Game Date: Mar 12th, 2045
Fairfield 83 - VCU 87
Date: November 19th, 2044
Game: College [Non-Conference] [#1057682] 
Arena: Siegel Center
Attendance: 5,809
Player Of The Game: Louis Elder (4)
| Team / Score | 1 | 2 | F | |
| Fairfield Stags | 48 | 35 | 83 | |
| VCU Rams | 38 | 49 | 87 | |
| Fairfield Stags | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| # | Player | Min | FG | 3PT | FT | PTS | Off | Reb | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | DIST | PITP | FBP | FD | Fat | SC | ||
| 24 | E. Pope sf | 31 | 4-7 | 0-1 | 4-4 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -13 | 2.8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | Mod | 🏀 | ||
| 14 | A. Evans pf | 28 | 4-11 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +1 | 1.5 | 8 | 0 | 4 | Mod | 🏀 | ||
| 22 | J. Floyd c | 30 | 5-7 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 13 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | +5 | 5.2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 23 | R. Young sg | 32 | 4-11 | 0-4 | 4-6 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -10 | 1.0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | Hvy | 🏀 | ||
| 2 | C. Whitten pg | 32 | 6-9 | 2-5 | 6-6 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 13.7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | Hvy | 🏀 | ||
| 53 | J. Valles sf | 13 | 3-5 | 0-2 | 2-4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 0.3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 44 | K. Rivers pf | 24 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -14 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 3 | D. Rogers sg | 9 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| Total | 200 | 28-55 | 3-16 | 24-30 | 83 | 10 | 43 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 20 | -20 | 4.6 | 46 | 6 | 22 | - | 🏀 | |||
| Percentages | 50.9% | 18.8% | 80.0% | |||||||||||||||||||
| VCU Rams | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| # | Player | Min | FG | 3PT | FT | PTS | Off | Reb | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | DIST | PITP | FBP | FD | Fat | SC | ||
| 32 | L. Elder sf | 31 | 9-17 | 6-11 | 4-5 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | +13 | 17.4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 10 | R. Ellsworth pf | 27 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | +12 | 2.3 | 8 | 0 | 3 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 11 | R. Strong c | 28 | 2-8 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | +4 | 5.0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 3 | N. Nixon sg | 27 | 6-13 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 2.7 | 10 | 8 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 33 | K. Whitlock pg | 13 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | +7 | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 45 | E. Smiley c | 12 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 41 | E. Steffen sg | 13 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +5 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 44 | E. Williams pg | 12 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 21 | T. Gentry pf | 18 | 4-8 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -14 | 15.8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 50 | G. Holtzer pg | 18 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| Total | 200 | 32-76 | 8-20 | 15-22 | 87 | 12 | 31 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 22 | +20 | 9.5 | 34 | 13 | 20 | - | 🏀 | |||
| Percentages | 42.1% | 40.0% | 68.2% | |||||||||||||||||||
Player of the Game
VCU: Louis Elder
Head Coaches
Fairfield: Tim Sabo
VCU: Jared Paige
Offensive Efficiencies
Fairfield: At the rim (11/12 91.7%) Inside (12/21 57.1%) Mid-range (2/6 33.3%) Beyond the Arc (3/16 18.8%)
VCU: At the rim (6/9 66.7%) Inside (11/27 40.7%) Mid-range (7/20 35.0%) Beyond the Arc (8/20 40.0%)
Defensive Tactics
Fairfield: Man-To-Man (45.5%) Zone (34.7%) Pressure (3.0%) 2nd Chance (7.9%) Transition (6.9%) Int. Foul (2.0%)
VCU: Man-To-Man (46.9%) Zone (16.3%) Pressure (24.5%) 2nd Chance (4.1%) Transition (8.2%) Int. Foul (0.0%)
Weighted Skill Index (SI) & Team Power Index (TPI)
Fairfield: 124.6 / 122.2
VCU: 141.2 / 142.5
Injuries
Fairfield: none
VCU: none
Overworked
Fairfield: none
VCU: none
Game Information
Date: Saturday, November 19th, 2044
Game Type: College [Non-Conference]
Arena: Siegel Center
City: Richmond, VA
Attendance: 5,809
Version: 1.034
Simulated: Sat Apr 19 2025 @ 9:35:33 am PDT
Standard Dialog
Starting Line-Ups
Fairfield: PG-Whitten (6' 6"), SG-Young (6' 4"), SF-Pope (6' 7"), PF-Evans (6' 7½"), C-Floyd (6' 10")
VCU: PG-Whitlock (6' ½"), SG-Nixon (6' 3½"), SF-Elder (6' 4"), PF-Ellsworth (6' 7½"), C-Strong (6' 8")
1st Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Tip-off! Fairfield gains possession on the jump ball...
19:55 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitten passes the ball to Evans in the paint. Evans shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Pope grabs the offensive rebound.
19:45 - Fairfield: Pope has the rebound and restarts the offense. Pope shoots from the low post. It's blocked by Elder! Young grabs the offensive rebound.
19:40 - Fairfield: Young has the rebound. Young shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Fairfield 2 - 0.
19:38 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Ellsworth passes the ball to Whitlock. Whitlock passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Foul! Whitten commits a foul away from the ball.
19:20 - VCU: The ball is inbounded to Strong. Strong passes the ball to Whitlock. Whitlock tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Whitlock passes the ball to Nixon. Nixon with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Floyd grabs the rebound.
19:02 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against pressure defense. Whitten passes the ball to Pope outside. Pope passes the ball to Floyd. Floyd passes the ball to Whitten in the paint. Whitten goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Floyd. Fairfield 4 - 0.
18:45 - Game Event: Time out. Fairfield substitutes Evans to Point Guard, Valles to Power Forward and Rivers to Center. VCU substitutes Holtzer to Point Guard and Smiley to Center.
18:45 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Holtzer passes the ball to Smiley in the paint. Smiley shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Rivers grabs the rebound.
18:33 - Fairfield: Fast break opportunity! Young leads the fast break with Evans and Pope. Young lays it up. Foul! Holtzer fouls Young on the shot. Young makes the first free throw. Young makes the second free throw. Fairfield 6 - 0.
18:28 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Holtzer passes the ball to Elder. Elder drives by Pope. Elder passes the ball to Smiley at the basket. Smiley attempts to dunk it. Foul! Rivers fouls Smiley on the shot. Smiley makes the first free throw. Smiley missed the second free throw. Valles grabs the rebound. Fairfield 6 - 1.
18:06 - Fairfield: Evans brings up the ball against pressure defense. Evans drives by Holtzer. Evans passes the ball to Valles at the basket. Valles lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Evans. Fairfield 8 - 1.
17:55 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Holtzer passes the ball to Nixon. Nixon shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot misses. Ellsworth grabs the offensive rebound.
17:44 - VCU: Ellsworth has the rebound and restarts the offense. Ellsworth shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Fairfield 8 - 3.
17:38 - Fairfield: Evans brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Evans passes the ball to Young. Young passes the ball to Evans outside. Evans passes the ball to Valles in the paint. Valles passes the ball to Young outside. Young passes the ball to Pope. And the shot clock expires!
17:08 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Holtzer passes the ball to Elder. Elder tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Elder shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Holtzer. Fairfield 8 - 5.
16:45 - Fairfield: Evans brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Evans tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Evans with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Elder grabs the rebound.
16:34 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Nixon leads the fast break with Holtzer and Elder. Nixon lays it up. The shot goes in! Fairfield 8 - 7.
16:29 - Fairfield: Evans brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Evans passes the ball to Valles in the paint. Valles passes the ball to Pope. Ellsworth steals the pass from Pope.
16:13 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Holtzer passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Evans grabs the rebound.
16:03 - Fairfield: Evans brings up the ball against pressure defense. Evans passes the ball to Valles in the paint. Valles shoots in the paint. Foul! Ellsworth fouls Valles on the shot. Valles makes the first free throw. Valles missed the second free throw. Smiley grabs the rebound. Fairfield 9 - 7.
15:52 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Holtzer passes the ball to Nixon. Nixon shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Smiley grabs the offensive rebound.
15:41 - VCU: Smiley has the rebound. Smiley shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Tied 9 - 9.
15:39 - Game Event: Time out. Fairfield substitutes Rogers to Shooting Guard and Young to Small Forward. VCU substitutes Williams to Small Forward.
15:39 - Fairfield: Evans brings up the ball against pressure defense. Evans passes the ball to Valles in the paint. Valles shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Evans. Fairfield 11 - 9.
15:29 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Holtzer tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Holtzer with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Young grabs the rebound.
15:19 - Fairfield: Fast break opportunity! Rogers leads the fast break with Evans to the right. Rogers passes the ball to Evans on the perimeter. Evans shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Williams grabs the long rebound.
15:14 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Holtzer passes the ball to Williams. Williams passes the ball to Nixon in the paint. Nixon shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Williams. Tied 11 - 11.
14:58 - Game Event: Time out. Fairfield substitutes Whitten to Point Guard, Young to Shooting Guard, Valles to Small Forward, Evans to Power Forward and Floyd to Center.
14:58 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitten drives by Holtzer. Whitten passes the ball to Young on the perimeter. Young shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Ellsworth grabs the rebound.
14:47 - VCU: Nixon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Nixon passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Ellsworth passes the ball to Williams. Williams with a fadeaway jumper. Foul! Valles fouls Williams on the shot. Williams makes the first free throw. Williams makes the second free throw. VCU 13 - 11.
