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Bharathiyar lifts crown

Chennai Nov. 29. Bharathiyar, Coimbatore, after a good start, struck a bad patch, but it recovered quickly to down Calicut, which gave a tough fight, at 60-50 to lift the South Zone inter-university men's basketball championship at the Loyola College campus here on Saturday.

With two wins in three matches, Calicut finished runner-up. Bharathiyar won all its three matches in the league.

Earlier, Madras, the defending champion, finished third, beating Bangalore 78-42. Bharathiyar, Calicut, Madras and Bangalore have qualified for the All-India championship, to be held Haridwar.

This morning Bharathiyar and Calicut recorded their second victories in the four-team summit league. While Calicut led from start to finish against Bangalore, Bharathiyar rallied strongly to wipe out the first quarter deficit (8-17) before winning the tie by seven points.

Earlier, Madras led from start to finish against Bangalore with its steady shooting. At half-time, it led 32-16. Madras controlled the rebounds also well. Bangalore's shooting was wayward under pressure.

S. Karunanidhi, Registrar-in-charge, Madras University, gave away the prizes.

The results:

Summit league: Bharathiyar 60 (Aravind 19, S. Padmanabhan 12, V. Shankar 10) beat Calicut 50 (Kiran Abic 18, C.V. Ratheesh 14, R. Manoj 11); Madras 78 (S.L. Charles 20, Amarnath Gopi 15) beat Bangalore 42 (Sairam Kumar 20, B. Harish 10); Bharathiyar 53 (Sivaprakash 10, Shyam 10, Padmanabhan 10) beat Madras 46; Calicut 65 (R. Manoj 12, Rony Zachariah 22, Kiran 19, Ratheesh 15) beat Bangalore 50 (Sanatram Shetty 20).

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