Game Date: Dec 9th, 2045
Marquette 77 - VCU 74
Date: January 12th, 2045
Game: College [Conference] [#1060530] 
Arena: Siegel Center
Attendance: 4,512
Player Of The Game: George Rizzo (5)
| Team / Score | 1 | 2 | F | |
| Marquette Golden Eagles | 44 | 33 | 77 | |
| VCU Rams | 45 | 29 | 74 | |
| Marquette Golden Eagles | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| # | Player | Min | FG | 3PT | FT | PTS | Off | Reb | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | DIST | PITP | FBP | FD | Fat | SC | ||
| 11 | N. Žagar sf | 28 | 6-11 | 1-3 | 4-5 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 10.3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | Mod | 🏀 | ||
| 34 | M. Gomez pf | 28 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -7 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 13 | L. Eriksson c | 28 | 7-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5.6 | 12 | 0 | 1 | Hvy | 🏀 | ||
| 14 | G. Rizzo sg | 30 | 9-16 | 5-11 | 2-5 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 14.2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 15 | E. Arreola pg | 28 | 4-10 | 1-6 | 4-4 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +2 | 5.5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 24 | A. Hsu sg | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +2 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 12 | M. Kastelic pg | 16 | 3-7 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +1 | 10.3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 10 | S. Virtanen sf | 12 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 21 | L. Chester pf | 24 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +12 | - | 0 | 0 | 3 | - | 🏀 | ||
| Total | 200 | 30-65 | 7-27 | 10-15 | 77 | 12 | 46 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 8 | +15 | 9.5 | 34 | 13 | 18 | - | 🏀 | |||
| Percentages | 46.2% | 25.9% | 66.7% | |||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 32 | 9-20 | 5-13 | 1-1 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 16.1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 10 | R. Ellsworth pf | 28 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +7 | 8.5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 11 | R. Strong c | 28 | 6-12 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 7.3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 3 | N. Nixon sg | 27 | 3-11 | 2-7 | 1-1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +6 | 14.3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 33 | K. Whitlock pg | 17 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 3-3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 19.5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 50 | G. Holtzer pg | 23 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 10.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 45 | E. Smiley c | 12 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 41 | E. Steffen sg | 13 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -9 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 44 | E. Williams sf | 8 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 21 | T. Gentry pf | 12 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -10 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| Total | 200 | 28-69 | 10-31 | 8-8 | 74 | 6 | 32 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 18 | -15 | 12.4 | 22 | 8 | 8 | - | 🏀 | |||
| Percentages | 40.6% | 32.3% | 100.0% | |||||||||||||||||||
Player of the Game
Marquette: George Rizzo
Head Coaches
Marquette: Sean Wilburn
VCU: Jared Paige
Offensive Efficiencies
Marquette: At the rim (6/8 75.0%) Inside (11/21 52.4%) Mid-range (6/9 66.7%) Beyond the Arc (7/27 25.9%)
VCU: At the rim (3/4 75.0%) Inside (8/19 42.1%) Mid-range (7/15 46.7%) Beyond the Arc (10/31 32.3%)
Defensive Tactics
Marquette: Man-To-Man (65.5%) Zone (16.1%) Pressure (5.7%) 2nd Chance (3.4%) Transition (9.2%) Int. Foul (0.0%)
VCU: Man-To-Man (49.0%) Zone (19.8%) Pressure (12.5%) 2nd Chance (2.1%) Transition (13.5%) Int. Foul (3.1%)
Weighted Skill Index (SI) & Team Power Index (TPI)
Marquette: 147.5 / 143.7
VCU: 145.6 / 146.5
Injuries
Marquette: none
VCU: none
Overworked
Marquette: none
VCU: none
Game Information
Date: Thursday, January 12th, 2045
Game Type: College [Conference]
Arena: Siegel Center
City: Richmond, VA
Attendance: 4,512
Version: 1.034
Simulated: Sun May 4 2025 @ 9:12:08 am PDT
Standard Dialog
Starting Line-Ups
Marquette: PG-Arreola (6' ½"), SG-Rizzo (6' 2"), SF-Žagar (6' 10½"), PF-Gomez (6' 9"), C-Eriksson (7' 1½")
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! Marquette gains possession on the jump ball...
19:55 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Rizzo leads the fast break with Žagar to the right. Rizzo lays it up. The shot goes in! And Rizzo is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Rizzo makes the first free throw. Marquette 3 - 0.
19:50 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Nixon in the paint. Nixon passes the ball to Whitlock on the perimeter. Whitlock passes the ball to Nixon outside. Nixon passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Elder grabs the long offensive rebound.
19:21 - VCU: Elder has the rebound and restarts the offense. Elder passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Ellsworth passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. Offensive foul! Strong charged with the foul while taking the shot over Eriksson.
19:03 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against a zone defense. Arreola passes the ball to Eriksson in the paint. Eriksson shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Marquette 5 - 0.
18:51 - Game Event: Time out. Marquette substitutes Chester to Small Forward and Žagar to Center. VCU substitutes Holtzer to Point Guard and Smiley to Center.
18:51 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Rizzo steals the pass from Holtzer.
18:43 - Marquette: Breakaway! Rizzo takes the ball the length of the court. Rizzo attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Marquette 7 - 0.
18:39 - VCU: Nixon brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nixon passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder passes the ball to Smiley in the paint. Smiley goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Elder. And Smiley is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Smiley makes the first free throw. Marquette 7 - 3.
18:23 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Arreola passes the ball to Chester. Chester passes the ball to Žagar in the paint. Žagar shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Elder grabs the rebound.
18:07 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Nixon leads the fast break with Elder to the right. Nixon passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Arreola grabs the rebound.
18:01 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Arreola turns the ball over out of bounds.
17:56 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Ellsworth passes the ball to Nixon in the paint. Nixon passes the ball to Holtzer. Holtzer passes the ball to Smiley. Smiley with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Žagar grabs the rebound.
17:23 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Rizzo leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Rizzo passes the ball to Arreola on the perimeter. Arreola shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Rizzo. Marquette 10 - 3.
17:05 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon passes the ball to Elder. Elder shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Rizzo grabs the rebound.
16:47 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against a zone defense. Arreola passes the ball to Rizzo in the paint. Rizzo shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Marquette 12 - 3.
16:36 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Ellsworth passes the ball to Nixon outside. Nixon shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Gomez grabs the rebound.
16:07 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Rizzo leads the fast break with Arreola to the right. Rizzo lays it up. Foul! Holtzer fouls Rizzo on the shot. Rizzo missed the first free throw. Rizzo makes the second free throw. Marquette 13 - 3.
16:01 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against a zone defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Nixon in the paint. Nixon shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Žagar grabs the rebound.
15:48 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against pressure defense. Arreola tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Arreola passes the ball to Žagar in the paint. Žagar shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! And Žagar is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Žagar makes the first free throw. Marquette 16 - 3.
15:39 - Game Event: Time out. Marquette substitutes Kastelic to Point Guard, Virtanen to Small Forward, Chester to Power Forward and Gomez to Center. VCU substitutes Williams to Small Forward.
15:39 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Smiley in the paint. Smiley passes the ball to Nixon outside. Nixon passes the ball to Williams. Williams with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nixon. Marquette 16 - 5.
15:19 - Marquette: Kastelic brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Kastelic passes the ball to Rizzo. Rizzo with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Kastelic. Marquette 18 - 5.
15:09 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Smiley on the perimeter. Smiley passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon passes the ball to Holtzer outside. Holtzer passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon passes the ball to Holtzer in the paint. Holtzer shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Marquette 18 - 7.
14:38 - Marquette: Kastelic brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Kastelic tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Kastelic with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Marquette 20 - 7.
14:28 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Williams outside. Williams passes the ball to Nixon in the paint. Nixon passes the ball to Holtzer on the perimeter. Virtanen steals the pass from Holtzer.
14:08 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Rizzo leads the fast break with Virtanen to the right. Rizzo passes the ball to Virtanen on the perimeter. Virtanen shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Holtzer grabs the long rebound.
14:05 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against a zone defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Williams on the perimeter. Williams shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Rizzo grabs the rebound.
13:55 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Rizzo leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Rizzo passes the ball to Kastelic outside. Kastelic passes the ball to Gomez in the paint. Gomez passes the ball to Kastelic. Kastelic shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Marquette 22 - 7.
