<p class="title">India international Annadurai Aravind put up a brilliant show as Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) outclassed Integral Coach Factory (IFC) 77-50 in the final to emerge champions of the 4th Mulki Sunder Ram Shetty All-India basketball tournament on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Earlier, Vijay Bank defeated Chennai Customs 81-76 to bag the third place at the Sree Kanteerava Indoor Stadium here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Annadurai led the chart with 23 points for IOB while P Jeevanantham added 14. Senior India players Pratham Singh and Prasanna Venkatesh too made their presence felt through timely assists and turnovers.</p>.<p class="bodytext">P Vijay, who has had a fruitful outing so far, continued his rich vein of form, top-scoring with 13 points for ICF. K Mukunth helped with 10. G A Anto Bethle, though struggled to his feet.</p>.<p class="bodytext">IOB lived up to their top billing and dominated ICF right from the start. Annadurai, using his tall stature to good effect, ruled the paint. He constantly pulled down offensive rebounds, leading to easy putbacks and free throws, which proved to be the difference in the end. Annadurai also sank two dunks to stamp his team's authority in the first quarter, which ended 19-9.</p>.<p class="bodytext">ICF fought back in the next 10 minutes on the back of Bethle's gritty performance, Praveen Kumar's lay-ups and K Jaya Venkatesh's crucial points. They cut the deficit to five points (30-35). However, Annaduari, with help from Pratham and G Sivabalan, kept the scoreboard ticking. At half-time, IOB were up 39-32.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A determined IOB side came out roaring after the break and took the game beyond the reach of ICF, who were left chasing shadows for most parts.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Annadurai kept Vijay quiet and scored at will. ICF's never-give-up spirit also took a beating as they missed several chances to score from distance and inside the paint.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Midway through the third quarter, Annadurai's over the head pass to Vineeth Revi Mathew, who made no mistake score, took the score to 43-32. They stayed on top and led 60-42.</p>.<p class="bodytext">IOB scored for fun in the final 10 minutes against visibly-tired ICF, who seemed to have given up the chase.</p>.<p>Results: Final: IOB: 77 (Annaduarai Aravind 23, P Jeevanantham 14) bt ICF: 50: (P Vijay 13, K Mukunth 10).</p>.<p class="bodytext"><span class="bold">Third place</span>: Vijaya Bank: 86 (S Karthickeyan 21, Anil Kumar BK 15) bt Chennai Customs: 76 (Justin 27, Hariram 23).</p>
<p class="title">India international Annadurai Aravind put up a brilliant show as Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) outclassed Integral Coach Factory (IFC) 77-50 in the final to emerge champions of the 4th Mulki Sunder Ram Shetty All-India basketball tournament on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Earlier, Vijay Bank defeated Chennai Customs 81-76 to bag the third place at the Sree Kanteerava Indoor Stadium here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Annadurai led the chart with 23 points for IOB while P Jeevanantham added 14. Senior India players Pratham Singh and Prasanna Venkatesh too made their presence felt through timely assists and turnovers.</p>.<p class="bodytext">P Vijay, who has had a fruitful outing so far, continued his rich vein of form, top-scoring with 13 points for ICF. K Mukunth helped with 10. G A Anto Bethle, though struggled to his feet.</p>.<p class="bodytext">IOB lived up to their top billing and dominated ICF right from the start. Annadurai, using his tall stature to good effect, ruled the paint. He constantly pulled down offensive rebounds, leading to easy putbacks and free throws, which proved to be the difference in the end. Annadurai also sank two dunks to stamp his team's authority in the first quarter, which ended 19-9.</p>.<p class="bodytext">ICF fought back in the next 10 minutes on the back of Bethle's gritty performance, Praveen Kumar's lay-ups and K Jaya Venkatesh's crucial points. They cut the deficit to five points (30-35). However, Annaduari, with help from Pratham and G Sivabalan, kept the scoreboard ticking. At half-time, IOB were up 39-32.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A determined IOB side came out roaring after the break and took the game beyond the reach of ICF, who were left chasing shadows for most parts.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Annadurai kept Vijay quiet and scored at will. ICF's never-give-up spirit also took a beating as they missed several chances to score from distance and inside the paint.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Midway through the third quarter, Annadurai's over the head pass to Vineeth Revi Mathew, who made no mistake score, took the score to 43-32. They stayed on top and led 60-42.</p>.<p class="bodytext">IOB scored for fun in the final 10 minutes against visibly-tired ICF, who seemed to have given up the chase.</p>.<p>Results: Final: IOB: 77 (Annaduarai Aravind 23, P Jeevanantham 14) bt ICF: 50: (P Vijay 13, K Mukunth 10).</p>.<p class="bodytext"><span class="bold">Third place</span>: Vijaya Bank: 86 (S Karthickeyan 21, Anil Kumar BK 15) bt Chennai Customs: 76 (Justin 27, Hariram 23).</p>
