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IB, IOB enter quarterfinals

Udhagamandalam: Defending champion Indian Bank (Chennai) chalked out easy wins to enter the quarterfinals of the second State-level invitation basketball tournament for men and women at the HADP Stadium here on Friday.

Indian Bank opened its account with a facile 78-50 victory over Customs (Chennai) and later came good in the final quarter to defeat Sports Hostel of Excellence (Chennai) 67-55.

Favourite Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) also enjoyed a smooth ride into the quarterfinal. The bankmen drubbed Writers BBC 61-41 and put paid to the hopes of YMCA (Coimbatore) 78-45.

The results: League:

Men: ICF (Chennai) 73 (K. Sikander Raja 17, G. Ashwin 17, Tony Leslie 15) bt JBC (Udhagamandalam) 44 (Abdul Hakim 10, Ravi 10); IOB (Chennai) 61 (Chandrasekhar 20, Dinesh 13, Ravikumar 14) bt Writers BBC 41 (Bala 15); IOB 78 (Shiva Shankar 18, Chandrasekar 15, Ravikumar 13) bt YMCA (Coimbatore) 45 (Agilan 17, Suresh 10); ICF 54 (Rajan 14, Tonny 12) bt TBC (Tirupur) 32 (V. Sriram 14, J. Baskar 10); Southern Railway (Chennai) 77 (Bernard Philip 20, Leonard Charles 13, Jayaprakash 10) bt PSG CAS 46 (Sriram 10); Indian Bank 78 (Bhuvanesh 27, Javed Khan 10) bt Customs (Chennai) 50 (Rakesh 10, Devanathan 18); Armed Police (Madurai) 61 (Shankar 16, Chandramohan 12) bt PSGCAS 41 (Nithin 24, Venkatesh 15); Indian Bank 67 (Bhuvanesh 21, Thangadurai 11) bt Sports Hostel of Excellence 55 (Anand Kumar 19, Keerthi 12).

Women: Vayudooth BC (Chennai) 41 (Selvajansi 10, Santhoshini 10) bt Nilgiris JBC (Udhagamandalam) 27 (Danalakshmi 13, Sowmya 11); S. Rly (Chennai) 48 (Nithya 14, Shyamala 11) bt Madras National BBC (Chennai) 25 (Sunitha 11).

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