We won the first meeting of the year 86-80 at EBA on January 10th. Riley Allenspach (16), Fatt Hill (16), Kory Mincy (15), Jahari Long (14), and Masai Troutman (13) all scored in double figures in what was one of our most efficient games of the year offensively. We shot 56.4% from the floor and 87.5% from the free throw line. We only committed 7 turnovers. Five rams scored in double figures led by Lazar Djokovic with 23. In short, it was as good a performance as possible.
Game 1 box score: https://vcuathletics.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2025-26/george-mason/boxscore/9057
The game is on CBS Sports Network.
KenPom: Gives us a 17% chance of winning.
GMU - 113
vcu - 44
NET:
GMU - 103
vcu - 47
History:
We are 23-49 against vcu all-time.
Tony Skinn is 1-3 against vcu.
vcu is currently 22-7 on the season and 13-3 in A10 play. They are 14-2 at home, 6-3 on the road, and 2-2 at neutral sites.
They are 1-5 against Quad 1 teams, 3-2 against Quad 2, 9-0 against Quad 3, and 8-0 against Quad 4 squads.
Schedule: https://vcuathletics.com/sports/mbball/schedule
Wins: Wagner (103-74), Saint Peter’s (78-61), Coppin St. (101-58), USF (78-66), Va Tech (88-68), Samford (83-57), Niagara (84-58), American (105-83), Rider (100-79),St. Bonaventure (89-82), Duquesne (93-80), Rhode Island (84-75), St. Joe’s (79-72), Davidson (75-69), Richmond (77-69), Loyola Chicago (89-75), Fordham (63-59), Dayton (99-73), La Salle (77-68), Richmond (78-67), GW (89-75), Fordham (82-63))
Losses: Utah St. (80-77), #25 NC State (85-79), #24 Vanderbilt (89-74), New Mexico (81-78), #18St. Louis (71-62), GMU (86-80), #18 St. Louis (88-75)
Probable Starters:
6’11” Lazar Djokovic - 13.9 ppg & 5.7 reb - Junior
6’6” Jadrian Tracey - 9.9 ppg - Senior
6’4” Brandon Jennings -9.1 ppg - Sophomore
6’1” Nyk Lewis - 8.7 ppg - Freshman
6’8” Barry Evans - 7.3 ppg & 5.2 reb - Senior
Reserves averaging double figure minutes:
6’3” Terrence Hill Jr. - 14.2 ppg - Sophomore
6’8” Michael Belle - 7.4 ppg - Junior
6’6” Tyrell Ward - 6.2 ppg - Junior
6’0” Ahmad Nowell - 4.8 ppg - Sophomore
Roster: https://vcuathletics.com/sports/mbball/roster
Team Stats:
vcu averages 83.4 points per game (2nd in the A10) while giving up 73.1 (9th in the A10).
The Rams shoot 46.2% from the floor (7th in the A10) and 36.3% from 3 (5th in the A10).
Opponents are shooting 43.5% from the field and 33.8% from 3.
The Rams shoot 74.2% from the free throw line (5th in the A10).
They have out rebounded opponents by 3.0 boards per game and average 11.1 turnovers per contest.
Stats: https://vcuathletics.com/documents/2026/2/20/vcu-teamcume.pdf
Thoughts: It took an outstanding offensive performance to win the first meeting of the year at home. It will take an all-around effort to win in Richmond. We last won at Siegel Center on 2/20/21.
It’s Senior Night for the rams where they get their 4 year coloring books as tokens of academic prowess. We’ve ruined it before and it sure would be nice to do so again but my confidence is not high.
Discuss.
Game 1 box score: https://vcuathletics.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2025-26/george-mason/boxscore/9057
The game is on CBS Sports Network.
KenPom: Gives us a 17% chance of winning.
GMU - 113
vcu - 44
NET:
GMU - 103
vcu - 47
History:
We are 23-49 against vcu all-time.
Tony Skinn is 1-3 against vcu.
vcu is currently 22-7 on the season and 13-3 in A10 play. They are 14-2 at home, 6-3 on the road, and 2-2 at neutral sites.
They are 1-5 against Quad 1 teams, 3-2 against Quad 2, 9-0 against Quad 3, and 8-0 against Quad 4 squads.
Schedule: https://vcuathletics.com/sports/mbball/schedule
Wins: Wagner (103-74), Saint Peter’s (78-61), Coppin St. (101-58), USF (78-66), Va Tech (88-68), Samford (83-57), Niagara (84-58), American (105-83), Rider (100-79),St. Bonaventure (89-82), Duquesne (93-80), Rhode Island (84-75), St. Joe’s (79-72), Davidson (75-69), Richmond (77-69), Loyola Chicago (89-75), Fordham (63-59), Dayton (99-73), La Salle (77-68), Richmond (78-67), GW (89-75), Fordham (82-63))
Losses: Utah St. (80-77), #25 NC State (85-79), #24 Vanderbilt (89-74), New Mexico (81-78), #18St. Louis (71-62), GMU (86-80), #18 St. Louis (88-75)
Probable Starters:
6’11” Lazar Djokovic - 13.9 ppg & 5.7 reb - Junior
6’6” Jadrian Tracey - 9.9 ppg - Senior
6’4” Brandon Jennings -9.1 ppg - Sophomore
6’1” Nyk Lewis - 8.7 ppg - Freshman
6’8” Barry Evans - 7.3 ppg & 5.2 reb - Senior
Reserves averaging double figure minutes:
6’3” Terrence Hill Jr. - 14.2 ppg - Sophomore
6’8” Michael Belle - 7.4 ppg - Junior
6’6” Tyrell Ward - 6.2 ppg - Junior
6’0” Ahmad Nowell - 4.8 ppg - Sophomore
Roster: https://vcuathletics.com/sports/mbball/roster
Team Stats:
vcu averages 83.4 points per game (2nd in the A10) while giving up 73.1 (9th in the A10).
The Rams shoot 46.2% from the floor (7th in the A10) and 36.3% from 3 (5th in the A10).
Opponents are shooting 43.5% from the field and 33.8% from 3.
The Rams shoot 74.2% from the free throw line (5th in the A10).
They have out rebounded opponents by 3.0 boards per game and average 11.1 turnovers per contest.
Stats: https://vcuathletics.com/documents/2026/2/20/vcu-teamcume.pdf
Thoughts: It took an outstanding offensive performance to win the first meeting of the year at home. It will take an all-around effort to win in Richmond. We last won at Siegel Center on 2/20/21.
It’s Senior Night for the rams where they get their 4 year coloring books as tokens of academic prowess. We’ve ruined it before and it sure would be nice to do so again but my confidence is not high.
Discuss.
