National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
VCU 92, Winthrop 71
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, November 16, 2013
Where: Stuart C. Siegel Center, Richmond, Virginia
Officials: # Landon Brandes, # David Davis, # Jeff Nichols
Attendance: 7741
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No. 14 Virginia Commonwealth 92, Winthrop 71: Briante Weber scored a career-high 16 points to lead six Rams in double figures as Virginia Commonwealth pulled away from the visiting Eagles to remain undefeated.

Treveon Graham added 13 points and 10 rebounds, and Juvonte Reddic, Rob Brandenberg and JeQuan Lewis scored 11 apiece for Virginia Commonwealth (3-0), which forced 25 turnovers. Weber swiped five of VCU's 19 steals and Reddic and Brandenberg added four apiece.

Andre Smith scored 15 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead Winthrop (2-1). James Bourne and Keon Johnson added 11 points apiece.

There were five lead changes early before the Rams opened up an eight-point lead in the first half and took a 45-41 advantage into the break. VCU reeled off an 11-2 run early in the second half to spread it out to 65-52 but had a tough time putting away the pesky Eagles.

The margin hovered around 10 for most of the second half until Melvin Johnson scored five points in a 20-second span to push it to 80-65 with 5:03 left. Winthrop got back within 84-71 on Christian Farmer's 3-pointer with 2:06 left, but VCU ended the game with eight straight points.

GAME NOTEBOOK: VCU has won 30 of its last 31 games when forcing at least 15 turnovers. … The Rams have won all three meetings with Winthrop. … VCU has led the nation in steals per game the past two seasons and has 42 through its first three games.

Top Game Performances
 
Winthrop   VCU
Andre Smith 15 Scoring Briante Weber 16
Brandon Vega 4 Assists Briante Weber 4
Andre Smith 7 Rebounds Treveon Graham 10
James Bourne 5 Free Throws Made Briante Weber 10
Larry Brown 3 Steals Briante Weber 5
Larry Brown 2 Blocks Rob Brandenberg 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Winthrop 71 47.9 8-19 17-25 12 23 3 8 25
VCU 92 43.3 6-17 34-48 13 42 3 19 14