BAA girls team retains Basketball trophy
Bhubaneswar: Defending champion Bhubaneswar Athletic Association (BAA) girls team emerged champion of the 50th Junior State Basketball Championship at the IBCS Campus courts in SoA University here on Monday by defeating Cuttack Athletic Association by 37-15 points, being organised by Odisha Basketball Association and SOA University.
Urbashi Mallick, who led the Bhubaneswar attack, top scored with 14 points while Sibani Sahu toiled hard for the losers with 10 points to her credit. Altogether eight girls team divided in two groups participated in the five-day-long meet. Bhubaneswar Athletic Association (BAA) had won the title in both the boy’s and girl’s categories in the championship held at Cuttack last year while Cuttack district had finished second in both sections.