Rajkumar and Beagles won their respective matches on the opening day of the JSC Basketball Chmpionships here on Friday.
While Rajkumar got the better off BSNL 69-57, Beagles comfortably saw off the challenge of YMMA 61-43.
In the other men’s match, Corps of Military Police thumped Creative 87-42, with Hrishikesh bagging 28 points for the former.
In a double success for Beagles, the women’s team also registered a win. They eased past Appaiah 39-22. Sandhya top scored Beagles with 12 points.
Results: Men: Rajkumar 69 (Pavan 16, Trishul 15, Rakshith 12) bt BSNL 57 (Yaseen 16, Ajmal 14, Aziz 9) HT: 32-26; Beagles 61 (Etang 18, Pranav 12, Kiran 7) bt YMMA 43 (Ram 15, Shobith 11, Vijay 6) HT: 30-24; Corps of Military Police: 87 (Hrishikesh 28, Kabilan 13, Nesa Raj 9) bt Creative: 42 (Farhan 16, Fayaz 10, Salman 7) HT: 51-18Women: Beagles 39 (Sandhya 12, Eileanna 10, Kunika 5) bt Appaiah 22 (Vani Shree 12, Snigddha 4, Shriya 3) HT: 24-16.
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