Andhra Pradesh holds off Puducherry in South Zone basketball qualifiers
The Hindu
Tamil Nadu men and women start with wins
Captain Kumar Varma came to the rescue as Andhra Pradesh warded off a late surge by Puducherry to triumph 115-107 in a men’s match of the South Zone basketball qualifiers on Monday.
Later, Tamil Nadu men and women began their campaign on a rousing note. The men thrashed Telangana 107-45 while the women scored a thumping 103-35 win over Andhra Pradesh.
Leading in all three quarters — thanks to Aravind Varma’s fine show, AP was taken aback by Puducherry’s counter-attack in the closing stages of the fourth and final quarter.
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