Manoj sparkles for Cochin Customs

R. Manoj of Cochin Customs dribbles past K. Mukunth of ICF in Coimbatore on Monday. Photo: K. Ananthan

Senior India camper R. Manoj (35 pts) found his range as Cochin Customs came from behind to defeat ICF (Chennai) 86-65 in a men’s league match of the Golden Jubilee all India basketball tournament for the PSG Trophy at the PSG Tech indoor stadium courts here on Monday.

In another exciting clash, Indian Navy (Lonawala) scored a hard-fought 78-73 win over Kerala State Electricity Board.

The results:

Men: Cochin Customs 86 (R. Manoj 35, Eudrick Pereira 24, Shinu Mon Augustine 17) bt ICF (Chennai) 65 (C. Praveen Kumar 25, C. Seenivasan 16, Padma Prakash 10).

Indian Navy (Lonawala) 78 (S.M. Settu 18, Ashok Kumar 14, Mandeep Singh 14) bt KSEB (Kerala) 73 (Umesh Krishnan 13, Anoop Devasia 9).

Indian Army (New Delhi) 83 (Jijin Joseph 16, Arockia Babu 10) bt ICF 63 (C. Seenivasan 17, C. Praveen Kumar 21, Padma Prakash 17).

ONGC 86 (Vignesh Bhriguvanshi 25, Amrit Paul 23, Yadwinder Singh 16) bt Cochin Customs 65 (Monish Wilson 11, R. Manoj 9).

Women: South Central Railway (Secunderabad) 67 (Anusha Anto 19, Gayatri 17, Jincy Joseph 12) bt Eastern Railway (Kolkata) 66 (Sitamani Tudu 16, Madhu Kumari 15, Sukumani Oraon 14).

Southern Railway (Chennai) 75 (S. Kokila 18, Neena Harendreen 10) bt Punjab State 38.