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Lady Sivasamy School wins both its matches

Special Correspondent

Chennai: On the opening day of the three-day third PBA-KC Tech all-India inter-school basketball tournament, the boys' encounters became one-sided, but the girl squads fought well at the Montfort indoor stadium here on Friday.

Two girls' teams put up a good show. Lady Sivasamy School, Chennai, won both its ties, but it had to face a stiff challenge from Cherupushpam School from Kerala. Though Lady Sivasamy made a good start with a 24-9 lead in the first quarter, the visiting side basketed well in the second quarter as Ranjusha Mathen was more steady and accurate. At half time, Lady Sivasamy led 32-25. However, the local side picked up its game in the second half and surged ahead to stretch the lead to over 15 points. Holy Angels, Salem, fought well to down Chettinad Vidyashram, Chennai, 48-39. The Salem side took a 27-21 lead at half time, but Chettinad made it tough for the rival, scoring 16 points in the third quarter. Anvitha Pillai and Sakshi gave Chettinad a slender lead. But the Chennai team's shooting suddenly dipped under pressure in the fourth quarter as it got only two points.

K.B. Brahmadathan, chief GM, Chennai Telephones, inaugurated the tournament.

The results: Boys: Viswabharathi, Bhilai 54 (Nimal Singh 10, Kiranpal Singh 19) bt SBN Jr. College, Bangalore, 37 (Kiran S. Gowda 18); Don Bosco, Kolkata, 40 (Dishmit Singh 11, Nigil Shepherd 10) bt Union Christian, Chennai, 18; SBN Jr. College, Bangalore, 39 (Kiran S.

Gowda 10, Shodhan 10) bt St. Michael's, Adayar, 30 (Girish 12); St. Paul's, Selam, 51 (Anbu Kumar 13, Ram Kumar 10) bt ICF HSS, Chennai, 23 (Ajith Kannan 14); Cherupushpam HSS, Kannur, 54 (K.R. Nikhil 14, Abin Thomas 19) bt Union Christian, Chennai, 17.

Girls: Lady Sivasamy, Chennai, 58 (Sangeetha 13, Monica 13) bt Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan, Erode, 31 (Shivaranjani 14, Sharmila 10); Holy Angels, Salem, 48 (Kanaga 16, Patricia 13) bt Chettinad Vidyasharam, Chennai, 39 (Anvitha Pillai 16, Sakshi Kapil 10); Lady Sivasamy, Chennai, 61 (Monica 22, Sangeetha 11) beat Cherupushpam HSS, Kannur, 45 (Ranjusha Mathen 30).

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