Date:15/05/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/05/15/stories/2008051556362200.htm

Sport - Basketball

IOB in final

Sports Reporter

Coimbatore: International star Robinson (27) and C.V. Dinesh (17) struck a deadly combination as Indian Overseas Bank (Chennai) knocked out ICF (Chennai) 103-84 to enter the final of the 50th all-India basketball tournament for the Nachimuthu Gounder Cup here on Wednesday.

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Vinoth Kumar (22) and Balaji (14) did their best for ICF but failed to get enough support from their mates towards the end. In the final, IOB will lock horns with Customs and Central Excise (Kochi), which got past an off-colour Indian Army (New Delhi) 86-59. In the women’s section for the CRI Pumps Trophy, Southern Railway (Chennai), thanks to Adhirai (21) and Anita (13), coasted to a comfortable 67-35 win over Madras Nationals Basketball Club.

Earlier, Central Railway made it to the final with a 73-57 win over Western Railway (Mumbai).

The results (semifinals):

Men: IOB, Chennai 103 (Robinson 27, C.V. Dinesh 17) bt ICF, Chennai 84 (Vinoth Kumar 22, Balaji 14).

Customs & CE, Kochi 86 (Manoj 34, Subhash J. Shenoy 22) bt Indian Army, New Delhi 59 (Jijin Jose 19, Jayaram Jat 14, P.N. Rajesh 14).

Women: S. Rly., Chennai 67 (Adhirai 21, Anita 13) bt Madras Nationals BBC 35 (Mahalakshmi 12).

C. Rly. 73 (Greesha Varghese 18, S. Indhu 14, M. Beena 19, Renjusha Mathew 15) bt W. Rly. 57 (Meenachi Rao 14, Siji Kurian 15).