19-07-2025
Pakhi, Ashlesha do the star turn for NASA
Nagpur: Pakhi Lonkar (14) and Ashlesha Dabhadkar (9) did the bulk of the scoring as Nagpur Amateur Sports Association (NASA) stunned Nutan Bharat Yuwak Sangh (NBYS) 43-35 in the 25th Prakash Rajurkar Memorial inter-club junior district basketball championship at Dharampeth Krida Mandal (DKM) Shankar Nagar court on Saturday.
After both teams scored 13 points each in the first quarter, NASA took a marginal lead by winning the second period 7-6. The change of ends shifted the proceedings in NASA's favour as they outplayed NBYS 15-4 in the third quarter to stretch their advantage further to 12 points. In the last period, NBYS tried their best but fell short by eight points. For NBYS, Nishita Bakre (17) and Mrunmayee Sathe (7) played well.
Earlier, Saraswati Kanya Sangh (SKS) girls made light work of hosts DKM-B 30-5, and Spartan girls edged out United Basketball Academy (UBA) 33-28.
For the winners, Unnati Kadwekar and Mitali Kohale netted identical eight points. For UBA, Samija Korde (8) and Prutha Kaware (7) did well.
RESULTS: GIRLS: NASA (Pakhi Lonkar 14, Ashlesha Dabhadkar 9) bt NBYS (Nishita Bakre 17, Mrunmayee Sathe 7) 43-35 (13-13, 7-6, 15-4, 8-12); SKS (Samira Saoji 6, Devika Thakre 5) bt DKM-B (Vruddhi Chauhan 3) 30-5 (15-1, 7-2, 4-0, 4-2); Spartan (Unnati Kadwekar 8, Mitali Kohale 8) bt UBA (Samija Korde 8, Prutha Kaware 7) 33-28 (10-6, 5-9, 6-6, 12-7). BOYS: NBYS (Tavish Biswas 12, Harion Salonke 9) bt NKM (Somansh 6) 41-18 (9-2, 6-0, 14-2, 12-14) TNN
