Date:30/03/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/03/30/stories/2008033060842200.htm

Sport - Basketball

Chennai beats Visakhapatnam, finishes third

Tuticorin: Trailing 10-20 at the end of the first quarter and 25-33 at the end of the second quarter, Chennai bounced back strongly to defeat Visakhapatnam 54-53 in a third place play-off match in the 27th annual all-India Major Ports basketball tournament at Tuticorin on Saturday.

The results (play-off): Chennai 54 (Murugavel 20, Dhanasekaran 10) bt Visakhapatnam 53 (Dora Babu 14, Ramesh 11).

Semifinals: Tuticorin 61 (Rathnaraj 16, Selva Kumar 14) bt Visakapatnam 47 (Abdul Jaffar 10).

Kolkata 59 (Mondal 19, Chandhry 19) bt Chennai 52 (Murugavel 12, Arumugam 10).