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MUMBAI, April 29: With 15 seconds left on the clock, Chinmay Bhandarkar, School of Basketball ball-handler and captain, sunk in his first...

MUMBAI, April 29: With 15 seconds left on the clock, Chinmay Bhandarkar, School of Basketball ball-handler and captain, sunk in his first free throw to take his team one point ahead. He missed the second, but was fortuitous to collect the rebound and convert it, as School of Basketball defeated Ghatkopar YMCA A 45-42 in a gripping knock-out match of the 9th DB Prabhu Memorial youth basketball tournament, sponsored by Colgate, at Indian Gymkhana today.

The thriller was fought keenly, as the lead swung hands with alacrity. Sandeep Nair led the attack for the Ghatkopar side and they were placed comfortably 21-14 at half time. But the level-headed School of Basketball boys kept the pressure on, and forced errors from their opponents.

In the girls round-robin league, hosts Indian Gymkhana scored a 50-11 win over novices Agradneya B. Defending champions Agradneya A also scored their second successive win, over Satara EMS, and the stage seems set for a repeat of last year’s girls final between today’swinners.

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Boys: Mastan YMCA 43 (Farhan Khan 123) bt Savio B 11 HT 25-6; School of Basketball 45 (Chinmay Bhandarkar 21, G Barretto 10) bt Ghatkopar YMCA 42 (Sandeep Nair 23) HT 14-21; Wellingdon YMCA 47 (Sameer Ansari 11, Majid Ansari 8, Siraj Ansari 9) bt Navi Mumbai YMCA 14 (Vipin Menon 6) HT 22-10.

Girls: Indian Gymkhana 50 (Reena Balakrishnan 10, Akruti Desai 8, Shweta 8) bt Agradneya B 11 (Devashree Patwardhan 10) HT 20-8; Agradneya A 43 (Gayatri Manolikar 13, Priyadarshini Patil 10) bt Satara 8 HT 31-3.

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