Rasika Pande top scored with 22 points as Pawanbhoomi Krida Mandal (PKM) edged out Nagpur Police in a thrilling contest 43-41 to open their account on a winning note in the Senior inter-club Basketball championship being played under Season 2 of Khasdar Krida Mahotsav on Sunday.
The six day meet for men and women began at the courts of Gurudeo Krida Mandal (GKM) and Players Basketball Gymkhana (PBG) in Gadikhana. In the exciting game on the women’s section Rasika did the bulk of scoring as PKM survived the late charge of Nagpur Police to emerge victorious marginally by two points. The quarter-wise score for PKM read 6-2, 14-6, 8-18, 15-15.
Results
Men: GKM (Nikhil Choudhari 19, Vishal Bakhai 18)bt Warriors (Atharava Bhongade 24) 72-36 (11-8, 14-09, 14-06, 33-13); NBYS (Yash Jiwtode 12, Shyam Jha 09) bt SKM(Pranay Randive 13) 41-22 (11-2, 11-5, 9-5, 10-10); SNG (Ishant Kanojiya 20, Siddesh Kulkarni 18) bt GKM B(Sahil Harde 10) 56-26 (21-11,17-06,07-01,11-08); HKM (Sagar Tumpal 17, Sudeep Ghoshal 7) bt ESKM (Pranay Wase 6) 51-16 (13-4, 13-2, 18-6, 7-3); NKM(Abhiram Tapas 20,Shubham Lanjewar 18) bt ABC (Sumit bhoyar) 65-29 (10-09, 26-04, 16-04, 13-12); Vision(Harish Pachpande 11,kislay Rai 6) bt DKSA(Sudhar Mudliwar 6) 52-23 (29-04, 11-08, 04-09,08-02); DKM (Nishant V 16, Ridhabh Choudhary 10) bt Phoenix (Soheil 8) 49-22 (18-5, 11-9, 15-7, 5-1); Phoenix (Shoel Shaikh 19) bt NESA (Mangesh Pandhripande 12) 41-23 (11-12, 7-7, 11-0, 12-4);
Women: DKM (Mugdha Amraotkar 22, Shreya Dandekar 15) bt NASA (Preeti Sathwane 8) 61-12 (20-0, 11-6, 12-2, 18-4); Vision (Saee deshmukh 12, krupaee sharma 9) bt GKM (Anisha Sontake 4) 45-8 (13-04, 18-0, 8-2,6-2); PKM (Rasika Pande 22) bt Nagpur Police (Vrishali Mohite 14, Priyanka Thakur 12) 43-41 (6-2, 14-6, 8-18, 15-15).