PUNE: Sardar Dastur girls defeated SPM ‘A’ 38-25 in the quarterfinals of the 7th Late Sanjay Mahadeo Nimhan Memorial Under-16 Basketball Tournament in progress at the Deccan Gymkhana basketball court.
Vaishnavi Shinde and Palak Palrecha scored 8 points each for Sardar Dastur while Aditi Shah scored 8 points while Asmi Vora scored 7 points for SPM ‘A’.
In another encounter of the day, Deccan Gymkhana ‘A’ defeated St Joseph High School with the score reading 49-31 to advance further.
Shalini Shirole and Yukta Chordia scored 12 points each for Deccan Gymkhana. Meanwhile for St Joseph, Rajnandini Nimbalkar scored 17 points while Rikita Jadhav scored 8 points.
Also registering a victory was, Ideal who defeated Chondhe Patil Basketball Academy with the score reading 39-30.
Oshin Ajanikar (19) and Jaai Kalekar (11) got on the scoreline for Ideal.
For Chondhe Patil Basketball Academy, Mansi Nirmalkar scored 19 points while Vedanti Nahane scored 6 points.
RESULTS: Quarterfinals:
Girls: Sardar Dastur 38 (Vaishnavi Shinde 8, Palak Palrecha 8) bt SPM ‘A’ 25 (Aditi Shah 8, Asmi Vora 7) Half-time 18-10; DG ‘A’ 49 (Shalini Shirole 12, Yukta Chordia 12) bt St Joseph 31 (Rajnandini Nimbalkar 17, Rikita Jadhav 8) Half-time 15- 10; Ideal 39 (Oshin Ajanikar 19, Jaai Kalekar 11) bt Chondhe Patil Basketball Academy 30 (Mansi Nirmalkar 19, Vedanti Nahane 6) Half-time 26-17; Millennium National School 22 (Atmaja Dani 11, Rewa Rawat 7) bt DG ‘B’ 16 (Shreya Upashi 10) Half-time 8-3.
Boys: DG ‘A’ 89 (Ojas Ambedkar 38, Raju Singh 21) bt Mischief Makers ‘A’ 84 (Kaif Kazi 22, Arya Itkyal 19) Half-time 31-33; Millennium 31 (Mihir Gole 10, Aryan Nikam 6) bt Mischief Makers ‘B’ 27 (Samar Shitole 10, Eshan Ghoghare 6) Half-time 18-19; Sharp Shooters ‘B’ 44 (Sahil Shingote 11, Pritish Kokate 8) bt Gurunanak Public School 21 (Gajraj Prajapati 6, Jason Paggi 6) Half-time 30-10; All Star 44 (Shivansh Mahajan 18, Puneet Kapoor 9) bt PYC 27 (Yuvan Garware 9, Kaushik Kulkarni 5) Half-time 24-13.