13:26 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against a zone defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Williams. Williams passes the ball to Ellsworth. Ellsworth passes the ball to Holtzer in the paint. Holtzer shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Gomez grabs the rebound.
12:59 - Marquette: Kastelic brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Nixon steals the pass from Kastelic.
12:55 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Nixon leads the fast break with Holtzer 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. Marquette 22 - 10.
12:49 - Game Event: Time out. Marquette substitutes Hsu to Shooting Guard and Eriksson to Center. VCU substitutes Whitlock to Point Guard, Steffen to Shooting Guard, Gentry to Power Forward and Strong to Center.
12:49 - Marquette: Kastelic brings up the ball against a zone defense. Kastelic passes the ball to Eriksson. Eriksson shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot misses. Steffen grabs the rebound.
12:37 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Gentry in the paint. Gentry passes the ball to Williams on the perimeter. Williams shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Eriksson grabs the rebound.
12:16 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Hsu leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hsu passes the ball to Eriksson. Eriksson shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
12:03 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Marquette 22 - 12.
11:50 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Elder to Small Forward.
11:50 - Marquette: Kastelic brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Kastelic passes the ball to Chester in the paint. Chester passes the ball to Virtanen on the perimeter. Virtanen passes the ball to Eriksson in the paint. Eriksson passes the ball to Chester. Chester passes the ball to Eriksson in the paint. Eriksson goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Marquette 24 - 12.
11:20 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Holtzer to Point Guard.
11:20 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hsu steals the pass from Holtzer.
11:16 - Marquette: Kastelic brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Kastelic passes the ball to Chester in the paint. Chester passes the ball to Kastelic in the paint. Kastelic shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
10:59 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Gentry in the paint. Gentry shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Strong. Marquette 24 - 14.
10:43 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Whitlock to Point Guard.
10:43 - Marquette: Kastelic brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Kastelic passes the ball to Chester in the paint. Offensive foul! Chester commits the foul.
10:39 - VCU: Steffen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Steffen tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Steffen turns the ball over out of bounds.
10:29 - Marquette: Kastelic brings up the ball against a zone defense. Kastelic passes the ball to Chester. Chester passes the ball to Virtanen on the perimeter. Virtanen passes the ball to Hsu in the paint. Gentry steals the pass from Hsu.
10:08 - 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 Whitlock outside. Whitlock passes the ball to Gentry in the paint. Gentry tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Gentry shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Eriksson grabs the rebound.
9:36 - Marquette: Kastelic brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Elder steals the pass from Kastelic.
9:29 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hsu steals the pass from Whitlock.
9:25 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Hsu leads the fast break with Kastelic to the right. Hsu lays it up. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
9:20 - VCU: Steffen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Steffen passes the ball to Gentry. Gentry drives by Chester. Gentry passes the ball to Strong at the basket. Strong lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Gentry. Marquette 24 - 16.
9:20 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to VCU!
9:02 - Game Event: Time out. Marquette substitutes Arreola to Point Guard, Kastelic to Shooting Guard and Žagar to Small Forward. VCU substitutes Williams to Small Forward.
9:02 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Arreola passes the ball to Žagar on the perimeter. Žagar passes the ball to Eriksson on the perimeter. Foul! Whitlock commits a foul away from the ball.
8:53 - Game Event: Time out. Whitlock must sit with 2 fouls. VCU substitutes Holtzer to Point Guard and Elder to Small Forward.
8:53 - Marquette: The ball is inbounded to Kastelic. Kastelic passes the ball to Chester in the paint. Chester passes the ball to Kastelic on the perimeter. Kastelic shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Holtzer grabs the long rebound.
8:36 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against a zone defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Marquette 24 - 19.
8:25 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against a zone defense. Arreola passes the ball to Kastelic. Kastelic turns the ball over to the other team.
8:18 - 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 misses. Gentry grabs the long offensive rebound.
8:03 - VCU: Gentry has the rebound and restarts the offense. Gentry passes the ball to Holtzer outside. Holtzer passes the ball to Elder outside. Elder shoots from deep. The shot goes in! Marquette 24 - 22.
7:46 - Game Event: Time out. Marquette substitutes Rizzo to Shooting Guard.
7:46 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against pressure defense. Arreola passes the ball to Rizzo on the perimeter. Rizzo shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Arreola. Marquette 27 - 22.
7:37 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Holtzer tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Holtzer with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Eriksson grabs the rebound.
7:26 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Rizzo leads the fast break with Žagar and Arreola. Rizzo passes the ball to Žagar on the perimeter. Žagar shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Eriksson grabs the long offensive rebound.
7:20 - Marquette: Eriksson has the rebound and restarts the offense. Eriksson passes the ball to Žagar. Žagar shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Eriksson. Marquette 29 - 22.
7:11 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Elder. Elder shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Eriksson grabs the rebound.
7:02 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Arreola passes the ball to Chester in the paint. Chester passes the ball to Žagar. Žagar with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Chester. Marquette 31 - 22.
6:52 - Game Event: Time out. Marquette substitutes Gomez to Power Forward. VCU substitutes Nixon to Shooting Guard and Ellsworth to Power Forward.
6:52 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against a zone defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Elder. Elder shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Holtzer. Marquette 31 - 24.
6:39 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Arreola passes the ball to Žagar in the paint. Žagar shoots from the block. Foul! Elder fouls Žagar on the shot. Žagar missed the first free throw. Žagar makes the second free throw. Marquette 32 - 24.
6:28 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Steffen to Shooting Guard.
6:28 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against a zone defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Steffen. Steffen passes the ball to Elder. Elder passes the ball to Steffen on the perimeter. Steffen shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Marquette 32 - 27.
6:00 - Game Event: Time out. Marquette substitutes Chester to Power Forward. VCU substitutes Gentry to Power Forward.
6:00 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against a zone defense. Arreola passes the ball to Chester in the paint. Foul! Gentry commits the foul on Chester. In the bonus, Chester is shooting one-and-one. Chester missed the first free throw. Gentry grabs the rebound.
5:53 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Elder. Elder passes the ball to Steffen in the paint. Steffen passes the ball to Holtzer. Holtzer passes the ball to Gentry in the paint. Gentry shoots from the low post. Foul! Chester fouls Gentry on the shot. Gentry makes the first free throw. Gentry makes the second free throw. Marquette 32 - 29.
5:24 - Game Event: Time out. Marquette substitutes Gomez to Power Forward. VCU substitutes Nixon to Shooting Guard and Ellsworth to Power Forward.
5:24 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Strong steals the pass from Arreola.
5:18 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against pressure defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Holtzer outside. Holtzer passes the ball to Nixon. Nixon passes the ball to Ellsworth. Ellsworth shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nixon. Marquette 32 - 31.
4:50 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Whitlock to Point Guard.
4:50 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Arreola passes the ball to Gomez. Gomez passes the ball to Žagar. Žagar shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
4:35 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitlock drives down the lane. Whitlock passes the ball to Strong at the basket. Strong lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Whitlock. VCU 33 - 32.
4:22 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Arreola passes the ball to Rizzo on the perimeter. Rizzo shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Arreola. Marquette 35 - 33.
4:15 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Ellsworth shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Tied 35 - 35.
4:15 - Game Event: The home crowds goes crazy as their team has captured the momentum!
4:04 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Arreola passes the ball to Eriksson in the paint. Eriksson shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
3:54 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitlock tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Whitlock turns the ball over to the other team.
3:41 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Rizzo leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Rizzo passes the ball to Žagar in the paint. Žagar shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Rizzo. Marquette 37 - 35.
3:25 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Elder passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Elder. Tied 37 - 37.
3:05 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Arreola drives by Whitlock. Arreola lays it up. The shot misses. Ellsworth grabs the rebound.
2:52 - 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 Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Ellsworth on the perimeter. Ellsworth shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Žagar grabs the rebound.
2:29 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Arreola leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Arreola shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Žagar grabs the long offensive rebound.
2:20 - Marquette: Žagar has the rebound and restarts the offense. Žagar passes the ball to Arreola in the paint. Arreola passes the ball to Eriksson. Eriksson shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Arreola. Marquette 39 - 37.
