Nagpur boys finish second in state youth basketball tourney

Nagpur: Making most of their experienced players, Pune ticked all the boxes in order to emerge on the top in the Maharashtra state youth basketball championship on Tuesday. They defeated Nagpur 71-53 in the title clash in Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar on Tuesday morning. On the other hand, Nagpur girls finished on fourth position.
Sources said that Pune had more experienced players in their rank owning to the advantage of fielding players from Boys Cantonment Board, an unit of the BEG. Pune outfit comprised of players from Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. “But there is nothing wrong. They are eligible to represent Pune as it is their workplace city,” said an official.
“Had we got 20-25 days camp, we would have defeated this Pune team,” a coaching staff said.
Earlier, Nagpur girls finish fourth after losing the third place encounter to Mumbai Suburban 40-16. tnn
RESULTS
BOYS (Final): Pune (Sanatakumar Upadhye 20, Aditya Pawar 11) bt Nagpur (Prathamesh Dwivedi 13, Shashank Ghadge 13, Neil Dhargawe 12) 71-53 (19-4, 12-18, 20-16, 20-15);
GIRLS (Third place): Mumbai Suburban (Kaarya Paagare 13) bt Nagpur (Nandini Chandak 6, Anandi Sonewane 4) 40-16 (18-4, 8-6, 1-2, 13-4).