VCU vs Davidson | 2021.3.6 | NCAAB Game

back inside the siegel center we look at the starting lineups for tonight's ballgame brought to you by kubota and for davidson i know lee is only a sophomore but this is somewhat of a season team at this point that's going up against vcu now bones highland's been banged up vince williams has been banged up but those guys should be healthy for tonight's ball game bob mckillop we asked him about playing inside the seagull center against vcu obviously this is the 810 semifinals it's covered 19 so they had to make some adjustments he said i'll be honest with you come out of the ncaa tournament but they definitely need to get the win and they're at home all right the tip is controlled by vcu highland right out of the gate covered by kellen grady now let's see if that match-up continues as the night goes on lee covers up vince williams there's leon williams looking inside nothing there they work it along the perimeter baldwin back to williams into the paint sweeps in no good second shot no good as well and the rebound is taken down by moninga i'm sure williams wants to be aggressive tough game last night out really looking to certainly himself he's been bothered by a bad back that's really hurt him hyland had an ankle injury last night a foot injury before here's kellen grady grady could get to 2 000 points tonight he came in with 1977. that one's hard off the back of the iron but the rebound by breikovich that it's out of bounds it'll remain davidson basketball with 19 on the shot clock look for davidson they do a great job of moving the basketball mckill one of the best coaches have been around for a very long time almost 15 assists per game really do a good job of finding each other and when they find each other pretty good chance the ball is going into the hoop for how many uh behind the arc tom krakowicz puts it on the floor he gets it back from lee heads up shot is blocked away that's a hard block by hassan ward here's hyland left side of the lane sweeps it and lays it in he was able to sort of slide right past brady to get that layup to go down yeah he's going downhill and it's really hard you're backpedaling there's that trap i'm sorry there's that press havoc that that bcu's been known to put on you the best in the atlantic 10 at thievery one of the best in the country has been that way for a very long time they go to the free-throw line now the lead lee they say has improved defensively but also is moving without the basketball even better than he was last year's that ball out of bounds and les jones says it's going to be vcu basketball all right here's the block and then the baskets yeah no question about just getting up at the rim oh that was just a physical play and then going downhill so he's going right downhill very hard to stop it someone's got to be there to help got it bones holland's coming down down the middle of lane like that someone's got a stab at him or her fake at him stunt as they call it to get him off his line you see with the basketball shot clock is down to 10. working it up top bounce pass to a cutting stockard he can't get it to go the rebound is picked out by ward fresh 20. they sweep it down inside the stocker you can't get it again breikovich misdirected it the ball is loose and it's a scrum and it's a pushing foul called on kellen grady of davidson they're going at it looks like they're fighting for something right now you know what's at stake both these teams understand gotta hold on to the basketball they're going after it see the drive to the rim big fella leaving it short they've got some size in there tough to score highland got a little separation breikovich came to help out for davidson you need help on bones highland as good as kellen grady is williams for three it's good nothing but net five-nothing vcu he needed that the ball that is huge confidence builder right there and here comes that press see if they can if taran grady has to handle the ball the whole time tom look for them wearing him down as the game goes on brady into the paint picks it out three-pointer is good nothing but net from carter collins and i think we have an equipment issue for meninga his shoe had popped out so the officials have stopped the play so he can get it back on i was wondering who shoes that was i saw it falling fall i think in the three-point area you know kellen grady was gonna pass it out to him instead he found carter collins and that was a good find those guys you allow kellen grady and caught in college to slice you and find three-point shooters it's gonna be a long night that baldwin called for the traveling violation the turnover force by davidson bob mckillop talked about how important the defense was last night and how it would be against mike rose's team tonight because the offense got off to such a good start but they felt like the defense certainly helped that too yeah i mean you can't get off to a better offensive start than they got off to last night and if they can do that and then again you're talking about containing bone highlands it's good he's going to score the basketball it's what you do with the other guys in the scouting report on them they have to be solid carter collins cut off up top goes to breikovic being defended by stockard a little different than last night shot clock at five brady step back three it is no good and the rebound is tipped out williams pulls it out of the air really good rebound run the floor there and ward was out of bounds he couldn't touch it first all right so let's look at banega lose his shoe oh he stepped on it right there colin stepped on it play on that's what they say play on he would have been slipping all over the place yeah you got to play on that was a pad jordans at the park i don't know he'd be walking home in one less i think shoe ward as that play uh that play went out of bounds i think lee lost his contact on that play by ward so lee heads back into the locker room all right let's uh walk the walk with our look at what your keys are hey one shot game you can't allow vcu to the gang rebound you want to get on the glass handle the heat they turn you over like two at a time really got to do that behind the arc vcu's got to guard dayton they're unbelievable pressure makes diamonds dcu wants to score off turnovers that pressure that they can create offense from their defense it'll be a tough night particularly here at home collins bumps triple teams goes to breikovich now to grady grady little head shot clock at five brady size advantage going to the basket can't get it to go ward with the rebound this is good playing good defense without fouling forcing him to make a circus shot breikeman's turning down three if he knocked down four surprise he hasn't hoisted one up yet he said last night they were playing him so loosely that he decided to just take the threes yeah they call those dare threes dude college basketball you'd never want to you guys dare threes carter collins right now