2:02 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against pressure defense. Whitlock tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Whitlock passes the ball to Elder. Elder with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Tied 39 - 39.
1:53 - Marquette: Rizzo brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Rizzo shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Strong grabs the long rebound.
1:50 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Nixon leads the fast break with Whitlock to the right. Nixon passes the ball to Whitlock on the perimeter. Whitlock shoots from the three point line. Foul! Rizzo fouls Whitlock on the shot. Whitlock makes the first free throw. Whitlock makes the second free throw. Whitlock makes the third free throw. VCU 42 - 39.
1:45 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Arreola drives by Whitlock. Arreola lays it up. Foul! Whitlock fouls Arreola on the shot. Arreola makes the first free throw. Arreola makes the second free throw. VCU 42 - 41.
1:37 - Game Event: Time out. Whitlock must sit with 3 fouls. VCU substitutes Holtzer to Point Guard.
1:37 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Holtzer tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Holtzer passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Ellsworth shoots in the paint. Offensive foul! Ellsworth charged with the foul while taking the shot over Gomez.
1:26 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Rizzo leads the fast break with Žagar to the right. Rizzo passes the ball to Žagar on the perimeter. Žagar shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Rizzo. Marquette 44 - 42.
1:22 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Ellsworth passes the ball to Nixon outside. Nixon passes the ball to Holtzer in the paint. Holtzer passes the ball to Ellsworth. Ellsworth passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. The shot clock winding down. Nixon shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! VCU 45 - 44.
0:47 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against pressure defense. Arreola passes the ball to Gomez in the paint. Gomez shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Nixon grabs the rebound.
0:37 - VCU: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Nixon passes the ball to Holtzer outside. Holtzer passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon passes the ball to Holtzer on the perimeter. Holtzer passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Ellsworth shoots from the low post. Eriksson rotates over and blocks the shot! Eriksson grabs the rebound.
0:11 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Rizzo leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Rizzo shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Gomez grabs the long offensive rebound.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Marquette 44, VCU 45
Half-Time
2nd Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Rizzo must sit with 2 fouls. Marquette substitutes Kastelic to Shooting Guard.
20:00 - Game Event: Possession arrow favors VCU. They receive the ball...
19:55 - VCU: The ball is inbounded to Strong. Strong passes the ball to Holtzer. Holtzer passes the ball to Ellsworth on the perimeter. Ellsworth shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Eriksson grabs the rebound.
19:35 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Kastelic attacks with the ball on the fast break. Kastelic passes the ball to Arreola on the perimeter. Arreola shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
19:30 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against pressure defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Ellsworth. Ellsworth passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Žagar grabs the rebound.
19:14 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Kastelic attacks with the ball on the fast break. Kastelic turns the ball over out of bounds.
19:10 - Game Event: Time out. Marquette substitutes Rizzo to Shooting Guard. VCU substitutes Whitlock to Point Guard.
19:10 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Rizzo grabs the rebound.
18:59 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Arreola passes the ball to Eriksson in the paint. Eriksson goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Marquette 46 - 45.
18:49 - Game Event: Time out. Marquette substitutes Chester to Small Forward and Žagar to Center. VCU substitutes Smiley to Center.
18:49 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Smiley in the paint. Smiley passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon turns the ball over out of bounds.
18:33 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Arreola passes the ball to Chester on the perimeter. Chester passes the ball to Žagar in the paint. Žagar shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Ellsworth grabs the rebound.
18:18 - VCU: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Nixon passes the ball to Whitlock in the paint. Whitlock passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon carelessly turns the ball over out of bounds.
18:07 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against pressure defense. Arreola shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Rizzo grabs the long offensive rebound.
18:03 - Marquette: Rizzo has the rebound and restarts the offense. Nixon steals the pass from Rizzo.
17:57 - VCU: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Nixon passes the ball to Smiley. Smiley passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Žagar grabs the rebound.
17:40 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against a zone defense. Arreola drives to the basket. Foul! Whitlock commits the foul on Arreola.
17:29 - Game Event: Time out. Whitlock must sit with 4 fouls. VCU substitutes Holtzer to Point Guard.
17:29 - Marquette: The ball is inbounded to Arreola. Arreola passes the ball to Rizzo on the perimeter. Rizzo shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Chester grabs the long offensive rebound.
17:21 - Marquette: Chester has the rebound and restarts the offense. Chester passes the ball to Žagar. Žagar passes the ball to Chester on the perimeter. Chester passes the ball to Arreola on the perimeter. Arreola passes the ball to Rizzo. And the shot clock expires!
17:01 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Ellsworth. Ellsworth passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nixon. VCU 48 - 46.
16:42 - Marquette: Rizzo brings up the ball against a zone defense. Rizzo passes the ball to Arreola on the perimeter. Arreola tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Arreola passes the ball to Žagar in the paint. Žagar shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Arreola. Tied 48 - 48.
16:26 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Ellsworth passes the ball to Elder. Elder tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Elder passes the ball to Holtzer. Holtzer with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Elder. VCU 50 - 48.
16:03 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nixon steals the pass from Arreola.
15:56 - 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. Elder shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nixon. VCU 52 - 48.
15:41 - Game Event: Time out. Marquette substitutes Kastelic to Point Guard, Virtanen to Small Forward, Chester to Power Forward and Gomez to Center. VCU substitutes Williams to Small Forward.
15:41 - Marquette: Kastelic brings up the ball against a zone defense. Kastelic passes the ball to Gomez on the perimeter. Gomez drives by Williams. Gomez passes the ball to Kastelic on the perimeter. Kastelic shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Virtanen grabs the long offensive rebound.
15:27 - Marquette: Virtanen has the rebound and restarts the offense. Virtanen passes the ball to Gomez in the paint. Gomez shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Smiley grabs the rebound.
15:20 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Smiley in the paint. Smiley passes the ball to Holtzer. Holtzer passes the ball to Smiley in the paint. Smiley passes the ball to Holtzer on the perimeter. Holtzer passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Ellsworth shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Ellsworth grabs the offensive rebound.
14:48 - VCU: Ellsworth has the rebound and restarts the offense. Ellsworth shoots from the low post. Offensive foul! Ellsworth charged with the foul while taking the shot over Chester.
14:44 - Marquette: Kastelic brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Kastelic passes the ball to Chester on the perimeter. Chester shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Chester grabs the offensive rebound.
14:36 - Marquette: Chester has the rebound and restarts the offense. Chester shoots from the low post. Offensive foul! Chester charged with the foul while taking the shot over Ellsworth.
14:32 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Ellsworth tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ellsworth passes the ball to Nixon. Nixon with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Rizzo grabs the rebound.
14:15 - Marquette: Rizzo brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Rizzo passes the ball to Chester in the paint. Chester shoots in the paint. It's blocked by Ellsworth! Ellsworth grabs the rebound.
14:03 - VCU: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Nixon passes the ball to Williams outside. Williams passes the ball to Nixon. Nixon passes the ball to Holtzer. Rizzo steals the pass from Holtzer.
13:43 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Rizzo leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Rizzo passes the ball to Kastelic on the perimeter. Kastelic turns the ball over out of bounds.
13:29 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against a zone defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Williams in the paint. Williams passes the ball to Holtzer on the perimeter. Holtzer passes the ball to Ellsworth. Ellsworth passes the ball to Nixon. Nixon with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Kastelic grabs the rebound.
13:00 - Marquette: Kastelic brings up the ball against a zone defense. Kastelic passes the ball to Rizzo. Rizzo turns the ball over to the other team.
12:53 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Nixon leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Nixon shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Gomez grabs the long rebound.
12:41 - Marquette: Kastelic brings up the ball against pressure defense. Kastelic passes the ball to Virtanen on the perimeter. Virtanen turns the ball over out of bounds.
12:33 - Game Event: Time out. Marquette substitutes Hsu to Shooting Guard and Eriksson to Center. VCU substitutes Steffen to Shooting Guard, Gentry to Power Forward and Strong to Center.
12:33 - VCU: Steffen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Steffen shoots from deep. The shot misses. Chester grabs the rebound.
12:26 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Hsu leads the fast break with Virtanen to the right. Hsu passes the ball to Virtanen on the perimeter. Virtanen shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Chester grabs the long offensive rebound.
