Rams improve to 3-0 after 4th quarter comeback

Game Summary

Richmond, VA (11-14-23) The Lady Rams improved to 3-0 with a 55-50 win over the ECU Pirates. The Rams returned back to the Stu after Friday’s 70-54 win over William and Mary in Williamsburg. The Rams avenged last year’s 69-51 loss to ECU.

In the first two minutes of this game, both teams were scoreless until Timaya Lewis-Eutsey (Who led the Rams with 13 points) hit a free throw to give the Rams a 1-0 lead. ECU’s Amiya Joyner scored the 1st field goal of the game with 5:09 left in the 1st quarter. The Rams had their biggest lead of the night (8) as they led 10-2 with 1:40 remaining in the 1st quarter. The Rams ended the 1st quarter with a 14-7 lead. The Pirates roared back in the 2nd quarter as Tatyana Wyche hit a free throw to give ECU a 19-18 lead with 5:35 before halftime. The Pirates went on a 12-2 run while the Rams went scoreless in the final 4:11 in the 2nd quarter as ECU led 25-21 at halftime.

With 6:22 left in the 3rd Quarter Sarah Te-Biasu (10 points, 2 Assists ) scored as the Rams tied the game 27-27. The Rams once again got cold as they went scoreless the final 2:09 as the Pirates led 36-33 heading into the 4th Quarter. Sarah Te-Biasu hit a 3-pointer with 6:30 left to give the Rams a 43-40 lead. The Rams lead grew to 48-41 with 2:59 remaining. The Rams held on to the lead to win 55-50.

Box Score

Player of the Game

Timaya Lewis-Eutsey 13 Points

At the Podium

After tonight's win, we spoke with Head Coach Beth O'Boyle, Timaya Lewis-Eutsey, Mary-Anna Asare

What’s next?

The Lady Rams head to JMU on Sunday (11-9-23). Then the Rams will travel to Puerto Rico for the Discover Puerto Rico Shootout (Nov 23-25). The Lady Rams return to the Stu on December 2nd vs Charlotte, Tip-off is 1 pm.

Rams Thrash Hofstra 72-44 in Season Opener

Image Source: VCU Women's Basketball Twitter Page

The VCU Women’s basketball started their 2023-24 season tonight as they faced the Hofstra Pride and won 72-44. This was the 21st meeting between these two schools; the last time they played was in 2012 when the Rams won 76-60.

Lucía Sotelo Miguez put the Rams on the scoreboard to give the Rams a 2-0 lead. Hofstra countered with an 11-7 lead with 5:41 in the 1st Quarter. Jennifer Ezeh scored to give the Rams a 15-13 lead with 1:53 remaining in the 1st quarter. The Pride went cold as they went scoreless in the final 3 minutes of the 1st quarter as the Rams led 18-13. The second quarter saw the Rams maintain the lead as they went on a 7-0 Run with 2:49 left in the 2nd Quarter to give the Rams a 30-19 lead. Rams went to halftime with a 37-22 lead

The Rams lead grew to 18 points (40-22, 9:11 in the 3rd quarter). The Rams ended the 3rd quarter with a 51-34 lead. The lead grew to double digits in the 4th as Mary-Anna Asare's layup put the Rams 57-36 with 5:44 left. The lead grew to 30 points (72-42 with .43 Seconds remaining). Hofstra guard Tionna Baker hit a jumper with 27 seconds remaining as this would be the final points scored in the game!

Player of the Game

Mary-Anna Asare

14 Points, 4 Reb, 1 Assist

By the Numbers

14: Points Scored by Mary-Anna Asare (Team High)

30: Biggest Lead for the Rams

42: Amount of Rebounds by the Rams

47%: Field Goal Range for the Rams

57% : 3 Point Shooting Percentage

At the Podium

After tonight’s victory, we spoke with Head Coach Beth O’Boyle, Mary-Anna Asare & Timaya Lewis-Eutsey

What’s next?

The Rams head down 64 East as they will face William & Mary on Friday. The Rams will return home on November 14th as they will face East Carolina. Tip-off is 6 pm.

Rams Fall 76-65 in Odom's debut

The Ryan Odom era officially began tonight as the VCU Rams fell to the McNeese State Cowboys 76-65. Odom, who was the coach at Utah State where the Aggies (26-9 record) were ranked 16th in offensive production last year. Odom also was the head coach of UMBC when his 16th-seeded team beat the #1 seed UVA in 2018

NCAA Tournament. McNeese State is led by Coach Will Wade ( Served as VCU assistant HC from 2009-2013 & as Head Coach from 2015-2017), who is currently serving a 10-game suspension. Brandon Chambers (2011 VCU Graduate) served as interim coach in the season opener vs the Rams.

The Rams got on the board 1st as Max Shulga hit a 3-pointer,39 seconds into the game. The Rams took an early lead but, the Cowboys took their 1st lead (8-6, 15:22 1st half), which was part of a 12-0 run that ended as Max Shulga scored to cut the Cowboys lead to 4 (13-9 14:17 1st half). The Cowboys had their most significant lead (41-21: 2:21 remaining in the first half). The Rams ended the half on an 8-0 run to cut the Cowboys lead to 12 (41-29).

Max Shulga's 3-pointer to start the 2nd half continued their run (11-0). With 15:01 remaining in the game the Rams cut the lead to 8 points (48-59). Cowboys answered back and countered the runs as they kept a double-digit lead for most of the 2nd half. The Rams had 2 scoring droughts (Both were over two minutes) while the Cowboys sustained their lead. The Rams ended their scoring woes as they went on a 6-0 run with 3:50 remaining to cut the lead to 10 (54-64). Alphonzo “Fats” Billups III sank a 3-pointer with 1:58 left to cut the Cowboys lead to 7. The Cowboys countered and held their lead as they won 76-65

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Player of the game

MAX SHULGA

22 Points 4 Assists 2 Rebound

By the Numbers

1: 1st Meeting between both schools

17: Amount of Bench points scored by the Rams

22: Points Scored by Rams Guard Max Shulga

23: Points Scored by Cowboys Guard Shahada Wells (lead Team)

30.6 %: Rams Shooting Percentage behind the Arc

7,637: Game attendance for tonight’s game (7th straight sellout)

At the Podium

After Tonight's loss, we spoke with Max Shulga and Head Coach Ryan Odom

What’s next

The Rams will return to the STU on Friday as they face off vs Samford. The tipoff is 7 pm.