14:31 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against a zone defense. Whitten passes the ball to Valles on the perimeter. Valles shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Floyd tips it in. Tied 13 - 13.
14:22 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Holtzer drives down the lane. Holtzer lays it up. Offensive foul! Holtzer charged with the foul while taking the shot over Floyd.
14:10 - Game Event: Time out. Fairfield substitutes Evans to Point Guard, Rogers to Shooting Guard, Young to Small Forward, Valles to Power Forward and Rivers to Center.
14:10 - Fairfield: Evans brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Evans drives by Holtzer. Evans lays it up. The shot misses. Ellsworth grabs the rebound.
13:59 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Holtzer passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Ellsworth passes the ball to Holtzer in the paint. Holtzer passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Ellsworth shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Holtzer. VCU 15 - 13.
13:59 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to VCU!
13:35 - Game Event: Time out. Fairfield substitutes Whitten to Point Guard, Young to Shooting Guard, Valles to Small Forward, Evans to Power Forward and Floyd to Center.
13:35 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitten passes the ball to Floyd in the paint. Floyd shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Foul! Ellsworth fouls Evans blocking out to get the rebound.
13:27 - Game Event: Time out. Ellsworth must sit with 2 fouls. VCU substitutes Gentry to Power Forward.
13:27 - Fairfield: The ball is inbounded to Evans. Evans passes the ball to Valles. Valles passes the ball to Evans in the paint. Evans shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Young grabs the offensive rebound.
13:09 - Fairfield: Young has the rebound. Young shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Tied 15 - 15.
13:07 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Holtzer passes the ball to Nixon in the paint. Nixon shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Evans grabs the rebound.
12:53 - Fairfield: Fast break opportunity! Whitten leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Whitten passes the ball to Young on the perimeter. Young passes the ball to Valles on the perimeter. Valles shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Williams grabs the rebound.
12:30 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Holtzer drives down the lane. Holtzer lays it up. It's blocked by Floyd! Evans grabs the rebound.
12:18 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitten passes the ball to Floyd in the paint. Floyd passes the ball to Valles on the perimeter. Valles hands off the ball to Whitten. Whitten shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Fairfield 18 - 15.
11:58 - Game Event: Time out. Fairfield substitutes Rogers to Shooting Guard, Pope to Small Forward and Rivers to Power Forward. VCU substitutes Whitlock to Point Guard, Steffen to Shooting Guard, Elder to Small Forward and Strong to Center.
11:58 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock passes the ball to Steffen on the perimeter. Steffen shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Whitlock grabs the long offensive rebound.
11:49 - VCU: Whitlock has the rebound and restarts the offense. Pope steals the pass from Whitlock.
11:41 - Fairfield: Fast break opportunity! Rogers leads the fast break with Whitten and Pope. Rogers lays it up. Foul! Whitlock fouls Rogers on the shot. Rogers makes the first free throw. Rogers makes the second free throw. Fairfield 20 - 15.
11:37 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Whitlock. Fairfield 20 - 18.
11:27 - Fairfield: Rogers brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Rogers tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Rogers with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Elder grabs the rebound.
11:17 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock drives down the lane. Whitlock lays it up. The shot misses. Pope grabs the rebound.
11:03 - Fairfield: Fast break opportunity! Whitten leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Whitten passes the ball to Pope outside. Pope passes the ball to Whitten. Foul! Steffen commits a foul away from the ball.
10:49 - Fairfield: The ball is inbounded to Pope. Pope passes the ball to Rogers outside. Rogers passes the ball to Floyd in the paint. Floyd passes the ball to Pope in the paint. Pope shoots from the inside. Strong rotates over and blocks the shot! Floyd tips it in. Fairfield 22 - 18.
10:32 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Whitlock with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Floyd grabs the rebound.
10:21 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against pressure defense. Whitten passes the ball to Pope outside. Pope passes the ball to Rivers. Rivers passes the ball to Whitten on the perimeter. Foul! Whitlock commits the foul on Whitten. In the bonus, Whitten is shooting one-and-one. Whitten makes the first free throw. Whitten makes the second free throw. Fairfield 24 - 18.
10:09 - Game Event: Time out. Fairfield substitutes Valles to Small Forward. Whitlock must sit with 2 fouls. VCU substitutes Holtzer to Point Guard and Williams to Small Forward.
10:09 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Holtzer passes the ball to Williams outside. Williams shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Foul! Floyd fouls Strong blocking out to get the rebound.
9:57 - Game Event: Time out. Fairfield substitutes Pope to Small Forward. VCU substitutes Elder to Small Forward.
9:57 - VCU: The ball is inbounded to Holtzer. Holtzer turns the ball over out of bounds.
9:50 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against a zone defense. Whitten passes the ball to Rivers in the paint. Rivers shoots from the low post. Foul! Gentry fouls Rivers on the shot. Rivers makes the first free throw. Rivers makes the second free throw. Fairfield 26 - 18.
9:38 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Holtzer passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Elder grabs the long offensive rebound.
9:29 - VCU: Elder has the rebound and restarts the offense. Elder passes the ball to Gentry. Gentry shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Fairfield 26 - 20.
9:17 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitten passes the ball to Floyd in the paint. Floyd drives down the lane. Floyd passes the ball to Rivers at the basket. Rivers lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Floyd. Fairfield 28 - 20.
9:06 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Holtzer passes the ball to Gentry in the paint. Gentry passes the ball to Holtzer. Holtzer passes the ball to Elder. Elder shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Floyd grabs the rebound.
8:40 - Fairfield: Rogers brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Rogers shoots from deep. The shot misses. Elder grabs the long rebound.
8:35 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Holtzer passes the ball to Steffen on the perimeter. Steffen tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Steffen passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the inside. It's blocked by Floyd! Rivers grabs the rebound.
8:18 - Fairfield: Fast break opportunity! Rogers leads the fast break with Whitten and Pope. Rogers lays it up. The shot goes in! Fairfield 30 - 20.
8:14 - Game Event: Time out. Fairfield substitutes Young to Shooting Guard.
8:14 - VCU: Steffen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Steffen passes the ball to Holtzer. Holtzer passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder drives by Pope. Elder passes the ball to Steffen at the basket. Steffen lays it up. Foul! Young fouls Steffen on the shot. Steffen missed the first free throw. Steffen makes the second free throw. Fairfield 30 - 21.
7:54 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Strong steals the pass from Whitten.
7:47 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Holtzer passes the ball to Steffen outside. Steffen passes the ball to Holtzer in the paint. Holtzer passes the ball to Gentry. Gentry shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Holtzer. Fairfield 30 - 23.
7:25 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gentry steals the pass from Whitten.
7:21 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Steffen leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Steffen passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Steffen. Fairfield 30 - 26.
7:03 - Game Event: Time out. Fairfield substitutes Rogers to Shooting Guard.
7:03 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against a zone defense. Whitten passes the ball to Rogers. Rogers passes the ball to Pope in the paint. Pope passes the ball to Whitten in the paint. Whitten passes the ball to Floyd in the paint. Floyd shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
6:37 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Holtzer passes the ball to Gentry outside. Gentry drives by Pope. Gentry lays it up. Foul! Floyd fouls Gentry on the shot. Gentry makes the first free throw. Gentry makes the second free throw. Fairfield 30 - 28.
6:23 - Game Event: Time out. Floyd must sit with 2 fouls. Fairfield substitutes Young to Shooting Guard, Evans to Power Forward and Rivers to Center.
6:23 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against pressure defense. Elder steals the pass from Whitten.
6:17 - VCU: Steffen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Steffen passes the ball to Gentry. Gentry passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Strong grabs the offensive rebound.
5:57 - VCU: Strong has the rebound and restarts the offense. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Tied 30 - 30.
5:52 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Nixon to Shooting Guard.
5:52 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitten passes the ball to Young. Young passes the ball to Pope outside. Pope passes the ball to Evans in the paint. Evans passes the ball to Pope. Pope passes the ball to Young on the perimeter. Young shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Holtzer grabs the rebound.
5:22 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Nixon leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Nixon passes the ball to Elder in the paint. Elder passes the ball to Nixon. Nixon with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Evans grabs the rebound.
5:01 - Fairfield: Fast break opportunity! Whitten leads the fast break with Pope to the right. Whitten lays it up. Foul! Holtzer fouls Whitten on the shot. Whitten makes the first free throw. Whitten makes the second free throw. Fairfield 32 - 30.
4:55 - Game Event: Time out. Fairfield substitutes Floyd to Center. VCU substitutes Whitlock to Point Guard and Ellsworth to Power Forward.
4:55 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Ellsworth passes the ball to Whitlock outside. Whitlock passes the ball to Ellsworth. Ellsworth shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Evans grabs the rebound.
4:34 - Fairfield: Fast break opportunity! Young leads the fast break with Whitten to the right. Young lays it up. The shot goes in! Fairfield 34 - 30.
4:30 - VCU: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Nixon passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Ellsworth shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nixon. Fairfield 34 - 32.
4:19 - Fairfield: Young brings up the ball against a zone defense. Young tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Young with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Elder grabs the rebound.
4:08 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock drives down the lane. Whitlock lays it up. Offensive foul! Whitlock charged with the foul while taking the shot over Evans.
3:55 - Game Event: Time out. Whitlock must sit with 3 fouls. VCU substitutes Holtzer to Point Guard.
