Upset: Bonnies defeat Rams

Final Score: St. Bonaventure 61, VCU 58

Location: Siegel Center in Richmond

Current Records: VCU 16-6, 7-2 in A-10. St. Bonaventure 11-11, 5-4 in A-10.

In a nutshell: VCU entered the game an 11.5-point favorite. But unlike most of VCU's recent games, the Rams played a bad second half on defense; VCU allowed 43 points to be scored by the visitors. 

Plus, the Rams also had a woeful night shooting. They only sank 13 percent of their trey attempts. In the last minute the resourceful Bonnies made one more play than the Rams did. It ended VCU's winning streak at six games. Consequently, VCU dropped to second place in the A-10 standings, one game behind St. Louis. 

NOTES (Info provided by Chris Kowalczyk, VCU Assistant A.D.)

• Jalen DeLoach posted a double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds. His double-double was third of the season. 
• Ace Baldwin led VCU in scoring with 15 points on 7-of-14 shooting, and he also led the team in assists with six.
• Brandon Johns crashed the glass for seven rebounds and added seven points, five of which came from the free throw line. 
• The Rams and Bonnies played a choppy first half, as the two teams combined for 41 points and 11 turnovers. VCU went into halftime up 23-18.
• VCU stretched the lead out to nine with a Johns layup 55 seconds into the second half, but from there, the Bonnies began to chip away at their deficit, taking a one-point lead off of a Kyrell Luc driving layup with 15:17 remaining.
• The Rams went on a 6-0 run that stretched two minutes with four points from DeLoach and two points from Baldwin. The Bonnies would take a timeout at the 6:53 mark to try and quell VCU’s momentum. Out of the timeout, St. Bonaventure responded with a 5-0 run of their own to cut the deficit to one at 49-48 with 6:21 remaining.
• Down the stretch, the Rams and Bonnies traded baskets and free throws. Ultimately, it was three free throws by Flowers in the final 19 seconds that would prove to be the difference in the final score.
• VCU struggled to find their shot, especially on three-pointers. For the game, the Rams went 2-of-16 (12.5%) from beyond the arc, whereas the Bonnies shot 8-of-17 (47.1%) on their three-pointers. The Rams’ shooting woes carried over to the charity stripe, with the Rams going 10-of-18 (55.6%) on free throws to St. Bonaventure’s 11-of-15 (73.3%) at the foul line.
• St. Bonaventure had three players in double figures. Yann Farrell and Moses Flowers put up 15 points each while Chad Venning chipped in 13 points for the visiting Bonnies. 

BOX SCORE

NEXT UP

• VCU will hit the road for their second matchup of the season with Davidson on Tuesday, Jan. 31. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m., and CBS Sports Network will broadcast the game.

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