VCU staves off La Salle, 77-68, to keep NCAA Tournament hopes on track

VCU held off La Salle to notch an important 77-68 road win on Wednesday in Philly, avoiding what would have been a disastrous Quad 4 loss.

The Rams (19-6, 10-2 A-10, NET: 48) led by six at the break, and by as many as 12 in the second half, but La Salle (7-18, 3-9 A-10, NET: 244) was able to whittle down the margin to five two different times in the closing minutes.

Lazar Djokovic poured in a career-high 26 points for VCU, which got a stat sheet-stuffing night from Nyk Lewis, who had 11 points,11 rebounds and four assists.

NCAA Tournament resume

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Quad 1: 0-4
Quad 2: 5-2
Quad3/4: 14-0

Key

Quad 1: Home (1-30), Neutral (1-50), Away (1-75)
Quad 2: Home (31-75), Neutral (51-100), Away (76-135)

Metrics

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Topline

• ELO: 39
• RPI: 42
• NET: 48

Resume

• KPI: 39
• WAB: 51
• SOR: 53

Predictive

• KenPom: 46
• BPI: 47
• BartTorvik: 59

Average: 47.1
NCAA Tournament seed projection: Last Four In/First Four Out line

Key remaining games

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• Quad 1: @Saint Louis (23-1, 11-0 A-10, NET: 19), Feb. 20
• Quad 3: George Mason (21-4, 9-3 A-10, NET: 84), March 3
• Quad 2: @Dayton (15-9, 6-5 A-10, NET: 92), March 6