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The University of Toronto Varsity Blues men's basketball team started the second half of the season with a 92-68 loss to the No. 3 Ryerson Rams on Wednesday night (Jan. 7) at the Goldring Centre for High Performance Sport.

With the loss, the Blues drop to 2-7 and remain in third place, while the Rams improve to 7-2 and sit first in the East.  

The game marked the second of four in the Toronto/Ryerson BIA Cup series. The Harbord Street Business Improvement Area (BIA) partnered with the Toronto Association of Business Improvement Areas (TABIA), which represents 78 local BIAs and over 35,000 local businesses, to foster a cross-town basketball rivalry between U of T and Ryerson by creating the BIA Cup.

The series will culminate on February 11 when Ryerson hosts Toronto and Mattamy Athletic Centre. The points from all four games will be accumulated to determine the winner of the Cup.

Fourth-year guard Julian Clarke led the Blues with 15 points, while Dylan Churchill had 14 on the night. Sage Usher added eight points, with Denis Ankrah, Manny Sahota, and Chase Ruttenberg each had seven in the loss.

Ryerson's Jahmal Jones led all players with 23 points, seven rebounds and five assists. Kadeem Green added 14 points, with Adika Peter-McNeilly recording 11 points. Aaron Best and Juwon Grannum had 10 points each in the win.

The Varsity Blues return to the court next Saturday, January 17 as they travel to Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., to take on the Algoma Thunderbirds. Game time is set for 8 p.m. 

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