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VCU wins, Spiders fall, RIR removing more seats

Posted at 11:41 PM, Jan 05, 2016
and last updated 2016-01-05 23:41:32-05

In Tuesday night's sportscast:

VCU came back from a 13 point deficit to win on the road at St. Joseph's 85-82. Melvin Johnson had 25 points and JeQuan Lewis added 19 more as the Rams reeled off a 13-5 run over the final 2:22 for the win

T.J. Cline scored 28 points but the Richmond Spiders fell at Rhode Island 77-65. Rhody made 12 of 17 shots from behind the arc, the second best shooting percentage from 3 in the country this year

Former Virginia Tech associate head coach Shane Beamer is joining Kirby Smart's staff at Georgia as tight ends and special teams coach

Richmond International Raceway is removing the remaining seats on it's backstretch. The seats were some of the least desirable according to fan surveys and RIR plans to repurpose the entire area as part of their ongoing renovations