Date:23/12/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/12/23/stories/2008122361181600.htm

Sport - Basketball

PSG and JMC record wins

Coimbatore: Host PSG College of Arts and Science and Jamal Mohammed College (Tiruchi) scored hard-fought wins over their opponents in the semifinal league of the 36th State level inter-collegiate floodlit basketball tournament for men for the PSG Trophy at the PSG CAS courts here on Monday.

PSG defeated CSI Bishop Appasamy College 56-42 and Jamal Mohammed dispatched favourite Loyola College (Chennai) 65-60.

The results: League: Jamal Mohammed (Tiruchi) 65 (A. Jithesh 22, A. Miyibur Rahman 14) bt Loyola (Chennai) 60 (Prem Anand 20, Prabhakaran 18), PSG CAS 56 (Akilan 17, Arshad Khan 13) bt CSI Bishop Appasamy CAS 42 (Githu 14, Santhosh 13). Quarterfinals: CSI Bishop Appasamy w/o. Sethu IT (Kariapatti), PSG CAS 59 (Akilan 12) bt Sri Krishna CAS 36 (B. Karthik Vel 10), Jamal Mohammed 61 (Jithesh 14, Gopalakrishnan 12, Miyibur Rahiman 11) bt CIT 25 (Ganesh Ram 10), Loyola 63 (Prem Anand 21, Sreenivasan 16) bt Bishop Heber (Tiruchi) 38 (R. Welgen Joseph 10).