HASC drub Jayanagar

Markesh, Sachindra shine

MEG’s Sirajuddin (centre) attempts to shoot past Sports Hostel’s Jairaj in the State ‘A’ Division basketball championship in Bangalore on Friday. DH photoHASC, who were brought down to earth in last weeks loss to Controllerate of Electronic Inspection, found help in Markesh (16) and Sachindra (15). They jumped into an early 21-11 lead at the of the first quarter and showed no signs of stopping when they secured a 36-20 lead at half-time. Sujan was the sole major scorer for JSC with ten points but his effort went to wane as HASC rallied to complete the formalities.

Meanwhile, KSP managed to hold off Ambedkar BC with a narrow 58-56 win. Ramakrishna (19) and Santosh (16) scored for KSP while Ambedkar relied on Nandith Chowdary (21) and Aravind (10).


Results: HASC: 53 (Markesh 16, Sachindra 15) bt JSC: 42 (Sujan 10). HT: 36-20; ASC: 72 (Atheef 18, Kannan 15) bt CMP: 52 (Nesa Raja 23, Vinay 13). HT: 34-22; MEG & Centre: 70 (Sirajuddin 23, Lloyd Antony 13) bt Sports Hostel: 48 (Jairaj 19, Varun MR 13). HT: 33-18; Vijaya Bank: 61 (Roshan 12, Ashrafali 10) bt Young Orions: 37 (Anirudh 11). HT: 26-13; KSP: 58 (Ramakrishna 19, Santosh 16) bt Ambedkar BC: 56 (Nandith Chowdary 21, Aravind 10). HT: 29-33