he's on bones highland the two big men though playing catch underneath and they can't convert stocker's missed a couple of those so far in this first half i think we call those bunnies it's just too wide open there's breikovich for three too strong and the rebound by ace baldwin [Applause] is moving up and down the floor this is a vcu face they like to get up and down the floor highland goes right down the lane can't finish a little too tight and an easy rebound for brochie edem they're gonna have to find a way to guard him a lot better than that you can't allow him to get to the rim that easy got lucky he missed that one kelly brady working against baldwin little size advantage there both teams are doing a terrific job of hedging ball screens they're not letting you attack off the ball speed with another great defensive player at the block yeah the son ward with the block with the hesitation big step into the fate gets the layup to go down oh my goodness oh my goodness a little hesi what a euro this kid is ultra talented and a steal by ward at midcourt and the alley oops award can't convert that wasn't the best of passes from baldwin and here come the wildcats and a foul on the open floor on ace baldwin you know davidson you know with the athleticism of vcu uh let's see if kellen brady could find a way to threat the needle get the lane and get his buddy shots because they're going to stay on lee and they're not going to leave they're going to stay attached and they're going to have to find ways to manufacture some points yeah jameer watkins six foot seven is on lee now he's zero carter collins a little shot fake goes for the corner jumper from bates jones no good and a rebound yanked down by vcu another another way they can get some points is shot fake catch them jumping because bcu's so aggressive and drive and kick the ball neither team has lit it up offensively in this first half [Applause] lee looking trying to assess trying to be a good teammate and find the open man they're gonna run that off and now he fires the three it's no good but the rebound by the wildcats and bates jones with 11 points in 13 minutes last night brady to collins shot clock is to 10. lee looking in that's a nice look in and a foul is called against vcu the mountain is here live sports breaking news and a mountain of entertainment paramount plus now streaming nelson boche edem to the free-throw line 50 on the year he'll get two i like the the style though he's not thinking about it all right he's getting it and he's firing yeah the way that one uh the result of that one maybe should take like maybe a little breath but i did like the offensive uh set that it was good yeah they moved the ball around and they found a mismatch again hard that's what they're going to do they got to be methodical and and uh bcu they need to try to score because at some point davis is going to find the rhythm those three start raining it gets really tight absolutely highland up top picked up by jones watkins for three too strong and an easy rebound for bates jones anything about davidson they're going to box you out they're going to rebound the basketball you're going to get better one shot game that was the key don't allow vcu to get second shot second chance lee points jones jones wide open for three and no good got to make that all right but so this is the difference from last night to this to tonight 17 threes in last night's game an 8-10 tournament record he tied the 20th record and tonight they're cool from the outside they're cool from now and that's usually how it happens i'm sure they didn't want to use them all last night right now you know they're playing against a team that makes you hurry too that's true they get after you so it's a little bit different island for three and again that's a missed shot kellen grady with the rebound and a foul underneath so that three-headed monster that trio they need them to get going in order for them to win this game if you ever get a chance to listen to kellen grady just talk about anything including basketball it's a pleasure last night he was outstanding in the post-game press conference talking about vcu talking about kova 19 and playing under these conditions that ball is kicked out they see you with a chance to get to the basket it's knocked out of bounds it'll remain vcu basketball with one on the shot clock i don't i don't know what coach mckillop told in that timeout but that energy on that possession was amazing the way the hedge screams sometime it almost looked like a switch sprint back to the man rotate down wow great intensity watkins will inbound to try to get highland and just catch it and throw it up this is what he does best and he tried to bank that one it's a violation it was very similar to the shot he made at the end of the first half yesterday for vcu but that was a three this was i guess it does now the pressure by vcu they're going to get out they're going to force lead to handle that basketball for sure and the press usually doesn't bother you early unless you're just you give this right away it's usually the end of the game you get tired to make those long passes here's lee off the pass from hoffman it's good and lee converts his first bucket of the night it's a one-point game you think about driving the basketball right you don't you don't want to give that type of attention to huffman and allow and legally wide open like that baldwin drops it outside the arc to watkins can't convert whistle blows and a foul underneath [Applause] so he was assessed with a technical foul and that means lee will go to the free-throw line where he's 91 he's trying to reach the the milestone that not many people have been able to reach and that's 90 or better from the free-throw line 50 or better from the floor and 40 or better from beyond the arc wow it's the field goal percentage where he's right at the cuffs he's at 50. those two free throws i mean they didn't touch one piece of the iron that is a swish smooth stroke all right so the technical called on brown jones so he's assessed the foul but the ball goes back to vcu [Applause] with a shot clock at 20. so something must have been said pass up top the three-pointer nothing but net for vince williams he looked at his feet got him set and then let it go yeah welcome sight i mean again like i said before he didn't score last game he's knocked down two triples look at gcu they want to get the game a healthy skelter type of atmosphere here at home gets you hurried up so they can get in transition to get lay-ups and threes lee double-teamed immediately gets it to the corner carter collins and three no good and a rebound for douglas let's see if that that that double teaming and that little kickback has been open and highland when it's in traffic it's a jump ball let's look at the technical foul it's for bad language we said that he must have said something so this is what happened it's brown jones is number two and he wasn't happy that gucci edam