3:55 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitten passes the ball to Evans in the paint. Foul! Ellsworth commits the foul on Evans. In the double bonus, Evans is shooting two free throws. Evans makes the first free throw. Evans makes the second free throw. Fairfield 36 - 32.
3:48 - Game Event: Time out. Ellsworth must sit with 3 fouls. VCU substitutes Gentry to Power Forward.
3:48 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Holtzer passes the ball to Gentry. Gentry shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Holtzer. Fairfield 36 - 34.
3:48 - Game Event: The home crowds goes crazy as their team has captured the momentum!
3:39 - Fairfield: Young brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Young passes the ball to Evans. Evans drives down the lane. Evans passes the ball to Whitten at the basket. Whitten lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Evans. Fairfield 38 - 34.
3:24 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Holtzer passes the ball to Gentry in the paint. Gentry shoots from the inside. Floyd rotates over and blocks the shot! Floyd grabs the rebound.
3:12 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitten tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Whitten passes the ball to Young. Young with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Gentry grabs the rebound.
3:00 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Nixon leads the fast break with Elder and Holtzer. Nixon lays it up. The shot goes in! Fairfield 38 - 36.
2:53 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitten passes the ball to Young outside. Young carelessly turns the ball over out of bounds.
2:49 - VCU: Nixon brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Nixon drives down the lane. Nixon passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Floyd grabs the rebound.
2:38 - Fairfield: Fast break opportunity! Whitten leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Whitten passes the ball to Pope in the paint. Foul! Elder commits the foul on Pope. In the double bonus, Pope is shooting two free throws. Pope makes the first free throw. Pope makes the second free throw. Fairfield 40 - 36.
2:30 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Holtzer passes the ball to Gentry in the paint. Whitten steals the pass from Gentry.
2:18 - Fairfield: Fast break opportunity! Young leads the fast break with Whitten to the right. Young lays it up. The shot goes in! Fairfield 42 - 36.
2:15 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Holtzer passes the ball to Nixon in the paint. Nixon shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Evans grabs the rebound.
2:02 - Fairfield: Fast break opportunity! Young leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Young passes the ball to Pope in the paint. Pope shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Fairfield 44 - 36.
1:44 - VCU: Nixon brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Pope steals the pass from Nixon.
1:36 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against a zone defense. Whitten passes the ball to Floyd. Floyd passes the ball to Pope outside. Nixon steals the pass from Pope.
1:21 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Nixon leads the fast break with Holtzer to the right. Nixon lays it up. The shot goes in! Fairfield 44 - 38.
1:14 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against a zone defense. Whitten passes the ball to Floyd in the paint. Floyd passes the ball to Young on the perimeter. Young passes the ball to Floyd in the paint. Floyd drives down the lane. Floyd passes the ball to Evans at the basket. Evans lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Floyd. Fairfield 46 - 38.
0:45 - VCU: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Nixon passes the ball to Gentry on the perimeter. Gentry passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Young grabs the rebound.
0:28 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitten passes the ball to Floyd in the paint. Floyd goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Fairfield 48 - 38.
0:19 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Holtzer passes the ball to Nixon in the paint. Nixon passes the ball to Holtzer on the perimeter. Holtzer passes the ball to Elder. Elder shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Pope grabs the rebound.
0:02 - Fairfield: Fast break opportunity! Young leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. And the shot clock expires!
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Fairfield 48, VCU 38
Half-Time
2nd Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Floyd must sit with 2 fouls. Fairfield substitutes Rivers to Center. Holtzer must sit with 3 fouls. VCU substitutes Williams to Point Guard.
20:00 - Game Event: Possession arrow favors VCU. They receive the ball...
19:55 - VCU: The ball is inbounded to Strong. Strong shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Evans grabs the long rebound.
19:52 - Fairfield: Fast break opportunity! Young leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Young passes the ball to Rivers in the paint. Rivers passes the ball to Whitten in the paint. Whitten drives by Williams. Whitten passes the ball to Rivers at the basket. Rivers attempts to dunk it. Foul! Strong fouls Rivers on the shot. Rivers missed the first free throw. Rivers missed the second free throw. Nixon grabs the rebound.
19:25 - VCU: Williams brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Williams passes the ball to Gentry on the perimeter. Gentry drives down the lane. Gentry lays it up. The shot misses. Strong grabs the offensive rebound.
19:12 - VCU: Strong has the rebound and restarts the offense. Strong shoots from the low post. Foul! Evans fouls Strong on the shot. Strong makes the first free throw. Strong makes the second free throw. Fairfield 48 - 40.
19:08 - Game Event: Time out. Fairfield substitutes Floyd to Center. VCU substitutes Whitlock to Point Guard and Ellsworth to Power Forward.
19:08 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Whitten passes the ball to Evans in the paint. Whitlock steals the pass from Evans.
18:58 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Nixon leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Nixon passes the ball to Whitlock in the paint. Offensive foul! Whitlock commits the foul.
18:48 - Game Event: Time out. Fairfield substitutes Evans to Point Guard, Valles to Power Forward and Rivers to Center. Whitlock must sit with 4 fouls. VCU substitutes Holtzer to Point Guard and Smiley to Center.
18:48 - Fairfield: Evans brings up the ball against pressure defense. Evans drives to the basket. Foul! Holtzer commits the foul on Evans.
18:39 - Game Event: Time out. Holtzer must sit with 4 fouls. VCU substitutes Williams to Point Guard.
18:39 - Fairfield: The ball is inbounded to Rivers. Williams steals the pass from Rivers.
18:33 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Nixon leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Nixon passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Ellsworth shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Valles grabs the rebound.
18:17 - Fairfield: Evans brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Evans passes the ball to Young. Young turns the ball over to the other team.
18:13 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Nixon leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Nixon passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nixon. Fairfield 48 - 43.
17:59 - Game Event: Time out. Fairfield substitutes Rivers to Power Forward and Floyd to Center.
17:59 - Fairfield: Evans brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder steals the pass from Evans.
17:55 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Williams leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Williams shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Nixon grabs the long offensive rebound.
17:45 - VCU: Nixon has the rebound and restarts the offense. Nixon shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Floyd grabs the rebound.
17:38 - Fairfield: Evans brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Evans passes the ball to Pope in the paint. Pope passes the ball to Floyd in the paint. Floyd passes the ball to Pope on the perimeter. Pope passes the ball to Floyd outside. Floyd passes the ball to Evans in the paint. Evans shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Floyd. Fairfield 50 - 43.
17:05 - Game Event: Time out. Fairfield substitutes Valles to Power Forward and Rivers to Center.
17:05 - VCU: Williams brings up the ball against pressure defense. Williams shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Pope grabs the rebound.
17:01 - Fairfield: Fast break opportunity! Young leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Young passes the ball to Pope in the paint. Pope shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Fairfield 52 - 43.
16:43 - Game Event: Time out. Fairfield substitutes Rivers to Power Forward and Floyd to Center.
16:43 - VCU: Williams brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Williams passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Elder with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Floyd grabs the rebound.
16:25 - Fairfield: Evans brings up the ball against pressure defense. Evans passes the ball to Rivers in the paint. Rivers passes the ball to Pope on the perimeter. Pope carelessly turns the ball over out of bounds.
16:14 - VCU: Williams brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Williams passes the ball to Elder. Elder drives by Pope. Elder attempts to dunk it. Foul! Pope fouls Elder on the shot. Elder makes the first free throw. Elder makes the second free throw. Fairfield 52 - 45.
15:59 - Game Event: Time out. Fairfield substitutes Whitten to Point Guard, Valles to Small Forward and Evans to Power Forward. VCU substitutes Gentry to Small Forward.
15:59 - Fairfield: Young brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Young drives down the lane. Young lays it up. Foul! Nixon fouls Young on the shot. Young missed the first free throw. Young makes the second free throw. Fairfield 53 - 45.
15:49 - VCU: Williams brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Williams passes the ball to Gentry on the perimeter. Gentry shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Fairfield 53 - 48.
15:40 - Game Event: Time out. Fairfield substitutes Evans to Point Guard and Rivers to Power Forward.
15:40 - Fairfield: Young brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Young passes the ball to Evans in the paint. Evans turns the ball over to the other team.
15:36 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Nixon leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Nixon passes the ball to Williams outside. Williams passes the ball to Smiley in the paint. Smiley goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Fairfield 53 - 50.
15:19 - Fairfield: Evans brings up the ball against a zone defense. Evans passes the ball to Valles in the paint. Valles passes the ball to Young on the perimeter. Young passes the ball to Valles in the paint. Valles passes the ball to Floyd in the paint. Floyd shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Fairfield 55 - 50.
14:50 - Game Event: Time out. Fairfield substitutes Whitten to Point Guard and Evans to Power Forward.
14:50 - VCU: Williams brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Williams passes the ball to Smiley in the paint. Smiley shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Floyd grabs the rebound.
14:39 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against a zone defense. Whitten passes the ball to Young in the paint. Young shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Valles tips it in. Fairfield 57 - 50.
14:29 - VCU: Williams brings up the ball against pressure defense. Williams passes the ball to Smiley in the paint. Smiley shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Fairfield 57 - 52.
14:17 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitten drives by Williams. Whitten passes the ball to Evans at the basket. Evans lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Whitten. Fairfield 59 - 52.
