| Lineup | VCU | PG - Eugene Wolf (fresh) 3 pts. SG - William Schmitt (fresh) 4 pts. SF - James Marshall (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Newton Sloan (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Donald Rohe (fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. 4 stl. | |
| Lineup | St. Bonaventure | PG - John Sanders (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - James Davidson (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Alonzo Rodriguez (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. PF - Leonard Cook (fresh) 4 pts. C - Donald Pappas (fresh) 5 reb. | |
| 20:00 | VCU | James Marshall inbounds the ball | 19-27 |
| Game Plan | VCU | VCU is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | St. Bonaventure | St. Bonaventure is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:43 | VCU | Donald Rohe hits a jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by William Schmitt | 21-27 |
| 19:25 | St. Bonaventure | James Davidson misses short on a floater from the left wing but he's hacked by Eugene Wolf - foul #2 on Eugene Wolf, team foul #1 | 21-27 |
| 19:25 | St. Bonaventure | James Davidson makes the 1st free throw | 21-28 |
| 19:25 | St. Bonaventure | James Davidson makes the 2nd free throw | 21-29 |
| 18:58 | VCU | Donald Rohe can't connect on a 3 pointer from straight away | 21-29 |
| 18:56 | VCU | William Schmitt gets the offensive rebound | 21-29 |
| 18:43 | VCU | Eugene Wolf buries a 3pt attempt from the right corner on a nice dish by William Schmitt | 24-29 |
| 18:29 | St. Bonaventure | James Marshall denies the turnaround by Leonard Cook | 24-29 |
| 18:27 | VCU | James Marshall pulls down the rebound | 24-29 |
| 18:01 | VCU | Donald Rohe loses the dribble to Alonzo Rodriguez | 24-29 |
| 17:45 | St. Bonaventure | Donald Pappas is called for a pushoff foul - foul #3 on Donald Pappas, team foul #1 | 24-29 |
| Subs | VCU | | |
| Subs | St. Bonaventure | Eugene Shields (C) Donald Pappas | |
| 17:30 | VCU | Eugene Shields denies the turnaround by Newton Sloan | 24-29 |
| 17:29 | St. Bonaventure | Eugene Shields gets the rebound | 24-29 |
| 17:23 | St. Bonaventure | Eugene Shields comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 24-29 |
| 17:22 | St. Bonaventure | Leonard Cook gets the offensive rebound | 24-29 |
| 17:08 | St. Bonaventure | James Davidson knocks in the 3 from the right wing on a great pass from Alonzo Rodriguez | 24-32 |
| 16:51 | VCU | James Davidson steps in front of the Donald Rohe pass | 24-32 |
| 16:34 | St. Bonaventure | Eugene Shields banks in the layup on a nice dish by James Davidson and he's fouled by Eugene Wolf - foul #3 on Eugene Wolf, team foul #2 | 24-34 |
| Subs | VCU | Richard Jordan (PG), Richard Mackay (SG), Guy Fine (SF), Teddy Laurent (PF) Eugene Wolf, William Schmitt, James Marshall, Newton Sloan | |
| Subs | St. Bonaventure | Harold Dye (PG), Thomas Kyzer (SG), Thomas Belanger (SF), Dean Bucy (C) John Sanders, James Davidson, Alonzo Rodriguez, Leonard Cook | |
| 16:34 | St. Bonaventure | Eugene Shields misses the free throw | 24-34 |
| 16:34 | VCU | Donald Rohe grabs the board | 24-34 |
| 16:10 | VCU | Dean Bucy takes the ball from Richard Mackay | 24-34 |
| 16:03 | St. Bonaventure | Dean Bucy is whistled for a carry | 24-34 |
| Lineup | VCU | PG - Richard Jordan (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Richard Mackay (fresh) SF - Guy Fine (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. PF - Teddy Laurent (fresh) 2 reb. C - Donald Rohe (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. 4 stl. | |
| Lineup | St. Bonaventure | PG - Harold Dye (fresh) 8 pts. SG - Thomas Kyzer (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Thomas Belanger (fresh) PF - Eugene Shields (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Dean Bucy (fresh) | |
| 15:38 | VCU | Guy Fine comes up short on the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 24-34 |
| 15:36 | St. Bonaventure | Dean Bucy grabs the defensive rebound | 24-34 |
| 15:13 | St. Bonaventure | Dean Bucy misses short on a driving attempt in the paint | 24-34 |
| 15:11 | VCU | Richard Jordan snags the defensive board | 24-34 |
| 14:51 | VCU | Donald Rohe is fouled on the floor by Dean Bucy - foul #1 on Dean Bucy, team foul #2 | 24-34 |
