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FINAL
Mar 17, 2023

Box Score

12T
VCU282351
SMC293463

Game Recap

Saxen, Ducas lead Saint Mary's past VCU in March Madness. Saint Mary's got the pace it wanted — and another win in the NCAA Tournament.

Player Stats

Vcu Rams logoVCUMINFG3PTFTREBASTSTLBLKTOPFPTS
4Jalen DeLoach190-20-01-22001251
30Brandon Johns Jr.253-71-10-11020447
23Jayden Nunn313-100-13-47000349
24Nick Kern Jr.212-20-01-22111105
1Ace Baldwin Jr.286-111-20-033202213
11Christian Fermin50-00-00-00002100
10Tobi Lawal30-10-00-00000010
35David Shriver252-62-50-01011016
0Jamir Watkins211-31-24-45210017
2Zeb Jackson211-70-31-33100123
33Josh Banks10-00-00-00000000
TOTAL-18-4936.7%5-1435.7%10-1662.5%24775142051
Saint Marys Gaels logoSAINT MARY'SMINFG3PTFTREBASTSTLBLKTOPFPTS
14Kyle Bowen381-60-32-34222024
11Mitchell Saxen388-110-01-374141317
20Aidan Mahaney180-50-30-00200040
44Alex Ducas405-131-66-784501217
0Logan Johnson403-71-25-6100005412
5Joshua Jefferson40-20-10-01000000
3Augustas Marciulionis223-51-26-831001413
15Chris Howell00-00-00-00000000
TOTAL-20-4940.8%3-1717.6%20-2774.1%33138681963

