Mastan YMCA continued with their fine impressive run of form and easily defeated Nagpada Basketball Association 82-44 (Half-time: 55-25) in a Men’s match of the Nagpada Basketball Association (NBA) organized NBA Invitational Basketball tournament and played under floodlights at the NBA basketball courts.
Samsher M. made a huge contribution scoring 26 points to lead Mastan YMCA to a fluent win. The other notable performances for Mastan YMCA came from Sameer Qureshi who was in excellent form scoring 18 points which include four three-pointers and Danish Qureshi who scored 12 points to the team’s total. Suraj S. and Faizan K. both scored 11 points each for the losing side.
Earlier, Dominic Savio put up a good fighting performance to overcome Mastan YMCA 48-31 points margin in Junior boys (under-18) encounter. Dominic Savio dominated play from the start and raced to a 21-10 lead at the interval.
In a women’s match Central Railway cruised past St. Anthony’s by a 47-33 points difference after enjoying a 26-15 half-time advantage.
In another women’s encounter, Western Railway were all charged up and outplayed Chembur YMCA by romping to a 69-19 victory after opening up a 41-16 lead at the end of the first two quarters.
Results – Men:
Mastan YMCA (Shamsher M. 26, Danish Qureshi 12, Sameer Qureshi 18 4x3pts) beat Nagpada Basketball Association (Suraj S. 11, Faizan K. 11) 82-44 (Half-time: 55-25).