| Subs | VCU | Eugene Wolf (PG), William Schmitt (SG), Michael Holden (SF), Newton Sloan (PF) Richard Jordan, Richard Mackay, Guy Fine, Donald Rohe | |
| Subs | St. Bonaventure | John Sanders (PG), James Davidson (SG), Alonzo Rodriguez (SF), Donald Pappas (C) Harold Dye, Thomas Kyzer, Thomas Belanger, Dean Bucy | |
| 14:32 | VCU | Teddy Laurent throws a bad pass out of bounds | 24-34 |
| Subs | VCU | James Marshall (SF) Michael Holden | |
| Subs | St. Bonaventure | Leonard Cook (PF) Eugene Shields | |
| 14:21 | St. Bonaventure | John Sanders comes up short on the jumper from the right wing | 24-34 |
| 14:20 | St. Bonaventure | Leonard Cook gets the offensive rebound | 24-34 |
| 14:05 | St. Bonaventure | John Sanders is hacked by Newton Sloan - foul #3 on Newton Sloan, team foul #3 | 24-34 |
| 13:48 | St. Bonaventure | James Davidson misses the 3pt shot from the right wing | 24-34 |
| 13:46 | VCU | The rebound goes to Teddy Laurent | 24-34 |
| 13:39 | VCU | William Schmitt is fouled on the floor by James Davidson - foul #1 on James Davidson, team foul #3 | 24-34 |
| Subs | VCU | Michael Holden (C) Teddy Laurent | |
| Subs | St. Bonaventure | | |
| 13:22 | VCU | Eugene Wolf can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 24-34 |
| 13:21 | St. Bonaventure | Leonard Cook grabs the defensive rebound | 24-34 |
| 13:15 | St. Bonaventure | Alonzo Rodriguez misses the jumper from the right side but he's hacked by Michael Holden - foul #4 on Michael Holden, team foul #4 | 24-34 |
| Subs | VCU | Donald Rohe (C) Michael Holden | |
| Subs | St. Bonaventure | Harold Dye (SG) James Davidson | |
| 13:15 | St. Bonaventure | Alonzo Rodriguez misses the 1st free throw | 24-34 |
| 13:15 | St. Bonaventure | Alonzo Rodriguez makes the 2nd free throw | 24-35 |
| 12:51 | VCU | Donald Rohe connects on the jump hook in the paint | 26-35 |
| 12:31 | St. Bonaventure | John Sanders hits the front of the rim on the shot from the baseline | 26-35 |
| 12:29 | VCU | William Schmitt snags the defensive board | 26-35 |
| 12:08 | VCU | James Marshall loses the dribble to Harold Dye | 26-35 |
| 11:47 | St. Bonaventure | Alonzo Rodriguez comes up short on the turnaround near the basket | 26-35 |
| 11:45 | VCU | Eugene Wolf grabs the defensive rebound | 26-35 |
| Lineup | VCU | PG - Eugene Wolf (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 pf. SG - William Schmitt (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SF - James Marshall (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Newton Sloan (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. C - Donald Rohe (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. 4 stl. | |
| Lineup | St. Bonaventure | PG - John Sanders (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - Harold Dye (fresh) 8 pts. 2 stl. SF - Alonzo Rodriguez (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. 3 stl. PF - Leonard Cook (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Donald Pappas (fairly fresh) 5 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 11:34 | VCU | James Marshall connects on the 3 pointer from the left corner set up by Eugene Wolf | 29-35 |
| 11:16 | St. Bonaventure | John Sanders scores on a shot from the free throw line on a great pass from Harold Dye | 29-37 |
| 11:03 | VCU | Leonard Cook swats the layup by Donald Rohe | 29-37 |
| 11:01 | St. Bonaventure | The rebound goes to John Sanders | 29-37 |
| 10:58 | St. Bonaventure | Eugene Wolf picks off the pass by John Sanders in the backcourt | 29-37 |
| 10:56 | VCU | William Schmitt lays it in set up by Eugene Wolf | 31-37 |
| 10:32 | St. Bonaventure | John Sanders is hacked by Eugene Wolf - foul #4 on Eugene Wolf, team foul #5 | 31-37 |
| Subs | VCU | Richard Jordan (PG), Richard Mackay (SG), Guy Fine (SF), Teddy Laurent (PF) Eugene Wolf, William Schmitt, James Marshall, Newton Sloan | |
| Subs | St. Bonaventure | James Davidson (SG), Thomas Kyzer (SF), Eugene Shields (PF), Dean Bucy (C) John Sanders, Alonzo Rodriguez, Leonard Cook, Donald Pappas | |
| 10:10 | St. Bonaventure | Harold Dye hits a 3 from the right corner | 31-40 |
| 10:06 | VCU | Richard Jordan misses long on a floater from the free throw line but he's hacked by Harold Dye - foul #2 on Harold Dye, team foul #4 | 31-40 |
| 10:06 | VCU | Richard Jordan makes the 1st free throw | 32-40 |
| 10:06 | VCU | Richard Jordan makes the 2nd free throw | 33-40 |
