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Shulga's 17 lead VCU past Samford 75-65
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) Max Shulga scored 17 points as VCU beat Samford 75-65 on Friday night.
Shulga shot 5 for 9 (4 for 7 from 3-point range) and 3 of 4 from the free throw line for the Rams (1-1). Zeb Jackson added 13 points while shooting 5 for 9, including 1 for 4 from beyond the arc, and he also had seven assists and four steals. Jason Nelson shot 4 for 10 (0 for 4 from 3-point range) and 3 of 4 from the free throw line to finish with 11 points, while adding six steals.
The Bulldogs (0-2) were led by Jermaine Marshall, who posted 20 points, 10 rebounds and four steals. A.J. Staton-McCray added 16 points and three steals for Samford. Achor Achor also had six points.
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VCU's next game is Wednesday against Radford at home. Samford hosts Mississippi College on Tuesday.
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| Time | Team | Play | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20:00 |  | Â | Achor Achor vs. Christian Fermin (Bulldogs gains possession) | Â |
| 19:44 |  | +2 | A.J. Staton-McCray makes two point jump shot (Jermaine Marshall assists) | 2-0 |
| 19:23 | | Â | Michael Belle turnover (out of bounds) | Â |
| 19:13 | | Â | Dallas Graziani turnover (bad pass) (Michael Belle steals) | Â |
| 18:48 | | Â | Zeb Jackson misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 18:46 | | Â | Dallas Graziani defensive rebound | Â |
| 18:40 | | +2 | A.J. Staton-McCray makes two point jump shot | 4-0 |
| 18:20 | | Â | Achor Achor blocks Christian Fermin's two point jump shot | Â |
| 18:18 | | Â | Rylan Jones defensive rebound | Â |
| 18:04 | | Â | Christian Fermin blocks Achor Achor's two point jump shot | Â |
| 18:02 | | Â | Christian Fermin defensive rebound | Â |
| 17:57 | | Â | Dallas Graziani personal foul | Â |
| 17:50 | | +2 | Zeb Jackson makes two point layup | 4-2 |
| 17:30 | | Â | Rylan Jones misses two point layup | Â |
| 17:30 | | Â | Christian Fermin defensive rebound | Â |
| 17:30 | | Â | Achor Achor personal foul | Â |
| 17:26 | | Â | Zeb Jackson turnover (out of bounds) | Â |
| 17:10 | | Â | A.J. Staton-McCray misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 17:08 | | Â | Max Shulga defensive rebound | Â |
| 17:02 | | Â | Dallas Graziani personal foul | Â |
| 16:42 | | Â | Michael Belle misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 16:40 | | Â | Achor Achor defensive rebound | Â |
| 16:36 | | Â | Max Shulga shooting foul (Garrett Hicks draws the foul) | Â |
| 16:36 | | Â | Garrett Hicks misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | Â |
| 16:36 | | +1 | Garrett Hicks makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 5-2 |
| 16:28 | | Â | Zeb Jackson turnover (bad pass) (Achor Achor steals) | Â |
| 16:20 | | Â | Garrett Hicks misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 16:18 | | Â | Bulldogs offensive rebound | Â |
| 16:03 | | Â | Christian Fermin blocks A.J. Staton-McCray's two point layup | Â |
| 16:01 | | Â | Rams defensive rebound | Â |
| 15:58 | | +2 | Jason Nelson makes two point layup | 5-4 |
| 15:33 | | +3 | Josh Holloway makes three point jump shot (Riley Allenspach assists) | 8-4 |
| 15:15 | | Â | Riley Allenspach personal foul | Â |
| 15:15 | | Â | TV timeout | Â |
| 15:04 | | Â | Jaden Campbell personal foul (Max Shulga draws the foul) | Â |
| 14:49 | | Â | Alphonzo Billups III misses two point layup | Â |
| 14:47 | | Â | Riley Allenspach defensive rebound | Â |