14:04 - VCU: Williams brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Williams passes the ball to Gentry outside. Gentry tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Gentry passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Ellsworth shoots in the paint. It's blocked by Floyd! Floyd grabs the rebound.
13:49 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against pressure defense. Whitten tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Whitten with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Fairfield 61 - 52.
13:40 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Strong to Center.
13:40 - VCU: Williams brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Williams passes the ball to Gentry in the paint. Gentry shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Whitten grabs the rebound.
13:30 - Fairfield: Fast break opportunity! Young leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Young passes the ball to Floyd on the perimeter. Floyd drives down the lane. Floyd passes the ball to Whitten on the perimeter. Whitten shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Floyd. Fairfield 64 - 52.
13:10 - VCU: Williams brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Williams passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Ellsworth passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Nixon. Foul! Young commits the foul on Nixon.
12:54 - Game Event: Time out. Fairfield substitutes Rogers to Shooting Guard and Rivers to Power Forward. VCU substitutes Steffen to Shooting Guard.
12:54 - VCU: The ball is inbounded to Ellsworth. Ellsworth hands off the ball to Williams. Williams passes the ball to Steffen on the perimeter. Steffen passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Rivers grabs the rebound.
12:33 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitten passes the ball to Rivers on the perimeter. Rivers passes the ball to Rogers. Rogers passes the ball to Valles. Offensive foul! Valles commits the foul.
12:16 - VCU: Williams brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Williams passes the ball to Ellsworth. Ellsworth passes the ball to Steffen. Steffen tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Steffen passes the ball to Williams. Williams with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Rivers grabs the rebound.
11:57 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitten passes the ball to Rogers on the perimeter. Rogers passes the ball to Whitten on the perimeter. Whitten shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Rogers grabs the long offensive rebound.
11:42 - Fairfield: Rogers has the rebound and restarts the offense. Rogers passes the ball to Valles on the perimeter. Valles passes the ball to Whitten outside. Whitten passes the ball to Rogers outside. Rogers shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Ellsworth grabs the rebound.
11:20 - VCU: Williams brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Williams passes the ball to Gentry in the paint. Gentry shoots from the low post. It's blocked by Floyd! Floyd grabs the rebound.
11:07 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against pressure defense. Whitten passes the ball to Valles in the paint. Valles shoots in the paint. Foul! Gentry fouls Valles on the shot. Valles missed the first free throw. Valles makes the second free throw. Fairfield 65 - 52.
10:58 - Game Event: Time out. Fairfield substitutes Pope to Small Forward. VCU substitutes Holtzer to Point Guard and Elder to Small Forward.
10:58 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Floyd steals the pass from Holtzer.
10:53 - Fairfield: Fast break opportunity! Rogers leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Rogers passes the ball to Rivers in the paint. Rivers passes the ball to Whitten on the perimeter. Whitten passes the ball to Pope outside. Pope shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Pope grabs the long offensive rebound.
10:28 - Fairfield: Pope has the rebound and restarts the offense. Pope passes the ball to Rivers. Rivers passes the ball to Floyd in the paint. Floyd shoots in the paint. Foul! Strong fouls Floyd on the shot. Floyd makes the first free throw. Floyd makes the second free throw. Fairfield 67 - 52.
10:12 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Holtzer passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Ellsworth shoots from the low post. It's blocked by Rivers! Rivers grabs the rebound.
10:03 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ellsworth steals the pass from Whitten.
9:58 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Rivers steals the pass from Holtzer.
9:51 - Fairfield: Fast break opportunity! Rogers leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Rogers passes the ball to Rivers. Steffen steals the pass from Rivers.
9:37 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Holtzer leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Holtzer passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Ellsworth passes the ball to Steffen on the perimeter. Steffen tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Steffen passes the ball to Holtzer. Holtzer with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Holtzer grabs the offensive rebound.
9:12 - VCU: Holtzer has the rebound and restarts the offense. Holtzer shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Fairfield 67 - 54.
9:07 - Game Event: Time out. Fairfield substitutes Young to Shooting Guard.
9:07 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against a zone defense. Whitten passes the ball to Young. Young passes the ball to Rivers. Steffen steals the pass from Rivers.
8:51 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Steffen leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Steffen shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Fairfield 67 - 57.
8:40 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Whitlock to Point Guard.
8:40 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against pressure defense. Whitten passes the ball to Pope in the paint. Pope shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Fairfield 69 - 57.
8:29 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Ellsworth passes the ball to Steffen. Steffen passes the ball to Whitlock on the perimeter. Whitlock passes the ball to Steffen. Steffen passes the ball to Whitlock. Whitlock shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Steffen. Fairfield 69 - 59.
8:29 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to VCU!
7:58 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against a zone defense. Whitten passes the ball to Young outside. Young passes the ball to Rivers on the perimeter. Rivers passes the ball to Floyd in the paint. Floyd passes the ball to Rivers in the paint. Rivers passes the ball to Young in the paint. Young tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Young turns the ball over out of bounds.
7:24 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the block. The shot misses. Foul! Whitten fouls Whitlock blocking out to get the rebound.
7:15 - VCU: The ball is inbounded to Whitlock. Whitlock passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Strong grabs the long offensive rebound.
7:04 - VCU: Strong has the rebound and restarts the offense. Strong passes the ball to Steffen. Steffen passes the ball to Whitlock. Whitlock passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Elder. The shot clock winding down. Elder shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Strong. Fairfield 69 - 61.
6:42 - Game Event: Time out. Fairfield substitutes Evans to Power Forward. VCU substitutes Nixon to Shooting Guard.
6:42 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against pressure defense. Whitten passes the ball to Pope on the perimeter. Pope passes the ball to Evans in the paint. Evans shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
6:27 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Nixon leads the fast break with Elder and Whitlock. Nixon passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nixon. Fairfield 69 - 64.
6:21 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Steffen to Shooting Guard.
6:21 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitten passes the ball to Pope. Pope passes the ball to Whitten on the perimeter. Whitten passes the ball to Evans in the paint. Evans shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Whitten. Fairfield 71 - 64.
5:55 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Nixon to Shooting Guard.
5:55 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock passes the ball to Nixon. Nixon shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Whitlock. Fairfield 71 - 66.
5:45 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against pressure defense. Nixon steals the pass from Whitten.
5:42 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Nixon leads the fast break with Whitlock to the right. Nixon lays it up. The shot goes in! And Nixon is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Nixon makes the first free throw. Fairfield 71 - 69.
5:37 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against pressure defense. Whitten passes the ball to Young. Foul! Nixon commits the foul on Young. In the bonus, Young is shooting one-and-one. Young makes the first free throw. Young missed the second free throw. Ellsworth grabs the rebound. Fairfield 72 - 69.
5:30 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Ellsworth shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Fairfield 72 - 71.
5:19 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitten tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Whitten turns the ball over to the other team.
5:06 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Nixon attacks with the ball on the fast break. Nixon turns the ball over to the other team.
5:00 - Fairfield: Fast break opportunity! Young leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Elder steals the pass from Young.
4:49 - VCU: Breakaway! Elder takes the ball the length of the court. Elder lays it up. The shot goes in! And Elder is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Elder makes the first free throw. VCU 74 - 72.
4:42 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against a zone defense. Whitten passes the ball to Evans. Evans passes the ball to Floyd. Floyd passes the ball to Evans in the paint. Evans passes the ball to Whitten on the perimeter. Whitten shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Nixon grabs the long rebound.
4:15 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Whitlock with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Ellsworth grabs the offensive rebound.
4:07 - VCU: Ellsworth has the rebound. Ellsworth shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Strong grabs the offensive rebound.
4:05 - VCU: Strong has the rebound. Strong shoots from the low post. Offensive foul! Strong charged with the foul while taking the shot over Floyd.
4:03 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitten passes the ball to Evans outside. Offensive foul! Evans commits the foul.
3:59 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock drives down the lane. Whitlock lays it up. The shot goes in! VCU 76 - 72.
3:49 - Fairfield: Young brings up the ball against pressure defense. Young passes the ball to Evans in the paint. Evans turns the ball over to the other team.
3:43 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Whitlock leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Whitlock passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Ellsworth passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! VCU 79 - 72.
3:21 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitten passes the ball to Young. Young passes the ball to Floyd. Floyd passes the ball to Pope on the perimeter. Pope passes the ball to Young on the perimeter. Young shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Ellsworth grabs the rebound.
2:53 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Nixon leads the fast break with Whitlock and Elder. Nixon passes the ball to Whitlock on the perimeter. Whitlock shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Pope grabs the rebound.
2:47 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against pressure defense. Whitten passes the ball to Floyd outside. Offensive foul! Pope commits the foul away from the ball.
2:44 - 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. Ellsworth grabs the offensive rebound.
2:32 - VCU: Ellsworth has the rebound. Ellsworth shoots from the low post. Foul! Evans fouls Ellsworth on the shot. Ellsworth makes the first free throw. Ellsworth missed the second free throw. Evans grabs the rebound. VCU 80 - 72.
2:30 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against pressure defense. Whitten passes the ball to Floyd on the perimeter. Floyd shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! VCU 80 - 75.
2:21 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock drives to the basket. Foul! Whitten commits the foul on Whitlock. In the double bonus, Whitlock is shooting two free throws. Whitlock missed the first free throw. Whitlock makes the second free throw. VCU 81 - 75.
