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Miami basketball Category 5 eliminated from TBT with shorthanded team

PROVIDENCE, RI - MARCH 17: (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

Category 5 the team made up of mostly Miami basketball alums lost to Blue Collar U made up of mostly Buffalo alums 78-61 in The Basketball Tournament on Tuesday night. Category 5 was playing without leading scorer Rian Brown and wing Durand Scott, both former Hurricanes.

Blue Collar U led 27-9 at the end of the first quarter and expanded the lead to 20 points in the second. Category 5 cut the lead to 36-23 before trailing 47-29 at halftime.