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Croatia beats Canada 78-70 in men's basketball exhibition

Brady Heslip scored a team-high 15 points, but Canada lost 78-70 to Croatia in a men's basketball exhibition Thursday. Tyler Ennis added 13 points for Canada, while Melvin Ejim contributed a team-best nine rebounds and four assists.

Game was 2nd of 5-game exhibition tour

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Brady Heslip, seen here in a CBC file photo, scored 15 points in Team Canada's second of five exhibition games in Europe before the team makes a last-ditch effort to qualify for the Olympic Games. (Alexis Espejo/CBC) (Alexis Espejo/CBC)

Brady Heslip scored a team-high 15 points, but Canada lost 78-70 to Croatia in a men's basketball exhibition Thursday.

Tyler Ennis added 13 points for Canada, while Melvin Ejim contributed a team-best nine rebounds and four assists.

Bojan Bogdanovic scored 18 points for Croatia.

It was the second of Canada's five-game European exhibition tour in advance of a last-ditch Olympic qualifying tournament next month in Manila.

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