Lions overcome Riders in Mastan basketball league

09 May,2010 03:40 AM IST |   |  A Correspondent

A game-tying three pointer from R Manoj helped Riders push their opening contest against the Lions into overtime before eventually losing 79-74 as the All India Mastan Basketball Professional League got off to an exciting start at the Mastan YMCA on Saturday


A game-tying three pointer from R Manoj helped Riders push their opening contest against the Lions into overtime before eventually losing 79-74 as the All India Mastan Basketball Professional League got off to an exciting start at the Mastan YMCA on Saturday.

Riders (orange) net a basket on Saturday


Lions overcame the Riders in overtime, 13-8 to win in what was a close contest all the way and the lead changes were quick and frequent. Vishesh Brubvanshi was the highest scorer with 25 points for the Lions while Dalip Kumar hit 21 and Saravan got 11.u00a0

Today's matches: 5:30 pmu00a0 (Men) Warriors vs Challengers
7:00pmu00a0 (Women) Wonder Girls vs Power Girls
8:30pmu00a0 (Men) Rangers vs Soldiers.
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