BOLERO, ESU post huge wins on opening day
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, May 28 2019:
BOLERO, Sangai Chuthek earned a comfortable 32-18 win over CYLC, Chingamathak as the 36th State Sub-Junior Basketball Championship 2019 kicked off today at Nahabam Basketball Court.
ESU, Palace Compound also opened up their league campaign with 40-22 drubbing of Model Club, Chingamakha in another match of the day, The inaugural function of the tournament organised under the aegis of Manipur Basketball Association and participated by 6 teams clustered into two groups was graced by H Vikramjit Singh, Managing Director, HVS Construction and Materials Private Limited, Patsoi and GA Bimolchandra Sharma, IPS (retd) as dignitaries.
The Group B (opening) match between BOLERO and CYLC was a closely fought match as the former team led the first quarter 4-3 before trailing 10-11 till the second quarter.
BOLERO however made a sudden surge in the third period before making it 32-18 at the end.
Asher P and Thotngachan K made the most of the scoring for BOLERO with 11 points under their names while Th Newtich added 6 points.
H Sudhir and RK Luchingba also added 2 points each to BOLERO'S tally and ensured the big win.
On the other hand, A Athouba collected the highest 10 points for CYLC while L Leishemba managed 4 points.
Another L Leishemba of the same team and A Pring also stacked up two points each for the team to make it 18 points at the end.
Meanwhile in the second match (Group A) of the tournament, ESU overwhelmed Model Club by 40-22 points in a very one side match riding on scores made by H Rishikanta (20 points) and Th Newton (14 points).
GA Kriparaj, Thuigongpou and M Telheiba also managed two points each for the Palace Compound side.
Model Club in the meantime managed 22 points with the help of Ksh Naoba (8), H Lamyanba (6), M Mahesh (4), M Thoiba (2) and L Paikhomba (2) .
YPHU, Lalambung will meet CYLC in the second Group B league match tomorrow at 4 pm while Youth Club, Uripok will take on ESU in the second Group-A league match latter at 5 pm .