Hyderabad: Mamata Medical College defeated the South Central Railway (SCR) 71-37 in the Level-1 match of the GM Sampath Kumar Annual League Basketball Championship at YMCA Secunderabad on Friday.
South Central Railway started with very tight defence to deny easy baskets to take the first quarter 21-5. The railwaymen displayed accurate shooting as the side led 41-15 at half-time.
After change of ends the Railways continued with the same strategy and added another 17 points to their tally with Mamata MC could muster just 8 as SCR led 58-23 at the end of third quarter.
In the last quarter with SCR tested their bench strength Mamata were able to score 15 points through Srikanth and Alex. However, SCR added 13 points mainly through 3-pointers from Dheeraj to win.
Brief Scores: South Central Railway 71 (Dheeraj 20, Goutham 8, Gideon 8, Kaushik 4) bt Mamata Medical College 37 (Srikanth 12, Dheeraj 9) Half-time: 41-15.
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