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Vanderbilt falls in back and forth contest against Canadian national championship team

authors David Boclair

Vanderbilts mens basketball team lost for the second time in as many days on its tour of the Virgin Islands when it fell 61-56 to Carleton University of Canada on Monday.

The Commodores managed just five assists on 16 field goals and shot 28.1 percent from the floor and 15 percent on 3-pointers. A turnover in the closing seconds cost the Commodores an opportunity to tie.

Matthew Fisher-Davis (pictured) finished with 17 points and was Vanderbilts leading scorer for the second straight game. Larry Austin Jr. scored 14 for the second time in as many contests. All 12 players on the trip saw action.

The contest, played at University of the Virgin Islands, included eight ties and 12 lead changes. The Commodores led by four early in the fourth quarter. They fell behind when they surrendered an 8-0 run and couldnt recover.

Carleton, located in Ottawa, Ontario, has won 13 of the last 15 Canadian Collegiate National Championships.

The teams will meet again Thursday in the last of Vanderbilts four games on the trip. The tour began with an 81-78 loss to the U.S. Virgin Islands National Team on Sunday.

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