Rider Broncs vs. VCU Rams

FINAL

Dec 22, 2025

Box Score

	1	2	T
RID	36	43	79
VCU	45	55	100

Game Recap

Nowell scores 19 off the bench, VCU beats Rider 100-79. Ahmad Nowell's 19 points off of the bench led VCU to a 100-79 victory against Rider on Monday night.

Player Stats

RIDER	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
7Davis Bynum	27	4-8	0-0	1-3	6	1	0	1	0	1	9
3Shemani Fuller	22	6-10	0-1	3-4	6	1	0	2	1	4	15
2Caleb Smith	32	4-7	1-1	4-4	4	1	3	0	0	3	13
11Flash Burton	33	3-11	1-4	2-2	2	4	0	0	2	2	9
0Zion Cruz	34	6-16	1-3	0-2	4	6	0	0	2	2	13
21Cole McCabe	11	1-2	0-0	3-4	2	1	1	0	0	3	5
13Daniel Helterhoff	12	1-1	0-0	3-4	2	0	0	0	2	1	5
30Kristupas Kepežinskas	8	1-3	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2
10AB Coulibaly	6	2-3	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	0	1	1	4
5Jamir McNeil	9	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2
20Maurizio D'Alessandro	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14Antwan Wilson	5	0-0	0-0	2-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
TOTAL	-	29-6445.3%	3-1225.0%	18-2572.0%	28	14	5	3	11	18	79

VCU	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	TO	PF	PTS
17Lazar Djokovic	17	5-7	0-0	3-5	3	1	1	0	1	13
5Barry Evans	22	3-5	2-2	0-0	4	3	2	1	0	8
1Nyk Lewis	19	3-7	2-5	0-0	1	1	0	1	3	8
0Brandon Jennings	23	3-5	0-0	1-2	0	0	1	1	2	7
2Jadrian Tracey	24	1-5	0-1	0-0	4	6	0	2	1	2
22Keyshawn Mitchell	23	3-5	1-2	7-8	10	2	0	2	2	14
8Michael Belle	23	3-6	0-1	1-1	5	3	0	0	2	7
10Jordann Dumont	3	1-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2
14Jordan Tillery	8	3-3	1-1	1-2	3	1	1	1	6	8
6Terrence Hill Jr.	20	4-9	0-5	4-4	2	3	1	0	1	12
4Ahmad Nowell	15	7-8	5-5	0-0	0	0	2	0	1	19
15Tyrell Ward	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	1	0	0
TOTAL	-	36-6258.1%	11-2347.8%	17-2277.3%	33	20	8	9	19	100

