Central YMCA, Fr Agnel in final

MUMBAI, April 21: Central YMCA were down 59-63 and their spirits were flagging. That was until Rajnikant Acharya drained two three pointe...

MUMBAI, April 21: Central YMCA were down 59-63 and their spirits were flagging. That was until Rajnikant Acharya drained two three pointers and revived their interest in the semi-final league match of the Colgate-sponsored Savio Open Junior Basketball tournament at the Don Bosco School courts today.

Central YMCA went on to win 69-66 against Bombay YMCA and gained a spot in the final against Fr Agnel, who won 66-50 against Bhanu Talim.

Rajnikant Acharya’s brilliant shooting was matched by Placid Fernandes’s good close range shooting as he sunk two baskets from close range to bail out Central.

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The Fr Agnel-Bhanu Talim tie was one-sided. Fr Agnel had too many steals and fast breaks to upset the rhythm of Bhanu Talim.

The girls final, between Our Lady of fatima and Agradneya Vyayamshala will be held tomorrow. In the final league match, Fatima trounced 40-4 with AVM’s poor shooting remaining their primary cause of concern. AVM did all their scoring in the second-half.

Results

Boys: Central YMCA74 (Aditya Vaid 19, Rajnikant Acharya 18, Devendra Gummale 18, Placid Fernandes 11) bt Bhanu Talim 55 (Anil Sankalp 18, Sachin Patil 16, Mahesh Nagene 11); Central YMCA 69 (Rajnikant 23, Placid 19, Aditya 16) bt Bombay YMCA 66 (Anup d’Almeida 20 Rizwan Siddique 13, Sharique Shaikh 12); Fr Agnel 66 (Binoy KB 11, Dheeraj 14, V Mulik 14, Anup Nair 18) bt Shanu Talim 50 (Milind Kadam 16, Sachin Patil 11).

Girls: Our Lady of Fatima 40 (Anita Krishnan 18, Flavia D’Souza 10) bt AVM 4.

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