12:23 - Marquette: Chester has the rebound and restarts the offense. Strong steals the pass from Chester.
12:18 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against a zone defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Steffen on the perimeter. Steffen shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Chester grabs the rebound.
12:06 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Hsu leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hsu passes the ball to Chester in the paint. Chester passes the ball to Eriksson on the perimeter. Foul! Williams commits a foul away from the ball.
11:51 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Elder to Small Forward.
11:51 - Marquette: The ball is inbounded to Hsu. Hsu passes the ball to Chester. Chester passes the ball to Virtanen in the paint. Virtanen shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Chester. VCU 52 - 50.
11:39 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against a zone defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Virtanen grabs the rebound.
11:30 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Hsu leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hsu passes the ball to Kastelic on the perimeter. Kastelic shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Holtzer grabs the long rebound.
11:15 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Holtzer attacks with the ball on the fast break. Holtzer turns the ball over to the other team.
11:07 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Hsu leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hsu passes the ball to Virtanen in the paint. Foul! Holtzer commits a foul away from the ball.
10:55 - Game Event: Time out. Marquette substitutes Arreola to Point Guard, Kastelic to Shooting Guard and Žagar to Small Forward.
10:55 - Marquette: The ball is inbounded to Eriksson. Eriksson hands off the ball to Kastelic. Kastelic passes the ball to Chester. Chester passes the ball to Arreola on the perimeter. Arreola shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Strong grabs the long rebound.
10:30 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Holtzer leads the fast break with Elder and Steffen. Holtzer passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Arreola grabs the long rebound.
10:25 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Kastelic leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Kastelic passes the ball to Arreola on the perimeter. Arreola shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
10:10 - VCU: Steffen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Steffen passes the ball to Gentry in the paint. Gentry passes the ball to Steffen on the perimeter. Steffen passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Gentry grabs the offensive rebound.
9:52 - VCU: Gentry has the rebound and restarts the offense. Gentry shoots from the low post. Offensive foul! Gentry charged with the foul while taking the shot over Chester.
9:47 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Arreola drives down the lane. Arreola lays it up. Foul! Holtzer fouls Arreola on the shot. Arreola makes the first free throw. Arreola makes the second free throw. Tied 52 - 52.
9:35 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Steffen on the perimeter. Steffen turns the ball over out of bounds.
9:29 - Game Event: Time out. Marquette substitutes Kastelic to Point Guard, Hsu to Shooting Guard and Virtanen to Small Forward.
9:29 - Marquette: Kastelic brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Kastelic tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Kastelic passes the ball to Eriksson in the paint. Eriksson shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Marquette 54 - 52.
9:17 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Steffen on the perimeter. Steffen shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Kastelic grabs the long rebound.
9:09 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Hsu leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hsu passes the ball to Kastelic on the perimeter. Kastelic drives by Holtzer. Kastelic lays it up. The shot goes in! Marquette 56 - 52.
8:48 - Game Event: Time out. Marquette substitutes Arreola to Point Guard, Rizzo to Shooting Guard and Žagar to Small Forward. VCU substitutes Whitlock to Point Guard.
8:48 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Chester grabs the rebound.
8:37 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Rizzo leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Rizzo passes the ball to Eriksson in the paint. Eriksson shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Elder grabs the rebound.
8:23 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Gentry in the paint. Gentry passes the ball to Whitlock in the paint. Whitlock passes the ball to Elder. Foul! Arreola commits a foul away from the ball.
8:00 - Game Event: Time out. Marquette substitutes Kastelic to Shooting Guard. VCU substitutes Williams to Small Forward.
8:00 - VCU: The ball is inbounded to Whitlock. Whitlock drives down the lane. Whitlock lays it up. The shot misses. Kastelic grabs the rebound.
7:48 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Kastelic leads the fast break with Arreola to the right. Kastelic passes the ball to Arreola at the basket. Arreola lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Kastelic. Marquette 58 - 52.
7:44 - Game Event: Time out. Marquette substitutes Rizzo to Shooting Guard and Gomez to Power Forward. VCU substitutes Elder to Small Forward and Ellsworth to Power Forward.
7:44 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Steffen on the perimeter. Steffen passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Ellsworth passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Gomez steals the pass from Strong.
7:19 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Rizzo attacks with the ball on the fast break. Rizzo passes the ball to Žagar on the perimeter. Žagar shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Eriksson grabs the offensive rebound.
7:13 - Marquette: Eriksson has the rebound and restarts the offense. Eriksson passes the ball to Rizzo outside. Rizzo shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Arreola grabs the long offensive rebound.
7:04 - Marquette: Arreola has the rebound and restarts the offense. Arreola passes the ball to Eriksson in the paint. Eriksson shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Marquette 60 - 52.
6:54 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Nixon to Shooting Guard.
6:54 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Eriksson grabs the rebound.
6:44 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Arreola leads the fast break with Rizzo and Žagar. Arreola lays it up. The shot goes in! Marquette 62 - 52.
6:38 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitlock tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Whitlock with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Marquette 62 - 54.
6:26 - Game Event: Time out. Marquette substitutes Chester to Power Forward. VCU substitutes Gentry to Power Forward.
6:26 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Arreola passes the ball to Eriksson in the paint. Eriksson shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Arreola. Marquette 64 - 54.
6:15 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Whitlock. Whitlock passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Žagar grabs the rebound.
5:53 - Marquette: Rizzo brings up the ball against a zone defense. Rizzo shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Marquette 67 - 54.
5:48 - Game Event: Time out. Marquette substitutes Gomez to Power Forward. VCU substitutes Ellsworth to Power Forward.
5:48 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Elder in the paint. Elder shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Whitlock. And Elder is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Elder makes the first free throw. Marquette 67 - 57.
5:34 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Arreola passes the ball to Gomez outside. Gomez passes the ball to Rizzo on the perimeter. Rizzo shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Ellsworth grabs the rebound.
5:18 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Whitlock leads the fast break with Nixon and Elder. Whitlock passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Whitlock. Marquette 67 - 60.
5:18 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to VCU!
5:12 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Steffen to Shooting Guard.
5:12 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Arreola passes the ball to Rizzo on the perimeter. Rizzo shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Arreola. Marquette 70 - 60.
5:00 - Game Event: Time out. Marquette substitutes Kastelic to Shooting Guard.
5:00 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Steffen in the paint. Steffen shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Eriksson grabs the rebound.
4:50 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Arreola leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Steffen steals the pass from Arreola.
4:39 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Elder. Elder shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Gomez grabs the rebound.
4:30 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Kastelic leads the fast break with Arreola and Žagar. Kastelic passes the ball to Arreola at the basket. Arreola lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Kastelic. Marquette 72 - 60.
4:24 - Game Event: Time out. Marquette substitutes Rizzo to Shooting Guard. VCU substitutes Nixon to Shooting Guard.
4:24 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Strong outside. Strong passes the ball to Nixon outside. Nixon passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Eriksson grabs the rebound.
4:01 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Rizzo leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Rizzo passes the ball to Gomez on the perimeter. Gomez shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Eriksson grabs the long offensive rebound.
3:49 - Marquette: Eriksson has the rebound and restarts the offense. Eriksson passes the ball to Rizzo on the perimeter. Rizzo shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Marquette 75 - 60.
3:41 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Nixon outside. Nixon passes the ball to Whitlock. Whitlock passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Žagar grabs the rebound.
3:21 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Arreola passes the ball to Rizzo on the perimeter. Rizzo passes the ball to Arreola outside. Nixon steals the pass from Arreola.
3:10 - 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 Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nixon. Marquette 75 - 62.
2:55 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against pressure defense. Arreola passes the ball to Rizzo on the perimeter. Rizzo shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
2:45 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense. Marquette is fatigued and are showing low defensive energy. Whitlock passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon passes the ball to Whitlock on the perimeter. Whitlock tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Whitlock with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Foul! Elder fouls Žagar trying to grab the offensive rebound. In the bonus, Žagar is shooting one-and-one. Žagar makes the first free throw. Žagar makes the second free throw. Marquette 77 - 62.
2:12 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Marquette 77 - 65.
1:59 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against a zone defense. Arreola passes the ball to Žagar on the perimeter. Žagar passes the ball to Gomez in the paint. Gomez shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
1:41 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Ellsworth passes the ball to Whitlock on the perimeter. Whitlock passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Whitlock. Marquette 77 - 68.
