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Preview: VCU at Drexel

By Staff Reports
Published: January 8, 2009

VCU at Drexel

When: Today, 7 p.m.
Where: Daskalakis Athletic Center (cap. 2,500), Philadelphia
On the air: TV - ESPNU; radio - WBBT (107.3), 6:30 p.m.
Projected starting lineups:

VCU	Ht.	Ppg.	Rpg.	Apg.	Pos.	DREXEL	Ht.	Ppg.	Rpg.	Apg.
K. Pishchalnikov	6-8	5.3	5.4	0.9	F	Evan Neisler	6-8	9.5	7.4	0.5
Larry Sanders	6-10	9.7	6.6	0.2	F	Kenny Tribbett	6-9	3.0	2.8	0.2
Eric Maynor	6-3	23.1	3.8	5.8	G	Jamie Harris	5-10	7.4	3.6	2.6
Joey Rodriguez	5-10	11.1	3.1	3.2	G	Gerald Colds	5-11	9.8	2.8	2.0
B. Burgess	6-5	7.8	3.8	1.5	G	Scott Rodgers	6-3	13.5	4.5	2.7

Notable: This is the third game in six days for both teams. . . . The Dragons have lost in the conference to George Mason (56-55) and James Madison and beaten Hofstra. . . . VCU forward Larry Sanders has recorded double-doubles in points and rebounds in two of the past three games. Senior point guard Eric Maynor had 12 assists Monday against UNC Wilmington, matching the second-highest total in his career. Maynor had 15 against Georgia State as a sophomore. Joey Rodriguez (47.1) and Maynor (40.7) rank first and third, respectively, in 3-point percentage in the conference. . . . Drexel has not shot well - a conference-low 35.6 percent - but is averaging 41.6 rebounds, including 16.4 on the offensive end. . . . VCU has won five consecutive in the series.

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