2:09 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitten passes the ball to Young in the paint. Young passes the ball to Pope in the paint. Pope shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Young. VCU 81 - 77.
1:53 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Foul! Floyd commits a foul away from the ball. In the double bonus, Strong is shooting two free throws. Strong missed the first free throw. Strong missed the second free throw. Evans grabs the rebound.
1:49 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitten passes the ball to Floyd. Offensive foul! Floyd commits the foul. Floyd fouls out. Rivers replaces Floyd at center.
1:43 - 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 Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! VCU 84 - 77.
1:43 - Game Event: VCU has all of the the momentum, can their opponent recover?
1:20 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitten passes the ball to Rivers in the paint. Rivers tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Rivers passes the ball to Whitten. Whitten with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! VCU 84 - 79.
1:03 - VCU: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Nixon passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Whitten steals the pass from Ellsworth.
0:53 - Fairfield: Breakaway! Whitten takes the ball the length of the court. Whitten lays it up. Foul! Nixon fouls Whitten on the shot. Whitten makes the first free throw. Whitten makes the second free throw. VCU 84 - 81.
0:47 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Whitlock passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! VCU 86 - 81.
0:36 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against a zone defense. Whitten passes the ball to Evans in the paint. Evans shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Pope grabs the offensive rebound.
0:27 - Fairfield: Pope has the rebound and restarts the offense. Pope goes for the dunk. Foul! Elder fouls Pope on the shot. Pope makes the first free throw. Pope makes the second free throw. VCU 86 - 83.
0:22 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball while the defense tries to foul. Evans steals the pass from Whitlock.
0:15 - Fairfield: Fast break opportunity! Young leads the fast break with Whitten to the right. Young passes the ball to Whitten on the perimeter. Whitten shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
0:10 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball while the defense tries to foul. Whitlock passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Foul! Rivers commits the intentional foul on Elder. In the double bonus, Elder is shooting two free throws. Elder missed the first free throw. Elder makes the second free throw. VCU 87 - 83.
0:01 - Fairfield: Young brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. The shot clock winding down. Young shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Evans grabs the long offensive rebound.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Fairfield 83, VCU 87
Starting Line-Ups
Fairfield: PG-Whitten (6' 6"), SG-Young (6' 4"), SF-Pope (6' 7"), PF-Evans (6' 7½"), C-Floyd (6' 10")
VCU: PG-Whitlock (6' ½"), SG-Nixon (6' 3½"), SF-Elder (6' 4"), PF-Ellsworth (6' 7½"), C-Strong (6' 8")
1st Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Tip-off! Fairfield gains possession on the jump ball...
19:55 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitten passes the ball to Evans in the paint. Evans shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Pope grabs the offensive rebound.
19:45 - Fairfield: Pope has the rebound and restarts the offense. Pope shoots from the low post. It's blocked by Elder! Young grabs the offensive rebound.
19:40 - Fairfield: Young has the rebound. Young shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Fairfield 2 - 0.
19:38 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Ellsworth passes the ball to Whitlock. Whitlock passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Foul! Whitten commits a foul away from the ball.
19:20 - VCU: The ball is inbounded to Strong. Strong passes the ball to Whitlock. Whitlock tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Whitlock passes the ball to Nixon. Nixon with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Floyd grabs the rebound.
19:02 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against pressure defense. Whitten passes the ball to Pope outside. Pope passes the ball to Floyd. Floyd passes the ball to Whitten in the paint. Whitten goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Floyd. Fairfield 4 - 0.
18:45 - Game Event: Time out. Fairfield substitutes Evans to Point Guard, Valles to Power Forward and Rivers to Center. VCU substitutes Holtzer to Point Guard and Smiley to Center.
18:45 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Holtzer passes the ball to Smiley in the paint. Smiley shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Rivers grabs the rebound.
18:33 - Fairfield: Fast break opportunity! Young leads the fast break with Evans and Pope. Young lays it up. Foul! Holtzer fouls Young on the shot. Young makes the first free throw. Young makes the second free throw. Fairfield 6 - 0.
18:28 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Holtzer passes the ball to Elder. Elder drives by Pope. Elder passes the ball to Smiley at the basket. Smiley attempts to dunk it. Foul! Rivers fouls Smiley on the shot. Smiley makes the first free throw. Smiley missed the second free throw. Valles grabs the rebound. Fairfield 6 - 1.
18:06 - Fairfield: Evans brings up the ball against pressure defense. Evans drives by Holtzer. Evans passes the ball to Valles at the basket. Valles lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Evans. Fairfield 8 - 1.
17:55 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Holtzer passes the ball to Nixon. Nixon shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot misses. Ellsworth grabs the offensive rebound.
17:44 - VCU: Ellsworth has the rebound and restarts the offense. Ellsworth shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Fairfield 8 - 3.
17:38 - Fairfield: Evans brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Evans passes the ball to Young. Young passes the ball to Evans outside. Evans passes the ball to Valles in the paint. Valles passes the ball to Young outside. Young passes the ball to Pope. And the shot clock expires!
17:08 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Holtzer passes the ball to Elder. Elder tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Elder shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Holtzer. Fairfield 8 - 5.
16:45 - Fairfield: Evans brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Evans tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Evans with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Elder grabs the rebound.
16:34 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Nixon leads the fast break with Holtzer and Elder. Nixon lays it up. The shot goes in! Fairfield 8 - 7.
16:29 - Fairfield: Evans brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Evans passes the ball to Valles in the paint. Valles passes the ball to Pope. Ellsworth steals the pass from Pope.
16:13 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Holtzer passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Evans grabs the rebound.
16:03 - Fairfield: Evans brings up the ball against pressure defense. Evans passes the ball to Valles in the paint. Valles shoots in the paint. Foul! Ellsworth fouls Valles on the shot. Valles makes the first free throw. Valles missed the second free throw. Smiley grabs the rebound. Fairfield 9 - 7.
15:52 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Holtzer passes the ball to Nixon. Nixon shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Smiley grabs the offensive rebound.
15:41 - VCU: Smiley has the rebound. Smiley shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Tied 9 - 9.
15:39 - Game Event: Time out. Fairfield substitutes Rogers to Shooting Guard and Young to Small Forward. VCU substitutes Williams to Small Forward.
15:39 - Fairfield: Evans brings up the ball against pressure defense. Evans passes the ball to Valles in the paint. Valles shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Evans. Fairfield 11 - 9.
15:29 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Holtzer tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Holtzer with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Young grabs the rebound.
15:19 - Fairfield: Fast break opportunity! Rogers leads the fast break with Evans to the right. Rogers passes the ball to Evans on the perimeter. Evans shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Williams grabs the long rebound.
15:14 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Holtzer passes the ball to Williams. Williams passes the ball to Nixon in the paint. Nixon shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Williams. Tied 11 - 11.
14:58 - Game Event: Time out. Fairfield substitutes Whitten to Point Guard, Young to Shooting Guard, Valles to Small Forward, Evans to Power Forward and Floyd to Center.
14:58 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitten drives by Holtzer. Whitten passes the ball to Young on the perimeter. Young shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Ellsworth grabs the rebound.
14:47 - VCU: Nixon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Nixon passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Ellsworth passes the ball to Williams. Williams with a fadeaway jumper. Foul! Valles fouls Williams on the shot. Williams makes the first free throw. Williams makes the second free throw. VCU 13 - 11.
14:31 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against a zone defense. Whitten passes the ball to Valles on the perimeter. Valles shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Floyd tips it in. Tied 13 - 13.
14:22 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Holtzer drives down the lane. Holtzer lays it up. Offensive foul! Holtzer charged with the foul while taking the shot over Floyd.
14:10 - Game Event: Time out. Fairfield substitutes Evans to Point Guard, Rogers to Shooting Guard, Young to Small Forward, Valles to Power Forward and Rivers to Center.
14:10 - Fairfield: Evans brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Evans drives by Holtzer. Evans lays it up. The shot misses. Ellsworth grabs the rebound.
13:59 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Holtzer passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Ellsworth passes the ball to Holtzer in the paint. Holtzer passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Ellsworth shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Holtzer. VCU 15 - 13.
13:59 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to VCU!
13:35 - Game Event: Time out. Fairfield substitutes Whitten to Point Guard, Young to Shooting Guard, Valles to Small Forward, Evans to Power Forward and Floyd to Center.
13:35 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitten passes the ball to Floyd in the paint. Floyd shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Foul! Ellsworth fouls Evans blocking out to get the rebound.
13:27 - Game Event: Time out. Ellsworth must sit with 2 fouls. VCU substitutes Gentry to Power Forward.
13:27 - Fairfield: The ball is inbounded to Evans. Evans passes the ball to Valles. Valles passes the ball to Evans in the paint. Evans shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Young grabs the offensive rebound.
13:09 - Fairfield: Young has the rebound. Young shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Tied 15 - 15.
13:07 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Holtzer passes the ball to Nixon in the paint. Nixon shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Evans grabs the rebound.
12:53 - Fairfield: Fast break opportunity! Whitten leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Whitten passes the ball to Young on the perimeter. Young passes the ball to Valles on the perimeter. Valles shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Williams grabs the rebound.
12:30 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Holtzer drives down the lane. Holtzer lays it up. It's blocked by Floyd! Evans grabs the rebound.
12:18 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitten passes the ball to Floyd in the paint. Floyd passes the ball to Valles on the perimeter. Valles hands off the ball to Whitten. Whitten shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Fairfield 18 - 15.
