Corvuss SC combined well as a team and defeated hosts NBA (Nagpada Basketball Association) by a comfortable 62-28 points difference in a Junior boys semi-final match of the NBA organised 18th NBA Invitational Basketball Tournament, played at the floodlit Late Bachoo Khan basketball courts, Nagpada.
The dominant Corvuss lads played an attacking game from the start and scored at regular intervals. Their hard-working and skillful Yogesh Yadav and Prabhat Mishra both shot consistently to score 25 and 19 points respectively. NBA tried their best to put up a fight but found the going tough. Basit A. 10 points and Irfan Ansari 6 were the two players who managed to successfully find the ring.
In the second semi-final which was closely fought, Mastan YMCA defeated GKP (Ghatkopar Krida Pratishtan 58-39 (half-time: 18-17). The leading scorers for Mastan YMCA were Shaikh Saif 11 points while Shahrukh K., Taufiq A., and Usman S., all chipped in with 10 points each to complete the winning margin. GKP managed to score through the efforts of Veknis A. 14 points, Chirag R. 9 points, and Avdhesh S. 6 points.
Results – Junior Boys U-18 (semi-finals): Corvuss SC (Yogesh Yadav 25, Prabhat Mishra 19) beat NBA (Basit A. 10, Irfan Ansari 6) – 62-28 (half-time: 27-11).
Mastan YMCA (Shahrukh K. 10, Shaikh Saif 11, Taufiq A. 10, Usman S. 10) beat GKP (Veknis A. 14, Chirag R. 9, Avdhesh S. 6) – 58-39 (half-time: 18-17).
Mini Boys U-13 (Semi-finals): NBA (Abdullah A. 15, Aymen K. 10, Imran K. 10) beat Mastan YMCA ‘B’ – 59-8 (half-time 31-02).