Date:10/05/2004 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2004/05/10/stories/2004051004412000.htm

Sport - Basketball

JSC gets past Young Orions

BANGALORE, MAY 9. The Jayanagar Sports Club (JSC) boys got past Young Orions to enter the semifinal stage of the State junior under-18 basketball championship at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium courts here on Sunday.

JSC's 42-36 victory was aided by the combined efforts of Darshan (11) and Sidharth (10) who held their nerve despite a spirited fight back from Holla of Orions, who top scored with 20 points.

JSC will now face-off against the strong SAI Dharwad team which defeated IBBC 52-37. Sports Hostel Mysore and Beagles are the other two teams that secured semifinal berths.

The girls' matches sprung a few surprises with a determined Vivek Sports Club getting past a resilient Beagles team 39-29.

The encounter between IBBC and Sports School was no different where the latter emerged victorious at 44-28 despite a consistent scoring performance by IBBC pivot Smera (12). However an ankle injury to Smera at the start of the final quarter undid IBBC. Sports School grabbed the opportunity with both hands and didn't allow its opponents to score a single basket in the final quarter. J

SC humbled Vidyanapura Basketball Club (VBBC) in the other quarterfinal game.

Monday's semifinal line-up:

Boys: JSC vs SAI Dharwad, Beagles vs Sports Hostel; Girls: Sports Hostel vs Viveks Sports Club, JSC vs Sports School.

The results (all quarterfinals):

Boys: JSC 46 (Darshan 11, Sidarth 10) beat Young Orions 27(Holla 20), HT:19-27; Beagles 58 (Puneet 20, Anirudh 11) beat Bharath Sports Union 36 (Srikishen 16, Vishal 8), HT: 21-18; SAI Dharwad 52 (Naresh 14, Naven 6) beat IBBC 37 (Karthik 12, Prem 11), HT:32-15; Sports Hostel 87(Srinivas Naik, Varun 21) beat Army Supply Cops 59 (Antony Nixon 21, Justine 17), HT: 41-38.

Girls: Sports Hostel 33 (Rashmi 12, Smitha 7) beat Vivekananda Mandya 5, HT: 22-2; Viveks 39 (Chaithra 15, Shushma 7) beat Beagles 29 (Nisha 16, Sindu 7); Sports School 44 (Soumya 12, Deepa 6) beat IBBC 28 ( Smera 12, Goldya 6); JSC 35 (Champana 5, Mamta 4) beat VBBC 13 (Shakadi 8, Shilpa 6), HT-21-5.