BAMBOLIM: The last day of league match action from the 30th Federation Cup 2016 concluded on Saturday at the Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Stadium, Goa University, Bambolim.
In the women’s section it will be SECR taking on Chhattisgarh and Kerala facing Telangana while in the Men’s category, IOB will take on Vijaya Bank while ONGC will battle Army Red.
Army Red and North-western Railways, Jaipur (NWR) played each other in the afternoon in an important match to decide second place in Group B leading to a spot in the semi-finals. Army overpowered NWR 68-50.
Later in the afternoon, Vijaya Bank, Bengaluru also sealed a spot in the semis with a lopsided victory against Ludhiana Basketball Academy (LBA) 72-43.
The last league stage game was a Group A clash between group toppers ONGC, Dehradun and the knocked-out Bhiwani Club, Haryana side which ended 72-55 in favour of the latter.
In the morning session, Kerala and Maharashtra women took on the court. All hopes were that Maharashtra had were dampened right from the first quarter with Kerala racing away to a 24-10 lead after 10 minutes of the game. The game ended 81-63 in favour of Kerala.
Karnataka and Delhi faced each in an inconsequential match. Karnataka carried their momentum into the fourth quarter to outscore Delhi by 11 points, winning the game 74-63.
The first men’s game of the day saw home team Don Bosco Oratory, losing their fourth and final game of the tournament against the mighty Indian Overseas Bank, Chennai team. After a 23-6 first quarter, IOB emptied their bench for the rest of the game, strolling to a 63-38 victory. Forward Arvind Annadurai led IOB with 14 points and 10 rebounds, while veteran forward Mihir Pandey had 12 points.
