JIT, Loyola, SRM post wins in the All-India Invitation basketball tournament

The host team boys trounced MLR Institute, Hyderabad 12346. In another match, defending champion Loyola defeated Sathyabama 108-72. On Monday, after the tournament was inaugurated by Dr Mary Claude, SRM beat Sathyabama 92-79. In an exciting match, Loyola prevailed over SRM 82-79 to top the group.

League scores: JIT 123 (Anand Raj 20, Muin Bek 17, Andrew Yogi 13) bt MLR Hyderabad 46 (Hevisma veema 10, Basanth kumar 14, Shiva Yadav 12) ; Loyola 108 (Suriya 20, Manikandan 23, Bala 20) bt Sathyabama 72 (Surej 14, Manoj 14); SRM-72 (Seshank Rai 21, Vimal Raj 16) bt Vels-38 (Vignesh 12); MCC-94 (Karthi 24, Thangapandi 18, Mariswaran 14) bt GTN Dindigul 51 (Vignesh 18, Rajkumar 14, Naga Arjun 12). MCC 103 (Daniel sagayaraj 15, Karthi 17) bt MLR Institute, Hyderabad 61 (Basant Kumar 12, Hevish veema 23); JIT 93 (Anand Raj 26, Muin bek 22, Visvesh 17) bt GTN Dindigul 63(Venkatesh 23); SRM 92 (Seshank Rai 38, Tamil Selvan 24) bt Sathyabama 79 (Khousik 18, Viswa 14).