HMT rally to score win against Rovers

Hyderabad: Putting up a fine display, HMT rallied to score a 52-47 win over Hyderabad Rovers to secure a direct qualification to Level 2 of the Annual League Basketball Championship conducted by the Hyderabad District Basketball Association. HMT trailed 18-24 at half-time.

Rovers had a rollicking start Mahesh and Nitin combined well to take the Rovers team to a 17-5 lead at the end of first quarter. Thereafter, HMT dominated the attack with Sam and Anurag finding the hoop, the former especially sinking in three pointers as they scored 13 against 7 in the 2nd quarter following it up with a solid display in the third quarter notching up 22 against 4 by the losers.

Trinity Basketball Club stayed in contention of a qualification spot as they defeated Sunday Ballers 56-48, having led 30-14 at the breather.

Results: HMT 52 (Sam 36, Anurag 10) bt Hyderabad Rovers 47 (Mahesh 22, Nitin 7); Trinity BB Club 56 (Josh 12, Naidu 13) bt Sunday Ballers 48 (Suri 21 Sisir 9); Telangana Hoopsters 62 (Rohit 36, Loky 14) bt Rahimpura Playground 33 ( Kiran 15, Vaidyanath 8)