Normal 0 Senior guard Chris Wright was excited to return to the court after missing three games with a hand injury.
It turns out his return only lasted one game.
The #6 Georgetown Hoyas were upset by #11 Virginia Commonwealth 74-56, as the Rams move on to the next round of the NCAA tournament.
The Rams were on fire seemingly the entire game, hitting 12 3-pointers, with senior guard Brandon Rozzell leading the way with 26 points off the bench.
Rozzell told ESPN, “When we play our brand of basketball, we feel we can compete with any team in the country…with all due respect to Georgetown, we just played VCU basketball and it worked out for the best.”
Wright had only six points on 3-of-13 shooting, and gave the Rams credit for knocking down shots at key moments.
“They've been doing that all year, making shots," Wright said. "We're not taking nothing away from them, they played better than us and they deserved to win.”
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Georgetown head coach John Thompson III echoed those sentiments.
“We're not going to win too many games when all three of those guys have nights like that…unfortunately, it happened.”
This is VCU’s second win in the tournament. They dominated USC in one of the play-in games earlier in the week.
The Rams will now play #3 Purdue on Sunday in the Southwest regional.
