Favoutites Fatima, Ghatkopar in final

Mumbai, Dec 1: Favourites Fatima Sports Club and Ghatkopar YMCA scored facile wins to enter the final of the junior girls and boys final ...

Mumbai, Dec 1: Favourites Fatima Sports Club and Ghatkopar YMCA scored facile wins to enter the final of the junior girls and boys final respectively of the XIth Bombay YMCA open basketball tournament at Ghatkopar YMCA today.

Fatima, on the resurgence after junior international Anita Krishnan joined their ranks this year, drubbed a second-string Agradneya Vyayamshala side 50-12. Anita led the scoring with 22 points, while Sushma Holmagi contributed 12.

For Ghatkopar, the three nationals in their side — Ralph Gomes, Ashish Lad and Sachin More — combined well to decimate the Central YMCA defence. Within six minutes, they had set up an 18-point lead, such was their dominance.

Later, Income-Tax entered the men’s semi-final by taming Indian Gymkhana 72-42.

Results

Junior boys (semis): Ghatkopar YMCA 83 (Ashish Lad 23, Ralph Gomes 19, Sachin More 15, Pankaj Rane 10, Ijaz Shaikh 8) bt Central YMCA 34 (Arjun Malik 10) HT 55-23.

Men (QF): Income-Tax 72 (Mahesh Naidu 12, ClarenceMenezes 24, Shibu George 22, Uday Dabhade 9) bt Indian Gymkhana 42 (Vinod Muthukumar 12, Sriram 9) HT 48-14.

Junior girls (semis):Fatima 50 (Anita Krishnan 22, Sushma Holmagi 12, Hemali Tawade 8) bt Agradneya 12 HT 23-9.