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

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

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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.,

VCU men's basketball (25-5, 15-2 Atlantic 10) is seeking an outright regular-season conference championship on Friday night at the Siegel Center as the Rams host rival Dayton (21-9, 11-6 A-10) in the black and gold's final game of the regular season.

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.

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,