fell on top of him inadvertently of course you gotta quote gotta control your emotions you see you leads it by two we're nearly halfway through this first half nice cut to the basket and a beautiful finish by bates jones good recognition on the part do and that's why they're so good they run this offense it's precision it's cutting nice dime now gotta get some pressure on the ball if you bcu because if you just allow them to make passes it's going to be tough williams to douglas douglas nearly carried it gets it to highland covered by carter collins the shot clock is under 10. highland trying to get some space tile into the basket off the glass no good he's fouled and he'll get two free throws [Applause] again when that pressure on the ball you see let it go roll it as soon as he catches it right here marking sort of catches right there that cut at that cut is just precise you got to get your hands up you don't get a deflection it's going to be tough they're just so good [Applause] at dropping dimes and just cutting no matter if you know their offense or not time you gotta you gotta be calling windshield wipers you gotta get deflections you gotta take them off their path if not they'll just be dropping dimes those guys will be cutting it's very hard to guard him hassan ward checks back in douglas out it's the old princeton you know thought the head turns you go pete carrell used to talk about that all the time as highland makes both free throws to give vcu a two-point lead nine and a half to play here in the first half [Applause] see those hands are up now you gotta go that's how you have to guard gotta go for deflections which is what they want to deflections jones outside the perimeter jackpot is under 10. he leaves it for huffman again covered by highland huffman right through the paint has it blocked from behind by ward out of bounds and it'll be davidson basketball just driving the basketball trying to get to the rim keyboard there sometimes you want to be there to get it charged you got to get there right away to get a charge not necessarily want to get a block that's keller grady you're probably going to foul him up with a smaller guard you can block his shot that's just not good defense there on a slide shot clock is it two grady checks back in so does breikovich ho chi eat them out humping out a chance for screen to screener action [Applause] lee trying to find somebody gets into the jones jones throws it up and it's no good it's a violation he tripped as he let that one go and menenga will check back in and beach jones will check out for davidson mckillip 606 wins he's one of 40 head coaches who have won 600 games or more looks like he's been doing it for every time it's like he's doing it forever and he's so composed he still loves it and he's an incredible recruiter he's got a son on the staff williams for three i know that three ball is open but i would definitely like to see bcu thrive the ball took the paint a tad bit more and not rely on the three so much collins leaves it to krykovic rankovic's working against ward deliberate get some space try to reverse he's going to get two free throws they call the foul on hassan ward you gave him that angle you gotta stand your ground you gotta keep yourself between see right there he gave him that angle said to spin right there got around you see williams was boxing out meninga so he could not help him but slide your feet as soon as the postman fills your body one way or the other they're going to go the other way rankovic missed the first he's two for five grady will take a breather as huffman comes back in for him brenden medley bacon transfer from coppin state is in for the first time for vcu vrykovich's second free throw it's good he rattles it home and it's a one-point game very low scoring from what we expected it is low scoring just you know not great shooting thus far in this game i mean davidson's shooting 20 vcu's at 24 highland tried to force the issue of the ball is out of bounds it'll be davidson just basketball lid on the basket both ways you know the funny part is is that this is a vcu home game even though it's you know the 810 semifinals mike rhodes said it's a little different he said we're not in our locker room i'm not in my coach's room it's not sold out it's not normally sold out the band is not rocking life-altering as john rothstein has told us he does get to sleep in his own bed probably so yeah a little bit of an advantage right williams and highlight up to 12 points for vcu the rest of the team is over 8. they're going to try to turn i mean they really got to work to turn huffman over and get after him he's been doing a good job thus far they've been managing the press it's very important when you're playing against vcu after the freshman from aurora ohio the players for davidson have come out of ohio [Applause] meninga he was working hard trying to get the shot he missed and brecovich with the rebound 20 on the shot clock frankovic's gonna get out of the paint that is a three-second violation 7 42 to play first half vcu the number two seed with a one point lead we'll be back now the net ranking is excellent to walk at 35. yeah they you know they they have definitely rebounded from what happened last year you see digging on his home here but as you know tom it's march madness and sometimes it ends up being marched sadness for some people so the way to avoid that is win take care of your business they're at home they have an opportunity right here to get something done and they need to get it done watkins against that zone goes in davidson did a good job for the first 20 seconds or so they did and sometimes with your coach you second guess yourself because you have been stopping them and then you go zone you switch defense and he slices to the rim and just makes an easy layup huffman sidewinding up against williams they double screen for kellen brady but huffman goes to the basket blocked away by ward that was way too easy for ward it's five on four for vcu they go down low easy jam medley bacon with his first bucket you see that's what they want huffman to do that's what i call speeding you up so they speed him up so it looks like he has a lane to the rim but all they're doing is inviting him to the shot blocker get the block and they're going the other way bob mckill forward for the officials he thought that huffman was bumped as he brought it up the floor see william he's just all over him like he's in his shirt kell and grady still scoreless in this first half 6 15 to play he gets it outside launches the three and it's no good the rebound by the rams watkins a little separation from menengo with that elbow face baldwin dribbling around a little basket here they need to get a timeout watkins such a talented kid he has the ball up top for vcu goes down low to ward ward slips it inside to medley vacant he can't get it here come the wildcats helen grady to the basket and gets his first bucket of the night [Applause] turnovers