Play-by-Play

1st halfVCUSMC
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (20:00) Jump Ball won by Saint Mary's
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (19:47) Alex Ducas Turnover.
  • Vcu Rams logo
    (19:47) Adrian Baldwin Jr. Steal.
  • Vcu Rams logo
    +2 (19:47) Adrian Baldwin Jr. made Layup.
    20
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (19:28) Aidan Mahaney missed Layup.
  • Vcu Rams logo
    (19:28) VCU Defensive Rebound.
  • Vcu Rams logo
    (19:10) Adrian Baldwin Jr. missed Jumper.
  • Vcu Rams logo
    (19:10) Brandon Johns Jr. Offensive Rebound.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (18:53) Foul on Alex Ducas.
  • Vcu Rams logo
    +1 (18:53) Nick Kern made Free Throw.
    30
  • Vcu Rams logo
    (18:53) Nick Kern missed Free Throw.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (18:53) Logan Johnson Defensive Rebound.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (18:21) Aidan Mahaney missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (18:21) Alex Ducas Offensive Rebound.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (18:07) Alex Ducas missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (18:07) Kyle Bowen Offensive Rebound.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (17:47) Aidan Mahaney missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Vcu Rams logo
    (17:47) Adrian Baldwin Jr. Defensive Rebound.
  • Vcu Rams logo
    (17:47) Brandon Johns Jr. missed Layup.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (17:47) Mitchell Saxen Block.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (17:47) Mitchell Saxen Defensive Rebound.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (17:35) Mitchell Saxen missed Layup.
  • Vcu Rams logo
    (17:35) Jalen DeLoach Block.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (17:35) Saint Mary's Offensive Rebound.
  • Vcu Rams logo
    (17:15) Foul on Jalen DeLoach.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (16:58) Aidan Mahaney missed Layup.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (16:58) Mitchell Saxen Offensive Rebound.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (16:46) Mitchell Saxen missed Layup.
  • Vcu Rams logo
    (16:46) VCU Defensive Rebound.
  • Vcu Rams logo
    (16:38) Brandon Johns Jr. missed Layup.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (16:38) Mitchell Saxen Defensive Rebound.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (16:38) Logan Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Vcu Rams logo
    (16:38) Jayden Nunn Defensive Rebound.
  • Vcu Rams logo
    (16:35) Jayden Nunn Turnover.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    +2 (16:25) Alex Ducas made Layup. Assisted by Mitchell Saxen.
    32
  • Vcu Rams logo
    (16:08) Toibu Lawal missed Dunk.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (16:08) Saint Mary's Defensive Rebound.
  • (15:59) Official TV Timeout
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (15:47) Alex Ducas missed Jumper.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (15:47) Kyle Bowen Offensive Rebound.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (15:36) Aidan Mahaney missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (15:36) Alex Ducas Offensive Rebound.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    +2 (15:22) Alex Ducas made Jumper.
    34
  • Vcu Rams logo
    (15:03) Zeb Jackson missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (15:03) Logan Johnson Defensive Rebound.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (14:32) Logan Johnson missed Layup.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (14:32) Logan Johnson Offensive Rebound.
  • Vcu Rams logo
    (14:28) Foul on Toibu Lawal.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    +1 (14:28) Logan Johnson made Free Throw.
    35
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    +1 (14:28) Logan Johnson made Free Throw.
    36
  • Vcu Rams logo
    +3 (14:21) David Shriver made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Adrian Baldwin Jr..
    66
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    +2 (13:54) Mitchell Saxen made Layup. Assisted by Alex Ducas.
    68
  • Vcu Rams logo
    (13:42) Jalen DeLoach Turnover.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (13:22) Kyle Bowen missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Vcu Rams logo
    (13:22) Jalen DeLoach Defensive Rebound.
  • Vcu Rams logo
    +2 (12:57) Adrian Baldwin Jr. made Layup.
    88
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (12:33) Alex Ducas missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Vcu Rams logo
    (12:33) Adrian Baldwin Jr. Defensive Rebound.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (12:19) Foul on Logan Johnson.
  • Vcu Rams logo
    (12:17) David Shriver missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (12:17) Kyle Bowen Block.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (12:17) Logan Johnson Defensive Rebound.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    +2 (12:04) Mitchell Saxen made Dunk. Assisted by Alex Ducas.
    810
  • Vcu Rams logo
    (11:47) Adrian Baldwin Jr. missed Jumper.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (11:47) Logan Johnson Defensive Rebound.
  • Vcu Rams logo
    (11:27) Foul on Adrian Baldwin Jr..
  • (11:27) Official TV Timeout
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    +2 (11:17) Augustas Marciulionis made Layup.
    812
  • Vcu Rams logo
    +3 (10:49) Brandon Johns Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nick Kern.
    1112
  • Vcu Rams logo
    (10:44) Foul on Jalen DeLoach.
  • Vcu Rams logo
    (10:42) Foul on Jayden Nunn.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (10:16) Logan Johnson Turnover.
  • Vcu Rams logo
    (10:16) Adrian Baldwin Jr. Steal.
  • Vcu Rams logo
    +2 (10:02) Nick Kern made Layup. Assisted by Adrian Baldwin Jr..
