National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
VCU 93, Davidson 73
When: 1:30 PM ET, Saturday, March 14, 2015
Where: Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York
Officials: # Tony Crisp, # Tim Kelly, # Earl Walton
Attendance: N/A

VCU 93, No. 24 Davidson 73: Treveon Graham scored 18 points, including 4-of-4 from 3-point range, and grabbed nine rebounds as the fifth-seeded Rams upset the top-seeded Wildcats in the semifinals of the Atlantic 10 tournament in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Mo Alie-Cox scored 18 points to go with eight rebounds, JeQuan Lewis finished with 13 points, and Terry Larrier added 11 points for VCU (25-9), which advanced to its third straight A-10 title game and fifth straight conference championship game overall. The Rams, who shot 49.1 percent and finished with a 40-30 rebounding edge, will face No. 2 seed Dayton in Sunday's championship game.

Atlantic 10 Player of the Year Tyler Kalinoski had 19 points, seven rebounds and three steals to lead Davidson (24-7), which had a 10-game winning streak snapped. Jack Gibbs and Jordan Barham each added 18 points for the Wildcats, who connected on just 7-of-26 3-point attempts while shooting 42.1 percent.

Davidson, which handed VCU the worst loss of Shaka Smart's six-year coaching stint 82-55 on March 5, looked like it might blow out the Rams again early, racing to a 14-4 lead in the first five minutes behind seven points by Kalinoski. But the Rams caught fire after that, sinking five consecutive 3-pointers during one stretch while finishing the half on a 40-12 run to lead 44-28 at halftime.

VCU pushed its lead to 55-33 on a three-point play by Jordan Burgess with a little over 15 minutes remaining before Davidson, which rallied from an 18-point deficit to pull out 67-66 win over La Salle in the quarterfinals, went on a 16-0 run fueled by a pair of 3-pointers by Kalinoski to close to within 55-49. But Graham hit a 3-pointer and Alie-Cox added a dunk and a pair of free throws during a 12-3 run as the Rams extended their lead back to 15 points, and the Wildcats never got closer than 11 points the rest of the way.

GAME NOTEBOOK: VCU, which was 1-of-15 from 3-point range in the March 5 loss to Davidson, finished 12-of-24 beyond the arc including 8-of-14 in the first half. ... VCU G Melvin Johnson, who went over the 1,000-point mark for his career with a 3-pointer midway through the first half, connected on 2-of-8 3-pointers and is 11-of-24 for the tournament from long range. ... The Rams, who scored four points in the first eight minutes, scored 89 over the final 32 minutes.
Top Game Performances
 
VCU   Davidson
Mo Alie-Cox 18 Scoring Tyler Kalinoski 19
Jonathan Williams 5 Assists Brian Sullivan 6
Treveon Graham 9 Rebounds Tyler Kalinoski 7
Mo Alie-Cox 8 Free Throws Made Jack Gibbs 9
Jonathan Williams 2 Steals Tyler Kalinoski 3
Justin Tillman 3 Blocks Peyton Aldridge 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
VCU 93 49.1 12-24 25-30 15 37 3 7 12
Davidson 73 42.1 7-26 18-26 15 30 3 7 9