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Utah takes down VCU 74-54 in NIT quarterfinals
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Gabe Madsen scored 18 points on six 3-pointers in Utah's 74-54 victory against VCU on Wednesday night in the NIT quarterfinals.
Utah (22-14) advances to play Indiana State on Tuesday in the semifinals.
Madsen shot 6 for 13 for the Utes. Branden Carlson scored 17 points, going 7 of 13 (3 for 5 from 3-point range). Deivon Smith went 6 of 11 from the field (2 for 3 from 3-point range) to finish with 15 points.
The Rams (24-14) were led in scoring by Sean Bairstow, who finished with 13 points. Christian Fermin added eight points and nine rebounds for VCU. Max Shulga finished with six points.
Utah took the lead with 19:40 left in the first half and never looked back. The score was 36-26 at halftime, with Carlson racking up 11 points. Madsen led the way with a team-high nine second-half points.
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| Time | Team | Play | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20:00 |  | Â | (Utes gains possession) | Â |
| 19:40 | | +3 | Branden Carlson makes three point jump shot (Gabe Madsen assists) | 0-3 |
| 19:09 |  | Â | Zeb Jackson misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 19:05 | | Â | Utes defensive rebound | Â |
| 18:50 | | Â | Cole Bajema misses two point layup | Â |
| 18:48 | | Â | Christian Fermin defensive rebound | Â |
| 18:29 | | Â | Sean Bairstow misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 18:27 | | Â | Lawson Lovering defensive rebound | Â |
| 18:17 | | +2 | Deivon Smith makes two point running jump shot | 0-5 |
| 17:45 | | Â | Kuany Kuany misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 17:43 | | Â | Deivon Smith defensive rebound | Â |
| 17:32 | | Â | Cole Bajema misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 17:30 | | Â | Deivon Smith offensive rebound | Â |
| 17:21 | | +3 | Gabe Madsen makes three point jump shot (Deivon Smith assists) | 0-8 |
| 17:18 | | Â | Rams 30 second timeout | Â |
| 17:06 | | Â | Deivon Smith blocks Christian Fermin's two point layup | Â |
| 17:04 | | Â | Christian Fermin offensive rebound | Â |
| 16:59 | | Â | Christian Fermin misses two point layup | Â |
| 16:57 | | Â | Lawson Lovering defensive rebound | Â |
| 16:50 | | +2 | Branden Carlson makes two point dunk (Deivon Smith assists) | 0-10 |
| 16:33 | | +2 | Zeb Jackson makes two point jump shot | 2-10 |
| 16:10 | | +2 | Lawson Lovering makes two point hook shot (Branden Carlson assists) | 2-12 |
| 15:46 | | Â | Christian Fermin misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 15:44 | | Â | Deivon Smith defensive rebound | Â |
| 15:38 | | Â | Branden Carlson misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 15:36 | | Â | Sean Bairstow defensive rebound | Â |
| 15:30 | | Â | Deivon Smith personal foul (Max Shulga draws the foul) | Â |
| 15:30 | | Â | TV timeout | Â |
| 15:09 | | Â | Joe Bamisile misses two point turnaround jump shot | Â |
| 15:07 | | Â | Toibu Lawal offensive rebound | Â |
| 15:07 | | Â | Toibu Lawal offensive foul | Â |
| 15:07 | | Â | Toibu Lawal turnover (offensive foul) | Â |
| 14:54 | | +3 | Branden Carlson makes three point jump shot (Deivon Smith assists) | 2-15 |
| 14:35 | | Â | Max Shulga misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 14:33 | | Â | Branden Carlson defensive rebound | Â |
| 14:26 | | Â | Gabe Madsen misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 14:24 | | Â | Toibu Lawal defensive rebound | Â |
| 14:21 | | Â | Keba Keita personal foul (Toibu Lawal draws the foul) | Â |
| 13:59 | | Â | Michael Belle turnover (lost ball) (Deivon Smith steals) | Â |
