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VCU forces 27 Rhode Island turnovers, runs away to 81-57 road win

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Joe Bamisile led four VCU players in double figures with a game-high 24 points, and the Rams forced 27 turnovers to pull away from Rhode Island on their way to an 81-57 win on Tuesday.

VCU (15-4, 5-1 A-10) has won five straight games.

Max Shulga added 15 points, three boards and a block for the Black and Gold.

Sebastian Thomas led Rhode Island (14-5, 3-4 A-10) with 19 points.

VCU’s lead was 42-40 with 13:38 remaining, but the Rams outscored Rhode Island 39-17 the rest of the way. Shulga buried a three-pointer, and Bamisile connected on back-to-back floaters in the lane, to help push VCU’s advantage to 55-43 with 10:35 left.

A short time later, a Shulga traditional three-point play helped ignite a 15-0 VCU run that pushed the margin into blowout territory at 71-48 with 5:11 on the clock.

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