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NCAA Division I Basketball Mens, round 64

AwayVCU71
Final
HomeBYU80
Thursday, March 20, 2025All Champaign sports
FinalFinalTNTPlay by play
12T
VCU284371
BYU394180
Final

BYU beats VCU 80-71

#6 BYU Cougars beat #11 VCU Rams 80-71 on Thursday at Ball Arena.

The first half made the difference: BYU outscored VCU 39-28.

BYU shot 50% to 41% and won the boards 40-31.

For BYU, Richie Saunders (G): 16. For VCU, Zeb Jackson (G): 23.

BYU improves to 25-9. VCU falls to 28-7.

Attendance: 19,291.

Full recap at ESPN: BYU enjoys March Madness success with 80-71 win over VCU a year after NCAA Tournament flop

Written automatically from the box score. Every number comes straight from the game feed.

Top performers

#2
VCU · PointsZeb Jackson G23
#4
VCU · AssistsJack Clark F5
#4
VCU · ReboundsJack Clark F10
#15
BYU · PointsRichie Saunders G16
#30
BYU · AssistsDallin Hall G4
#45
BYU · ReboundsFousseyni Traore C9
StatsMINPTSFG3PTFTREBASTTOSTLBLKOREBDREBPF
L. Bamgboye F2663-40-00-040011314
J. Clark F35124-82-32-2105210464
M. Shulga G34124-104-100-133400033
P. Russell G1620-40-32-202200002
J. Bamisile G29124-154-100-031110121
O. Okafor F000-00-00-000000000
C. Fermin F900-20-00-020101114
M. Belle F1000-20-10-040010132
B. Jennings G1321-30-10-120100112
A. Billups III G000-00-00-000000000
T. Hill Jr. G021-10-00-000000000
Z. Jackson G28239-145-100-004020001
Team7126-6315-384-631151162121923

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