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Sathyabhama clinches title

Principal Correspondent

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM : Sathyabhama University, Chennai won the title in the South Zone inter-university basketball championship at the Central stadium on Friday.

Sathyabhama defeated Kerala and Madras Universities on the final day to finish the four-team semifinal league with an all-win record. Kerala University finished second, while Madras finished third. MG came last but the four teams irrespective of the results qualified for the all-India championship.

Madras University went down fighting to the eventual winner 76-85. Madras, which staged a fine comeback in the third quarter to lead by one point at the end of it, lost its way in the fourth quarter. Madras also suffered when its coach was banished from the sidelines by the referee and was penalised five foul throws. It came at the time when the match was tantalisingly poised.

Sony Mathew (27) and Manoj Abraham (22) did the bulk of scoring for the winner while J. Karthik top-scored for Madras. Earlier in the morning, Sathyabhama ended the ambitions of Kerala wining a close match 85-75. Kerala defeated MG University 45-22 to finish second.

The results (semifinal league): Sathyabhama 85 (Sony Mathew 16, Milton 16, Shiva 14) bt Kerala 75 (Shinumon Augusine 18, Jerald P. Titus 19); Madras 77 (J. Karthik 18, Mohammed Ali 17) bt MGU 73 (Rahul Krishna 30, Bobin Mathew 11, Nirmal K. Mathew 12); Sathyabhama 85 (Sony Mathew 27, Manoj Abraham 22, Shiva 10) bt Madras 76 (J. Karthik 21, Mohammed Ali 17, Parthiban 12); Kerala 45 (Shinumon Augustine 14, Jerald Titus 9) bt MGU 22 (Anumohan Das 12).

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