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GAA beat Dharan
KATHMANDU, DEC 26 - Swornim, Dharan’s Prashant Thapa took a three-pointer today, second in distance only to the last second giant three-pointer that Ratna Rai took for Gyan Club on Tuesday from just inside Trichandra’s backcourt. Prashant’s shot from around 20 feet from the
ring, came in the final second of the first quarter of final Pool ‘B’ match of the Samsung
National Basketball Championship in which Godavari Alumni Association (GAA) beat the boys from Dharan
70-56.
With 21 points, Prashant was also the highest scorer of the match while Paresh Shrestha was GAA’s savior with 20 points. GAA, followed by Prime Sports Club in second place of pool, now go into the quarterfinal while Swornim go back to Dharan with no wins but a lot of experience.
A visibly tired Pokhara Basketball Team followed their brave fight against Himalayan White House on Wednesday, with a poor performance today loosing to Dharan Basketball Team 61-36. Ram Sunwar and Sandip Shrestha shouldered Dharan scoring 49 between them while Yubraj Rai provided some excitement with back-to-back three-pointers in the first quarter. For Pokhara, Tirtha Gurung was the only one to reach double figures with 15 points. Dharan and White House have advanced to the quarters with two wins each but White House have one more match to play.
All the league matches of the Women’s category were completed today with the fight for second place of both pools being held today. 16 from Sumy Singh helped the Alphas’ win the first one, beating Trichandra 38-20. The game was a team effort in which Salina, Rojina and Kabita scored 10, eight and six respectively. Trichanrda’s play was led by 11 points from Deepshikha Rai, five from Rubina and four from Pratigya. Alphas’ are pitted against Gyan Club in the semifinal.
Rato Bangala’s semifinal opponent will be St Xaveir’s college which beat LRI 35-21 powered by 17 points from Bibha Prajapati.
After being down 27-22 by half time, the Raiders’ made an impressive recovery to beat the Trichandra boys in a thrilling 65-63 match. Although the Raiders had managed to lead for a brief period in the second quarter, their real resurrection came in the middle of the third quarter when they came up 34-33 in front and managed to keep at least a one point lead from then on till the end. Gyan Club lead Pool ‘C’ winning all their games. After Trichandra’s loss today the battle for quarterfinal berth go down to Friday’s match between the Raiders and the Unique Group. If Raiders win, they are through, but if they lose, Trichandra, Unique and Raiders stand
as equals with a win each and point difference will come
into play to decide the runner-up.
Pool ‘D’s standing is also still open. Currently Gyanodaya College lead with two wins followed by Public Youth Campus (PYC) and Shanti Youth Club (SYC) while RIBS are at the tail with two losses. PYC will battle Gyanodaya and RIBS will fight SYC on Friday, the last day of the league stage. In the day’s first match, PYC will have to beat Gyanodaya by at least 10 points to draw with them. If PYC win by exactly 10 points, SYC will have to beat RIBS by four points to draw with Gyanodaya and PYC. This of course is the battle for the first place. But to go through to the quarters as second, PYC have to beat Gyanodaya by eight points, assuming that SYC beat RIBS by just one point. But RIBS too are not out of contention. If Gyanodaya win the first match, RIBS will have to beat SYC by eight points. But then again PYC will have to lose by at least two points.Posted on: 2003-12-27 04:21
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