Air Force lifts trophy
Narender Grewal scored 29 points in the last league match to help Air Force (New Delhi) defeat Indian Navy (Lonavala) 87-72 in 58th all-India flood-lit basketball tournament for the P.D. Chidambara Sourya Naraynan Memorial Trophy on Sunday. The teams were locked 35-35 at half-time.
With this win Air Force lifted the trophy on points difference after a three way tie with Indian Navy and ASC, Bengaluru. All the three teams had two wins and one loss.
Air Force became winner with a point difference of +11 points, while Indian Navy finished runner-up with +2 points and ASC took the third place (-13 points).
The results (semifinals), (round-robin league): Indian Navy, Lonavala 86 (Akilesh 19, Smith Settu 18, Mahipal 18, Chacko 14) bt ASC, Bengaluru 69 (Isaac 22, Balwan 18, Prabhu Mishra 10); Air Force, New Delhi 84 (Joginder Singh 19, Ashutosh Rai 18, Nikhil 18, Narender Grewal15) bt DLW, Varanasi 72 (Akash Bashin 19, Vivek 19, Rakesh Yadav 14).
Indian Navy 66 (Lalit 15, Mahioal 12) bt DLW 60 (Vivek 21, Krishnan 11, Rakesh Yadav 10); ASC 85 (Issac 27, Balwan 17, Saif Hasmi 17) bt Air Force 81 (Narender Grewal 24, Nikhil 16, Joginder Singh 13, Ashutosh Rai 11) (in extra time, FT: 74-74); ASC 69 (Issac 21, Saif 18, Balwan 13) bt DLW 60 (Rakesh Yadav 20, Akash Bashin 13, Vivek 12); Air Force 87 (Narender Grewal 29, Nikhil 17, Hemmat 16, Joginder Singh 10) bt Indian Navy 72 (Amal 30, Akilesh 12).
Special awards: Player of the tournament : Narender Grewal (Air Force, New Delhi); most promising youngster : Vinoth (DLW, Varanasi).
