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Little Rock 72, VCU 82

Final. Monday, November 2, 2026, 7:00 PM ET at Siegel Center. Little Rock our rank 272 · 0-3; VCU our rank 58 · 2-1.

Who won Little Rock vs VCU?

Final: VCU 82, Little Rock 72. Before tip-off the model gave VCU a 99% chance to win, with a projected margin of 28.1 points for VCU. Torey Alston scored 17 for VCU; Jah'Likai King had 27 for Little Rock.

Prediction made that morning; page updated November 13, 2026.

The call

From this morning's ratings; logged before tip-off.
To winVCU 99%Little Rock 1%
Projected score54–82Little Rock, then VCU
Margin28.1VCU · no line posted
Total136.1no line posted
First half24–40VCU ahead 92%
Evenby 10by 20by 30by 40by 50VCU by 60Model: VCU by 28.1Evenby 20by 40VCU by 60Model: VCU by 28.1

Half of games like thisFour in five

Calls of 90–100% have been right 95.4% of the time in 11,767 past games, and the typical miss on the margin is 8.8 points. After the final, the result is pinned to this strip.

The game without one player

Pick a regular to sit him

Without Lazar Djokovic: Little Rock 2%VCU 98%

The white mark is the call with him: VCU 99%.

PlayerPoints a game he addsVCU without himChangeProjected score
VCU
Lazar Djokovic3.198%−156–81
Nyk Lewis2.898%−155–81
Torey Alston2.398%−155–81
Blake Harper2.198%−155–81
Little Rock
Bradyn Hubbard0.599%054–82

Change is in VCU's win chance, in points. Scores read Little Rock, then VCU. A player's value is what the team is better by with him than with a replacement, from the player ratings.

Play-by-play

    Team numbers

    Why the model sees it this way

    The game in numbers

    The matchup

    Form

    Each team's last five before this game

    Little Rock

    No games yet this season: this is its first.

    VCU

    No games yet this season: this is its first.

    The spread and the total are the lines logged with each prediction. Form is what happened; the ratings above already count recent games more.

    Offense against defense

    Adjusted for opponents · rank of 365
    Little RockVCU
    Points scored per 100 possessions101.2 244th114.3 57th
    Points allowed per 100112.7 302nd100.1 61st
    Possessions a game70.4 222nd71.1 143rd
    Shooting (effective field-goal %)50.6% 176th50.5% 181st
    Opponents' shooting52.6% 313th49.3% 98th
    Turnovers, share of possessions18.9% 280th18.1% 196th
    Offensive rebounds, share of misses33.1% 103rd32.6% 126th
    Free throws per shot0.28 100th0.34 3rd

    The widest gap: VCU's offense (57th) against Little Rock's defense (302nd), of 365 teams.

    First half

    Projected before tip-off

    Ahead at halftime

    VCU led at the half, as projected. The margin was off by 11.4 points and the total by 6.2.

    At halftime
    Little Rock 33, VCU 37
    Projected halftime score
    Little Rock 24, VCU 40
    First-half margin
    VCU by 15.4
    First-half points, both teams
    63.8
    Tied at the half
    4%

    Our own projection, not a sportsbook's first-half line. On 11,516 past games it had not seen, the halftime leader was right 67.2% of the time and the first-half total was off by 8.1 points on average. This season: 366 of 476 halftime leaders right. Scorecard

    Box score

    Each team's players, most minutes first

    Little Rock

    PlayerMinPtsRebAst3s
    Aaron ClarkG3311421
    Papa Amadou KanteF2913710
    Jah'Likai KingG2527413
    Tyrese LaceyG240220
    Bradyn HubbardF233600
    Cameron BrownG232200
    Taj WaltersG165811
    Jalen LynG137000
    Jamai FeltF84200

    VCU

    PlayerMinPtsRebAst3s
    Nyk LewisG3715351
    Lazar DjokovicF3515411
    Torey AlstonF31171211
    Blake HarperG3014312
    Ahmad NowellG226411
    Brandon JenningsG147401
    Michael BelleF121300
    Tyrell WardG83000
    Sammy JacksonG70120

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