    1312
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    +2 (9:41) Mitchell Saxen made Layup.
    1314
  • Vcu Rams logo
    +2 (9:15) Nick Kern made Layup.
    1514
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (8:52) Jump Ball won by Saint Mary's
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (8:48) Augustas Marciulionis Turnover.
  • Vcu Rams logo
    (8:48) Nick Kern Steal.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (8:43) Foul on Kyle Bowen.
  • Vcu Rams logo
    +2 (8:30) Adrian Baldwin Jr. made Layup.
    1714
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (8:17) Kyle Bowen missed Layup.
  • Vcu Rams logo
    (8:17) Christian Fermin Block.
  • Vcu Rams logo
    (8:17) Jayden Nunn Defensive Rebound.
  • Vcu Rams logo
    (8:01) Jayden Nunn missed Jumper.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (8:01) Logan Johnson Defensive Rebound.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    +2 (7:40) Mitchell Saxen made Layup. Assisted by Alex Ducas.
    1716
  • (6:59) Official TV Timeout
  • Vcu Rams logo
    (6:54) David Shriver missed Jumper.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (6:54) Josh Jefferson Defensive Rebound.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (6:37) Alex Ducas missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (6:37) Saint Mary's Offensive Rebound.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    +3 (6:32) Alex Ducas made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kyle Bowen.
    1719
  • Vcu Rams logo
    +2 (5:51) Adrian Baldwin Jr. made Layup.
    1919
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (5:31) Logan Johnson Turnover.
  • Vcu Rams logo
    (5:31) Jamir Watkins Steal.
  • Vcu Rams logo
    (5:23) Brandon Johns Jr. Turnover.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (5:23) Kyle Bowen Steal.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    +2 (5:23) Logan Johnson made Dunk. Assisted by Aidan Mahaney.
    1921
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (4:47) Foul on Kyle Bowen.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (4:30) Foul on Aidan Mahaney.
  • Vcu Rams logo
    +2 (4:26) Zeb Jackson made Layup.
    2121
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (4:02) Josh Jefferson missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Vcu Rams logo
    (4:02) David Shriver Block.
  • Vcu Rams logo
    (4:02) Adrian Baldwin Jr. Defensive Rebound.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (3:49) Foul on Logan Johnson.
  • (3:49) Official TV Timeout
  • Vcu Rams logo
    (3:42) Zeb Jackson Turnover.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (3:25) Foul on Mitchell Saxen.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (3:25) Mitchell Saxen Turnover.
  • Vcu Rams logo
    (3:11) Brandon Johns Jr. missed Layup.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (3:11) Alex Ducas Defensive Rebound.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    +2 (2:59) Mitchell Saxen made Layup. Assisted by Alex Ducas.
    2123
  • Vcu Rams logo
    +2 (2:47) Brandon Johns Jr. made Layup. Assisted by Zeb Jackson.
    2323
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (2:47) Foul on Aidan Mahaney.
  • Vcu Rams logo
    (2:47) Brandon Johns Jr. missed Free Throw.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (2:47) Logan Johnson Defensive Rebound.
  • Vcu Rams logo
    (2:33) Foul on Brandon Johns Jr..
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (2:20) Alex Ducas missed Layup.
  • Vcu Rams logo
    (2:20) Nick Kern Block.
  • Vcu Rams logo
    (2:20) Jamir Watkins Defensive Rebound.
  • Vcu Rams logo
    +2 (2:14) Brandon Johns Jr. made Layup. Assisted by Jamir Watkins.
    2523
  • Vcu Rams logo
    (2:04) Foul on Zeb Jackson.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    +1 (2:04) Augustas Marciulionis made Free Throw.
    2524
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    +1 (2:04) Augustas Marciulionis made Free Throw.
    2525
  • Vcu Rams logo
    (1:46) Nick Kern Turnover.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (1:46) Alex Ducas Steal.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    +2 (1:28) Augustas Marciulionis made Jumper.
    2527
  • Vcu Rams logo
    (1:07) Brandon Johns Jr. Turnover.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (1:07) Alex Ducas Steal.
  • Vcu Rams logo
    (1:01) Foul on Brandon Johns Jr..
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    +1 (1:01) Alex Ducas made Free Throw.
    2528
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    +1 (1:01) Alex Ducas made Free Throw.
    2529
  • Vcu Rams logo
    +3 (0:53) Adrian Baldwin Jr. made Three Point Jumper.
    2829
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (0:35) Josh Jefferson missed Layup.
  • Vcu Rams logo
    (0:35) Christian Fermin Block.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (0:35) Mitchell Saxen Offensive Rebound.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (0:30) Jump Ball won by Saint Mary's
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (0:28) Saint Mary's Timeout
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (0:19) Augustas Marciulionis missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (0:19) Saint Mary's Deadball Team Rebound.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (0:14) Saint Mary's Turnover.
  • Vcu Rams logo
    (0:05) Adrian Baldwin Jr. Turnover.
  • Saint Marys Gaels logo
    (0:05) Alex Ducas Steal.
  • (0:00) End of 1st half
2nd half

Team Stats

51Points63
18-49(36.7%)Field Goal(%)20-49(40.8%)
5-14(35.7%)3-Point(%)3-17(17.6%)
10-16(62.5%)Free Throw(%)20-27(74.1%)
29(9)Rebounds(Offensive)37(11)
7Assists13
7Steals8
5Blocks6
14Turnovers12
21(1)Fouls(Technical)19(0)
3Largest Lead12

Game Details

Friday, March 17, 2023 · 2:00 PM
MVP Arena · Albany, NY
capacity: 15,727
tv: TBS
spread: SMC -3.5
over/under: 123.5