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The 11-seed VCU Rams face the 3-seed Illinois Fighting Illini in the second round of the 2026 NCAA Tournament South Region on Saturday. VCU advanced by mounting an epic 19-point comeback to beat North Carolina 82-78 in overtime in the first round on Thursday, while Illinois cruised past Penn 105-70.
The Rams (28-7), won the Atlantic 10 Tournament and have won seven straight games. The Fighting Illini (25-8), finished fourth in the Big Ten standings at 15-5, are 10-2 against non-conference opponents this season.
Here is a look at the box score from Saturday's second round South Region game in Greenville.
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VCU stats
8M. BelleF | 22.5 | 55.0 | 51.3 | 5.1 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0 |
17L. DjokovicF | 27.6 | 51.1 | 35.9 | 5.3 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 4.8 | 0.5 | 0 |
10J. DumontF | 2.8 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0 |
5B. EvansF | 26.3 | 44.3 | 32.1 | 4.9 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0 |
21C. FerminC | 12.9 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0 |
6T. Hill Jr.G | 24.7 | 46.7 | 37.1 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 3.3 | 0.6 | 0 |
0B. JenningsG | 24.9 | 43.8 | 44.4 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 0 |
1N. LewisG | 24.3 | 40.8 | 36.2 | 4.6 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 0 |
22K. MitchellF | 11.0 | 40.4 | 20.8 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0 |
4A. NowellG | 10.7 | 44.7 | 41.4 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0 |
7O. OkaforF | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
14J. TilleryG | 7.2 | 58.1 | 57.1 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0 |
2J. TraceyF | 21.9 | 42.0 | 36.7 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0 |
15T. WardG | 13.2 | 45.5 | 31.6 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0 |
Illinois stats
4K. BoswellG | 30.3 | 46.8 | 31.1 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 0 |
15J. DavisF | 20.2 | 42.6 | 40.6 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0 |
8B. FagbemiG | 3.9 | 25.0 | 0 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 |
3B. HumrichousF | 22.6 | 38.5 | 36.0 | 4.0 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0 |
13T. IvisicC | 25.0 | 47.9 | 31.2 | 5.6 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0 |
44Z. IvisicC | 17.9 | 51.2 | 29.2 | 4.8 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0 |
31J. JakstysF | 5.3 | 80.0 | 0 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0 |
1B. LeeG | 4.4 | 44.4 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0 |
0D. MirkovicF | 29.3 | 49.5 | 38.1 | 8.0 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 0 |
77M. PetrovicG | 5.9 | 33.3 | 20.0 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0 |
5A. ReddG | 2.8 | 45.5 | 33.3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
20T. RodgersG | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
2A. StojakovicG | 26.2 | 48.8 | 24.7 | 4.6 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 0.4 | 0 |
23K. WaglerG | 33.7 | 44.8 | 40.8 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 1.9 | 4.8 | 0.9 | 0 |
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