St Joseph's score thumping win

St Joseph’s College of Commerce entered the semifinals with a 79-50 drubbing of Sindhi College in the men’s section of the Malleshwaram Cup inter-college invitational basketball championship at the Malleswaram Ground here on Friday.

St. Joseph’s Rohan Raj (30 points) and Akhil MU (25 points) scored majority of the points for the winners while Rohit and Abhishek scored 15 points each for Sindhi.

In the other men’s clash, Akshat (16), Sriram (15) and Arvind (13) shone as PESIT prevailed over Presidency College 65-44.

BMS College of Engineering (BMSCE) and MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology are the other teams to have reached the last-four stage in the men’s category. 

Results: Men: St Joseph’s College of Commerce: 79 (Rohan Raj 30, Akhil MU 25) bt Sindhi College: 50 (Rohith 15, Abhishek 15); PESIT: 65 (Akshat 16, Sriram 15, Arvind 13) bt Presidency College: 44 (Pranay Naidu 16, Bharath 14).

Women: RV College of Engineering: 23 (Sonali G 12) bt Sindhi College: 22 (Chandana 9).