| 13:52 | | +3 | Gabe Madsen makes three point jump shot (Cole Bajema assists) | 2-18 |
| 13:34 | | Â | Max Shulga misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 13:32 | | Â | Gabe Madsen defensive rebound | Â |
| 13:26 | | Â | Gabe Madsen misses two point layup | Â |
| 13:25 | | Â | Rams defensive rebound | Â |
| 13:13 | | Â | Alphonzo Billups III turnover (lost ball) (Gabe Madsen steals) | Â |
| 13:04 | | Â | Branden Carlson turnover (bad pass) (Alphonzo Billups III steals) | Â |
| 12:58 | | +3 | Alphonzo Billups III makes three point jump shot | 5-18 |
| 12:42 | | Â | Cole Bajema turnover (traveling) | Â |
| 12:29 | | +3 | Zeb Jackson makes three point jump shot | 8-18 |
| 11:57 | | Â | Gabe Madsen turnover (lost ball) (Michael Belle steals) | Â |
| 11:55 | | Â | Gabe Madsen personal foul | Â |
| 11:55 | | Â | TV timeout | Â |
| 11:45 | | +2 | Michael Belle makes two point layup (Alphonzo Billups III assists) | 10-18 |
| 11:32 | | Â | Hunter Erickson misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 11:30 | | Â | Toibu Lawal defensive rebound | Â |
| 11:02 | | Â | Lawson Lovering shooting foul (Christian Fermin draws the foul) | Â |
| 11:02 | | +1 | Christian Fermin makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 11-18 |
| 11:02 | | Â | Christian Fermin misses regular free throw 2 of 2 | Â |
| 11:02 | | Â | Lawson Lovering defensive rebound | Â |
| 10:43 | | Â | Christian Fermin shooting foul (Lawson Lovering draws the foul) | Â |
| 10:43 | | Â | Lawson Lovering misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | Â |
| 10:43 | | +1 | Lawson Lovering makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 11-19 |
| 10:17 | | Â | Deivon Smith blocks Max Shulga's two point jump shot | Â |
| 10:15 | | Â | Deivon Smith defensive rebound | Â |
| 9:59 | | Â | Deivon Smith misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 9:57 | | Â | Joe Bamisile defensive rebound | Â |
| 9:48 | | Â | Joe Bamisile misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 9:47 | | Â | Christian Fermin offensive rebound | Â |
| 9:47 | | Â | Christian Fermin turnover (out of bounds) | Â |
| 9:28 | | Â | Hunter Erickson misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 9:26 | | Â | Max Shulga defensive rebound | Â |
| 9:20 | | +2 | Kuany Kuany makes two point dunk (Max Shulga assists) | 13-19 |
| 9:05 | | +2 | Lawson Lovering makes two point dunk (Deivon Smith assists) | 13-21 |
| 8:33 | | Â | Sean Bairstow misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 8:31 | | Â | Lawson Lovering defensive rebound | Â |
| 8:23 | | Â | Lawson Lovering turnover (bad pass) (Sean Bairstow steals) | Â |
| 8:17 | | Â | Branden Carlson personal foul (Toibu Lawal draws the foul) | Â |
| 8:17 | | +1 | Toibu Lawal makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 14-21 |
| 8:17 | | +1 | Toibu Lawal makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 15-21 |
| 8:06 | | +2 | Cole Bajema makes two point jump shot (Deivon Smith assists) | 15-23 |
| 7:48 | | Â | Kuany Kuany misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 7:46 | | Â | Keba Keita defensive rebound | Â |
| 7:46 | | Â | Toibu Lawal personal foul | Â |
| 7:46 | | Â | TV timeout | Â |
| 7:36 | | Â | Cole Bajema misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 7:34 | | Â | Christian Fermin defensive rebound | Â |
| 7:19 | | +2 | Christian Fermin makes two point jump shot (Zeb Jackson assists) | 17-23 |
| 6:56 | | Â | Christian Fermin blocks Keba Keita's two point jump shot | Â |
| 6:54 | | Â | Keba Keita offensive rebound | Â |
| 6:49 | | Â | Keba Keita misses two point layup | Â |
| 6:47 | | Â | Zeb Jackson defensive rebound | Â |
| 6:39 | | Â | Zeb Jackson turnover (lost ball) (Deivon Smith steals) | Â |
| 6:30 | | Â | Jason Nelson blocks Deivon Smith's two point layup | Â |
