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MCC Abrahams Team regains title

CHENNAI, AUG. 31. Madras Christian College Abrahams Team outplayed Kerala Varma College (Thrissur) 92-67 in the deciding super league match of the basketball final in the Bertram memorial tournaments, which concluded at Loyola College, here on Tuesday.

MCC regained the Shield after a gap of 65 years. The last time MCC won the title was in 1937 and then in 1939.

At half time, MCC lead 47-39. Leading 65-60 at the start of the fourth quarter, MCC improved its lead, thanks to some excellent two-pointers from Kannan, who replaced Dhinesh Kumar with eight minutes for the final whistle. KVC put up a good fight in the second and third quarter through a string of two and three pointers from Satish and Harish (he scored 15 points in the penultimate quarter).

The results (semifinal league): MCC Abrahams Team 92 (Leonard Charles 22, Dhinesh Kumar 19, Saravanarajan 20, Kannan 13, Vinoth 12) bt Kerala Varma College (Thrissur) 67 (Harish 27, Kiran 10, Manoj 10, Rathish 13).

Kerala Varma 70 (Kiran 16, Manoj 10, Rathish 13) bt Loyola Whites 60 (Amarnath Gopi 22, Vinoth 14, Ethiraj 10).

MCC 87 (Saravanarajan 15, Leonard Charles 13) bt PSG Arts (Cbe) 61 (Sivaprakash 10, Ramkumar 11, Padmanaban 12).

Loyola Whites 65 (Kishore 13, Amarnath Gopi 23, Ethiraj 10) bt PSG Arts (Cbe) (Sivaprakash 10, S. Ram Kumar 10, Balamurugan 13, S. Jeeva 13).

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