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Kathmandu Tuesday October 02, 2001 Ashwin 16, 2058.
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Knights, 10’ers into last eight
Post Report
KATHMANDU, Oct 1 – Knights and 10’ers listed their
names to the quarter-finals of the 2nd Amrit Trophy Basketball (ATB) Championship with win
over Galkopakha Youth Club and SOS teams respectively on Monday.
Knights outscored Galkopakha Youth Club (GYC) 54-46 in the
Pool A match to follow the Pool leader Lincoln School in the last eight while 10’ers
routed SOS 43-28 in the Pool C encounter. The match between Unique A and Peace Zone Youth
Club on Tuesday decides the second team to represent Pool C in the quarter-finals.
Bardan Thapa of Knights scored the highest in the match with
18 points whereas Nirod Shrestha of GYC scored 13 points.
In the Pool C match of the day, Nirmal Gurung of 10’ers
emerged as the highest scorer with 14 points to his name while Sunder Thapa of SOS scored
8—highest for his team.
Earlier in the day, Ranjana Cassette Center (RCC) overcame a
stiff challenge of Public Youth Campus (PYC) by 37-30 in the Pool B match.
RCC scored quick eight points to stretch their lead in the
first quarter as PYC could only manage a poor two. The things hardly improved for the
Public Youth boys even in the second quarter as RCC dominated the scoreboard adding 10
more points to their tally. PYC managed to narrow the gap scoring 8 points.
The third quarter proved to be the best for the PYC as they
outscored RCC adding 12 points against RCC’s 9. However, the early lead proved
decisive at the end with both the teams going neck to neck in the fourth quarter RCC
scoring 10 points and PYC managing 8.
Birod Malla from RCC was the highest scorer while Ram Prasad
Rajbhandari scored 12 points for Public Youth.
Likewise, in the Pool D match of the day, Brigade Boys Club
(BBC) defeated Unique B 48-33. Anup Singh Karki of BBC was the highest scorer of the match
with 16 points to his credit while Ichha Maharjan scored 8 points.
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