Published>Thu, May 13 10 05:23 AM
Sanjay Sports Academy lifted the girls' title at the Under-18 District Basketball Championships, edging out Vayu sports club in overtime in the final played at the Mahesh Bal Bhavan courts in Kothrud on Tuesday.
Both teams started the match in earnest, and the lead went back and forth throughout the first half. Vayu had a slight upper hand at the break, as they went into half-time with a slender 27-26 lead.
The game continued in the same pattern during the last two quarters as well, with neither team willing to concede even an inch. When the full-time whistle blew, the scores stood at 53-53 and the match went into overtime. In an exciting overtime period, SSA took the lead and held on for a narrow three-point victory to be crowned champions.
Shruti Menon was the heroine of the day for Sanjay Sports Academy, scoring an incredible 21 points and netting at crucial moments to lead her team to victory. Her effort, combined with Aditi Khaladkar's 14 points and Jinal Waghela's 12 points allowed SSA to keep pace with the Vayu team. For Vayu, Kritika Divadkar top scored with 19 points, while Ayushi Gupta and Shreya Khandelwal added 12 and 10 respectively.
In the boys' matches played at the Bharati Nivas Society on Prabhat Road, New Youngsters, Modern 'A', Mahesh Bal Bhavan and VOBA entered the quarterfinals with wins over their respective opponents. New Youngsters secured a comfortable win over Sachin Angre Pratishthan (SAP), beating them 57-36 to enter the next round. Nitin Chopade of New Youngsters carried the team on his shoulders with 28 points, and was supported by Swapnil Dhamale who scored 12. Aashay Rathkanthiwar top-scored for the losing team with 12 points.
Modern 'A' beat hosts BNS in a thrilling encounter. Modern started the match well, but BNS clawed their way back into it to tie the score at 28 by the end of the first half. The match went right down to the wire as BNS, backed by a boisterous home crowd, kept themselves within striking distance of Modern's lead. However, in spite of a few last-gasp efforts from the home team, Modern managed to hold on for a nail-biting 51-50 win.
Akhilesh Khalate and Amar Kulkarni led the way for Modern with 11 and 10 points respectively, while Shaunak Ghate's 29-point effort for BNS went in vain.
Mahesh Bal Bhavan became the third team to enter the quarterfinals, beating PYC Hindu Gymkhana 56-42. MBB hit their stride right at the outset and built up a commanding lead. However, PYC managed to recover, and whittled the lead down to six points at halftime, when the scores stood at 26-20 in MBB's favour.
However, some disciplined shooting and good movement helped MBB to pull ahead in the second half, as they finally won by a comfortable margin of fourteen points.
Amit Dhanlobhe top-scored for MBB with 19, and was supported by Mandar Kulkarni who added 12 of his own. For PYC, Suman Umesh scored 22 points, while Animesh Mathur contributed 10 points. In the final match of the day, VOBA thrashed Hoopers by forty points to enter the quarterfinals. Sharnel Pereira and Aleric A. led the VOBA team with 19 points and 16 points respectively as VOBA romped to a 55-15 victory to go through to the next round.
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