| 09:51 | St. Bonaventure | Harold Dye misses badly on a floater from just outside the lane | 33-40 |
| 09:49 | VCU | Donald Rohe grabs the defensive rebound | 33-40 |
| 09:44 | VCU | Guy Fine loses the dribble to Harold Dye | 33-40 |
| 09:24 | St. Bonaventure | Dean Bucy buries a 3pt attempt from the left wing on a nice dish by Harold Dye | 33-43 |
| 09:16 | VCU | Donald Rohe connects on the 3 pointer from straight away set up by Richard Mackay | 36-43 |
| 08:59 | St. Bonaventure | Thomas Kyzer is fouled on the floor by Teddy Laurent - foul #1 on Teddy Laurent, team foul #6 | 36-43 |
| Subs | VCU | Newton Sloan (PF) Donald Rohe | |
| Subs | St. Bonaventure | Thomas Belanger (SF) Harold Dye | |
| 08:52 | St. Bonaventure | James Davidson misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 36-43 |
| 08:51 | VCU | Teddy Laurent grabs the defensive rebound | 36-43 |
| 08:24 | VCU | Guy Fine clanks a 3 pointer from the right corner | 36-43 |
| 08:23 | St. Bonaventure | Dean Bucy grabs the defensive rebound | 36-43 |
| 08:00 | St. Bonaventure | Eugene Shields steps out of bounds on the baseline | 36-43 |
| Subs | VCU | Eugene Wolf (PG), William Schmitt (SG), Michael Holden (SF) Richard Jordan, Richard Mackay, Guy Fine | |
| Subs | St. Bonaventure | John Sanders (PG), Donald Pappas (C) Thomas Kyzer, Dean Bucy | |
| 07:47 | VCU | Teddy Laurent hits a turnaround from the left block on a nice dish by Eugene Wolf and the foul's on Donald Pappas - foul #4 on Donald Pappas, team foul #5 | 38-43 |
| 07:47 | VCU | Teddy Laurent makes the free throw | 39-43 |
| Lineup | VCU | PG - Eugene Wolf (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. 4 pf. SG - William Schmitt (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Michael Holden (fresh) 4 pf. PF - Newton Sloan (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. C - Teddy Laurent (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | St. Bonaventure | PG - John Sanders (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SG - James Davidson (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SF - Thomas Belanger (fresh) PF - Eugene Shields (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Donald Pappas (fresh) 5 reb. 4 pf. | |
| 07:22 | St. Bonaventure | John Sanders can't finish the layup but he's hacked by Michael Holden - foul #5 on Michael Holden, team foul #7 | 39-43 |
| Subs | VCU | James Marshall (SF), Donald Rohe (C) Michael Holden, Teddy Laurent | |
| Subs | St. Bonaventure | Harold Dye (SG), Leonard Cook (PF) James Davidson, Eugene Shields | |
| 07:22 | St. Bonaventure | John Sanders makes the 1st free throw | 39-44 |
| 07:22 | St. Bonaventure | John Sanders misses the 2nd free throw | 39-44 |
| 07:22 | VCU | Donald Rohe gets the rebound | 39-44 |
| 07:04 | VCU | Newton Sloan is fouled on the floor by Donald Pappas - foul #5 on Donald Pappas, team foul #6 | 39-44 |
| Subs | VCU | | |
| Subs | St. Bonaventure | Alonzo Rodriguez (SF), Dean Bucy (C) Thomas Belanger, Donald Pappas | |
| 06:52 | VCU | Eugene Wolf hits the front of the rim on the floater from the free throw line | 39-44 |
| 06:50 | VCU | Donald Rohe gets the offensive rebound | 39-44 |
| 06:33 | VCU | Eugene Wolf misses badly on a 3 pointer from straight away | 39-44 |
| 06:31 | VCU | James Marshall tips it but misses | 39-44 |
| 06:30 | St. Bonaventure | The rebound goes to Dean Bucy | 39-44 |
| 06:10 | St. Bonaventure | Alonzo Rodriguez connects on the shot from close range on a nice dish by Harold Dye and he's fouled by James Marshall - foul #2 on James Marshall, team foul #8 | 39-46 |
| Subs | VCU | | |
| Subs | St. Bonaventure | Thomas Kyzer (SG), Eugene Shields (C) John Sanders, Dean Bucy | |
| 06:10 | St. Bonaventure | Alonzo Rodriguez misses the free throw | 39-46 |
| 06:10 | VCU | Donald Rohe gets the rebound | 39-46 |
| 05:51 | VCU | Eugene Wolf comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 39-46 |
| 05:49 | St. Bonaventure | Leonard Cook pulls down the rebound | 39-46 |
| 05:21 | St. Bonaventure | Harold Dye misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 39-46 |
| 05:20 | St. Bonaventure | The offensive rebound goes to Eugene Shields | 39-46 |
| 05:04 | St. Bonaventure | Alonzo Rodriguez misses badly on a 3 from straight away | 39-46 |
| 05:03 | St. Bonaventure | Thomas Kyzer gets the offensive rebound | 39-46 |
| 04:52 | St. Bonaventure | Thomas Kyzer knocks in the jumper from the left side on a nice dish by Harold Dye | 39-48 |
