South Central Railway run over G9; Mahendra Hills ease past Stadium Club 38-17

South Central Railway posted their second consecutive win with a 78-27 thrashing of G9 in the GM Sampath Kumar Annual League Basketball Championship at the YMCA Secunderabad on Wednesday.

South Central Railway led 42-13 at half-time. The Railway men started with full court tight man-to-man marking and denied G9 even a single point in the first quarter. On the other hand, SCR hoopsters got 21 points. Gideon started with a hat-trick of drive-in shots and was ably supported by Goutham. Raju dominated the paint as SCR led 21-0 at the end of the first quarter.

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In the second quarter, G9 regrouped and scored 13 points through Sameer and Sai. However, SCR continued adding to their score as they piled on another 21 points through Manoj, who got two three-pointers, Dheeraj, who scored two three-pointers, and Kaushik. SCR went into the break with a 42-13 scoreline in their favour.

After change of ends, the Railway hoopsters did not slow down the pace as they added another 36 points in the second half compared to 14 points added by G9 to clinch the match 78-27.

In another match, which was a low scoring affair as both teams concentrated more on defense, Mahendra Hills Basketball Club eased past Stadium Club 38-17 after leading 21-12 at half-time.

Results: South Central Railway 78 (Goutham 13; Santosh 13; Raju 7; Gideon 6) beat G9 27 (Sameer 13; Ankit 5; Sai 4) Half-time: 42-13.

Mahendra Hills BC 38 (Daniel 11; Ken 6; Manish 4) beat Stadium Club 17 (Abhishek 4; Mohit 4) Half-time: 21-12.