Saint Mary's Gaels vs VCU Rams
Men's Basketball Championship - West Region - 1st Round
27-8
51
27-8
Final
| 1 | 2 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|
VCU | 28 | 23 | 51 |
SMC | 29 | 34 | 63 |
63
27-7
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Adrian Baldwin Jr. made Layup.
- Aidan Mahaney missed Layup.
- Adrian Baldwin Jr. missed Jumper.
- Nick Kern made Free Throw.
- Nick Kern missed Free Throw.
- Aidan Mahaney missed Three Point Jumper.
- Alex Ducas missed Three Point Jumper.
- Aidan Mahaney missed Three Point Jumper.
- Brandon Johns Jr. missed Layup.
- Mitchell Saxen missed Layup.
- Aidan Mahaney missed Layup.
- Mitchell Saxen missed Layup.
- Brandon Johns Jr. missed Layup.
- Logan Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.
- Alex Ducas made Layup. Assisted by Mitchell Saxen.
- Toibu Lawal missed Dunk.
- Alex Ducas missed Jumper.
- Aidan Mahaney missed Three Point Jumper.
- Alex Ducas made Jumper.
- Zeb Jackson missed Three Point Jumper.
- Logan Johnson missed Layup.
- Logan Johnson made Free Throw.
- Logan Johnson made Free Throw.
- David Shriver made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Adrian Baldwin Jr..
- Mitchell Saxen made Layup. Assisted by Alex Ducas.
- Kyle Bowen missed Three Point Jumper.
- Adrian Baldwin Jr. made Layup.
- Alex Ducas missed Three Point Jumper.
- David Shriver missed Three Point Jumper.
- Mitchell Saxen made Dunk. Assisted by Alex Ducas.
- Adrian Baldwin Jr. missed Jumper.
- Augustas Marciulionis made Layup.
- Brandon Johns Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nick Kern.
- Nick Kern made Layup. Assisted by Adrian Baldwin Jr..
- Mitchell Saxen made Layup.
- Nick Kern made Layup.
- Adrian Baldwin Jr. made Layup.
- Kyle Bowen missed Layup.
- Jayden Nunn missed Jumper.
- Mitchell Saxen made Layup. Assisted by Alex Ducas.
- David Shriver missed Jumper.
- Alex Ducas missed Three Point Jumper.
- Alex Ducas made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kyle Bowen.
- Adrian Baldwin Jr. made Layup.
- Logan Johnson made Dunk. Assisted by Aidan Mahaney.
- Zeb Jackson made Layup.
- Josh Jefferson missed Three Point Jumper.
- Brandon Johns Jr. missed Layup.
- Mitchell Saxen made Layup. Assisted by Alex Ducas.
- Brandon Johns Jr. made Layup. Assisted by Zeb Jackson.
- Brandon Johns Jr. missed Free Throw.
- Alex Ducas missed Layup.
- Brandon Johns Jr. made Layup. Assisted by Jamir Watkins.
- Augustas Marciulionis made Free Throw.
- Augustas Marciulionis made Free Throw.
- Augustas Marciulionis made Jumper.
- Alex Ducas made Free Throw.
- Alex Ducas made Free Throw.
- Adrian Baldwin Jr. made Three Point Jumper.
- Josh Jefferson missed Layup.
- Augustas Marciulionis missed Three Point Jumper.
- Jayden Nunn made Jumper. Assisted by Adrian Baldwin Jr..
- Mitchell Saxen missed Free Throw.
- Mitchell Saxen made Free Throw.
- Logan Johnson missed Free Throw.
- Logan Johnson made Free Throw.
- Adrian Baldwin Jr. missed Jumper.
- Jayden Nunn missed Layup.
- Logan Johnson missed Layup.
- Jayden Nunn missed Jumper.
- Mitchell Saxen made Layup. Assisted by Aidan Mahaney.
- Adrian Baldwin Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
- Kyle Bowen missed Three Point Jumper.
- Jalen DeLoach made Free Throw.
- Jalen DeLoach missed Free Throw.
- Mitchell Saxen made Layup.
- David Shriver made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jamir Watkins.
- Augustas Marciulionis made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mitchell Saxen.
- Adrian Baldwin Jr. missed Jumper.
- Brandon Johns Jr. missed Layup.
- Zeb Jackson missed Jumper.
- Kyle Bowen missed Three Point Jumper.
- Kyle Bowen made Layup.
- Kyle Bowen made Free Throw.
- Jamir Watkins made Free Throw.
- Jamir Watkins made Free Throw.
- Jamir Watkins missed Layup.
- Mitchell Saxen missed Layup.
- Jayden Nunn missed Layup.
- Jayden Nunn made Layup.
- Mitchell Saxen made Dunk. Assisted by Kyle Bowen.
- Zeb Jackson missed Free Throw.
- Augustas Marciulionis made Free Throw.
