National Basketball Association
VCU 106, Maryland - E. Shore 66
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, November 20, 2014
Where: Stuart Siegel Center, Richmond, Virginia
Officials:
# Jeff Nichols, # Mike Pearson, # Brandon Williams
Attendance:
6051
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No. 15 VCU 106, Maryland Eastern Shore 66: Terry Larrier scored 21 points off the bench and Treveon Graham added 17 as the Rams routed the Hawks for their 22nd straight home win.
Doug Brooks scored 11, fellow reserve Justin Tillman added 10 and Melvin Johnson chipped in 10 for VCU (3-0), which played in front of its 52nd consecutive sellout crowd at the Siegel Center. Thirteen of the 14 players who entered the game for the Rams scored.
Devon Walker scored 21 points on 7-of-11 shooting and Devin Martin added 20 for Maryland Eastern Shore (1-3), which played for the second straight night after winning at Mount St. Mary's on Wednesday. Mike Myers scored 14 points for the Hawks, who had only five bench points.
VCU scored the first 18 points of the game and ended the first half with a 23-4 run, holding the Hawks to one field goal for the final nine minutes of the half to take a 61-30 lead into the break. The Rams made their first seven shots and 10 of their first 11 and finished the half 22-of-36.
The Rams started hot in the second half, too, scoring seven straight points to push the lead to 68-30, and it never dipped below 33 the rest of the way. Tillman's tip-in of a JeQuan Lewis miss pushed VCU into triple digits with 2:37 remaining.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Graham became the 15th player in school history to reach 1,400 career points. … Ten different players scored for VCU in the first six minutes of the game. … Lewis returned after missing the previous game with a concussion and scored eight points off the bench.
Top Game Performances
| Maryland - E. Shore |
|
VCU |
|
Devon Walker 21 |
Scoring |
Terry Larrier 21 |
|
Ishaq Pitt 4 |
Assists |
Briante Weber 7 |
|
Dominique Elliott 5 |
Rebounds |
Treveon Graham 6 |
|
Devin Martin 11 |
Free Throws Made |
Treveon Graham 4 |
|
Mark Blackmon 1 |
Steals |
JeQuan Lewis 3 |
|
Dominique Elliott 1 |
Blocks |
Justin Tillman 3 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Maryland - E. Shore
|
66 |
38.3 |
8-21 |
22-28 |
11 |
28 |
2 |
4 |
20 |
| VCU
|
106 |
55.7 |
15-33 |
13-21 |
23 |
39 |
6 |
15 |
8 |