enior Jesse Pellot-Rosa scored a game-high 13 points with six rebounds to help lift Virginia Commonwealth to a 64-44 victory over Northeastern in CAA men's basketball action on Monday night at Alltel Pavillion.
Pellot-Rosa and the Rams (12-3, 4-0 CAA) used a stifling full court press and controlled the glass, securing 19 offensive rebounds to break open a 31-29 advantage at the half.
Virginia Commonwealth shot 41.2 percent for the game and limited the Huskies (3-12, 1-3 CAA) to a 4-of-18 effort (22.2 percent) in the second after an 11-of-22 first half performance. VCU held a lead as large as seven points in the opening 20 minutes of play, but the Huskies played tough to climb within two at the break.
The Rams opened up the second half by applying a tough full court press, causing NU problems, as the Huskies turned the ball over 18 times in the game. The Rams outscored the Huskies in the paint, 40-16, and held a 43-26 advantage on the boards.
Joining Pellot-Rosa in double figures for VCU, sophomore Eric Maynor scored 10 points with five assists and senior B.A. Walker chipped in 10 points and four rebounds. Junior Wil Fameni just missed a double-double with 10 rebounds and nine points.
Leading the way for Northeastern was senior Bennet Davis who scored 12 points with seven rebounds and five assists. Freshman Matt Janning added nine points while senior Bobby Kelly and sophomore Eugene Spates each scored seven.
Northeastern returns home to host Georgia State on Wednesday night beginning at 7 p.m. at Matthews Arena.
Official Basketball Box Score
Northeastern vs VCU
1/8/07 7 p.m. at Richmond, Va. (Alltel Pavilion)
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VISITORS: Northeastern 3-12, 1-3 CAA
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
14 Davis, Bennet....... f 4-11 0-0 4-8 0 7 7 3 12 5 5 1 1 37
32 Adako, Manny........ f 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 0 2 0 3 0 0 25
11 Martinez, Adrian.... g 1-5 1-5 0-0 0 4 4 1 3 1 1 0 1 26
22 Kelly, Bobby........ g 3-5 1-1 0-0 0 2 2 1 7 1 1 0 0 36
23 Janning, Matt....... g 3-9 1-3 2-2 1 1 2 0 9 3 5 0 0 36
20 Smith, Matt......... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
24 Spates, Eugene...... 2-4 1-3 2-2 1 3 4 2 7 0 0 0 0 19
25 Bataille, Baptiste.. 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5
50 Washington, Mark.... 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 4 2 0 1 1 0 14
TEAM................ 1 1 2 1
Totals.............. 15-40 4-12 10-14 4 22 26 11 44 10 18 2 2 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-22 50.0% 2nd Half: 4-18 22.2% Game: 37.5% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-7 42.9% 2nd Half: 1-5 20.0% Game: 33.3% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 4-5 80.0% 2nd Half: 6-9 66.7% Game: 71.4% 1
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HOME TEAM: VCU 12-3, 4-0 CAA
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
02 Fameni, Wil......... f 4-11 0-0 1-2 5 5 10 2 9 1 0 1 2 26
15 Anderson, Michael... f 3-3 0-0 0-0 2 2 4 2 6 1 1 0 0 19
03 Maynor, Eric........ g 5-12 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 2 10 5 1 0 2 33
20 Walker, B.A......... g 4-12 0-5 2-2 2 2 4 0 10 1 1 0 0 29
23 Pellot-Rosa, Jesse.. g 6-17 1-4 0-0 3 3 6 4 13 1 0 1 0 25
00 Eversley, James..... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
10 Coward, Matt........ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 6
21 Ndongo, Franck...... 1-3 1-1 0-0 1 1 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 9
24 Shuler, Jamal....... 1-3 0-1 2-2 0 1 1 1 4 1 2 0 1 18
30 Roland, Calvin...... 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 14
42 Gwynn, T.J.......... 3-5 1-1 0-0 1 4 5 1 7 2 1 0 1 19
TEAM................ 3 4 7
Totals.............. 28-68 3-13 5-6 19 24 43 16 64 12 7 2 8 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 14-33 42.4% 2nd Half: 14-35 40.0% Game: 41.2% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-4 25.0% 2nd Half: 2-9 22.2% Game: 23.1% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 2-2 100 % 2nd Half: 3-4 75.0% Game: 83.3% 0
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Officials: Jeff Clark, Joe Lindsay, Paul Faia
Technical fouls: Northeastern-None. VCU-None.
Attendance: 2923
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
Northeastern.................. 29 15 - 44
VCU........................... 31 33 - 64
Points in the paint-NU 16,VCU 40. Points off turnovers-NU 9,VCU 14.
2nd chance points-NU 4,VCU 14. Fast break points-NU 2,VCU 4.
Bench points-NU 11,VCU 16. Score tied-3 times. Lead changed-0 times.
Last FG-NU 2nd-05:02, VCU 2nd-00:37.