Play-by-Play

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1st halfRIDVCU

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by VCU.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by Rider.
(19:36) Barry Evans misses 7-foot floating jump shot.
(19:33) Rider Defensive Rebound.
+2 (19:08) Zion Cruz makes 16-foot pullup jump shot.
20
(18:54) Lazar Djokovic misses 7-foot turnaround jump shot.
(18:50) Davis Bynum Defensive Rebound.
+2 (18:24) Flash Burton makes 20-foot pullup jump shot.
40
+2 (18:04) Lazar Djokovic makes 2-foot dunk (Jadrian Tracey assists).
42
(18:04) Foul on Shemani Fuller.
+1 (18:04) Lazar Djokovic makes free throw 1 of 1.
43
(17:43) Flash Burton bad pass turnover.
+2 (17:14) Brandon Jennings makes 7-foot hook shot.
45
+2 (16:53) Davis Bynum makes 12-foot turnaround jump shot.
65
+2 (16:34) Lazar Djokovic makes layup.
67
(16:10) Shemani Fuller misses 9-foot hook shot.
(16:09) Barry Evans Defensive Rebound.
(16:09) Foul on Caleb Smith.
(16:01) Nyk Lewis misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(15:59) Rider Defensive Rebound.
+2 (15:40) Caleb Smith makes layup (Zion Cruz assists).
87
(15:10) Jadrian Tracey bad pass turnover.
(15:10) Caleb Smith Steal.
(15:07) Foul on Michael Belle.
(14:59) Zion Cruz bad pass turnover.
(14:59) Terrence Hill Jr. Steal.
(14:54) Jadrian Tracey misses alley oop dunk.
(14:51) Flash Burton Defensive Rebound.
(14:47) Davis Bynum misses 3-foot turnaround jump shot.
(14:46) Caleb Smith Offensive Rebound.
(14:46) Foul on Nyk Lewis.
+1 (14:46) Caleb Smith makes free throw 1 of 2.
97
+1 (14:45) Caleb Smith makes free throw 2 of 2.
107
+3 (14:30) Nyk Lewis makes 23-foot three point jumper (Michael Belle assists).
1010
(14:05) Zion Cruz misses driving layup.
(14:03) Barry Evans Defensive Rebound.
(14:00) Nyk Lewis traveling turnover.
(13:40) Flash Burton misses 21-foot pullup jump shot.
(13:37) Lazar Djokovic Defensive Rebound.
(13:34) Terrence Hill Jr. misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(13:30) Flash Burton Defensive Rebound.
+2 (13:27) Davis Bynum makes driving layup (Flash Burton assists).
1210
(13:15) Nyk Lewis misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(13:12) Lazar Djokovic Offensive Rebound.
(13:10) Lazar Djokovic misses layup.
(13:08) Shemani Fuller Defensive Rebound.
(12:48) Shemani Fuller misses 9-foot pullup jump shot.
(12:44) Michael Belle Defensive Rebound.
(12:37) Foul on Davis Bynum.
+1 (12:37) Terrence Hill Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2.
1211
+1 (12:37) Terrence Hill Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2.
1212
+2 (12:27) Caleb Smith makes driving layup.
1412
+3 (12:13) Barry Evans makes 25-foot three point jumper (Keyshawn Mitchell assists).
1415
(11:48) Flash Burton misses 19-foot pullup jump shot.
(11:46) VCU Defensive Rebound.
(11:34) Keyshawn Mitchell bad pass turnover.
(11:34) Cole McCabe Steal.
(11:19) Flash Burton misses driving layup.
(11:15) Keyshawn Mitchell Defensive Rebound.
+2 (11:06) Keyshawn Mitchell makes layup (Terrence Hill Jr. assists).
1417
(10:33) Daniel Helterhoff bad pass turnover.
(10:33) Barry Evans Steal.
(10:23) Terrence Hill Jr. misses 29-foot three point jumper.
(10:18) Zion Cruz Defensive Rebound.
(10:13) Flash Burton misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(10:10) Keyshawn Mitchell Defensive Rebound.
+2 (9:52) Barry Evans makes driving layup.
1419
+2 (9:20) Cole McCabe makes 15-foot jumper (Zion Cruz assists).
1619
(8:59) Foul on Zion Cruz.
+2 (8:44) Jordan Tillery makes driving layup.
1621
(8:15) Kristupas Kepežinskas misses 15-foot pullup jump shot.
(8:10) Shemani Fuller Offensive Rebound.
+2 (8:09) Jamir McNeil makes 14-foot pullup jump shot.
1821
(7:57) Jadrian Tracey misses layup.
(7:53) Davis Bynum Defensive Rebound.
(7:50) Jamir McNeil misses 18-foot pullup jump shot.
(7:46) Shemani Fuller Offensive Rebound.
+2 (7:46) Shemani Fuller makes 1-foot hook shot.
2021
(7:46) Foul on Brandon Jennings.