they played you every single time you've got two bigs trying to pay catch inside of three feet that's never a good thing a recipe for the disaster you see the subs are coming in stockard coming back in for vcu he's at the scorers table highland as well three-pointer by watkins no good it's kicked around by vco and a foul called against michael jones of davidson see there's no room there's no room watch as fast they're just too close too close bigs can't catch that can't see it too many shirts you get an athlete of this caliber a score smells the rim no way you can stop him he hit 32 points last night the sixth ball time in scoring trying to become the sixth to reach two thousand points in davidson history that's a lot of two thousand point scorers it is a lot i agree villanova doesn't have six two thousand points that's a lot of scores and a traveling violation called on stocker well if they had given you more shots they would have had at least another one [Laughter] 991 whoa to this day it's plaguing me i'm still mad at brian stith i said just let me get nine [Applause] virginia player [Applause] steph curry all-time league scorer 2600 points you know what points that is it's 2600 it's a lot of points for three it's no good an island with the rebound again they're struggling from beyond the arc violence working against lee and highland bounce pass inside ward can't get it oh wow look he got rid of the foul there yeah breikovich misdirected it may have gotten a piece an illegal screen called against breikovich they got him on the second they got him on the other end they didn't get him because they might have had a foul on this sequence right here actually good defensive play [Applause] not not the highest scoring game that i thought though no not at all well 12 turnovers combined only 10 field goals so more turnovers than field goals combined highlands been bottled up by collins and grady watkins the freshman from trenton catholic going to the basket hits the side of the rim carter collins to grady grady back to collins he thought about the three instead to work the offense a little bit you got to sprint back davidson is running for their spots looking to spot up to make threes good job by the rams fake the handoff and is fouled on the floor that's a break for vcu five fouls for the rams hey not a lot of offense but it's a tight game sequence the way he wants him to be yeah you're talking about last night was a phenomenal night and he's right everyone went through it and no one wants to complain but it's just tough especially you know they end up in the third seat right it's some things that are different and you know they come back from the pause and who do they play twice tom the best team in the league right it's just tough you know it's no one's feeling sorry for anyone as i said before but this team needs precision they need camaraderie it's just tough when uh those things happen unforeseen circumstances that'll be under control doctor missed that shot here comes collins on the other end collins can't finish and the rebound is loose lee picks it up goes to collins for three and it's no good the lid on the rim both ways this is unbelievable all right so the low point total for both teams and a half this season davidson their low point total 25. i don't think they're gonna reach that now that by stockard moves vcu closer but their low point is 27 against davidson earlier this year i don't know i don't know if either one of them will make it i don't know if they will either [Applause] i'd like to say that the defense for both teams have been stellar but they've just been missing shots too that they normally make and then go the shot clock at five gets into a cutting collins off the glass he tries again meninga gets it back pass is tipped up top and lee into the paint league kicks it out grady wide open for three no good just wide open shots the shot they normally make right driving thick action and uh katie just can't knock it down well grady did a heck of a job there cutting off bones highlands who had a pack to the basket but he found one anyway good job of warding him off and walling him up on the transition but a little stutter step little heavy getting to the rim where is the defense someone should be there to take a charge davidson going through a drought of nearly four minutes without a bucket collins throws it out looks no good ranked putback is no good and collins will visit the free-throw line all right well the blue blood update duke lost to north carolina tonight so duke is now 11 11 and 11. are you letting us know who's going to be in the ncaa tournament who's not hold on oops hold on oh they lost today top loss today question mark for duke question mark purdue the spartans lost twice to michigan it's tough for them too and it's going to be that big ten tournament the big ten tournament and the mountain west tournament those are the two tournaments you got to watch and we got to watch what's happening here too yeah you know because that's where all the friction is that's where all the action is michigan michigan state will face off tomorrow on cbs at 4 30. that's some great games on cbs today ucla usc that was a buzzer beater huffman back in collins out with 136 to play in the first half [Applause] those mckills 14 points you can never imagine that after the way you shot last night who would ever i would agree with that i think that that would be the case right now everybody a little hesitation in the cylinder too that's an unusual inside the arc see him driving baseline see the help right there you never see a call that way i've never seen a guy going the other way he's like are you serious they would never call that on lebron my goodness well brady is going to sit with two fouls see the difference last night to tonight for davidson three-pointer no good easy rebound for coachy edam [Applause] again davidson has only scored 14 but they're down just six i mean it's almost like i've been coaching basketball very long time i don't know if i've ever seen this speaking from above but 14 points shooting 14 jones for three let's go it's a three-point game so i just don't understand why they leave guys open you know lee is not really a driver he's a catch-and-shoot guy even if he drives you make him finish you don't leave shooters open lucio will hold it for one last shot ace baldwin has it up top and bochy edam has called for the foul and now a technical foul is called on williams maybe a double technical all right so williams called for the technical foul bocce edom oh they both are you're right the offset so for bocce eaton if he has two that'll move his foul total to three 32-10 watch and right there that's the foul and now they jawed each other and the technical is called oh yeah i'd like to know what was said there was just i don't that's three fouls though on boat you eat them yeah it's just a bad play but who knows what they said but whatever he said he shouldn't have said it i mean it's