After going down to Assumption College (Changanaserry) in its opening fixture, PSG College of Arts and Science bounced back to defeat SRM University (Chennai) 70-47 in a women’s league match of the all-India inter-collegiate basketball tournament for the Jayalakshmi Memorial Rolling Trophy at the VOC Park Corporation Sports Complex courts on Thursday.
PSGR Krishnammal beat MOP Vaishnav (Chennai) 70-55.
The results (league): Women: Jain University (Bangalore) 55 bt Assumption (Changanaserry) 43; PSGCAS (Coimbatore) 70 bt SRM University (Chennai) 47; Hindustan University (Chennai) 59 bt St. Joseph’s EC (Chennai) 21; PSGR Krishnammal (Coimbatore) 70 bt MOP Vaishnav (Chennai) 55; Hindustan 66 bt PSGR Krishnammal 55; Jain 62 bt SRM 55; MOP Vaishnav 50 bt St. Joseph’s EC 30; Assumption 68 bt PSGCAS 29.
Exciting win for Students Seniors:
At Salem, Students Seniors edged out Salem CC by one wicket in the JSW-SDCA first division league recently.
The scores: I div.: Salem CC 174 in 45 overs (Ganesan 40) lost to Students Seniors 177 for nine in 42.5 overs (S. Prashanth 47, A. Ramesh Kumar 46 n.o., Suresh Kumar three for 21); Ruff Krudoz XI 146 in 36 overs (K. Lakshmanan 40, P. Kannan three for 20) bt Maratha 116 in 24 overs (C. Gopi 34, N. Kumar four for 41).
II div.: Vampire 115 in 45 overs (R. Ganesh five for 17) lost to Bluestar 119 for four in 21 overs (K. Nagarathinam 51 n.o.).
III div.: Davaram SC 269 in 45 overs (S. Shanmugam 41, T. Arulmurgan 42, S. Shanmugan 52, K. Manoj Kumar 30, M. Pradeesh four for 26) bt Rothmans 92 in 45 overs (Simon Antony 33, T. Arulmurugan four for 22).
Smooth sailing for seeds:
At Tuticorin, seeded players had it easy in the first round of the third Teekay International FIDE-rated chess tournament at Kamaraj College on Thursday.