1:19 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against pressure defense. Arreola passes the ball to Rizzo in the paint. Rizzo shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Whitlock grabs the rebound.
1:08 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Nixon leads the fast break with Whitlock to the right. Nixon passes the ball to Whitlock on the perimeter. Whitlock shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nixon. Marquette 77 - 71.
1:04 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball while the defense tries to foul. Arreola passes the ball to Rizzo on the perimeter. Foul! Whitlock commits the intentional foul on Rizzo. Whitlock fouls out. Holtzer replaces Whitlock at point guard. In the bonus, Rizzo is shooting one-and-one. Rizzo missed the first free throw. Ellsworth grabs the rebound.
1:00 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Žagar grabs the long rebound.
0:49 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Arreola leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Arreola passes the ball to Rizzo outside. Foul! Elder commits the intentional foul on Rizzo. In the bonus, Rizzo is shooting one-and-one. Rizzo missed the first free throw. Rizzo grabs the offensive rebound.
0:39 - Marquette: Rizzo has the rebound and restarts the offense. Rizzo passes the ball to Gomez in the paint. Gomez passes the ball to Arreola on the perimeter. Arreola passes the ball to Eriksson. Eriksson turns the ball over to the other team.
0:27 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Holtzer leads the fast break with Nixon and Elder. Holtzer passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Strong grabs the offensive rebound.
0:20 - VCU: Strong has the rebound and restarts the offense. Strong passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Strong grabs the long offensive rebound.
0:07 - VCU: Strong has the rebound and restarts the offense. Strong shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Marquette 77 - 74.
0:07 - Game Event: The home crowds goes crazy as their team has captured the momentum!
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Marquette 77, VCU 74
Starting Line-Ups
Marquette: PG-Arreola (6' ½"), SG-Rizzo (6' 2"), SF-Žagar (6' 10½"), PF-Gomez (6' 9"), C-Eriksson (7' 1½")
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! Marquette gains possession on the jump ball...
19:55 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Rizzo leads the fast break with Žagar to the right. Rizzo lays it up. The shot goes in! And Rizzo is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Rizzo makes the first free throw. Marquette 3 - 0.
19:50 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Nixon in the paint. Nixon passes the ball to Whitlock on the perimeter. Whitlock passes the ball to Nixon outside. Nixon passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Elder grabs the long offensive rebound.
19:21 - VCU: Elder has the rebound and restarts the offense. Elder passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Ellsworth passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. Offensive foul! Strong charged with the foul while taking the shot over Eriksson.
19:03 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against a zone defense. Arreola passes the ball to Eriksson in the paint. Eriksson shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Marquette 5 - 0.
18:51 - Game Event: Time out. Marquette substitutes Chester to Small Forward and Žagar to Center. VCU substitutes Holtzer to Point Guard and Smiley to Center.
18:51 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Rizzo steals the pass from Holtzer.
18:43 - Marquette: Breakaway! Rizzo takes the ball the length of the court. Rizzo attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Marquette 7 - 0.
18:39 - VCU: Nixon brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nixon passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder passes the ball to Smiley in the paint. Smiley goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Elder. And Smiley is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Smiley makes the first free throw. Marquette 7 - 3.
18:23 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Arreola passes the ball to Chester. Chester passes the ball to Žagar in the paint. Žagar shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Elder grabs the rebound.
18:07 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Nixon leads the fast break with Elder to the right. Nixon passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Arreola grabs the rebound.
18:01 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Arreola turns the ball over out of bounds.
17:56 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Ellsworth passes the ball to Nixon in the paint. Nixon passes the ball to Holtzer. Holtzer passes the ball to Smiley. Smiley with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Žagar grabs the rebound.
17:23 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Rizzo leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Rizzo passes the ball to Arreola on the perimeter. Arreola shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Rizzo. Marquette 10 - 3.
17:05 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon passes the ball to Elder. Elder shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Rizzo grabs the rebound.
16:47 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against a zone defense. Arreola passes the ball to Rizzo in the paint. Rizzo shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Marquette 12 - 3.
16:36 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Ellsworth passes the ball to Nixon outside. Nixon shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Gomez grabs the rebound.
16:07 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Rizzo leads the fast break with Arreola to the right. Rizzo lays it up. Foul! Holtzer fouls Rizzo on the shot. Rizzo missed the first free throw. Rizzo makes the second free throw. Marquette 13 - 3.
16:01 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against a zone defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Nixon in the paint. Nixon shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Žagar grabs the rebound.
15:48 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against pressure defense. Arreola tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Arreola passes the ball to Žagar in the paint. Žagar shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! And Žagar is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Žagar makes the first free throw. Marquette 16 - 3.
15:39 - Game Event: Time out. Marquette substitutes Kastelic to Point Guard, Virtanen to Small Forward, Chester to Power Forward and Gomez to Center. VCU substitutes Williams to Small Forward.
15:39 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Smiley in the paint. Smiley passes the ball to Nixon outside. Nixon passes the ball to Williams. Williams with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nixon. Marquette 16 - 5.
15:19 - Marquette: Kastelic brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Kastelic passes the ball to Rizzo. Rizzo with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Kastelic. Marquette 18 - 5.
15:09 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Smiley on the perimeter. Smiley passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon passes the ball to Holtzer outside. Holtzer passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon passes the ball to Holtzer in the paint. Holtzer shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Marquette 18 - 7.
14:38 - Marquette: Kastelic brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Kastelic tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Kastelic with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Marquette 20 - 7.
14:28 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Williams outside. Williams passes the ball to Nixon in the paint. Nixon passes the ball to Holtzer on the perimeter. Virtanen steals the pass from Holtzer.
14:08 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Rizzo leads the fast break with Virtanen to the right. Rizzo passes the ball to Virtanen on the perimeter. Virtanen shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Holtzer grabs the long rebound.
14:05 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against a zone defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Williams on the perimeter. Williams shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Rizzo grabs the rebound.
13:55 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Rizzo leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Rizzo passes the ball to Kastelic outside. Kastelic passes the ball to Gomez in the paint. Gomez passes the ball to Kastelic. Kastelic shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Marquette 22 - 7.
13:26 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against a zone defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Williams. Williams passes the ball to Ellsworth. Ellsworth passes the ball to Holtzer in the paint. Holtzer shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Gomez grabs the rebound.
12:59 - Marquette: Kastelic brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Nixon steals the pass from Kastelic.
12:55 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Nixon leads the fast break with Holtzer 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. Marquette 22 - 10.
12:49 - Game Event: Time out. Marquette substitutes Hsu to Shooting Guard and Eriksson to Center. VCU substitutes Whitlock to Point Guard, Steffen to Shooting Guard, Gentry to Power Forward and Strong to Center.
12:49 - Marquette: Kastelic brings up the ball against a zone defense. Kastelic passes the ball to Eriksson. Eriksson shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot misses. Steffen grabs the rebound.
12:37 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Gentry in the paint. Gentry passes the ball to Williams on the perimeter. Williams shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Eriksson grabs the rebound.
12:16 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Hsu leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hsu passes the ball to Eriksson. Eriksson shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
12:03 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Marquette 22 - 12.
11:50 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Elder to Small Forward.
11:50 - Marquette: Kastelic brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Kastelic passes the ball to Chester in the paint. Chester passes the ball to Virtanen on the perimeter. Virtanen passes the ball to Eriksson in the paint. Eriksson passes the ball to Chester. Chester passes the ball to Eriksson in the paint. Eriksson goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Marquette 24 - 12.
11:20 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Holtzer to Point Guard.
11:20 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hsu steals the pass from Holtzer.
11:16 - Marquette: Kastelic brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Kastelic passes the ball to Chester in the paint. Chester passes the ball to Kastelic in the paint. Kastelic shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
10:59 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Gentry in the paint. Gentry shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Strong. Marquette 24 - 14.
10:43 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Whitlock to Point Guard.
10:43 - Marquette: Kastelic brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Kastelic passes the ball to Chester in the paint. Offensive foul! Chester commits the foul.
10:39 - VCU: Steffen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Steffen tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Steffen turns the ball over out of bounds.
