Fr. Agnel Gymkhana produced a strong combined performance and proved too good for Transpire SC as they marched to a facile 93-72 victory in a one-sided Men’s match of the Nagpada Basketball Association (NBA) organized NBA Invitational Basketball tournament and played under floodlights at the NBA basketball courts.
The Fr. Agnel outfit started aggressively and from swift counters repeated found the hoop and raced to 45-38 half-time lead. In the final quarter they scored a high 30 points while Transpire scored 21 points and they went on to complete their win.
In another match, Savio Club stayed focused and held their nerves to overcome hosts Nagpada Basketball Association (NBA) by a close 79-78 score line after trailing 32-38 at the end of the first half.
On resumption, Savio Club steadily caught up and thereafter the scores continued to run close till the end and NBA marginally leading 78-77. With just a couple of second remaining Savio Club’s Saurabh D. held his nerves to convert from two free throws to help his team clinch a nerve-wracking victory.
Results – Men: Fr. Agnel (Tanmay M. 24, Aaron F. 23, Rohan K. 16, Shubham M. 12) beat Transpire SC (Adib Khan 26, Taha K. 15) 93-72 (Half-time: 45-38).
Savio Club (Yash M. 25, Vijayanand K. 18, Saurabh D. 15, Parag S. 15) beat Nagpada Basketball Association (Fraizan 25, Suraj S. 11, Fauzan A. 12, Wasim K. 9) 79-78 (Half-time: 32-38).