a situation where especially both you eat him you know he has to sit he's been a little bit of a physical presence for him too but vince williams goes to the line and they get a chance to increase his lead the four half times 17 points wow he's an 80 free throw shooter so you're sending him to the line [Applause] douglas came in you saw stockard go out and the first the front of the one and one is good [Applause] kellen grady has two he's number 31 he's on the bench he's the leading scorer you mentioned earlier you mentioned maybe not earlier a couple of minutes ago that if you're you're davidson and they said hey you're going to be down 22 to 17 at halftime and usually 17 you'd be happy well you got to check you got a chance to make it a two position ten seconds left huffman lost it now this could be a big transition right here baldwin going right to the rim lays it in with three seconds left it's 24-17 and that is the way the first half turn the tide and what kind of could you see coach mckillip he's already in a stance what are they going to do are they going to respond all right 20 minutes to see who goes well at least 20 minutes let's see who goes to dayton to take on saint adventure bracket week presented by kubota it's the second 8-10 semi-final of the afternoon [Applause] and right out of the gate stocker can't get the layup to go in he gets his own rebound puts it back [Applause] good way to start the team is where vcu has to live as i said before three-point shooting is great go at them in the paint be physical [Applause] davidson certainly from the perimeter have to look to knock some of these shots down here's lee for three no good and a rebound by ward lee in the first half was one for three he hit five brady was one for six he had two soccer inside the ward somewhat of a high low ward sweeps around can't get it to go but you see what the emphasis is first two plates yeah get invited paint going right that's the emphasis going at those guys two smart coaches here they know exactly what their teams need to do they made their adjustments in halftime here they are carter collins tries the three no good stockard rebound so tom you might be right maybe they're tired i mean maybe the legs are tight you know i i don't i never know how coaches feel about that because you know the kids have been playing and practicing like mike roach told us they've been they've been playing pressure defense since june 5th right and they're kids but sometimes they get weary they do and that's in response to people saying oh a pressing team can't win three straight days in a row he's like well that's all we ever do every day is press so that's all we know so we're not going to be tired but you know obviously clearly here it looks like either one or both these teams are somewhat exhausted breikovich to lee lee inside to menenga back at his way in against ward instead of staying with the shooters you see kellen they're not leaving him williams is staying with him mcgrady trying to get some space grady can't get the shot 0 for three to begin the second half for the wildcats i just saw coach the kilt sprint up the sideline highland for three no good did i did i call the wrong guy young whippersnapper well he's he's in tremendous shape so much goes into this again i always want to thank these players for their commitment this year because they have had to go through a whole lot breikovich able to clean it up after the mess good action coming off the ball screen and you sprint throw it ahead throw it in no weak side help by vcu bad defense but they got shooters all around the perimeters so it's hard to kill that midline and help 26-19 williams for three it's no good and a rebound by kellen grady [Applause] let's see if davidson can draw closer brady little hesitation through the paint goes to the basket he was bumped no foul was called missed the shot he just had that he's getting good looks too tom last two times down he had a floater that shot off the glass at least get to the foul line nothing doing [Applause] by the way williams and highlander played a lot tonight so the injuries which lingered yesterday don't seem to be bothering them today baldwin curls in leaves it down low for stockard and off the glass that's his second bucket of this half i think that's what they got to do i mean i know they they want to shoot threes but why stop a good thing they're not going to stop it you force them to come off on ball screens throw it to the rim right make layups high percentage shots brycovich trying to answer it he does that makes it a six-point game vcu had built it to its largest lead and now it's 28-22 four minutes into the second half [Applause] baldwin to williams ward wanted it williams into the paint against lee i don't know how he kept his pivot but davidson thought there was a travel third eye here's ward has it knocked away they're going to get a foul on moningah 15 44 to play davidson gets a bucket he got four last game he finally got one front deep mr breakovich with a triple it's a calling that's kept us free it's a place to belong and that's for sure but with vcu st louis they got a chance and i think bonaventure is probably in the tournament all right i think they're safe i think you're safe to say that i think they're safely in so you never want to cheer for one of these guys to beat your champion yeah if you know what i mean but if you want to get two teams in that that would be the safest way for it to happen but you want them to earn it nonetheless yeah mike rhodes we talked to him yesterday and you know he felt fairly comfortable that the win yesterday has pushed them in but i think he also understands that it's tenuous you've got to keep on winning yeah you have to you just don't know what's going to happen you don't uh and and certainly if they lose at home i don't know how this win with this if there was a loss tonight at home and i don't think it should be viewed as a home loss but the way they view it certainly matters carter collins going to the basket and there's a push before he released that pass to jones bones highland called for that foul that's the first team foul for vcu in this half lee will inbound collins [Applause] i keep saying every time one of the davidson players drive huffman grove a couple of times ago and even when college brought don't leave the shooters stay with the shooters make the small guard finish davidson has an assist on each made basket so far it's only eight made baskets but they have an assist on each of them island going to the basket trying to get rid of the basketball and he got a little lucky with the foul as he's able to finish and go to the free-throw line that was a nice just freeze in the air and pose look at that right there you got to get there see you got to get there good job there you go he you can't let him see the lanes tom you know once he sees it you can't get there quick enough to stop him lee came from i don't know how where he came from but collins