| 14:42 | | Â | Jaden Campbell misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 14:40 | | Â | Jermaine Marshall offensive rebound | Â |
| 14:37 | | +2 | Jermaine Marshall makes two point layup | 10-4 |
| 14:14 | | Â | Jason Nelson misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 14:14 | | Â | Bulldogs defensive rebound | Â |
| 13:59 | | +3 | Jermaine Marshall makes three point jump shot (Jaden Campbell assists) | 13-4 |
| 13:59 | | Â | Rams 30 second timeout | Â |
| 13:25 | | Â | Alphonzo Billups III misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 13:25 | | Â | Rylan Jones defensive rebound | Â |
| 13:09 | | Â | Rylan Jones misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 13:07 | | Â | Roosevelt Wheeler defensive rebound | Â |
| 13:07 | | Â | Achor Achor personal foul | Â |
| 12:45 | | +2 | Zeb Jackson makes two point layup (Toibu Lawal assists) | 13-6 |
| 12:33 | | Â | Toibu Lawal personal foul | Â |
| 12:33 | | Â | Alphonzo Billups III blocks Jaden Campbell's two point layup | Â |
| 12:31 | | Â | Toibu Lawal defensive rebound | Â |
| 12:28 | | Â | Toibu Lawal offensive foul | Â |
| 12:28 | | Â | Toibu Lawal turnover (offensive foul) | Â |
| 12:12 | | +3 | Jermaine Marshall makes three point jump shot | 16-6 |
| 11:48 | | Â | Jason Nelson turnover (lost ball) (Jaden Campbell steals) | Â |
| 11:48 | | Â | Christian Fermin personal foul | Â |
| 11:48 | | Â | TV timeout | Â |
| 11:48 | | Â | Kuany Kuany shooting foul (A.J. Staton-McCray draws the foul) | Â |
| 11:48 | | +1 | A.J. Staton-McCray makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 17-6 |
| 11:48 | | Â | A.J. Staton-McCray misses regular free throw 2 of 2 | Â |
| 11:48 | | Â | Kuany Kuany defensive rebound | Â |
| 11:30 | | Â | Jaden Campbell personal foul (Kuany Kuany draws the foul) | Â |
| 11:30 | | +1 | Kuany Kuany makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 17-7 |
| 11:30 | | +1 | Kuany Kuany makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 17-8 |
| 11:15 | | Â | A.J. Staton-McCray misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 11:13 | | Â | Christian Fermin defensive rebound | Â |
| 11:06 | | Â | Alphonzo Billups III misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 11:04 | | Â | Jermaine Marshall defensive rebound | Â |
| 11:04 | | Â | Kuany Kuany personal foul | Â |
| 10:52 | | Â | Garrett Hicks turnover (lost ball) (Max Shulga steals) | Â |
| 10:42 | | Â | Kuany Kuany turnover (lost ball) (Jermaine Marshall steals) | Â |
| 10:29 | | +2 | A.J. Staton-McCray makes two point layup (Rylan Jones assists) | 19-8 |
| 10:10 | | Â | Christian Fermin turnover | Â |
| 9:55 | | Â | Christian Fermin blocks Nathan Johnson's two point jump shot | Â |
| 9:53 | | Â | Christian Fermin defensive rebound | Â |
| 9:42 | | +2 | Zeb Jackson makes two point layup (Jason Nelson assists) | 19-10 |
| 9:24 | | Â | Josh Holloway misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 9:22 | | Â | Nathan Johnson offensive rebound | Â |
| 9:05 | | Â | A.J. Staton-McCray misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 9:03 | | Â | Alphonzo Billups III defensive rebound | Â |
| 8:51 | | Â | Max Shulga turnover (Nathan Johnson steals) | Â |
| 8:45 | | Â | Josh Holloway misses two point layup | Â |
| 8:43 | | Â | Max Shulga defensive rebound | Â |
| 8:17 | | Â | Jason Nelson misses two point layup | Â |
| 8:15 | | Â | Nathan Johnson defensive rebound | Â |
| 7:54 | | +3 | Chandler Leopard makes three point jump shot (Jermaine Marshall assists) | 22-10 |
| 7:37 | | Â | Zeb Jackson misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 7:35 | | Â | Christian Fermin offensive rebound | Â |
| 7:30 | | Â | Christian Fermin misses two point layup | Â |