- Augustas Marciulionis made Free Throw.
- Jayden Nunn missed Jumper.
- Jayden Nunn missed Free Throw.
- Jayden Nunn made Free Throw.
- Zeb Jackson missed Jumper.
- Zeb Jackson missed Jumper.
- Logan Johnson made Layup. Assisted by Mitchell Saxen.
- Jayden Nunn missed Layup.
- Alex Ducas made Free Throw.
- Alex Ducas missed Free Throw.
- Alex Ducas made Layup. Assisted by Mitchell Saxen.
- Adrian Baldwin Jr. made Jumper.
- Mitchell Saxen missed Free Throw.
- Jayden Nunn made Jumper.
- Augustas Marciulionis made Free Throw.
- Augustas Marciulionis missed Free Throw.
- Kyle Bowen missed Jumper.
- David Shriver missed Three Point Jumper.
- Alex Ducas missed Three Point Jumper.
- Alex Ducas made Layup.
- Alex Ducas made Free Throw.
- Augustas Marciulionis missed Jumper.
- Jalen DeLoach missed Jumper.
- Jalen DeLoach missed Layup.
- Jayden Nunn made Free Throw.
- Jayden Nunn made Free Throw.
- Alex Ducas missed Three Point Jumper.
- Jamir Watkins made Free Throw.
- Jamir Watkins made Free Throw.
- Augustas Marciulionis missed Free Throw.
- Augustas Marciulionis made Free Throw.
- Zeb Jackson missed Three Point Jumper.
- Logan Johnson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Augustas Marciulionis.
- Kyle Bowen made Free Throw.
- Kyle Bowen missed Free Throw.
- Jayden Nunn missed Three Point Jumper.
- Alex Ducas missed Layup.
- Zeb Jackson missed Free Throw.
- Zeb Jackson made Free Throw.
- Logan Johnson missed Layup.
- Jamir Watkins made Three Point Jumper.
- Alex Ducas made Free Throw.
- Alex Ducas made Free Throw.
- David Shriver missed Three Point Jumper.
- Zeb Jackson missed Three Point Jumper.
- Logan Johnson made Free Throw.
- Logan Johnson made Free Throw.
- Jamir Watkins missed Three Point Jumper.
Shot Made
Shot Missed
PLAYS
Win %: SMC, 66.7
Win %: SMC, 64.4
Win %: SMC, 64.4
Win %: SMC, 62.0
Win %: SMC, 59.6
Win %: SMC, 58.9
Win %: SMC, 61.0
Win %: SMC, 58.7
Win %: SMC, 58.3
Win %: SMC, 55.4
Win %: SMC, 57.9
Win %: SMC, 57.9
Win %: SMC, 56.0
Win %: SMC, 57.7
Win %: SMC, 55.9
Win %: SMC, 57.6
Win %: SMC, 55.7
Win %: SMC, 55.2
Win %: SMC, 56.8
Win %: SMC, 56.8
Win %: SMC, 57.4
Win %: SMC, 55.6
Win %: SMC, 55.6
Win %: SMC, 57.3
Win %: SMC, 57.4
Game Information
Albany, NY
Referee:Brent Hampton
Referee:D.J. Carstensen
Referee:Nate Harris
2025-26 Standings
NCAA Division I
| Atlantic 10 Conference | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Louis | 15-3 | - | 29-6 |
| VCU | 15-3 | - | 28-8 |
| Saint Joseph's | 13-5 | 2 | 24-12 |
| Dayton | 12-6 | 3 | 25-12 |
| George Mason | 11-7 | 4 | 23-10 |
| Davidson | 10-8 | 5 | 20-14 |
| Duquesne | 9-9 | 6 | 18-15 |
| George Washington | 8-10 | 7 | 19-16 |
| Fordham | 8-10 | 7 | 17-15 |
| Rhode Island | 7-11 | 8 | 16-16 |
| Richmond | 5-13 | 10 | 15-17 |
| La Salle | 5-13 | 10 | 9-23 |
| St. Bonaventure | 4-14 | 11 | 17-17 |
| Loyola Chicago | 4-14 | 11 | 9-24 |
| West Coast Conference | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gonzaga | 16-2 | - | 31-4 |
| Saint Mary's | 16-2 | - | 27-6 |
| Santa Clara | 15-3 | 1 | 26-9 |
| Oregon State | 9-9 | 7 | 17-16 |
| Seattle U | 8-10 | 8 | 21-14 |
| Pacific | 8-10 | 8 | 18-15 |
| San Francisco | 8-10 | 8 | 17-16 |
| Washington State | 7-11 | 9 | 12-20 |
| Loyola Marymount | 6-12 | 10 | 15-17 |
| Portland | 6-12 | 10 | 15-19 |
| San Diego | 5-13 | 11 | 12-21 |
| Pepperdine | 4-14 | 12 | 9-23 |
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