Mastan YMCA pipped NBA (Nagpada Basketball Association) 77-76 in a pulsuatig men’s final of the Mastan YMCA Basketball tournament, hosted by Bombay YMCA’s Physical Education Department at their floodlit courts at Agripada last night. It was the second time that NBA was involved in a rip-roaring final for the second day in a row. While earlier, in the youth boys final, NBA had triumphed 68-67 against Savio Club. However, this time they were beaten by a solitary point by the Mastan YMCA in the men’s final.
Mastan YMCA the men’s champions pose with the trophy of the Mastan YMCA Basketball tournament, hosted by Bombay YMCA’s Physical Education Department.
To compound their miserable show on the final day, Mastan YMCA boys, too, outplayed them 66-51 to win the junior boys title. The only consolation for the NBA was their win in the mini boys final against Wellingdon YMCA 52-32.
Pooja Ajmera led-Bandra YMCA outplayed Dominic Savio 37-20 to bag the women’s trophy. However, Anshika Kanojia of the Dominic Savio earned the unique honour of scoring 19 of the 20 points in her team’s defeat.
Bandra YMCA’s captain Pooja Ajmera receiving the women’s trophy from the chief guest Mr Praveen Kumar Padiwal, IPS, South Region and Mr Javed Juneja, the Muncipal Corporator on the final day of the Mastan YMCA Basketball tournament, hosted by Bombay YMCA’s Physical Education Department.
Results of all the finals: MEN: Mastan YMCA 77 (Ashraf Siddique 24, Sameer Quereshi 25, Faisal Khan 10) bt NBA 76 (Imran Siddique 16, Meeraj Shaikh 18 ) .
WOMEN: Bandra YMCA 37 (Sakshi Arora 16, Pooja Ajmera 10) bt Dominic Savio 20 (Anshika Kanojia 19).
JR BOYS : Mastan YMCA 66 (Faisal Khan 14, Sameer Quereshi 12, Ibrahim Khan 10) bt NBA 51 (Raja Shaikh 18, Fauzan Shaikh 11, Shahrukh Shaikh b12) .
YOUTH BOYS : NBA 68 (Bilal Khan 19- 5- 3-pointers), Raza Shaikh 24, Ubaid Khan 8) bt Savio Club 67 (Pranav Dongre 15, Aniket Dongre 16, Sankalp Panda 13).
MINI BOYS: NBA 52 (Imrfan Ansarii 14, Faiz Shaikh 12, Adnan Khan 10) bt Wellingdon YMCA (Imran Ansari 14, Hamza Ansari 10, Rehan Ansari 8).