11:58 - Game Event: Time out. Fairfield substitutes Rogers to Shooting Guard, Pope to Small Forward and Rivers to Power Forward. VCU substitutes Whitlock to Point Guard, Steffen to Shooting Guard, Elder to Small Forward and Strong to Center.
11:58 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock passes the ball to Steffen on the perimeter. Steffen shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Whitlock grabs the long offensive rebound.
11:49 - VCU: Whitlock has the rebound and restarts the offense. Pope steals the pass from Whitlock.
11:41 - Fairfield: Fast break opportunity! Rogers leads the fast break with Whitten and Pope. Rogers lays it up. Foul! Whitlock fouls Rogers on the shot. Rogers makes the first free throw. Rogers makes the second free throw. Fairfield 20 - 15.
11:37 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Whitlock. Fairfield 20 - 18.
11:27 - Fairfield: Rogers brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Rogers tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Rogers with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Elder grabs the rebound.
11:17 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock drives down the lane. Whitlock lays it up. The shot misses. Pope grabs the rebound.
11:03 - Fairfield: Fast break opportunity! Whitten leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Whitten passes the ball to Pope outside. Pope passes the ball to Whitten. Foul! Steffen commits a foul away from the ball.
10:49 - Fairfield: The ball is inbounded to Pope. Pope passes the ball to Rogers outside. Rogers passes the ball to Floyd in the paint. Floyd passes the ball to Pope in the paint. Pope shoots from the inside. Strong rotates over and blocks the shot! Floyd tips it in. Fairfield 22 - 18.
10:32 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Whitlock with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Floyd grabs the rebound.
10:21 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against pressure defense. Whitten passes the ball to Pope outside. Pope passes the ball to Rivers. Rivers passes the ball to Whitten on the perimeter. Foul! Whitlock commits the foul on Whitten. In the bonus, Whitten is shooting one-and-one. Whitten makes the first free throw. Whitten makes the second free throw. Fairfield 24 - 18.
10:09 - Game Event: Time out. Fairfield substitutes Valles to Small Forward. Whitlock must sit with 2 fouls. VCU substitutes Holtzer to Point Guard and Williams to Small Forward.
10:09 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Holtzer passes the ball to Williams outside. Williams shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Foul! Floyd fouls Strong blocking out to get the rebound.
9:57 - Game Event: Time out. Fairfield substitutes Pope to Small Forward. VCU substitutes Elder to Small Forward.
9:57 - VCU: The ball is inbounded to Holtzer. Holtzer turns the ball over out of bounds.
9:50 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against a zone defense. Whitten passes the ball to Rivers in the paint. Rivers shoots from the low post. Foul! Gentry fouls Rivers on the shot. Rivers makes the first free throw. Rivers makes the second free throw. Fairfield 26 - 18.
9:38 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Holtzer passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Elder grabs the long offensive rebound.
9:29 - VCU: Elder has the rebound and restarts the offense. Elder passes the ball to Gentry. Gentry shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Fairfield 26 - 20.
9:17 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitten passes the ball to Floyd in the paint. Floyd drives down the lane. Floyd passes the ball to Rivers at the basket. Rivers lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Floyd. Fairfield 28 - 20.
9:06 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Holtzer passes the ball to Gentry in the paint. Gentry passes the ball to Holtzer. Holtzer passes the ball to Elder. Elder shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Floyd grabs the rebound.
8:40 - Fairfield: Rogers brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Rogers shoots from deep. The shot misses. Elder grabs the long rebound.
8:35 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Holtzer passes the ball to Steffen on the perimeter. Steffen tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Steffen passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the inside. It's blocked by Floyd! Rivers grabs the rebound.
8:18 - Fairfield: Fast break opportunity! Rogers leads the fast break with Whitten and Pope. Rogers lays it up. The shot goes in! Fairfield 30 - 20.
8:14 - Game Event: Time out. Fairfield substitutes Young to Shooting Guard.
8:14 - VCU: Steffen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Steffen passes the ball to Holtzer. Holtzer passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder drives by Pope. Elder passes the ball to Steffen at the basket. Steffen lays it up. Foul! Young fouls Steffen on the shot. Steffen missed the first free throw. Steffen makes the second free throw. Fairfield 30 - 21.
7:54 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Strong steals the pass from Whitten.
7:47 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Holtzer passes the ball to Steffen outside. Steffen passes the ball to Holtzer in the paint. Holtzer passes the ball to Gentry. Gentry shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Holtzer. Fairfield 30 - 23.
7:25 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gentry steals the pass from Whitten.
7:21 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Steffen leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Steffen passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Steffen. Fairfield 30 - 26.
7:03 - Game Event: Time out. Fairfield substitutes Rogers to Shooting Guard.
7:03 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against a zone defense. Whitten passes the ball to Rogers. Rogers passes the ball to Pope in the paint. Pope passes the ball to Whitten in the paint. Whitten passes the ball to Floyd in the paint. Floyd shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
6:37 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Holtzer passes the ball to Gentry outside. Gentry drives by Pope. Gentry lays it up. Foul! Floyd fouls Gentry on the shot. Gentry makes the first free throw. Gentry makes the second free throw. Fairfield 30 - 28.
6:23 - Game Event: Time out. Floyd must sit with 2 fouls. Fairfield substitutes Young to Shooting Guard, Evans to Power Forward and Rivers to Center.
6:23 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against pressure defense. Elder steals the pass from Whitten.
6:17 - VCU: Steffen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Steffen passes the ball to Gentry. Gentry passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Strong grabs the offensive rebound.
5:57 - VCU: Strong has the rebound and restarts the offense. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Tied 30 - 30.
5:52 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Nixon to Shooting Guard.
5:52 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitten passes the ball to Young. Young passes the ball to Pope outside. Pope passes the ball to Evans in the paint. Evans passes the ball to Pope. Pope passes the ball to Young on the perimeter. Young shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Holtzer grabs the rebound.
5:22 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Nixon leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Nixon passes the ball to Elder in the paint. Elder passes the ball to Nixon. Nixon with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Evans grabs the rebound.
5:01 - Fairfield: Fast break opportunity! Whitten leads the fast break with Pope to the right. Whitten lays it up. Foul! Holtzer fouls Whitten on the shot. Whitten makes the first free throw. Whitten makes the second free throw. Fairfield 32 - 30.
4:55 - Game Event: Time out. Fairfield substitutes Floyd to Center. VCU substitutes Whitlock to Point Guard and Ellsworth to Power Forward.
4:55 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Ellsworth passes the ball to Whitlock outside. Whitlock passes the ball to Ellsworth. Ellsworth shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Evans grabs the rebound.
4:34 - Fairfield: Fast break opportunity! Young leads the fast break with Whitten to the right. Young lays it up. The shot goes in! Fairfield 34 - 30.
4:30 - VCU: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Nixon passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Ellsworth shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nixon. Fairfield 34 - 32.
4:19 - Fairfield: Young brings up the ball against a zone defense. Young tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Young with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Elder grabs the rebound.
4:08 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock drives down the lane. Whitlock lays it up. Offensive foul! Whitlock charged with the foul while taking the shot over Evans.
3:55 - Game Event: Time out. Whitlock must sit with 3 fouls. VCU substitutes Holtzer to Point Guard.
3:55 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitten passes the ball to Evans in the paint. Foul! Ellsworth commits the foul on Evans. In the double bonus, Evans is shooting two free throws. Evans makes the first free throw. Evans makes the second free throw. Fairfield 36 - 32.
3:48 - Game Event: Time out. Ellsworth must sit with 3 fouls. VCU substitutes Gentry to Power Forward.
3:48 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Holtzer passes the ball to Gentry. Gentry shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Holtzer. Fairfield 36 - 34.
3:48 - Game Event: The home crowds goes crazy as their team has captured the momentum!
3:39 - Fairfield: Young brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Young passes the ball to Evans. Evans drives down the lane. Evans passes the ball to Whitten at the basket. Whitten lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Evans. Fairfield 38 - 34.
3:24 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Holtzer passes the ball to Gentry in the paint. Gentry shoots from the inside. Floyd rotates over and blocks the shot! Floyd grabs the rebound.
3:12 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitten tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Whitten passes the ball to Young. Young with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Gentry grabs the rebound.
3:00 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Nixon leads the fast break with Elder and Holtzer. Nixon lays it up. The shot goes in! Fairfield 38 - 36.
2:53 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitten passes the ball to Young outside. Young carelessly turns the ball over out of bounds.
2:49 - VCU: Nixon brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Nixon drives down the lane. Nixon passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Floyd grabs the rebound.
2:38 - Fairfield: Fast break opportunity! Whitten leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Whitten passes the ball to Pope in the paint. Foul! Elder commits the foul on Pope. In the double bonus, Pope is shooting two free throws. Pope makes the first free throw. Pope makes the second free throw. Fairfield 40 - 36.
2:30 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Holtzer passes the ball to Gentry in the paint. Whitten steals the pass from Gentry.
2:18 - Fairfield: Fast break opportunity! Young leads the fast break with Whitten to the right. Young lays it up. The shot goes in! Fairfield 42 - 36.
2:15 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Holtzer passes the ball to Nixon in the paint. Nixon shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Evans grabs the rebound.
2:02 - Fairfield: Fast break opportunity! Young leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Young passes the ball to Pope in the paint. Pope shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Fairfield 44 - 36.
