Box Score The University of Toronto Varsity Blues men's basketball team dropped an 89-65 decision to the No. 2 nationally ranked Carleton Ravens on Saturday, January 23 at the Goldring Centre for High Performance Sport.

With the loss, the Blues drop to 3-6 but remain in third place in the OUA East division, while the Ravens improve to 8-2 and sit second in the North.

Fourth-year forward Manny Sahota led all players with 17 points, going 6-for-10 from the floor and 4-for-7 from beyond the arc, while adding four rebounds and two assists on the night.

OUA leading scorer Devin Johnson added 15 points and a team-high five rebounds, three assists and two steals, while both Devon Williams and Miroslavic Jaksic had 11 points.

Sophomore guard Sage Usher added nine points and a game-high four steals in the loss.

The first half was a back and forth battle from the get-go. The game was tied 18-18 after the first quarter, and neither team held more than a five point lead for the majority of the first half. The Ravens pulled away late in the second frame, however, going into halftime on a 20-0 run as they took a 47-30 lead at the midway point of the game.

The Blues kept pace in the third quarter, led by an eight-point frame from Sahota, but still trailed 17 (64-47) heading into the final frame. The Ravens sealed the win, outscoring Toronto 25-18 in the fourth en route to the win.

Staley Mayambo led the Ravens with 16 points and five boards, while Connor Wood had 15 points, six boards and four assists. Three other Ravens had double digits in the win.

The Varsity Blues are back in action next Friday, January 29 when they travel to North Bay to take on the Nipissing Lakers. Tip off is set for 8 p.m. The game will also be streamed live on OUA.tv.

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