Photos: VCU vs. Virginia State (Exhibition)

Matt Morton

Nov 1, 2021 at 9:06 PM

Freshman, Jalen Deloach, was limited in his first game via a hand injury, but managed to block two shots in just eight minutes of action for a team-leading 27% blocks percentage

Turnovers were the only flaw in Jayden Nunn’s career-opening performance that saw him lead his team with a game-high +9 box plus/minus.

Freshman Nick Kern had career highs in minutes, points and rebounds in VCU’s recent win at Vanderbilt and leads the Rams in almost every key advanced metric in his brief time on the court so far.

Matt Morton

Matt has been reporting on VCU sports for Ram Nation since 2007 with a focus on news, photos, and feature stories.

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LQuarles

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Nov 1, 2021

There was the usual sloppiness, but boy do I LOVE what I saw. We are gonna be just fine.

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Lots of people dressed as seats. No one on either bench or staff wearing mask. Every picture, where the crowd is not blurry, has at least two people with no mask, or wearing under nose, or wearing on chin - not one of them was drinking or eating. I wouldn't be surprised to see proof of vaccination and/or negative tests implemented soon.

LQuarles

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Nov 2, 2021

So did only three of us see the game?!

MattRock

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Nov 2, 2021

enonram said:
Lots of people dressed as seats. No one on either bench or staff wearing mask. Every picture, where the crowd is not blurry, has at least two people with no mask, or wearing under nose, or wearing on chin - not one of them was drinking or eating. I wouldn't be surprised to see proof of vaccination and/or negative tests implemented soon.

I thought generally people did well with mask wearing. What was infuriating to me was the number of people sitting courtside without masks. I guess the rules don't apply to them. VCU should absolutely REQUIRE masks in courtside seats for the health of the players, staff, and media working the game.

AlienAiden

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Nov 2, 2021

MattRock said:
I thought generally people did well with mask wearing. What was infuriating to me was the number of people sitting courtside without masks. I guess the rules don't apply to them. VCU should absolutely REQUIRE masks in courtside seats for the health of the players, staff, and media working the game.

Eh, not really. I was sitting mid-court and plenty of people near me had the masks on their chins. It just seems like a waste of time unless people wear them. I also noticed the fans on the court. It was my thought exactly. They are right there close to the players. I am not sure the mask thing is something that they can safely enforce. It only takes seconds for somebody with COVID chomping their popcorn or swilling their beer to spread it. Right? Just seems like a loose bandaid to me.

JDI

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Nov 2, 2021

President of the RAF setting the example sitting courtside maskless.

WillWeaverRVA

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Nov 2, 2021

AlienAiden said:
Eh, not really. I was sitting mid-court and plenty of people near me had the masks on their chins. It just seems like a waste of time unless people wear them. I also noticed the fans on the court. It was my thought exactly. They are right there close to the players. I am not sure the mask thing is something that they can safely enforce. It only takes seconds for somebody with COVID chomping their popcorn or swilling their beer to spread it. Right? Just seems like a loose bandaid to me.

I recall seeing someone mention that the WBB team was also unmasked when they were introduced.