| 7:28 | | Â | Christian Fermin offensive rebound | Â |
| 7:20 | | +2 | Jason Nelson makes two point layup | 22-12 |
| 7:09 | | +3 | Jermaine Marshall makes three point jump shot (Josh Holloway assists) | 25-12 |
| 6:46 | | Â | Max Shulga misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 6:44 | | Â | Christian Fermin offensive rebound | Â |
| 6:42 | | +2 | Christian Fermin makes two point layup | 25-14 |
| 6:34 | | +2 | A.J. Staton-McCray makes two point layup (Josh Holloway assists) | 27-14 |
| 6:25 | | Â | Jason Nelson misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 6:23 | | Â | Jermaine Marshall defensive rebound | Â |
| 5:52 | | Â | Nathan Johnson misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 5:50 | | Â | Zeb Jackson defensive rebound | Â |
| 5:40 | | +3 | Max Shulga makes three point jump shot (Zeb Jackson assists) | 27-17 |
| 5:40 | | Â | Bulldogs 30 second timeout | Â |
| 5:40 | | Â | TV timeout | Â |
| 5:20 | | +3 | Lukas Walls makes three point jump shot (Jaden Campbell assists) | 30-17 |
| 5:02 | | Â | Toibu Lawal turnover (Garrett Hicks steals) | Â |
| 4:48 | | Â | Rylan Jones misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 4:46 | | Â | Jason Nelson defensive rebound | Â |
| 4:23 | | +2 | Toibu Lawal makes two point dunk (Alphonzo Billups III assists) | 30-19 |
| 3:54 | | Â | Rylan Jones turnover (lost ball) (Zeb Jackson steals) | Â |
| 3:47 | | +3 | Max Shulga makes three point jump shot (Zeb Jackson assists) | 30-22 |
| 3:46 | | Â | Lukas Walls personal foul | Â |
| 3:46 | | Â | TV timeout | Â |
| 3:46 | | Â | Max Shulga misses regular free throw 1 of 1 | Â |
| 3:46 | | Â | Toibu Lawal offensive rebound | Â |
| 3:42 | | +2 | Toibu Lawal makes two point jump shot | 30-24 |
| 3:18 | | +2 | Jermaine Marshall makes two point layup | 32-24 |
| 2:51 | | Â | Jason Nelson misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 2:49 | | Â | Jermaine Marshall defensive rebound | Â |
| 2:38 | | Â | Achor Achor misses two point layup | Â |
| 2:36 | | Â | Zeb Jackson defensive rebound | Â |
| 2:35 | | Â | A.J. Staton-McCray personal foul (Jason Nelson draws the foul) | Â |
| 2:35 | | +1 | Jason Nelson makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 32-25 |
| 2:35 | | +1 | Jason Nelson makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 32-26 |
| 2:29 | | Â | A.J. Staton-McCray misses two point layup | Â |
| 2:27 | | Â | A.J. Staton-McCray offensive rebound | Â |
| 2:23 | | Â | Jermaine Marshall misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 2:21 | | Â | Jermaine Marshall offensive rebound | Â |
| 2:19 | | +2 | Jermaine Marshall makes two point layup (Dallas Graziani assists) | 34-26 |
| 1:54 | | +3 | Max Shulga makes three point jump shot (Zeb Jackson assists) | 34-29 |
| 1:20 | | Â | Bulldogs turnover (shot clock violation) | Â |
| 1:01 | | Â | Jermaine Marshall shooting foul (Christian Fermin draws the foul) | Â |
| 1:01 | | +1 | Christian Fermin makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 34-30 |
| 1:01 | | +1 | Christian Fermin makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 34-31 |
| 0:41 | | Â | Riley Allenspach turnover (lost ball) (Jason Nelson steals) | Â |
| 0:19 | | Â | Max Shulga misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 0:17 | | Â | Christian Fermin offensive rebound | Â |
| 0:14 | | Â | Christian Fermin misses two point layup | Â |
| 0:12 | | Â | Jermaine Marshall defensive rebound | Â |
| 0:01 | | Â | Rylan Jones misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 0:00 | | Â | Jermaine Marshall offensive rebound | Â |
| 0:00 | | Â | End of period | Â |