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Without losing a single game till date, SBM Jain were the first team to book a final four berth in the Premier League of Indian College Basketball League in Bengaluru organized by Basketball Federation of India (BFI) and Karnataka Basketball League in collaboration of IMG Reliance (IMG-R) at Sindhi College on Tuesday.

The men’s team of SBM Jain won two close matches back-to-back beating Christ College 77-75 followed by handing Presidency College a 40-38. This ensured they hit 16 points in Pool A and close the final four berth.

Christ College with 13 points from 8 games are placed second in Pool A and also make it to the semis. While in Pool B, Surana College beat second placed SJCC 35-22 to book their semifinal berth. SJCC along with Surana qualify from Pool B for the semifinals.

SJCC women maintained their clean record with a 25-18 win over SBM Jain to be the first team in women’s category to reach semifinals. They followed their win over SBM Jain with another over Christ College, this time by 34-28.

Men:

1. Surana College 35 (Vijay 14) bt SJCC 22 (Rohan 8) HT 23-11.
2. Sindhi College 36 (Rajeshwar 12) bt St Joseph Arts & Science 27 (Nitin 10) HT 14-12.
3. Surana PUC 48 (Karthik Baji 12)bt Presidency College 32 (Kishen 11) HT 23-16.
4. Jain College 77 (Kaif 35, Yashas 24) bt Christ college 75 (Mathew 19, Karan 17) HT 41-34.
5. Jain College 40 (Micheal 16) bt Presidency College 38 (Rahul 12) HT 28-20.
6. Sindhi PUC 58 (Atesh 18,Chetan 17) bt Christ College 56 (Shubash 14, Dybin 12) HT 31-28.

Women:
1. Mount Carmel 28 (Ritika 17) bt Jyothi Nivas College 20 (Swathi 8) HT 12-10.
2. SJCC 25 (Sharika 10) bt Jain College 18 (Mathurvani 9) HT 7-8.
3. Jain College 35 (Sarayu 18) bt Jyoti Nivas College 24 (Shilpa 12) HT 21-8.
4. SJCC 34 (Sharika 15) bt Christ College 28 (Dechka 14) HT 21-15.
5. Christ PUC 21 (Sophia 8) bt Jyoti Nivas College 10.  HT 12-4.

Gopalakrishnan R
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