+1 (7:46) Shemani Fuller makes free throw 1 of 1.
2121
+2 (7:25) Lazar Djokovic makes 9-foot step back jumpshot.
2123
(7:25) Foul on Shemani Fuller.
+1 (7:25) Lazar Djokovic makes free throw 1 of 1.
2124
(7:14) Kristupas Kepežinskas bad pass turnover.
(7:14) Jordan Tillery Steal.
+2 (7:11) Ahmad Nowell makes layup (Jordan Tillery assists).
2126
(7:09) Foul on Nyk Lewis.
(6:45) Jamir McNeil bad pass turnover.
(6:45) Lazar Djokovic Steal.
+2 (6:40) Jadrian Tracey makes 2-foot dunk (Lazar Djokovic assists).
2128
(6:14) Caleb Smith misses driving layup.
(6:12) Cole McCabe Offensive Rebound.
(6:11) Cole McCabe misses layup.
(6:10) Rider Offensive Rebound.
+3 (5:56) Zion Cruz makes 26-foot three point jumper (Cole McCabe assists).
2428
(5:55) Foul on Jordan Tillery.
(5:41) Zion Cruz misses 27-foot three point step back jumpshot.
(5:37) Jadrian Tracey Defensive Rebound.
(5:31) Jadrian Tracey misses driving layup.
(5:31) Davis Bynum Block.
(5:27) Cole McCabe Defensive Rebound.
(5:12) Kristupas Kepežinskas misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(5:06) Jordan Tillery Defensive Rebound.
(5:06) Jordan Tillery bad pass turnover.
(5:06) Caleb Smith Steal.
(5:05) Foul on Jordan Tillery.
+1 (5:05) Caleb Smith makes free throw 1 of 2.
2528
+1 (5:05) Caleb Smith makes free throw 2 of 2.
2628
+2 (4:51) Lazar Djokovic makes layup.
2630
(4:51) Foul on Cole McCabe.
(4:51) Lazar Djokovic misses free throw 1 of 1.
(4:49) AB Coulibaly Defensive Rebound.
(4:25) AB Coulibaly bad pass turnover.
(4:25) Brandon Jennings Steal.
(4:19) Ahmad Nowell misses driving layup.
(4:19) Michael Belle Offensive Rebound.
+2 (4:19) Michael Belle makes layup.
2632
(4:19) Foul on Cole McCabe.
+1 (4:19) Michael Belle makes free throw 1 of 1.
2633
(3:47) AB Coulibaly misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(3:45) Daniel Helterhoff Offensive Rebound.
(3:45) Foul on Michael Belle.
+1 (3:45) Daniel Helterhoff makes free throw 1 of 2.
2733
(3:45) Daniel Helterhoff misses free throw 2 of 2.
(3:43) Barry Evans Defensive Rebound.
(3:32) Terrence Hill Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(3:28) Jadrian Tracey Offensive Rebound.
+3 (3:25) Ahmad Nowell makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jadrian Tracey assists).
2736
(3:08) Flash Burton misses 5-foot pullup jump shot.
(3:04) Lazar Djokovic Defensive Rebound.
+2 (2:58) Ahmad Nowell makes driving layup.
2738
+2 (2:31) Flash Burton makes driving layup.
2938
+2 (2:13) Lazar Djokovic makes 6-foot hook shot.
2940
(1:45) Flash Burton misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(1:42) Davis Bynum Offensive Rebound.
(1:39) Davis Bynum misses 12-foot turnaround jump shot.
(1:36) Caleb Smith Offensive Rebound.
(1:35) Caleb Smith misses 3-foot step back jumpshot.
(1:32) Terrence Hill Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+2 (1:27) Terrence Hill Jr. makes driving layup.
2942
+2 (1:06) Daniel Helterhoff makes layup (Davis Bynum assists).
3142
(0:53) Barry Evans bad pass turnover.
+2 (0:39) Zion Cruz makes 19-foot pullup jump shot.
3342
+3 (0:28) Ahmad Nowell makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jadrian Tracey assists).
3345
(0:05) Zion Cruz misses 9-foot turnaround jump shot.
(0:03) Davis Bynum Offensive Rebound.
(0:03) Davis Bynum misses tip in layup.
(0:03) Davis Bynum Offensive Rebound.
+2 (0:03) Davis Bynum makes layup.
3545
(0:03) Foul on Ahmad Nowell.
+1 (0:03) Davis Bynum makes free throw 1 of 1.
3645
(0:01) Jadrian Tracey bad pass turnover.
(0:01) Caleb Smith Steal.

2nd half

Team Stats

RID

VCU

79Points100

29-64(45.3%)Field Goal(%)36-62(58.1%)

3-12(25.0%)3-Point(%)11-23(47.8%)

18-25(72.0%)Free Throw(%)17-22(77.3%)

33(14)Rebounds(Offensive)35(10)

14Assists20

5Steals8

3Blocks0

11Turnovers9

18(1)Fouls(Technical)19(2)

4Largest Lead28

Game Details

Monday, December 22, 2025 · 7:00 PM

Stuart C. Siegel Center · Richmond, VA

attendance: 7,637 (100%)

tv: ESPN+

spread: VCU -30.5

over/under: 145.5