was there he just watched he just ball watched and this kid's going to score off of his free throw ecu has an eight-point seven-point lead 32-25 look at the pressure they're just staying with everybody they're sticking to them like glue jones to grady brady trying to get some space fade away jumper shot no good at the side of the room douglas with the rebound brady now one for nine from the floor they may have to put him in some ball screens again but again this matches the largest lead of the night for vcu 34-25 if there was any opposition to whether bones highland if he was kevin grady oh wow that's another nice that's collins with a nice move but you know what tom i would rather see him do that than let him drive and kick for three [Applause] i was saying before like if the kellom grady bone highland matchup douglas with the two-handed jam back-to-back buckets for him [Applause] tomahawk jammed it vcu's getting into a little rhythm right now they need to be careful reporter from the corner for jones michael jones that is williams up the floor to douglas again good catch again by davidson an 11-point lead they don't have a chance to get to that large bid but wow that's got to be a disappointment well here vcu on top 38-27 a chance to move on to the championship next sunday on cbs out at ud arena in dayton st bonaventure already heading home to olean will be the opponent as the number one seed lead to the basket he's fouled by watkins it looks like that was a call play out of the timeout to get an iso situation for lee to get to the rim belgium 28 games can you imagine you win like 27 28 games in a row and you lose the last game of the season to dictate whether you're going to march madness or not yeah wow that's kind of i don't was it 28 i can't remember it never never won a lot of games in a row i mean that's that's so sad that's so sad when you see that that's the part of march madness that that somewhat bothers them that a team could dominate their league and win like that and lose the last game in a conference tournament and not have a chance to play belmont had scoreboard looking at davidson with 28. game two he's got 28 points a little fake pass and a foul and the finish is not there but free throws coming for ace balls with first foul on huffman there's that drive by baldwin with the fake good fake there another reason to foul small guards on drives force them to make a circus shot there's just no reason to follow him on thailand getting a breather for the moment [Applause] he has ten he's the only player in double digits but baldwin missed one made one the lead is ten 39-29 huffman running the point josh banks of the game for the first time for vcu he's number 33 covering huffman brady little jab step brady leaves it down low breikovich has it stripped away by baldwin another freshman running the lane from the floor brings it back out he put that ball down he was going right away tried to save it on the baseline but went out of bounds so davidson will get it back i think he's going a little clock right now you gotta come you've got a 10-point lead and there's plenty of time on the clock but start running i know they want to play fast but start managing the game is it hard to do that though when you're a tempo team like that i mean it probably is but you know you the the goal is to win you know talk about how much you want to make sure that you win and davidson is struggling maybe you get to the foul line you grind them out a little bit they're going to just keep shooting quick and shooting threes and giving them opportunities thought about a three lee will take the three it's no good with the rebound from behind by douglas that'll be the third foul on vcu 11 55 to play the lead is 10. vcu we played great last night kellen this game tonight what it means he's going to show up and it just hasn't happened and you said like he was on the cusp of getting 2 000 points nice play nice action out of the timeout little pick and roll drop down breikovic's cutting to the rim good action there well makes it an eight-point game williams up top highland still on the bench watkins the freshman speeding right side of the lane off the glass it's good and watch watkins makes it a 10-point game again i mean i've thought that for the whole game long that bc is a more athletic team if they just move the ball from side to side and and force davidson to have to close out they could drive to the rim because they're a little bit more athletic breikovich up top goes to grady grady going to the basket runner is good so that was one of the easier shots that he's had tonight he has four bob mckillip told us last night about grady said we've asked him to do so many things on the ball off the ball guard the best opponent he's gotten better and better even with all those responsibilities that's what you want you're a great player you want responsibility and you want trust and he's been rewarded he's almost 2 000 points he's done his part he's earned it thanks for three it's good he didn't need the bank there it's 44-33 10 and a half to play here in the second half one thing about vcu they just have like they like 30 guys on the bench they just keep running guys at you like they never get tired of that pressure lee called for the traveling violation i think he felt like he was bumps see that drive action see coming off that ball screen sit right there to the rim because you got to go you have to guard grady right there so he's wide open somebody just got to step up and take a charge see they're late got to get there a little bit earlier you got to meet him he's going to take that charge but lisa you just scrappy by the way that's nine turnovers for davidson vcu has now made a consecutive field goals the three-pointer for jameer watkins that young man is going to be one heck of a player one of the best players in the state of new jersey a season ago for trenton catholic a school that produced many a big-time college player when it was mccourston high school then advanced to trenton catholic academy just coming off this nobody look where is everybody like where is everybody he's just so wide open what does that mean when he slides down the arm isn't that like all right well you're asking the wrong guy that maybe i threw it up on pop culture is that like a rifle or something it depends on what age you're talking about pop culture not at a half to play breikovich pulled away goes to the corner huffman thought about a three huffman into the pain up and can't get it to go and the put back is finally there bochy has been active it's too good time you know it's only down to 12 points nine minutes to go three-point line out there plenty of time in college basketball to make a comeback it's just how does vcu handle these last nine minutes is the question yeah i i wonder if they can comfortably run clock chris because of their style you know what i mean you know you don't have a question right i know that they can they can but they're a