1:44 - VCU: Nixon brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Pope steals the pass from Nixon.
1:36 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against a zone defense. Whitten passes the ball to Floyd. Floyd passes the ball to Pope outside. Nixon steals the pass from Pope.
1:21 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Nixon leads the fast break with Holtzer to the right. Nixon lays it up. The shot goes in! Fairfield 44 - 38.
1:14 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against a zone defense. Whitten passes the ball to Floyd in the paint. Floyd passes the ball to Young on the perimeter. Young passes the ball to Floyd in the paint. Floyd drives down the lane. Floyd passes the ball to Evans at the basket. Evans lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Floyd. Fairfield 46 - 38.
0:45 - VCU: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Nixon passes the ball to Gentry on the perimeter. Gentry passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Young grabs the rebound.
0:28 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitten passes the ball to Floyd in the paint. Floyd goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Fairfield 48 - 38.
0:19 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Holtzer passes the ball to Nixon in the paint. Nixon passes the ball to Holtzer on the perimeter. Holtzer passes the ball to Elder. Elder shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Pope grabs the rebound.
0:02 - Fairfield: Fast break opportunity! Young leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. And the shot clock expires!
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Fairfield 48, VCU 38
Half-Time
2nd Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Floyd must sit with 2 fouls. Fairfield substitutes Rivers to Center. Holtzer must sit with 3 fouls. VCU substitutes Williams to Point Guard.
20:00 - Game Event: Possession arrow favors VCU. They receive the ball...
19:55 - VCU: The ball is inbounded to Strong. Strong shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Evans grabs the long rebound.
19:52 - Fairfield: Fast break opportunity! Young leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Young passes the ball to Rivers in the paint. Rivers passes the ball to Whitten in the paint. Whitten drives by Williams. Whitten passes the ball to Rivers at the basket. Rivers attempts to dunk it. Foul! Strong fouls Rivers on the shot. Rivers missed the first free throw. Rivers missed the second free throw. Nixon grabs the rebound.
19:25 - VCU: Williams brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Williams passes the ball to Gentry on the perimeter. Gentry drives down the lane. Gentry lays it up. The shot misses. Strong grabs the offensive rebound.
19:12 - VCU: Strong has the rebound and restarts the offense. Strong shoots from the low post. Foul! Evans fouls Strong on the shot. Strong makes the first free throw. Strong makes the second free throw. Fairfield 48 - 40.
19:08 - Game Event: Time out. Fairfield substitutes Floyd to Center. VCU substitutes Whitlock to Point Guard and Ellsworth to Power Forward.
19:08 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Whitten passes the ball to Evans in the paint. Whitlock steals the pass from Evans.
18:58 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Nixon leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Nixon passes the ball to Whitlock in the paint. Offensive foul! Whitlock commits the foul.
18:48 - Game Event: Time out. Fairfield substitutes Evans to Point Guard, Valles to Power Forward and Rivers to Center. Whitlock must sit with 4 fouls. VCU substitutes Holtzer to Point Guard and Smiley to Center.
18:48 - Fairfield: Evans brings up the ball against pressure defense. Evans drives to the basket. Foul! Holtzer commits the foul on Evans.
18:39 - Game Event: Time out. Holtzer must sit with 4 fouls. VCU substitutes Williams to Point Guard.
18:39 - Fairfield: The ball is inbounded to Rivers. Williams steals the pass from Rivers.
18:33 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Nixon leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Nixon passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Ellsworth shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Valles grabs the rebound.
18:17 - Fairfield: Evans brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Evans passes the ball to Young. Young turns the ball over to the other team.
18:13 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Nixon leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Nixon passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nixon. Fairfield 48 - 43.
17:59 - Game Event: Time out. Fairfield substitutes Rivers to Power Forward and Floyd to Center.
17:59 - Fairfield: Evans brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Elder steals the pass from Evans.
17:55 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Williams leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Williams shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Nixon grabs the long offensive rebound.
17:45 - VCU: Nixon has the rebound and restarts the offense. Nixon shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Floyd grabs the rebound.
17:38 - Fairfield: Evans brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Evans passes the ball to Pope in the paint. Pope passes the ball to Floyd in the paint. Floyd passes the ball to Pope on the perimeter. Pope passes the ball to Floyd outside. Floyd passes the ball to Evans in the paint. Evans shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Floyd. Fairfield 50 - 43.
17:05 - Game Event: Time out. Fairfield substitutes Valles to Power Forward and Rivers to Center.
17:05 - VCU: Williams brings up the ball against pressure defense. Williams shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Pope grabs the rebound.
17:01 - Fairfield: Fast break opportunity! Young leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Young passes the ball to Pope in the paint. Pope shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Fairfield 52 - 43.
16:43 - Game Event: Time out. Fairfield substitutes Rivers to Power Forward and Floyd to Center.
16:43 - VCU: Williams brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Williams passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Elder with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Floyd grabs the rebound.
16:25 - Fairfield: Evans brings up the ball against pressure defense. Evans passes the ball to Rivers in the paint. Rivers passes the ball to Pope on the perimeter. Pope carelessly turns the ball over out of bounds.
16:14 - VCU: Williams brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Williams passes the ball to Elder. Elder drives by Pope. Elder attempts to dunk it. Foul! Pope fouls Elder on the shot. Elder makes the first free throw. Elder makes the second free throw. Fairfield 52 - 45.
15:59 - Game Event: Time out. Fairfield substitutes Whitten to Point Guard, Valles to Small Forward and Evans to Power Forward. VCU substitutes Gentry to Small Forward.
15:59 - Fairfield: Young brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Young drives down the lane. Young lays it up. Foul! Nixon fouls Young on the shot. Young missed the first free throw. Young makes the second free throw. Fairfield 53 - 45.
15:49 - VCU: Williams brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Williams passes the ball to Gentry on the perimeter. Gentry shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Fairfield 53 - 48.
15:40 - Game Event: Time out. Fairfield substitutes Evans to Point Guard and Rivers to Power Forward.
15:40 - Fairfield: Young brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Young passes the ball to Evans in the paint. Evans turns the ball over to the other team.
15:36 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Nixon leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Nixon passes the ball to Williams outside. Williams passes the ball to Smiley in the paint. Smiley goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Fairfield 53 - 50.
15:19 - Fairfield: Evans brings up the ball against a zone defense. Evans passes the ball to Valles in the paint. Valles passes the ball to Young on the perimeter. Young passes the ball to Valles in the paint. Valles passes the ball to Floyd in the paint. Floyd shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Fairfield 55 - 50.
14:50 - Game Event: Time out. Fairfield substitutes Whitten to Point Guard and Evans to Power Forward.
14:50 - VCU: Williams brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Williams passes the ball to Smiley in the paint. Smiley shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Floyd grabs the rebound.
14:39 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against a zone defense. Whitten passes the ball to Young in the paint. Young shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Valles tips it in. Fairfield 57 - 50.
14:29 - VCU: Williams brings up the ball against pressure defense. Williams passes the ball to Smiley in the paint. Smiley shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Fairfield 57 - 52.
14:17 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitten drives by Williams. Whitten passes the ball to Evans at the basket. Evans lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Whitten. Fairfield 59 - 52.
14:04 - VCU: Williams brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Williams passes the ball to Gentry outside. Gentry tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Gentry passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Ellsworth shoots in the paint. It's blocked by Floyd! Floyd grabs the rebound.
13:49 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against pressure defense. Whitten tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Whitten with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Fairfield 61 - 52.
13:40 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Strong to Center.
13:40 - VCU: Williams brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Williams passes the ball to Gentry in the paint. Gentry shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Whitten grabs the rebound.
13:30 - Fairfield: Fast break opportunity! Young leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Young passes the ball to Floyd on the perimeter. Floyd drives down the lane. Floyd passes the ball to Whitten on the perimeter. Whitten shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Floyd. Fairfield 64 - 52.
13:10 - VCU: Williams brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Williams passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Ellsworth passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Nixon. Foul! Young commits the foul on Nixon.
12:54 - Game Event: Time out. Fairfield substitutes Rogers to Shooting Guard and Rivers to Power Forward. VCU substitutes Steffen to Shooting Guard.
12:54 - VCU: The ball is inbounded to Ellsworth. Ellsworth hands off the ball to Williams. Williams passes the ball to Steffen on the perimeter. Steffen passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Rivers grabs the rebound.
12:33 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitten passes the ball to Rivers on the perimeter. Rivers passes the ball to Rogers. Rogers passes the ball to Valles. Offensive foul! Valles commits the foul.
12:16 - VCU: Williams brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Williams passes the ball to Ellsworth. Ellsworth passes the ball to Steffen. Steffen tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Steffen passes the ball to Williams. Williams with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Rivers grabs the rebound.
11:57 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitten passes the ball to Rogers on the perimeter. Rogers passes the ball to Whitten on the perimeter. Whitten shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Rogers grabs the long offensive rebound.
11:42 - Fairfield: Rogers has the rebound and restarts the offense. Rogers passes the ball to Valles on the perimeter. Valles passes the ball to Whitten outside. Whitten passes the ball to Rogers outside. Rogers shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Ellsworth grabs the rebound.
11:20 - VCU: Williams brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Williams passes the ball to Gentry in the paint. Gentry shoots from the low post. It's blocked by Floyd! Floyd grabs the rebound.
