Photos and Game Summary: Rams Fall Short in Overtime Against Duquesne

VCU (18-12,8-9 Atlantic): 77
Duquesne (21-8,11-6 Atlantic): 80

Box Score

Official VCU Game Summary

The short story: Junior forward Marcus Santos-Silva led all scorers with 24 points for VCU, but it wasn’t enough to hold off comeback-minded Duquesne Tuesday night at the Siegel Center.

OPENING TIP

• Santos-Silva scored 16 of his points in the second half and overtime to lead the VCU cause. He finished 9-of-14 from the field and grabbed eight rebounds, ripped three steals and blocked two shots
• Senior Issac Vann matched his season-high with 13 points after shooting 5-for-8 from the field for the Black and Gold
• Senior Mike’L Simms poured in 10 points for VCU. The veteran also snatched three boards. In addition, freshman guard Bones Hyland played a career-high 36 minutes and provided 13 points
• Duquesne guard Tavian Dunn-Martin dropped a team-high 23 points and grabbed five rebounds

THE DIFFERENCE

• Duquesne’s Baylee Steele buried a go-ahead 3-pointer from the top of the arc with 1:58 left in overtime. Santos-Silva pulled the Rams within 78-77 with a bucket with 1:35 remaining, but the Black and Gold could get no closer. VCU missed a pair of 3-point jumpers in the closing moments and Duquesne’s Marcus Weathers connected on a pair of free throws to provide the final margin
• VCU led twice in in the extra period, including 75-72 on a 3-pointer from the wing by Hyland with 3:42 showing
• VCU led by as many as 12 points with 8:41 left, but Duquesne used a 12-2 run, punctuated by a 3-pointer by Lamar Norman Jr., to cut the lead to 63-61 with 4:54 left. The teams battled down the stretch, but Norman Jr. drove and hit a game-typing baseline jumper with 5.9 seconds left to force overtime
• Duquesne owned a 40-29 advantage on the glass. The Dukes corralled 13 offensive rebounds to turned them into 18 second-chance points

NOTABLE

• VCU scored 48 points in the paint
• The Rams finished the regular season at home at 14-4
• Tonight’s overtime battle was the first extra time that the Rams played this season
• VCU leads the all-time series against Duquesne 7-1
• Tuesday marked the 152^nd consecutive sellout at the Stuart C. Siegel Center