Time out. Cincinnati substitutes Glover to Shooting Guard.
4:06 - 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 corner. The shot misses. Glover grabs the long rebound.
3:58 - Cincinnati: Fast break opportunity! Glover leads the fast break with Messina and Blakely. Glover passes the ball to Messina on the perimeter. Messina shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Glover. Cincinnati 106 - 76.
3:52 - Game Event: Time out. Cincinnati substitutes Simmons to Shooting Guard.
3:52 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder drives by Simmons. Elder lays it up. The shot misses. Simmons grabs the rebound.
3:41 - Cincinnati: Fast break opportunity! Simmons attacks with the ball on the fast break. Simmons turns the ball over to the other team.
3:35 - 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 Robinson. Robinson shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Anderson. Cincinnati 106 - 78.
3:18 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against pressure defense. Messina tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Messina with a fadeaway jumper. Foul! Robinson fouls Messina on the shot. Messina makes the first free throw. Messina makes the second free throw. Cincinnati 108 - 78.
3:09 - 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 Anderson. Anderson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Henson. Cincinnati 108 - 80.
2:55 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Messina tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Messina passes the ball to Blakely. Blakely with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
2:43 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blakely steals the pass from Elder.
2:39 - Cincinnati: Fast break opportunity! Simmons leads the fast break with Messina and Blakely. Simmons passes the ball to Messina on the perimeter. Messina shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Jackson grabs the offensive rebound.
2:35 - Cincinnati: Jackson has the rebound and restarts the offense. Jackson shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Henson grabs the rebound.
2:29 - 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. Strong grabs the offensive rebound.
2:25 - VCU: Strong has the rebound and restarts the offense. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Strong grabs the offensive rebound.
2:21 - VCU: Strong has the rebound. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Elder grabs the offensive rebound.
2:19 - VCU: Elder has the rebound and restarts the offense. Elder shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Cincinnati 108 - 82.
2:13 - Cincinnati: Simmons brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Simmons shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Jackson grabs the offensive rebound.
2:07 - Cincinnati: Jackson has the rebound. Jackson shoots from the low post. Foul! Strong fouls Jackson on the shot. Jackson missed the first free throw. Jackson makes the second free throw. Cincinnati 109 - 82.
2:05 - 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 turns the ball over to the other team.
1:52 - Cincinnati: Fast break opportunity! Simmons leads the fast break with Messina and Blakely. Simmons passes the ball to Messina on the perimeter. Messina shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Simmons. Cincinnati 112 - 82.
1:48 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder passes the ball to Robinson. Robinson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Robinson passes the ball to Anderson. Anderson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Robinson. Cincinnati 112 - 84.
1:28 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. VCU is fatigued and are showing low defensive energy. Messina drives by Robinson. Messina attempts to dunk it. Henson rotates over and blocks the shot! Robinson grabs the rebound.
1:17 - VCU: Anderson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Cincinnati is fatigued and are showing low defensive energy. Anderson passes the ball to Strong. Strong passes the ball to Elder. Elder passes the ball to Henson in the paint. Henson passes the ball to Strong. Strong with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Garrett grabs the rebound.
0:46 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Messina passes the ball to Garrett in the paint. Garrett shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Messina. Cincinnati 114 - 84.
0:36 - 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 goes in! Cincinnati 114 - 87.
0:25 - Cincinnati: Messina brings up the ball against pressure defense. Messina passes the ball to Garrett in the paint. Garrett passes the ball to Messina on the perimeter. Messina shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
0:09 - VCU: Elder brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder passes the ball to Strong. Strong with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Cincinnati 114 - 89.
0:01 - Cincinnati: Messina dribbles out the clock until time expires.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
VCU 89, Cincinnati 114
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