team that plays with a rhythm on offense that's a little higher tempo than many they are but they have a smart coach and again it's all about winning at the end of the day you know right so i'm sure he'll pull the reins back if it looks like it's getting out of hand because right now it's time and score look at the time you don't necessarily have to score quickly time is the clock is your clock is your friend right now shot clock is at five watkins against lee watkins step back three it is no good at a rebound by collins for davidson balls tipped out of bounds by highlands jones is in lee is out this will be the last breather that lee will get i would assume with davidson down 12. lee whose dad coached him in high school in korea mom was a silver medalist in the olympics in 84. covered sheryl miller in the gold medal game oh wow i need to see that box score cheryl miller here's grady brady with the shot clock under 10. fadeaway is no good that turned into a tougher shot for grady as the shot clock was winding down as soon as he drove he had two guys there like it looked like there was an opening all of a sudden they rotated over two guys with enzo turn around fade away good defense by the rams watkins thought about a three instead goes up top now he'll take the three it's blocked away [Applause] baldwin kicks it out island hesitating into the paint and it's gonna be an offensive foul on highlands as we wind down uh under eight minutes to play in the second half bcu the lead is 12. kelly grady's been held in check he has four points tonight he still has to be a key though walk with uh with davidson down by 12. yeah they has eight minutes to go they still have time to make this thing happen they just got to get in a bit of a groove we'll see what coach mckillip draws up here can't imagine it not being something [Applause] being involved they got to get across the timeline i think it's a 10-second violation it is you see coach mckillop you gotta be kidding me but uh give coach rose credit he probably surprised him coming out of the timeout take a look at the shot clock and in reality it's really that the officials the officials will you can look at the shot clock that was close the officials that counted once they hit 10 and it could be close it's kind of like in football when you have a delay a game sometimes the clock goes to zero the fangio lets up the late game but the officials are the ones that hold it and make the call and the steal by the wildcats michael jones got his hands on the inbounds and let's see if davidson can capitalize [Applause] and a foul called on williams bumping kellen grady it's the sixth team foul for vcu i'm not sure if this is a bad decision on the inbounds or just a really good defensive play that was a bad pass i will say though that jones got up pretty high no he didn't know he did a good job but that was a terrible pass [Applause] telling and it looks like there's an injured vcu player on the floor yeah like that action ward is down yeah it's assan ward who's hurt he got tied up and bumped into most important thing is grady knocked down a three-pointer yes they're down nine so let's talk about time and score now pace now this stuff starts to factor in islands highlands locked on 10 points to the corner williams for three no good ball is tipped around and it's the wildcats and jones see if they can find him again that same type of action comes off a pin down goes to the baseline jones got it to lean in michael jails the sophomore man got a steal now you got a layup it's a little 7-0 run now for davidson walk yeah this is what it takes steady two by two stop by stop the other team stops making shots pull off jumper for highland it's good right on point he used that first he got brady off balance and he was able to nail it now the length of the court pass and williams knocks michael jones to the ground this night shield just getting right around good job there look at the equipment player on player just that's just a good defense there just better offense this is one of those situations okay they cut it to seven i need to i'm the best player on my team i need to make a play michael jones trying to cut it to seven again don't come in with some energy makes this it'll be his fourth point the last minute he'll release and no good 49-41 [Music] island covered by grady vcu i'm running clock i'm getting the ball in number five's hand and let him go to work he's covered by grady you got a quick first step little hesitation might have carried it along the baseline inside for douglas and douglas is able to get it over the top of the defender i don't know why they don't run in action all game long that's what i've been preaching like just throw it inside he's had a nice game he has eight points and he's great he's fouled on the floor just throw the ball inside and just force them to make plays look he drops that dime right there great pass there on the other end it was stocker who's called for the foul so grady goes to the free-throw line he'll be a one-and-one brady with seven points and he missed the front end of the 1-1 he's not a spectacular free-throw shooter which is surprising it is he's uh less than 65 for the year he would have 2 000 already two of us that's a good point that is a good point now into the corner baldwin takes the pass in then goes down low it's out of bounds it'll be davidson basketball that's a terrible pass he's just just not dropped a nice bounce pass sure baldwin wants that one back it's good action though all right so breikovich is it here comes lee he's gonna check back in ward's back into that's a good sign after getting hit in the chops five minutes and some change tend to go davidson needs some threes yeah so far tonight six of 21 from beyond the arc they had 17 threes last night carter collins bumped from behind off the high screen from breikovich lee for three it [Music] it doesn't matter what happened before this the last five minutes now is all that matters yeah it's 13. 