10:29 - Marquette: Kastelic brings up the ball against a zone defense. Kastelic passes the ball to Chester. Chester passes the ball to Virtanen on the perimeter. Virtanen passes the ball to Hsu in the paint. Gentry steals the pass from Hsu.
10:08 - 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 Whitlock outside. Whitlock passes the ball to Gentry in the paint. Gentry tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Gentry shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Eriksson grabs the rebound.
9:36 - Marquette: Kastelic brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Elder steals the pass from Kastelic.
9:29 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hsu steals the pass from Whitlock.
9:25 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Hsu leads the fast break with Kastelic to the right. Hsu lays it up. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
9:20 - VCU: Steffen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Steffen passes the ball to Gentry. Gentry drives by Chester. Gentry passes the ball to Strong at the basket. Strong lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Gentry. Marquette 24 - 16.
9:20 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to VCU!
9:02 - Game Event: Time out. Marquette substitutes Arreola to Point Guard, Kastelic to Shooting Guard and Žagar to Small Forward. VCU substitutes Williams to Small Forward.
9:02 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Arreola passes the ball to Žagar on the perimeter. Žagar passes the ball to Eriksson on the perimeter. Foul! Whitlock commits a foul away from the ball.
8:53 - Game Event: Time out. Whitlock must sit with 2 fouls. VCU substitutes Holtzer to Point Guard and Elder to Small Forward.
8:53 - Marquette: The ball is inbounded to Kastelic. Kastelic passes the ball to Chester in the paint. Chester passes the ball to Kastelic on the perimeter. Kastelic shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Holtzer grabs the long rebound.
8:36 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against a zone defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Marquette 24 - 19.
8:25 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against a zone defense. Arreola passes the ball to Kastelic. Kastelic turns the ball over to the other team.
8:18 - 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 misses. Gentry grabs the long offensive rebound.
8:03 - VCU: Gentry has the rebound and restarts the offense. Gentry passes the ball to Holtzer outside. Holtzer passes the ball to Elder outside. Elder shoots from deep. The shot goes in! Marquette 24 - 22.
7:46 - Game Event: Time out. Marquette substitutes Rizzo to Shooting Guard.
7:46 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against pressure defense. Arreola passes the ball to Rizzo on the perimeter. Rizzo shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Arreola. Marquette 27 - 22.
7:37 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Holtzer tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Holtzer with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Eriksson grabs the rebound.
7:26 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Rizzo leads the fast break with Žagar and Arreola. Rizzo passes the ball to Žagar on the perimeter. Žagar shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Eriksson grabs the long offensive rebound.
7:20 - Marquette: Eriksson has the rebound and restarts the offense. Eriksson passes the ball to Žagar. Žagar shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Eriksson. Marquette 29 - 22.
7:11 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Elder. Elder shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Eriksson grabs the rebound.
7:02 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Arreola passes the ball to Chester in the paint. Chester passes the ball to Žagar. Žagar with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Chester. Marquette 31 - 22.
6:52 - Game Event: Time out. Marquette substitutes Gomez to Power Forward. VCU substitutes Nixon to Shooting Guard and Ellsworth to Power Forward.
6:52 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against a zone defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Elder. Elder shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Holtzer. Marquette 31 - 24.
6:39 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Arreola passes the ball to Žagar in the paint. Žagar shoots from the block. Foul! Elder fouls Žagar on the shot. Žagar missed the first free throw. Žagar makes the second free throw. Marquette 32 - 24.
6:28 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Steffen to Shooting Guard.
6:28 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against a zone defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Steffen. Steffen passes the ball to Elder. Elder passes the ball to Steffen on the perimeter. Steffen shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Marquette 32 - 27.
6:00 - Game Event: Time out. Marquette substitutes Chester to Power Forward. VCU substitutes Gentry to Power Forward.
6:00 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against a zone defense. Arreola passes the ball to Chester in the paint. Foul! Gentry commits the foul on Chester. In the bonus, Chester is shooting one-and-one. Chester missed the first free throw. Gentry grabs the rebound.
5:53 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Elder. Elder passes the ball to Steffen in the paint. Steffen passes the ball to Holtzer. Holtzer passes the ball to Gentry in the paint. Gentry shoots from the low post. Foul! Chester fouls Gentry on the shot. Gentry makes the first free throw. Gentry makes the second free throw. Marquette 32 - 29.
5:24 - Game Event: Time out. Marquette substitutes Gomez to Power Forward. VCU substitutes Nixon to Shooting Guard and Ellsworth to Power Forward.
5:24 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Strong steals the pass from Arreola.
5:18 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against pressure defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Holtzer outside. Holtzer passes the ball to Nixon. Nixon passes the ball to Ellsworth. Ellsworth shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nixon. Marquette 32 - 31.
4:50 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Whitlock to Point Guard.
4:50 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Arreola passes the ball to Gomez. Gomez passes the ball to Žagar. Žagar shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
4:35 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitlock drives down the lane. Whitlock passes the ball to Strong at the basket. Strong lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Whitlock. VCU 33 - 32.
4:22 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Arreola passes the ball to Rizzo on the perimeter. Rizzo shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Arreola. Marquette 35 - 33.
4:15 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Ellsworth shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Tied 35 - 35.
4:15 - Game Event: The home crowds goes crazy as their team has captured the momentum!
4:04 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Arreola passes the ball to Eriksson in the paint. Eriksson shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
3:54 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitlock tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Whitlock turns the ball over to the other team.
3:41 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Rizzo leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Rizzo passes the ball to Žagar in the paint. Žagar shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Rizzo. Marquette 37 - 35.
3:25 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Elder passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Elder. Tied 37 - 37.
3:05 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Arreola drives by Whitlock. Arreola lays it up. The shot misses. Ellsworth grabs the rebound.
2:52 - 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 Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Ellsworth on the perimeter. Ellsworth shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Žagar grabs the rebound.
2:29 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Arreola leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Arreola shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Žagar grabs the long offensive rebound.
2:20 - Marquette: Žagar has the rebound and restarts the offense. Žagar passes the ball to Arreola in the paint. Arreola passes the ball to Eriksson. Eriksson shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Arreola. Marquette 39 - 37.
2:02 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against pressure defense. Whitlock tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Whitlock passes the ball to Elder. Elder with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Tied 39 - 39.
1:53 - Marquette: Rizzo brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Rizzo shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Strong grabs the long rebound.
1:50 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Nixon leads the fast break with Whitlock to the right. Nixon passes the ball to Whitlock on the perimeter. Whitlock shoots from the three point line. Foul! Rizzo fouls Whitlock on the shot. Whitlock makes the first free throw. Whitlock makes the second free throw. Whitlock makes the third free throw. VCU 42 - 39.
1:45 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Arreola drives by Whitlock. Arreola lays it up. Foul! Whitlock fouls Arreola on the shot. Arreola makes the first free throw. Arreola makes the second free throw. VCU 42 - 41.
1:37 - Game Event: Time out. Whitlock must sit with 3 fouls. VCU substitutes Holtzer to Point Guard.
1:37 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Holtzer tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Holtzer passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Ellsworth shoots in the paint. Offensive foul! Ellsworth charged with the foul while taking the shot over Gomez.
1:26 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Rizzo leads the fast break with Žagar to the right. Rizzo passes the ball to Žagar on the perimeter. Žagar shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Rizzo. Marquette 44 - 42.
1:22 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Ellsworth passes the ball to Nixon outside. Nixon passes the ball to Holtzer in the paint. Holtzer passes the ball to Ellsworth. Ellsworth passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. The shot clock winding down. Nixon shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! VCU 45 - 44.
0:47 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against pressure defense. Arreola passes the ball to Gomez in the paint. Gomez shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Nixon grabs the rebound.
0:37 - VCU: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Nixon passes the ball to Holtzer outside. Holtzer passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon passes the ball to Holtzer on the perimeter. Holtzer passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Ellsworth shoots from the low post. Eriksson rotates over and blocks the shot! Eriksson grabs the rebound.
0:11 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Rizzo leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Rizzo shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Gomez grabs the long offensive rebound.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Marquette 44, VCU 45
Half-Time
2nd Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Rizzo must sit with 2 fouls. Marquette substitutes Kastelic to Shooting Guard.
