The M C Srinivasa Memorial Trophy: Day 5 and Day 6
The M C Srinivasa Memorial Trophy: Day 5 and Day 6
Bengaluru, 12th June, 2016: The fifth and sixth days of the M C Srinivasa Memorial Trophy saw the final stages of the league, the semi- finals and the finals.
The league stage and the semi-finals were held on the 11th, while the finals were held on the morning of the 12th.
The League Stage
The final matches of the league stage saw S. Blues claim an enormous victory over Vasanth Nagar, and Mangalore BC beating Kanaka Kolar, by a margin of almost 30 points.
BSNL 51 (Naresh 21) bt Bharath SU 36 (Sanjit 11) [HT 32-12]
BOSCH 40 (Subash 14) bt Rovers Dharwad 31 (Vijay 13) [HT 20-16]
S.Blues 75 (Rohan 17) bt Vasanth Nagar BC 57 (Binoy 20) [HT 25-20]
Mangalore BC 44 (Sowkin shetty 13) bt Kanaka Kolar 15 [HT 30-10]
The Semi- Finals
S. Blues continued their good run for the day, beating BOSCH, while BSNL topped Mangalore BC by a comfortable margin.
S. Blues 55 (Benjamin 14) bt BOSCH 43( Subash 15) [HT 32-23]
BSNL 53 (Satya 17) bt Mangalore BC 36 (Ashok bhanda 14) [HT 21-19]
The Finals
In the finals, BSNL managed to come out on top against S. Blues, with a significant 22 point contribution from Naresh.
BSNL are the champions of the B- League 2016.
BSNL 45 (Naresh 22, Satya 12) bt S.Blues 43 (Benjamin 11, Kiran 10) [10-5,12-9,5-13,18-16]
The BSNL team- Standing: L to R - Ajmal, Naresh, Chandru, Praveen, Mahesh Shinde (Coach), Venugopal (Manager), Manju, Sunny, Shubashekar and Sitting: Jonathan, Jairam, Rahul, Nikhil, Jousha, Satya