BSC HOOPSTERS BEST
Boys Sports Company got the better of Kendriya Vidyalaya Picket to win the Indian Schools Basketball Championship in Hyderabad
Boys Sports Company annexed the boys title in the Indian Schools Basketball Championship conducted by the Hyderabad District Basketball Association with a convincing 59-27 win over Kendriya Vidyalaya Picket after leading 23-19 at the halfway stage.
The superiority of the winners was seen in full measure with their forwards never allowing any possession to go abegging. Aman Topno once again gave a solid start to his side with accurate conversions while Prasanth, Pyla Pavan and Vigneshwar provided him admirable support.
Aman Tyagi struck a purple patch for the KV Picket team and in company of Gali Samuel, Avinash and Tushar matched their rivals till the second quarter before the superiority of the winners was seen in full measure as they coasted to a comfortable win thereafter.
Earlier in the semifinals, Boys Sports Company and Kendriya Vidyalaya Picket defeated Kendriya Vidyalaya NPA and Future Kids School respectively. While Boys Sports Company coasted to an easy 56-28 win over KV (NPA) the Future Kids School ran out of steam in the final quarter of the game losing out to Kendriya Vidyalaya Picket 32-50 after leading 27-26 at the end of the third quarter.
The superiority of the Boys Sports Company players was seen in full measure with Aman Topno, Vigneshwar, Animesh and Himanshu combining well and attacking relentlessly. The counter attacking by the winners saw them take the game away in the first quarter itself which ended with a 17-4 lead in favour of BSC. Prasanth was the lone player who tormented the BSC defence but with little support from other players, his heroics went down in vain.
Kendriya Vidyalaya Picket trailing 26-27 at the end of the third quarter pepped up their attack in the final quarter through Mahesh, Tushar and Avinash. Gali Samuel and Aman Tyagi controlling the defence boards ensured that the KV players make use of the outlet pass and score. Future Kids on the other hand succumbed to the pressure and scored only 5 points in the final quarter, all of them being scored by Akhil.
Final: Boys Sports Company 59 (Aman Topno 17, Animesh 10, Vigneshwar 8) bt KV Picket 27 (Aman Tyagi 9, Gali Samuel 8, Tushar 6). Semifinals:
Kendriya Vidyalaya Picket 50 (Gali Samuel 12, Tushar 11, Mahesh 11, Aman Tyagi 10) bt Future Kids School 32 (Pranav 8, Akhil 10, Yathiraj 6).
Boys Sports Company 56 (Aman Topno 13, Sachin 7, Prasanth 8, Himanshu 7) bt KV NPA 28 (Prasanth 14, Sudarshan 6). THE RESULTS