20:00 - Game Event: Possession arrow favors VCU. They receive the ball...
19:55 - VCU: The ball is inbounded to Strong. Strong passes the ball to Holtzer. Holtzer passes the ball to Ellsworth on the perimeter. Ellsworth shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Eriksson grabs the rebound.
19:35 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Kastelic attacks with the ball on the fast break. Kastelic passes the ball to Arreola on the perimeter. Arreola shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
19:30 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against pressure defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Ellsworth. Ellsworth passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Žagar grabs the rebound.
19:14 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Kastelic attacks with the ball on the fast break. Kastelic turns the ball over out of bounds.
19:10 - Game Event: Time out. Marquette substitutes Rizzo to Shooting Guard. VCU substitutes Whitlock to Point Guard.
19:10 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Rizzo grabs the rebound.
18:59 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Arreola passes the ball to Eriksson in the paint. Eriksson goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Marquette 46 - 45.
18:49 - Game Event: Time out. Marquette substitutes Chester to Small Forward and Žagar to Center. VCU substitutes Smiley to Center.
18:49 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Smiley in the paint. Smiley passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon turns the ball over out of bounds.
18:33 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Arreola passes the ball to Chester on the perimeter. Chester passes the ball to Žagar in the paint. Žagar shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Ellsworth grabs the rebound.
18:18 - VCU: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Nixon passes the ball to Whitlock in the paint. Whitlock passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon carelessly turns the ball over out of bounds.
18:07 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against pressure defense. Arreola shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Rizzo grabs the long offensive rebound.
18:03 - Marquette: Rizzo has the rebound and restarts the offense. Nixon steals the pass from Rizzo.
17:57 - VCU: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Nixon passes the ball to Smiley. Smiley passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Žagar grabs the rebound.
17:40 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against a zone defense. Arreola drives to the basket. Foul! Whitlock commits the foul on Arreola.
17:29 - Game Event: Time out. Whitlock must sit with 4 fouls. VCU substitutes Holtzer to Point Guard.
17:29 - Marquette: The ball is inbounded to Arreola. Arreola passes the ball to Rizzo on the perimeter. Rizzo shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Chester grabs the long offensive rebound.
17:21 - Marquette: Chester has the rebound and restarts the offense. Chester passes the ball to Žagar. Žagar passes the ball to Chester on the perimeter. Chester passes the ball to Arreola on the perimeter. Arreola passes the ball to Rizzo. And the shot clock expires!
17:01 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Ellsworth. Ellsworth passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nixon. VCU 48 - 46.
16:42 - Marquette: Rizzo brings up the ball against a zone defense. Rizzo passes the ball to Arreola on the perimeter. Arreola tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Arreola passes the ball to Žagar in the paint. Žagar shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Arreola. Tied 48 - 48.
16:26 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Ellsworth passes the ball to Elder. Elder tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Elder passes the ball to Holtzer. Holtzer with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Elder. VCU 50 - 48.
16:03 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nixon steals the pass from Arreola.
15:56 - 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. Elder shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nixon. VCU 52 - 48.
15:41 - Game Event: Time out. Marquette substitutes Kastelic to Point Guard, Virtanen to Small Forward, Chester to Power Forward and Gomez to Center. VCU substitutes Williams to Small Forward.
15:41 - Marquette: Kastelic brings up the ball against a zone defense. Kastelic passes the ball to Gomez on the perimeter. Gomez drives by Williams. Gomez passes the ball to Kastelic on the perimeter. Kastelic shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Virtanen grabs the long offensive rebound.
15:27 - Marquette: Virtanen has the rebound and restarts the offense. Virtanen passes the ball to Gomez in the paint. Gomez shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Smiley grabs the rebound.
15:20 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Smiley in the paint. Smiley passes the ball to Holtzer. Holtzer passes the ball to Smiley in the paint. Smiley passes the ball to Holtzer on the perimeter. Holtzer passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Ellsworth shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Ellsworth grabs the offensive rebound.
14:48 - VCU: Ellsworth has the rebound and restarts the offense. Ellsworth shoots from the low post. Offensive foul! Ellsworth charged with the foul while taking the shot over Chester.
14:44 - Marquette: Kastelic brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Kastelic passes the ball to Chester on the perimeter. Chester shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Chester grabs the offensive rebound.
14:36 - Marquette: Chester has the rebound and restarts the offense. Chester shoots from the low post. Offensive foul! Chester charged with the foul while taking the shot over Ellsworth.
14:32 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Ellsworth tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ellsworth passes the ball to Nixon. Nixon with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Rizzo grabs the rebound.
14:15 - Marquette: Rizzo brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Rizzo passes the ball to Chester in the paint. Chester shoots in the paint. It's blocked by Ellsworth! Ellsworth grabs the rebound.
14:03 - VCU: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Nixon passes the ball to Williams outside. Williams passes the ball to Nixon. Nixon passes the ball to Holtzer. Rizzo steals the pass from Holtzer.
13:43 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Rizzo leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Rizzo passes the ball to Kastelic on the perimeter. Kastelic turns the ball over out of bounds.
13:29 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against a zone defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Williams in the paint. Williams passes the ball to Holtzer on the perimeter. Holtzer passes the ball to Ellsworth. Ellsworth passes the ball to Nixon. Nixon with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Kastelic grabs the rebound.
13:00 - Marquette: Kastelic brings up the ball against a zone defense. Kastelic passes the ball to Rizzo. Rizzo turns the ball over to the other team.
12:53 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Nixon leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Nixon shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Gomez grabs the long rebound.
12:41 - Marquette: Kastelic brings up the ball against pressure defense. Kastelic passes the ball to Virtanen on the perimeter. Virtanen turns the ball over out of bounds.
12:33 - Game Event: Time out. Marquette substitutes Hsu to Shooting Guard and Eriksson to Center. VCU substitutes Steffen to Shooting Guard, Gentry to Power Forward and Strong to Center.
12:33 - VCU: Steffen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Steffen shoots from deep. The shot misses. Chester grabs the rebound.
12:26 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Hsu leads the fast break with Virtanen to the right. Hsu passes the ball to Virtanen on the perimeter. Virtanen shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Chester grabs the long offensive rebound.
12:23 - Marquette: Chester has the rebound and restarts the offense. Strong steals the pass from Chester.
12:18 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against a zone defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Steffen on the perimeter. Steffen shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Chester grabs the rebound.
12:06 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Hsu leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hsu passes the ball to Chester in the paint. Chester passes the ball to Eriksson on the perimeter. Foul! Williams commits a foul away from the ball.
11:51 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Elder to Small Forward.
11:51 - Marquette: The ball is inbounded to Hsu. Hsu passes the ball to Chester. Chester passes the ball to Virtanen in the paint. Virtanen shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Chester. VCU 52 - 50.
11:39 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against a zone defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Virtanen grabs the rebound.
11:30 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Hsu leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hsu passes the ball to Kastelic on the perimeter. Kastelic shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Holtzer grabs the long rebound.
11:15 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Holtzer attacks with the ball on the fast break. Holtzer turns the ball over to the other team.
11:07 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Hsu leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hsu passes the ball to Virtanen in the paint. Foul! Holtzer commits a foul away from the ball.
10:55 - Game Event: Time out. Marquette substitutes Arreola to Point Guard, Kastelic to Shooting Guard and Žagar to Small Forward.
10:55 - Marquette: The ball is inbounded to Eriksson. Eriksson hands off the ball to Kastelic. Kastelic passes the ball to Chester. Chester passes the ball to Arreola on the perimeter. Arreola shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Strong grabs the long rebound.
10:30 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Holtzer leads the fast break with Elder and Steffen. Holtzer passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Arreola grabs the long rebound.
10:25 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Kastelic leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Kastelic passes the ball to Arreola on the perimeter. Arreola shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
10:10 - VCU: Steffen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Steffen passes the ball to Gentry in the paint. Gentry passes the ball to Steffen on the perimeter. Steffen passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Gentry grabs the offensive rebound.
9:52 - VCU: Gentry has the rebound and restarts the offense. Gentry shoots from the low post. Offensive foul! Gentry charged with the foul while taking the shot over Chester.
9:47 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Arreola drives down the lane. Arreola lays it up. Foul! Holtzer fouls Arreola on the shot. Arreola makes the first free throw. Arreola makes the second free throw. Tied 52 - 52.