| 04:33 | VCU | Donald Rohe hits the front of the rim on the turnaround from the right block but he's fouled by Alonzo Rodriguez - foul #1 on Alonzo Rodriguez, team foul #7 | 39-48 |
| Subs | VCU | Richard Jordan (PG), Richard Mackay (SG), Guy Fine (SF), Teddy Laurent (PF) Eugene Wolf, William Schmitt, James Marshall, Newton Sloan | |
| Subs | St. Bonaventure | John Sanders (PG), James Davidson (SG), Thomas Belanger (SF), Dean Bucy (C) Harold Dye, Thomas Kyzer, Alonzo Rodriguez, Leonard Cook | |
| 04:33 | VCU | Donald Rohe makes the 1st free throw | 40-48 |
| 04:33 | VCU | Donald Rohe misses the 2nd free throw | 40-48 |
| 04:33 | St. Bonaventure | Dean Bucy gets the rebound | 40-48 |
| 04:18 | St. Bonaventure | John Sanders can't throw it down | 40-48 |
| 04:16 | VCU | Teddy Laurent pulls down the rebound | 40-48 |
| 03:59 | VCU | Donald Rohe knocks in the runner near the basket | 42-48 |
| 03:35 | St. Bonaventure | John Sanders misses long on a floater from just outside the lane | 42-48 |
| 03:33 | VCU | Richard Mackay grabs the board | 42-48 |
| Lineup | VCU | PG - Richard Jordan (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Richard Mackay (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Guy Fine (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. PF - Teddy Laurent (fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. C - Donald Rohe (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 10 reb. 4 stl. | |
| Lineup | St. Bonaventure | PG - John Sanders (fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. SG - James Davidson (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SF - Thomas Belanger (fresh) PF - Eugene Shields (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. C - Dean Bucy (fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 03:16 | VCU | Teddy Laurent misses the 3pt shot from the right wing | 42-48 |
| 03:15 | St. Bonaventure | The rebound goes to John Sanders | 42-48 |
| 03:10 | St. Bonaventure | John Sanders hits a shot from the left wing | 42-50 |
| Game Plan | VCU | VCU is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | St. Bonaventure | St. Bonaventure is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 03:01 | VCU | James Davidson steals it from Richard Mackay | 42-50 |
| 02:58 | St. Bonaventure | Thomas Belanger slams it home on a nice dish by James Davidson | 42-52 |
| 02:58 | VCU | VCU calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 42-52 |
| Subs | VCU | Eugene Wolf (PG), William Schmitt (SG), James Marshall (SF) Richard Jordan, Richard Mackay, Guy Fine | |
| Subs | St. Bonaventure | Alonzo Rodriguez (SF), Leonard Cook (PF) Thomas Belanger, Dean Bucy | |
| 02:50 | VCU | William Schmitt comes up short on the 3 from the right wing | 42-52 |
| 02:48 | St. Bonaventure | Eugene Shields pulls down the rebound | 42-52 |
| Game Plan | VCU | VCU is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | St. Bonaventure | St. Bonaventure is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 02:31 | St. Bonaventure | Alonzo Rodriguez scores on a turnaround in the paint set up by John Sanders | 42-54 |
| 02:16 | VCU | Alonzo Rodriguez steals it from William Schmitt | 42-54 |
| 01:50 | St. Bonaventure | John Sanders comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 42-54 |
| 01:49 | St. Bonaventure | Alonzo Rodriguez hits the follow up shot | 42-56 |
| 01:28 | VCU | James Marshall makes the fadeaway jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Eugene Wolf | 44-56 |
| 01:04 | St. Bonaventure | James Davidson drills a 3pt shot from the right corner on a nice dish by John Sanders | 44-59 |
| 00:53 | VCU | William Schmitt lays it in on a nice dish by Donald Rohe | 46-59 |
| Game Plan | VCU | VCU is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | St. Bonaventure | St. Bonaventure is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:27 | St. Bonaventure | James Davidson lays it up and in on a nice dish by Alonzo Rodriguez | 46-61 |
| Game Plan | VCU | VCU is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | St. Bonaventure | St. Bonaventure is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:20 | VCU | William Schmitt connects on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 49-61 |
| 00:00 | St. Bonaventure | John Sanders runs out the clock | 49-61 |