11:07 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against pressure defense. Whitten passes the ball to Valles in the paint. Valles shoots in the paint. Foul! Gentry fouls Valles on the shot. Valles missed the first free throw. Valles makes the second free throw. Fairfield 65 - 52.
10:58 - Game Event: Time out. Fairfield substitutes Pope to Small Forward. VCU substitutes Holtzer to Point Guard and Elder to Small Forward.
10:58 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Floyd steals the pass from Holtzer.
10:53 - Fairfield: Fast break opportunity! Rogers leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Rogers passes the ball to Rivers in the paint. Rivers passes the ball to Whitten on the perimeter. Whitten passes the ball to Pope outside. Pope shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Pope grabs the long offensive rebound.
10:28 - Fairfield: Pope has the rebound and restarts the offense. Pope passes the ball to Rivers. Rivers passes the ball to Floyd in the paint. Floyd shoots in the paint. Foul! Strong fouls Floyd on the shot. Floyd makes the first free throw. Floyd makes the second free throw. Fairfield 67 - 52.
10:12 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Holtzer passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Ellsworth shoots from the low post. It's blocked by Rivers! Rivers grabs the rebound.
10:03 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ellsworth steals the pass from Whitten.
9:58 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Rivers steals the pass from Holtzer.
9:51 - Fairfield: Fast break opportunity! Rogers leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Rogers passes the ball to Rivers. Steffen steals the pass from Rivers.
9:37 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Holtzer leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Holtzer passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Ellsworth passes the ball to Steffen on the perimeter. Steffen tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Steffen passes the ball to Holtzer. Holtzer with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Holtzer grabs the offensive rebound.
9:12 - VCU: Holtzer has the rebound and restarts the offense. Holtzer shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Fairfield 67 - 54.
9:07 - Game Event: Time out. Fairfield substitutes Young to Shooting Guard.
9:07 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against a zone defense. Whitten passes the ball to Young. Young passes the ball to Rivers. Steffen steals the pass from Rivers.
8:51 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Steffen leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Steffen shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Fairfield 67 - 57.
8:40 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Whitlock to Point Guard.
8:40 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against pressure defense. Whitten passes the ball to Pope in the paint. Pope shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Fairfield 69 - 57.
8:29 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Ellsworth passes the ball to Steffen. Steffen passes the ball to Whitlock on the perimeter. Whitlock passes the ball to Steffen. Steffen passes the ball to Whitlock. Whitlock shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Steffen. Fairfield 69 - 59.
8:29 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to VCU!
7:58 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against a zone defense. Whitten passes the ball to Young outside. Young passes the ball to Rivers on the perimeter. Rivers passes the ball to Floyd in the paint. Floyd passes the ball to Rivers in the paint. Rivers passes the ball to Young in the paint. Young tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Young turns the ball over out of bounds.
7:24 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the block. The shot misses. Foul! Whitten fouls Whitlock blocking out to get the rebound.
7:15 - VCU: The ball is inbounded to Whitlock. Whitlock passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Strong grabs the long offensive rebound.
7:04 - VCU: Strong has the rebound and restarts the offense. Strong passes the ball to Steffen. Steffen passes the ball to Whitlock. Whitlock passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Elder. The shot clock winding down. Elder shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Strong. Fairfield 69 - 61.
6:42 - Game Event: Time out. Fairfield substitutes Evans to Power Forward. VCU substitutes Nixon to Shooting Guard.
6:42 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against pressure defense. Whitten passes the ball to Pope on the perimeter. Pope passes the ball to Evans in the paint. Evans shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
6:27 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Nixon leads the fast break with Elder and Whitlock. Nixon passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nixon. Fairfield 69 - 64.
6:21 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Steffen to Shooting Guard.
6:21 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitten passes the ball to Pope. Pope passes the ball to Whitten on the perimeter. Whitten passes the ball to Evans in the paint. Evans shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Whitten. Fairfield 71 - 64.
5:55 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Nixon to Shooting Guard.
5:55 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock passes the ball to Nixon. Nixon shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Whitlock. Fairfield 71 - 66.
5:45 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against pressure defense. Nixon steals the pass from Whitten.
5:42 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Nixon leads the fast break with Whitlock to the right. Nixon lays it up. The shot goes in! And Nixon is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Nixon makes the first free throw. Fairfield 71 - 69.
5:37 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against pressure defense. Whitten passes the ball to Young. Foul! Nixon commits the foul on Young. In the bonus, Young is shooting one-and-one. Young makes the first free throw. Young missed the second free throw. Ellsworth grabs the rebound. Fairfield 72 - 69.
5:30 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Ellsworth shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Fairfield 72 - 71.
5:19 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitten tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Whitten turns the ball over to the other team.
5:06 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Nixon attacks with the ball on the fast break. Nixon turns the ball over to the other team.
5:00 - Fairfield: Fast break opportunity! Young leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Elder steals the pass from Young.
4:49 - VCU: Breakaway! Elder takes the ball the length of the court. Elder lays it up. The shot goes in! And Elder is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Elder makes the first free throw. VCU 74 - 72.
4:42 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against a zone defense. Whitten passes the ball to Evans. Evans passes the ball to Floyd. Floyd passes the ball to Evans in the paint. Evans passes the ball to Whitten on the perimeter. Whitten shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Nixon grabs the long rebound.
4:15 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Whitlock with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Ellsworth grabs the offensive rebound.
4:07 - VCU: Ellsworth has the rebound. Ellsworth shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Strong grabs the offensive rebound.
4:05 - VCU: Strong has the rebound. Strong shoots from the low post. Offensive foul! Strong charged with the foul while taking the shot over Floyd.
4:03 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitten passes the ball to Evans outside. Offensive foul! Evans commits the foul.
3:59 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock drives down the lane. Whitlock lays it up. The shot goes in! VCU 76 - 72.
3:49 - Fairfield: Young brings up the ball against pressure defense. Young passes the ball to Evans in the paint. Evans turns the ball over to the other team.
3:43 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Whitlock leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Whitlock passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Ellsworth passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! VCU 79 - 72.
3:21 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitten passes the ball to Young. Young passes the ball to Floyd. Floyd passes the ball to Pope on the perimeter. Pope passes the ball to Young on the perimeter. Young shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Ellsworth grabs the rebound.
2:53 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Nixon leads the fast break with Whitlock and Elder. Nixon passes the ball to Whitlock on the perimeter. Whitlock shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Pope grabs the rebound.
2:47 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against pressure defense. Whitten passes the ball to Floyd outside. Offensive foul! Pope commits the foul away from the ball.
2:44 - 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. Ellsworth grabs the offensive rebound.
2:32 - VCU: Ellsworth has the rebound. Ellsworth shoots from the low post. Foul! Evans fouls Ellsworth on the shot. Ellsworth makes the first free throw. Ellsworth missed the second free throw. Evans grabs the rebound. VCU 80 - 72.
2:30 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against pressure defense. Whitten passes the ball to Floyd on the perimeter. Floyd shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! VCU 80 - 75.
2:21 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock drives to the basket. Foul! Whitten commits the foul on Whitlock. In the double bonus, Whitlock is shooting two free throws. Whitlock missed the first free throw. Whitlock makes the second free throw. VCU 81 - 75.
2:09 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitten passes the ball to Young in the paint. Young passes the ball to Pope in the paint. Pope shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Young. VCU 81 - 77.
1:53 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Foul! Floyd commits a foul away from the ball. In the double bonus, Strong is shooting two free throws. Strong missed the first free throw. Strong missed the second free throw. Evans grabs the rebound.
1:49 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitten passes the ball to Floyd. Offensive foul! Floyd commits the foul. Floyd fouls out. Rivers replaces Floyd at center.
1:43 - 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 Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! VCU 84 - 77.
1:43 - Game Event: VCU has all of the the momentum, can their opponent recover?
1:20 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitten passes the ball to Rivers in the paint. Rivers tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Rivers passes the ball to Whitten. Whitten with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! VCU 84 - 79.
1:03 - VCU: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Nixon passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Whitten steals the pass from Ellsworth.
0:53 - Fairfield: Breakaway! Whitten takes the ball the length of the court. Whitten lays it up. Foul! Nixon fouls Whitten on the shot. Whitten makes the first free throw. Whitten makes the second free throw. VCU 84 - 81.
0:47 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Whitlock tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Whitlock passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! VCU 86 - 81.
0:36 - Fairfield: Whitten brings up the ball against a zone defense. Whitten passes the ball to Evans in the paint. Evans shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Pope grabs the offensive rebound.
0:27 - Fairfield: Pope has the rebound and restarts the offense. Pope goes for the dunk. Foul! Elder fouls Pope on the shot. Pope makes the first free throw. Pope makes the second free throw. VCU 86 - 83.
0:22 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball while the defense tries to foul. Evans steals the pass from Whitlock.
0:15 - Fairfield: Fast break opportunity! Young leads the fast break with Whitten to the right. Young passes the ball to Whitten on the perimeter. Whitten shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
0:10 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball while the defense tries to foul. Whitlock passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Foul! Rivers commits the intentional foul on Elder. In the double bonus, Elder is shooting two free throws. Elder missed the first free throw. Elder makes the second free throw. VCU 87 - 83.
0:01 - Fairfield: Young brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. The shot clock winding down. Young shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Evans grabs the long offensive rebound.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Fairfield 83, VCU 87
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