South Central Railway steamroll past Loyola Academy 64-36 in GM Sampath basketball

Title contenders South Central Railway (SCR) steamrolled past a hapless Loyola Academy 64-36 in their Level II match at the GM Sampath Kumar Annual League Basketball Championship at YMCA Secunderabad. SCR led 23-14 at half-time.

South Central Railway began on a positive note as they scored 18 points through Ajith, Akash and Gideon who combined well to put their side on top. The SCR hoopsters also defended well and restricted Loyola Academy to just seven points to go up 18-7 in the first quarter.

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In the second quarter, Loyola Academy hoopsters tightened their defence and denied SCR easy points. As a result, SCR could only score five points. Loyola Academy, on the other hand, managed to get seven points to bridge the gap at the lemon break. SCR led 23-14.

After the break, South Central Railway once again went on the aggression, and this yielded a good result. The Railway men scored a whopping 21 points through the efforts of Gideon and Manoj. They also managed to restrict Loyola Academy to just seven points and, thereby, took a 44-21 lead by the end of the third quarter.

In the final quarter, SCR did not let up in their aggressive play. They piled on the pressure on their opponents and garnered a further 20 points. Loyola Academy too put up a fight and got 15 points, but the contest was over much earlier. SCR cruised to a comfortable 64-36 win to log in full points from the match.

Result: South Central Railway 64 (Gideon 16; Ajith 14; Manoj 8) beat Loyola Academy 36 (Vivek 8; Aashish 8; Lohith 7). Half-time: 23-14.