Javon Bennett scored 22 points and Dayton prevented VCU from clinching the Atlantic 10 Conference regular-season title with a 79-76 victory, ending the Rams’ nine-game win streak. VCU (25-6, 15-3) leads second-place George Mason by a half-game.

At-large hopes take hit. Supporting Shulga. Seniors honored. Missing Russell. Jennings, Hill step up. A-10 tournament up next.

No. 11 in the Atlantic-10 Conference, VCU, enters the A-10 National Championship Tournament, facing off against No. 14 La Salle University. The last time these teams faced each other was on March 1.,

Malachi Smith made both ends of a two-shot foul to get the margin back to three, and VCU scrambled to get a potential game-tying shot, the final miss by Shulga, who had a rough night despite scoring 16 points – he was 3-of-13 from the floor and 1-of-9 from three, while connecting on 9-of-10 from the line.

Russell injury update. Borscht for Max. To cut the nets, or not to cut the nets? Rams seeking third unbeaten home season. Flyers seeking revenge.

With conference tournaments getting underway and the NCAA Tournament around the corner, plenty of college basketball teams are looking to strengthen their tournament portfolios. Two of those teams are the VCU Rams and the Boise State Broncos.

VCU was No. 25 in the most recent coaches poll and was two points shy of entering the Associated Press rankings.

One sign in the stands at Virginia Commonwealth’s Siegel Center on Friday paid tribute to former VCU coach and current Dayton Flyers coach Anthony Grant.

The Minutewomen (3-3, 1-0 A-10) scored four unanswered goals at the end of the fourth quarter, with the game winner scored by Delaney Rodriguez-Shaw to put them up 15-12. From there, Kassidy Morris, Lil Hancock and Tessa Shield all found the back of the Rams’ (2-5, 0-1 A-10) net.

Max Shulga did not get a good look at the buzzer, but anyone who has watched Virginia Commonwealth play the Dayton Flyers over the years expected the desperation 3-pointer to hit nothing but net. Instead,