Fergusson wins basketball tournament

Fergusson College lifted the basketball title at Vedant,a sports festival hosted by the BJ Medical College at their grounds on Saturday ...

Some strong defensive play and rebounding,coupled with quick and precise counterattacks fromFC players crippled AFMCs game as they gained a 55-22 lead by halftime and won by 23 points

Fergusson College lifted the basketball title at Vedant,a sports festival hosted by the BJ Medical College at their grounds on Saturday ,with a thoroughly one-sided victory over the Armed Forces Medical College.

Fergusson grabbed the game by the scruff of the neck right from the starting whistle,and completely dominated their opponents. Some strong defensive play and rebounding,coupled with quick and precise counterattacks from the FC players completely shut down the AFMC game as they raced to a massive 55-22 lead by halftime.

AFMC mounted a comeback of sorts in the second half,but they were unable to gain enough momentum to cut into Fergussons lead,as the latter won by a comfortable 23-point margin.

Arjun Shewale’s 27-point effort proved decisive in leading the Fergusson College to victory,while Vishnu Prasad and Sumit Khurana scored 15 points apiece to ensure that AFMC went down fighting.

Results:Final:

Fergusson College 76 (A Shewale 27) beat AFMC 53 ( Sumit Khurana 15,V Prasad 15)

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