9:35 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Steffen on the perimeter. Steffen turns the ball over out of bounds.
9:29 - Game Event: Time out. Marquette substitutes Kastelic to Point Guard, Hsu to Shooting Guard and Virtanen to Small Forward.
9:29 - Marquette: Kastelic brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Kastelic tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Kastelic passes the ball to Eriksson in the paint. Eriksson shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Marquette 54 - 52.
9:17 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Steffen on the perimeter. Steffen shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Kastelic grabs the long rebound.
9:09 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Hsu leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hsu passes the ball to Kastelic on the perimeter. Kastelic drives by Holtzer. Kastelic lays it up. The shot goes in! Marquette 56 - 52.
8:48 - Game Event: Time out. Marquette substitutes Arreola to Point Guard, Rizzo to Shooting Guard and Žagar to Small Forward. VCU substitutes Whitlock to Point Guard.
8:48 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Chester grabs the rebound.
8:37 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Rizzo leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Rizzo passes the ball to Eriksson in the paint. Eriksson shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Elder grabs the rebound.
8:23 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Gentry in the paint. Gentry passes the ball to Whitlock in the paint. Whitlock passes the ball to Elder. Foul! Arreola commits a foul away from the ball.
8:00 - Game Event: Time out. Marquette substitutes Kastelic to Shooting Guard. VCU substitutes Williams to Small Forward.
8:00 - VCU: The ball is inbounded to Whitlock. Whitlock drives down the lane. Whitlock lays it up. The shot misses. Kastelic grabs the rebound.
7:48 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Kastelic leads the fast break with Arreola to the right. Kastelic passes the ball to Arreola at the basket. Arreola lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Kastelic. Marquette 58 - 52.
7:44 - Game Event: Time out. Marquette substitutes Rizzo to Shooting Guard and Gomez to Power Forward. VCU substitutes Elder to Small Forward and Ellsworth to Power Forward.
7:44 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Steffen on the perimeter. Steffen passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Ellsworth passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Gomez steals the pass from Strong.
7:19 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Rizzo attacks with the ball on the fast break. Rizzo passes the ball to Žagar on the perimeter. Žagar shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Eriksson grabs the offensive rebound.
7:13 - Marquette: Eriksson has the rebound and restarts the offense. Eriksson passes the ball to Rizzo outside. Rizzo shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Arreola grabs the long offensive rebound.
7:04 - Marquette: Arreola has the rebound and restarts the offense. Arreola passes the ball to Eriksson in the paint. Eriksson shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Marquette 60 - 52.
6:54 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Nixon to Shooting Guard.
6:54 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Eriksson grabs the rebound.
6:44 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Arreola leads the fast break with Rizzo and Žagar. Arreola lays it up. The shot goes in! Marquette 62 - 52.
6:38 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitlock tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Whitlock with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Marquette 62 - 54.
6:26 - Game Event: Time out. Marquette substitutes Chester to Power Forward. VCU substitutes Gentry to Power Forward.
6:26 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Arreola passes the ball to Eriksson in the paint. Eriksson shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Arreola. Marquette 64 - 54.
6:15 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Whitlock. Whitlock passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Žagar grabs the rebound.
5:53 - Marquette: Rizzo brings up the ball against a zone defense. Rizzo shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Marquette 67 - 54.
5:48 - Game Event: Time out. Marquette substitutes Gomez to Power Forward. VCU substitutes Ellsworth to Power Forward.
5:48 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Elder in the paint. Elder shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Whitlock. And Elder is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Elder makes the first free throw. Marquette 67 - 57.
5:34 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Arreola passes the ball to Gomez outside. Gomez passes the ball to Rizzo on the perimeter. Rizzo shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Ellsworth grabs the rebound.
5:18 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Whitlock leads the fast break with Nixon and Elder. Whitlock passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Whitlock. Marquette 67 - 60.
5:18 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to VCU!
5:12 - Game Event: Time out. VCU substitutes Steffen to Shooting Guard.
5:12 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Arreola passes the ball to Rizzo on the perimeter. Rizzo shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Arreola. Marquette 70 - 60.
5:00 - Game Event: Time out. Marquette substitutes Kastelic to Shooting Guard.
5:00 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Steffen in the paint. Steffen shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Eriksson grabs the rebound.
4:50 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Arreola leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Steffen steals the pass from Arreola.
4:39 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Elder. Elder shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Gomez grabs the rebound.
4:30 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Kastelic leads the fast break with Arreola and Žagar. Kastelic passes the ball to Arreola at the basket. Arreola lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Kastelic. Marquette 72 - 60.
4:24 - Game Event: Time out. Marquette substitutes Rizzo to Shooting Guard. VCU substitutes Nixon to Shooting Guard.
4:24 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Strong outside. Strong passes the ball to Nixon outside. Nixon passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Eriksson grabs the rebound.
4:01 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Rizzo leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Rizzo passes the ball to Gomez on the perimeter. Gomez shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Eriksson grabs the long offensive rebound.
3:49 - Marquette: Eriksson has the rebound and restarts the offense. Eriksson passes the ball to Rizzo on the perimeter. Rizzo shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Marquette 75 - 60.
3:41 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Nixon outside. Nixon passes the ball to Whitlock. Whitlock passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Žagar grabs the rebound.
3:21 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Arreola passes the ball to Rizzo on the perimeter. Rizzo passes the ball to Arreola outside. Nixon steals the pass from Arreola.
3:10 - 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 Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nixon. Marquette 75 - 62.
2:55 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against pressure defense. Arreola passes the ball to Rizzo on the perimeter. Rizzo shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
2:45 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against a zone defense. Marquette is fatigued and are showing low defensive energy. Whitlock passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon passes the ball to Whitlock on the perimeter. Whitlock tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Whitlock with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Foul! Elder fouls Žagar trying to grab the offensive rebound. In the bonus, Žagar is shooting one-and-one. Žagar makes the first free throw. Žagar makes the second free throw. Marquette 77 - 62.
2:12 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Marquette 77 - 65.
1:59 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against a zone defense. Arreola passes the ball to Žagar on the perimeter. Žagar passes the ball to Gomez in the paint. Gomez shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
1:41 - VCU: Whitlock brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitlock passes the ball to Ellsworth in the paint. Ellsworth passes the ball to Whitlock on the perimeter. Whitlock passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Whitlock. Marquette 77 - 68.
1:19 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball against pressure defense. Arreola passes the ball to Rizzo in the paint. Rizzo shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Whitlock grabs the rebound.
1:08 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Nixon leads the fast break with Whitlock to the right. Nixon passes the ball to Whitlock on the perimeter. Whitlock shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nixon. Marquette 77 - 71.
1:04 - Marquette: Arreola brings up the ball while the defense tries to foul. Arreola passes the ball to Rizzo on the perimeter. Foul! Whitlock commits the intentional foul on Rizzo. Whitlock fouls out. Holtzer replaces Whitlock at point guard. In the bonus, Rizzo is shooting one-and-one. Rizzo missed the first free throw. Ellsworth grabs the rebound.
1:00 - VCU: Holtzer brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Holtzer passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Žagar grabs the long rebound.
0:49 - Marquette: Fast break opportunity! Arreola leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Arreola passes the ball to Rizzo outside. Foul! Elder commits the intentional foul on Rizzo. In the bonus, Rizzo is shooting one-and-one. Rizzo missed the first free throw. Rizzo grabs the offensive rebound.
0:39 - Marquette: Rizzo has the rebound and restarts the offense. Rizzo passes the ball to Gomez in the paint. Gomez passes the ball to Arreola on the perimeter. Arreola passes the ball to Eriksson. Eriksson turns the ball over to the other team.
0:27 - VCU: Fast break opportunity! Holtzer leads the fast break with Nixon and Elder. Holtzer passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Strong grabs the offensive rebound.
0:20 - VCU: Strong has the rebound and restarts the offense. Strong passes the ball to Elder on the perimeter. Elder shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Strong grabs the long offensive rebound.
0:07 - VCU: Strong has the rebound and restarts the offense. Strong shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Marquette 77 - 74.
0:07 - Game Event: The home crowds goes crazy as their team has captured the momentum!
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Marquette 77, VCU 74
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