| 6:28 | | Â | Deivon Smith offensive rebound | Â |
| 6:27 | | Â | Deivon Smith misses two point layup | Â |
| 6:25 | | Â | Christian Fermin defensive rebound | Â |
| 6:15 | | Â | Kuany Kuany misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 6:13 | | Â | Deivon Smith defensive rebound | Â |
| 6:13 | | Â | Jason Nelson personal foul | Â |
| 6:04 | | Â | Michael Belle blocks Keba Keita's two point layup | Â |
| 6:02 | | Â | Zeb Jackson defensive rebound | Â |
| 5:59 | | +2 | Sean Bairstow makes two point layup | 19-23 |
| 5:57 | | Â | Rams 30 second timeout | Â |
| 5:57 | | Â | Craig Smith technical foul | Â |
| 5:57 | | Â | Utes turnover | Â |
| 5:57 | | Â | Zeb Jackson misses technical free throw 1 of 2 | Â |
| 5:57 | | +1 | Zeb Jackson makes technical free throw 2 of 2 | 20-23 |
| 5:41 | | Â | Branden Carlson misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 5:39 | | Â | Jason Nelson defensive rebound | Â |
| 5:28 | | Â | Sean Bairstow misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 5:26 | | Â | Gabe Madsen defensive rebound | Â |
| 5:13 | | Â | Deivon Smith misses two point turnaround jump shot | Â |
| 5:10 | | Â | Utes offensive rebound | Â |
| 5:10 | | Â | Utes turnover (5-second violation) | Â |
| 4:50 | | Â | Roosevelt Wheeler offensive foul | Â |
| 4:50 | | Â | Roosevelt Wheeler turnover (offensive foul) | Â |
| 4:33 | | +3 | Branden Carlson makes three point jump shot (Gabe Madsen assists) | 20-26 |
| 4:10 | | Â | Roosevelt Wheeler offensive foul | Â |
| 4:10 | | Â | Roosevelt Wheeler turnover (offensive foul) | Â |
| 4:02 | | +3 | Gabe Madsen makes three point jump shot (Lawson Lovering assists) | 20-29 |
| 4:02 | | Â | Max Shulga shooting foul (Gabe Madsen draws the foul) | Â |
| 4:00 | | Â | TV timeout | Â |
| 4:00 | | Â | Gabe Madsen misses regular free throw 1 of 1 | Â |
| 4:00 | | Â | Sean Bairstow defensive rebound | Â |
| 3:40 | | Â | Sean Bairstow misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 3:38 | | Â | Christian Fermin offensive rebound | Â |
| 3:34 | | Â | Christian Fermin misses two point layup | Â |
| 3:32 | | Â | Christian Fermin offensive rebound | Â |
| 3:28 | | +2 | Christian Fermin makes two point layup | 22-29 |
| 3:19 | | Â | Lawson Lovering turnover (bad pass) (Christian Fermin steals) | Â |
| 3:09 | | Â | Branden Carlson shooting foul (Max Shulga draws the foul) | Â |
| 3:09 | | Â | Max Shulga misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | Â |
| 3:09 | | +1 | Max Shulga makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 23-29 |
| 2:58 | | Â | Deivon Smith misses two point layup | Â |
| 2:56 | | Â | Christian Fermin defensive rebound | Â |
| 2:50 | | Â | Christian Fermin turnover (lost ball) (Lawson Lovering steals) | Â |
| 2:31 | | +2 | Cole Bajema makes two point jump shot | 23-31 |
| 2:08 | | +3 | Alphonzo Billups III makes three point jump shot (Joe Bamisile assists) | 26-31 |
| 1:34 | | Â | Cole Bajema misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 1:32 | | Â | Sean Bairstow defensive rebound | Â |
| 1:26 | | Â | Joe Bamisile misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 1:24 | | Â | Ben Carlson defensive rebound | Â |
| 1:05 | | Â | Ben Carlson misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 1:03 | | Â | Zeb Jackson defensive rebound | Â |
| 0:54 | | Â | Zeb Jackson misses two point layup | Â |
| 0:52 | | Â | Lawson Lovering defensive rebound | Â |
| 0:45 | | +2 | Deivon Smith makes two point layup | 26-33 |
| 0:20 | | Â | Zeb Jackson misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 0:18 | | Â | Lawson Lovering defensive rebound | Â |
| 0:01 | | +3 | Deivon Smith makes three point jump shot | 26-36 |
| 0:00 | | Â | End of period | Â |