Income-Tax on roll

MUMBAI, OCT 25: Income-Tax flexed their muscle in the senior division of the UPL Hoop-a-Loop weekend basketball league, defeating St Xavi...

MUMBAI, OCT 25: Income-Tax flexed their muscle in the senior division of the UPL Hoop-a-Loop weekend basketball league, defeating St Xavier’s 90-73 at Naigaum Police Grounds on Saturday. The strong taxmen did not need the services of their new recruits from Nagpur, Shrihari Garge and Satish Warrier, as international Mahesh Naidu sunk in 25 points — 21 coming off three-pointers — and Stephen Rodrigues 23 to put the match beyond the young Xavier’s squad.

RESULTS

Senior Division: TMG 54 (Ishvinder Singh 19, Shulmith Muthyala 16) bt Chembur YMCA 33 (Jude A 15,, Sheldon Buthello 11) HT 20-22; Income-Tax 90 (Mahesh Naidu 25 (7×3), Stephen Rodrigues 23, Jasbir Singh 19, Krishnakumar 19) bt Xavier’s 73 (Yogesh Jaiswal 20, Placid Fernandes 17, Liang Shun 12) HT 55-28; Xavier’s 65 (Placid Fernandes 14, Yogesh Jaiswal 19, Roger Fernandes 13, Alvin Fernandes 12) bt GM Police 58 (Anwar 13, Noor Mohd 13) HT 33-29; SBI 98 (Aijaz Khan 14, Thomas Kurien 14, Shibu George 36, Zikar Koradia 26, Siraj Ansari16) bt Chembur YMCA 74 (Jude Alemao 21, Santosh Rao 15, Sheldon Buthello 26); Somaiya Sports Club 73 (Kyron Gomes 10, Ralph Gomes 17, Javed Shaikh 12) bt Central YMCA 42 (Donald D’Sa 18) HT 38-22.

First Division: Flying Apostles 77 (Eric 18, David 12, Macwin 13) bt Wellingdon YMCA 30 (Rizwan Ansari 12) HT 48-19; Andheri YMCA 67 (HS Randhawa 26, Vivek B 15) bt Agradneya 19 HT 39-11; Hoopers 84 (Nilesh Lohar 12, Kushraj Bhadari 11, Chirag Muni 19, Dipesh Muni 14) bt Sports Academy 41 (Sureinder Kumar 30) HT 39-17; Indian Gymkhana 57 (V Sachin 12, M Vinod 12, P Bhushan 12, S Mohan 10) bt Burhani 42 (Shehzad Ansari 13, Huzefa Zorawala 13) HT 30-18; Indian Gymkhana 73 (M Vinod 27, P Bhushan 16) bt School of Basketball 60 (Stanny Monteiro 26, M Gaurav 12, Richard Homen 10) HT 37-29; Customs & Excise 50 (Paresh Thorat 12, Nisar Ahmed 23) bt OLH, Sahar 43 (Alban Almeida 10, Allwyn Monteiro 11, Michael 10) HT 22-18; Flying APostles 44 (Sylvan Desmond 13, Eric Ombata 10) bt Andheri YMCA 37 (Vevek 13, HSRandhawa 11) HT 17-9; Eagles 32 (Neil D’Souza 10, Irfan Shaikh 10) bt Learn The Game 28 (Nitan Kumar 7) HT 17-17; Flying Apostles Blue 29 (Jitesh 10) bt Agradneya 19 (Rohit 6) HT 12-10.