Coimbatore, Aug. 23 -- Strong outfit Indian Bank and Kerala State Electricity Board(KSEB) recorded contrasting wins to start their campaign in style in the 59th PSGTrophy All India Basketball tournament here today.
While Indian Bank humbled Rajalakshmi Mills HSA 97-73, KSEB stretched their everysinew to edge past a fighting Indian Army 71-69 by a narrow margin of two points.
In other matches, IAF defeat Bank of Baroda (BoB) 85-74 and fancied Indian OverseasBank (IOB) defeated Indian Navy 80-73 in a close contest.
Results :Indian Bank 97 (Bala Dhaneshwar 20, Pranav Prince 20, Hari Ram 17) bt RLMHSA73 (Sanchay Vishnu 29, Vinith Kumar 15, Manikandan 1).
KSEB 71 (Sarath Krishna 18, Grego Mathew 12) bt Indian Army 69 (Jeethandar Singh15, Sah...