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Kathmandu Monday February 25, 2002 Falgun 13, 2058.
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Double joy for Excelsior
School
Post Report
KATHMANDU, Feb 24: The Excelsior School,
Gyaneshwor edged past Lincoln School 24-22 in senior girls’ match of the 4th Wilson
Inter-school Basketball tournament played at the school premises on Sunday.
In the day’s most closely contested
battle, Lincoln girls fumbled in the later part of the match to allow the opposition to
overtake them.
When the points were at level on 22-22,
Excelsior’s Tabassum Banu brilliantly netted the decisive blow for Lincoln
penetrating their defense.
Earlier, Bina Yanzon opened the scoring for
Excelsior in the fourth minute of the match. But Lincoln girls, taking the advantage of
their height, took the score at 10-6 in the half time.
Poor stamina prevented Lincoln girls to seal
the match convincingly as at one stage they were comfortably leading Excelsior 18-12 but a
couple of nets by Yanzon saw Excelsior girls 18-16 at one stage. Yanzon topscored from
Excelsior with nine points to her name. Roshani Moktan, who netted the equaliser at 22-22,
also gave a handy support to her team scoring seven points.
The Lincoln side showed nice coordination
among the players and demonstrated brilliant game at the court. Amoreei Wilsanov topscored
for Lincoln contributing six points.
Earlier, Daffodil School registered a
comfortable 50-32 victory over Green Lawns in the senior boys’ category. Sujan Sharma
found the maximum numbers of net for the winners with 15 points. Likewise, Sagarmatha
School beat New Summit 62-49 in the same category. Also to win in the senior boys’
category were Tungram Academy and Rhododendron International Boarding School (RIBS) who
defeated Kathmandu Institute Study Centre and Gillette School respectively.
In junior boys’, Excelsior thrashed
Reliance School 35-6. The hosts Wilson ‘B’ also demolished Pushpa Sadan 26-6in
similar fashion. Gyanodaya beat Wilson Academy 30-18 in senior girls’ category while
Reliance downed Tungram 19-6 in the same category.
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