Greyhounds defeated 125 INF Battallion and Mahendra Hills Basketball Club got the better of Trinity Basketball Promotions to become the first two teams out of four to qualify from Level III to Level II of the GM Sampath Kumar Annual League Basketball Championship 2026-27 at the YMCA Secunderabad.
Mahendra Hills Basketball Club started well with Daniel, Rishi and Tagore combining well to score 17 points. Daniel started with two consecutive drive-in shots and closed the quarter with a 3-pointer, while Rishi & Tagore scored through drive-ins. Aditya waged a lone battle for Trinity Basketball Promotions scoring 7 points as Mahendra Hills Basketball Club took the 1st quarter 17-7.
In the 2nd quarter too, Mahendra Hills Basketball Club added another 15 points whereas Trinity Basketball Promotions managed 10 points handing Mahendra Hills Basketball Club a handy 15 points lead 32-17 at half time.
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After change of ends, Trinity Basketball Promotions switched to tight man-to-man restricting Mahendra Hills Basketball Club to just 8 points whereas Aditya continued his scoring spree with eight consecutive points out of the 16 added in the 3rd quarter to bridge the gap to just 7 points as Mahendra Hills Basketball Club still led 40-33.
In the last quarter, Aditya scored a brace to reduce the magin to just 3 points as the match went neck-and-neck for a few minutes. With four minutes left on the clock, Mahendra Hills Basketball Club were leading 56-50. Dilip then scored heavily to increase the lead to 62-50. Aditya managed to score for Trinity but Mahendra Hills Basketball Club won the match 62-54.
In another match, Greyhounds beat 125 INF Battallion 67-52 after comfortably leading 37-27 at half-time.
Results: Mahendra Hills BC 62 (Tagore 18, Daniel 15, Dileep 13, Manish 7) beat Trinity BP 54 (Aditya 30, Ayush 10, Krishay 7) Half Time: 32-17.
Greyhounds 67 (Tribhuvan 26, Kireeti 12, Kamal 8) beat 125 INF Battalion 52 (Durga 26, Narender 13, Nagender 10) HT: 37-27.
