Date:04/03/2005 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2005/03/04/stories/2005030404111800.htm

Sport - Basketball

RSB (Kochi) retains title

BANGALORE, MARCH 3. Regional Sports Board (RSB), Kochi, retained the all India civil services basketball championship for the seventh successive year. It outclassed RSB, Jaipur, in a one-sided final 69-49 at the Sree Kanteerava stadium indoor court, here on Thursday evening.

With a good sprinkling of international and national stars, the Kochi side went on the rampage right from the start and took a handy lead. Subash Shenoy and Raja Tommy enabled RSB Kochi go 21-11 up at the end of the first quarter and 37-19 at the halfway mark.

The result: Final: RSB, Kochi, 69 (Subash Shenoy 24, Raja Tommy 17, Vivek 11) bt RSB, Jaipur, 49 (Ashok Kumar 20) (Ht: 37-19). — Our Sports Reporter