VCU glides past Davidson, 80-to-56

Final Score: VCU 80, Davidson 56.
Location: Siegel Center.
Updated Records: VCU 24-5, 14-2 in A-10). Davidson 16-13, 6-10 in A-10.

In a nutshell: It's that time of year; college basketball's annual madness of March is now underway. 

Meanwhile, during February the hot-handed VCU Rams made beating visiting teams before sellout Siegel Center crowds look pretty routine. Friday night's 24-point victory over the Davidson Wildcats ran VCU's current winning streak to eight consecutive tilts -- five at home, three on the road. 

The Rams outscored their eight February opponents by an average of 21.4 points. They have played those eight games with lots of confidence, punctuated by a few brief spells of nonchalance. 

However, when you begin a game with a 16-to-1 run, as VCU did with the Wildcats, it's rather difficult not to get a little cocky. Because VCU is a well-coached team, its occasional spells of nonchalance have been short and fairly easy to overcome ... so far. 

Stats: Jack Clark scored 18 points. He shot 7-for-9 from the field, including going 4-for-4 from 3-point range. He added four rebounds and two assists. Luke Bamgboye scored a career-high 17. In the doing, he converted 7-for-8 attempts from the field, while adding four rebounds and a block to his stat line. 

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

• The Rams opened the game with a 16-1 run, which was capped off by a Phillip Russell 3-pointer with 15:03 left in the first half. 
• The Black and Gold shot 51 percent (18-of-35) from the field and 46 percent (7-of-14) from beyond the arc in the first half on the way to a 43-19 lead. Jackson punctuated VCU’s first-half performance with a deep 3-pointer from the right wing as time expired in the period. 
• The Rams dominated the glass to the tune of a 43-25 advantage. The Black and Gold corralled 15 offensive rebounds. 
• VCU outscored the Wildcats 40-24 in the paint and 16-6 on second-chance opportunities. 
• Davidson shot just 37 percent (19-of-52) in the contest, including 6-of-22 from 3-point range. 
• VCU is 14-8 all-time against Davidson, and the Rams have won the past six meetings.

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NEXT UP: VCU's last regular season road game will take place in Pittsburgh, to face Duquesne, on Tuesday, March 4. Tipoff at 7 p.m. TV: CBS Sports Network. 

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