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Kathmandu Sunday September 30, 2001 Ashwin 14, 2058.
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Gyanodaya, Lincoln enter quarter finals
KATHMANDU, Sept 29 (PR) – Gyanodaya and Lincoln School
entered the quarter-finals of the Amrit Trophy Basketball (ATB) Championship owing to
their third successive win in the tournament on Saturday.
While Gyanodaya defeated Ascol Juniors 61-52 in the Pool B
encounter, Lincoln thrashed Galkopakha Youth Club (GYC) 57-16 in the Pool A contest.
Gyanodaya, after a tame start to the match in the first
quarter, played brilliantly in the second quarter to raise their score to 33-20. The first
quarter score was 13-11 as Ascol boys had been successful in restraining the Gyanodaya
scorers.
The third quarter also belonged to Gyanodaya as they extended
their lead to 40-29. Ascol Juniors, already 11 points behind Gyanodaya, came back into the
match in the fourth quarter scoring a total of 23 points. However, Ascol boys failed to
check the Gyanodaya scorers and they collected 21 points, good enough to take them home
with a 9-point advantage.
Despite the defeat, Raju Lama of Ascol remained the highest
scorer of the match at 17 points with a three-pointer to his credit. Manish Lama scored 15
points for Gyanodaya—including 3 three-pointers. For Lincoln school, Jan Fisler
continued to impress the audience with yet another powerful performance which earned him
17 points.
In the Pool C contest of the day, Peace Zone Youth Club
(PZYC) defeated Kathmandu University (KU) 46-33. Peace Zone players dominated the match
right from the start capitalising on the moves made in the court. Their finishing was much
better than the KU boys, who normally failed in most of the scoring attempts early on.
Tashi of PZYC was the highest scorer of the match with a
personal score of 15. Robin Shrestha of KU also played well to score 12 points—with 3
three-pointers.
Likewise, Knights defeated Myagdi 51-39 in the second Pool A
match of the day while Unique B, Kirtipur outscored their fellow Pool D mates LRI School
49-39.
Rudra Pun of Myagdi gathered 12 points as Ichha Maharjan of
Unique B scored 16 to emerge as the highest scorer of the matches respectively.
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