Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 17: STC Warriors will take on 4-Raj Rifles, while J&K Police will meet STC Terriers in the semifinals of the State Senior Basketball Championship, being organized by J&K Basketball Association at M A Stadium, here today.
While STC Warriors had been declared joint winners with J&K Police in the recently concluded District Basketball Championships, 4-Raj Rifles recently won the 26 infantry Division Basketball Championship that concluded last week in Jammu.
Vikramaditya Singh, MLC, president J&K Basketball Association was the chief guest in today’s matches.
While addressing the players, he announced cash award of Rs. 10, 000 for Most Valuable Player (MVP) each in Men and Women sections. He assured the players that the Association will make all out efforts to develop the game beyond capital cities of the State.
On the second day of the Championship, 11 matches were played including 5 in women section. Match between Jammu district and Kathua district turned out to be a thriller, with both teams matching each other point by point. It was only during the final minutes of the fourth quarter that Jammu men surged got a slender lead and hung on to it, finishing the match at 73-66. In other matches, Raj Rifles beat Baramulla district 44-16, J&K Police drubbed 157 TA 79-45, Srinagar district trounced Udhampur district 40-12, BSF outpayed Baramulla 54-20. In women section, Jammu district thrashed Udhampur district 29-10, Srinagar district defated Kathua district 18-12, STC Hoopsters outclassed Udhampur district 54-14.
Today’s matches were officiated by a panel of BFI and state referees, led by Rajinder Magotra, senior SAI coach and BFI referee and included Mohd. Shafi, Basketball coach and BFI referee, Harpreet Singh, BFI referee and Ranbir Singh, Mousmi Verma, Sumit Dogra, Rajesh Bhagat, Rajesh Bandral, Vaneet Pangotra, Vinod Dogra, Sachin Dogra, Shubham Sharma, Abhishek Gupta, Ankita Singh, Sneha Choudhary and Amarpreet Kour.
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