Rovers edge past DFence 48-46 in Annual League basketball thriller
Rovers defeated DFence 48-46 in a close Annual League basketball match at YMCA Secunderabad, while BHEL and Stadium Club also registered comfortable wins in their respective encounters
Hyderabad: Rovers defeated DFence 48 – 46 after being comfortably placed 27-19 at half-time in the Annual League basketball championship at YMCA Secunderabad.
In the first quarter, Rovers with two 3-pointers from Mahesh whereas Revanth scored six points through drive-in for DFence to take a lead of 13 – 7 at end of the quarter.
In the second quarter, Rovers and DFence scored 14 and 12 points respectively as Rover led 27-19 at half time.
After the lemon break DFence tightened their defense to restrict Rovers to just nine points and in turn scored 13 points to reduce the lead 30 – 36 at end of 3rd quarter.
DFence played a fast paced game in the last quarter to score quickly however Nithin and Ganesh chipped in with timely baskets for Rovers to take the match 48 – 46.
The scores: Rovers 48 (Ganesh 13, Mahesh 11, Nithin) bt Fence 46 (Revanth 20, Sravan10, Ram 8).
BHEL 37 (Paritosh 10, Pramarsh 10, Abhishek 8) bt RBVR Sports Club 26 (Anish 6, Pranav 6).
Stadium Club 68 (Krishay 20, Rithvik 11) bt KVBR 29 (Amshul 9, Revanth 7, Manideep 7).
