Roy Pereira (39) and Kirk Duarte (10) did the bulk of the scoring for DBO, Panjim. Preston (26 points) turned out to be the lone ranger for Sonics ‘B’ accounting for over two-thirds of his teams tally.
In other matches, Sonics 70 (Brandon 19 points and Aaron Gabriel 10 points) defeated SFX Siolim 36 (Ravi Rajan 11 points); Antruz Ponda 48 (Manguesh 19 pts and Nilesh Naik 16 points) defeated Panjim Basketeers 20 (Nathan nine points).
The last match of the opening day threw up an unexpectedly close finish.
Top-billed team YMCA Knights was stretched to the limit by Vasco Cagers but the former ultimately proved victors though by a narrow eight-point margin 52-44.
Shawn Soares top scored for YMCA Knights with 15 points while Vasco’s Gary accounted for 16 points.