13 points for lee highland trying to answer and does not ward whoa he came flying in with a body on that young man hey douglas good defense to cut off bochy eat them [Applause] he's got to find that man see the drive you see him running right there to the hoop [Applause] that happens because again yoshi has the fiercer yoshi you don't have to drop in the ball screen and there's no one to box out ward sprinting to the rim watkins wants the screen doesn't take it gives it to highland highland with the shot clock winding down trying to zip the pass inside and ward falls out of bounds with it the officials confer and it's going to be vcu basketball with two on the shot clock you're just not a good pass that's either got to be a bounce pass or a lob try to thread the needle with a chest pass a little overhead pass there's no way that pat's going to get through got the chance to catch maybe one dribble he gets it in shot clock was that oh i don't know which one he likes better the two-headed jam or that bucket he didn't want to shoot it and now a little full-court pressure by vcu was lee inbounds for davidson the lead was down to six and now it's back up to 11. collins breikovich is wide open inside now the double team is there took too long collins for three no good rebound by jones here's lee down low to breikovich jones for three no [Applause] it's been tough all night time yeah you know who also struck colin's struggle as well i know we talk about grady struggling collins has struggled as well and lee has made a couple of threes but they might have you know used all of the bullets last night it's just i'm sure they would have traded some of those yeah this may be one of the biggest possessions of the game and it's an easy bucket 57-44 it's now a 13-point lead for vcu yeah davis has got to make a few shots the thing is vcu they can smell it they're ratcheting up that defense even more they're not going to allow them to get an open three mike thought about a three instead goes into the paint shot clock at 10 cannot finish with the touch with douglas on him for the game davidson is shot under 30 28.3 29 from beyond the are they've even struggled from the free-throw line they're 7-13 from the line it's been a tough tough tough game shooting lies and it happens yeah it does and it's just such a contrast from what happened yesterday they shot the ball so well yeah and then what they're going through today it's just tough to watch in and out for highlands [Applause] let's take a look at that last vcu bucket see that that's called refusing the screen right collins is trying to jump ahead of the screen just refuse it no help on a strong side easy layup and a foul on douglas he was holding vrykovic so the clock stopped frankovich will go to the free throw line if there's any that davidson can get back in this down 13 with 229 to play they've got to can these free throws for two from the free throw line and make it one for three all right so that's big they may have to show some four foot pressure here maybe a three-quarter court press catch yeah you got to start extending this yeah yeah definitely you got to catch maybe you catch vcu by surprise i'm sure coach rose will be ready for that but you just can't let them extinguish the clock because if they're smart they would just run the clock down for 25 seconds on the shot clock and just give it to number five bones highland and let him do his thing or ace ball with number one and let them work it off the ball street jones will check out bochy edom will check back in little pressure there there you go now they break the press with relative ease if there's a ball screen they should trap it [Applause] they ended up the watkins watkins for three and it's good i mean i wouldn't take confidence and williams is limping off that back looks like it's flaring up williams has had back spasms and he was limping off the floor so he checks out there he is he's taking those shoes off you know what that means sometimes it just tightens up something tightened up maybe it could be there's something [Applause] it was the back coming in shoulder problems during the course of his career he's catching up with me with all that a little too young for that spins it out brady for three it's no good and the rebound is ripped down by watkins this freshman is going to be really good tamir watkins they do a good job of finding i'm talking about coach smith from bonaventure how they find players one thing about vcu they find them as well yeah they find their style yes and bones highland is an unbelievable yet tywin who's originally scheduled to go to st joseph as douglas is fouled before he got that bucket to go carter collins called for that foul all right so what a difference they scored 99 last night easily could have been over 100 they shot 59 they matched an 8-10 record for made threes with 17. and the points of the paint too i mean they would gladly trade back about three or four those threes to have them tonight and maybe about 30 of those points the other thing too is they got off to such a good start shooting and that obviously buoys confidence when you do that tonight's not the case yeah not the case and when you're leaders i don't think they had an abundance of turnover will be where the ark they did a great job guarding them these threes are insignificant pressure makes diamonds 12 points all turnovers to be honest with you tommy was a it was a lackluster game that they just took over at the end very true they just they just imposed their will in the second half yeah they just supposed they were in the second half and bones highland and those freshmen really just took over the game yeah watkins has 10 to go along five rebounds [Applause] [Music] highland called for the foul that's his third personal all right so you mentioned the turnovers this is only the fourth time this year vcu did not force more than 15 turnovers in the game but their defense was excellent from on the shooter in tonight's game they stopped one of the best scorers in the league yeah he didn't get double figures so i mean they did their job yeah kellen grady won't reach 2 000 points this year he cans that one he has 10 at a timeout call as soon as i say it right there i mean one and two are gonna face off i mean i was gonna ask you i was gonna put you on the spot and say you think they're in no matter what happens i think vcu is in yeah yes i think both these guys will be interested the steal by davidson you need both vcu and bonaventure bc involvement i think they both will be obviously if vcu beats bonneville championship they're both i think for st louis there's work to be done travis ford has mentioned that there might be a game this week that they can get together just to kind of build their status a little bit they need people to lose that's what that's about i mean that's what it comes down to when when you're in this situation i've been there before you're rooting against people literally hoping that certain people lose and that's just the truth of the matter all right so the officials are making sure the clock is all set specific with the number it looks like all right are we good yep looks like we are good 39.1 and here we go vco1 down let's see how davidson plays this down 13. they get it into baldwin to watkins down low to douglas and officials timeout they're not happy over there on the davidson bench davis had a great year all right so davidson 30 seconds left to play carter collins up the floor the lead is 15. ball is out of bounds it'll remain davidson basketball mike rhodes done a heck of a job he's he's fun too he's very energetic brady fires he makes that one go down it's 64-52 highland will just hold it he's got to get it across the timeline and then he can just dribble it out there's no reason to foul here and that'll do it the last five seconds will take off the clock virginia commonwealth has a date with saint bonaventure

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