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Grand double for Hyderabad

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Kothagudem: Hyderabad clinched both the men and women's titles in the 32nd AP senior inter-district basketball championship, defeating Krishna and Kurnool respectively at the Prakasam Stadium here on Sunday.

The men, consisting of junior India players, dominated the proceedings right from the beginning and outplayed Krishna 85-66. At half time, Hyderabad led 45-33. Height proved to be the advantage for Hyderabad, as the lanky Pankaj and Varun sunk baskets at will. Pankaj top-scored with 28 points.

The girls moved around the court like a well-oiled machine and outplayed Kurnool in every department. With effective marking, Hyderabad prevented the talented Saritha from unleashing three-pointers from the outer circle. Both Binu Sastish and Amitha excelled in crisp passing and converted the rebounds effectively.

The Andhra Pradesh Basketball Association secretary Sampath Kumar said that the AP Youth (u-16) tournament for boys and girls will be held at Pitapuram (East Godavari) from December 8 to 10.

Khammam Zilla Parishad chairperson G. Vijayalakshmi gave away the prizes.

The results: (Finals): Men: Hyderabad 85 (Pankaj 28, Varun 14 and Nihil 15) bt Krishna 66 (Irfan 25, Karunakar 18 and Lakshman 9).

Semifinals: Hyderabad 56 (Pankaj 15, Murali 12) bt East Godavari 37 (Swamy 9), Krishna 78 (Laxman 15, Karunakar 12, Irfan 12) bt Nalgonda 50 (Shakeel 8, Dominic 11, Ashish 7). Quarterfinals: Hyderabad 52 (Amiritraj 14, Lijju 9, Pankaj 7) bt Ananapur 42 (Siva reddy 16, Naresh 9), East Godavari 54 (Krishna 13, Swamy 12, Peasad 10) bt Khammam 24 (Pasha 7), Krishna 76 (Karunakar 32, Siva Nagaaju 10, Laxman 19) bt Karimnagar 56 (Tirupathi 25, Sampath 8), Nalgonda 69 (Sravan 10, Kiran Kumar 21, Ashish 14) b Guntur 61 (Naveen Kumar 31).

Women: Hyderabad 56 (Binu Satish 20, Amitha Jaiswal 10) bt Kurnool 9.

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