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  Odisha Students Club lift Limka Memorial basketball trophy
12 Dec 2015 BHUBANESWAR
 

Cuttack-based Odisha Students Club (OSC) emerged champions in the 2nd Syed Waqar Yunus (Limka) Memorial Basketball Tournament, defeating local favourites KIIT University 95-81 in the high-scoring final here at Unit-I Basketball Complex today.

Junior National player Saheed Khan played instrumental role in the title triumph for OSC, scoring 37 points in the final match. He was rewarded with the player of the tournament trophy. Abhishek Das of KIIT University received the trophy as the most promising player of the tournament.

Runners-up KIIT boys appeared a bit tired in the final after winning the grueling semifinal against Kishore Club 90-87 in extra time. In the other semifinal, OSC registered a 68-37 convincing win over Kalinga Warriors. Subham Samal with 36 points was the top scorer for KIIT in the final. Debutants Kishore Club finished second runners-up, defeating Kalinga Warriors 70-67 in the match for the third and fourth positions.
 

Bhubaneswar Central MLA Bijay Kumar Mohanty handed over the winners’ trophy in the closing ceremony. Title sponsors Serajudding Group’s director Meraj Yusha, former state woman basketball player Usha Patnaik, former State Assistant Sports Director Ashok Kumar Mohanty, Bhubaneswar Basketball Association (BBA) president Maqbul Ali and Khurda District Basketball Association (KDBA) secretary Prasanta Nayak were present on the occasion.

Organised jointly by BBA and KDBA, the five-day tournament featured a total of 12 teams from Twin City Cuttack and Bhubaneswar. On the occasion, city basketball fraternity paid humble tribute to former basketball player Syed Waqar Yunus, who was fondly known as Limka. Despite being 70 years old, Limka’s mother Farida Yunus showed a fine gesture by coming to the venue and encouring the players. The tournament received major boost as Serajuddin Mining Group came forward to fully sponsor the event, providing pleasant surprise and relief to the organisers.
RESULTS:
GROUP LEAGUE:
December 8:
Match No 1: KishoreClub (Siba Sankar Behera 18, Suman Sahoo 14) beat Yuva Basketball Club (Siba Sethi 16, Nishant Mishra 10) 72-48.
Match No 2: Youngsters Club (Manoj Soreng 16, Animesh Khadanga 14) beat Mother’s Basketball Club () Bikash Mallick 16) 46-42.
Match No 3: Kalinga Warriors (Safalya Patra 13) beat SOA University (Baibhab Das 8) 56-24.
Match No 4: KIIT University (Mahesh Panda 23, Subham Samal 21) beat Shining Star Club (Gorachand Mohanty 18, Soumya Ranjan Sasmal 17) 80-70.
December 9:
Match No 5: Kishore Club (Siba Sankar Behera25, K Sraban Kumar 14) beat Govt Sports Hostel (Asisan Bada 14, Radhakant Sahu 12, Bibhisan Mallick 10) 63-54.
Match No 6: Samanta Chandra Sekhar Club (L Barik 10) beat SOA University (A Singh 12) 37-35.
Match No 7: Odisha Students Club (Sk Riaz 8, Sahid Khan 8) beat Mother’s Basketball Club (Subham Mohanty 10, Bikash Mallick 8) 49-22.
Match No 8: KIIT University (Subham Samal 10, Ashutosh Sahu 10) beat Buxy Basketball Club (Uttam Panigrahi 14, Sushil Das 12) 43-37.
December 10:
Match No 9: Govt Sports Hostel (Asisan Bada 31, Rudrakanta Sahoo 29) beat Yuva Basketball Club (Siba Sankar Sethi 16, Nishan Mishra 10) 86-64.
Match No 10: Kalinga Warriors (Safalya Patra 8) beat SCSC (Laxmidhar Barik 8) 38-27.
Match No 11: Odisha Students Club (Sahid Khan 22, Prasant Das 12) beat Youngsters Club (Animesh Khadanga 20, Koustav 8) 54-34.
Match No 12: Shining Star (Gorachand Mohanty 28, Suvendu Mohapatra 17) beat Buxy Basketball Association (Uttam Panigrahi 26, Md Sahid 12) 69-53.
December 11:
Match No 13 (Quarterfinal): KIIT University (Subham Samal 28, Abhishek Das 27, Sambit Mishra 16) beat Bhubaneswar Sports Hostel (Rudrakanta Sahoo 36, Asisan Bada 24) 88-79.
Match No 14 (Quarterfinal): Odisha Students Club (Sahid Khan 10) beat SCSC (Mahaprasad Beura 7) 44-16.
Match No 15 (Quarterfinal): Kishore Club (Siba Sankar Behera 21, K Sraban Kumar 14) beat Shining Star (Gorachand Mohanty 13, Dipti Ranjan Indrasingh 12) 52-27.
Match No 16 (Quarterfinal): Kalinga Warriors (Satyakam Yadav 10, Safalya Patra 10) beat Youngsters Club (Koustav Ray 16, Y Vivek 16) 68-48.
Decembe 12:
Match No 17 (Semifinal): KIIT University (Abhishek Das 38, Mahesh Panda 37, Subham Samal 10) beat Kishore Club (K Sravan Kumar 28, Suman Sahu 16, Chiranjit Kumar 12) 90-87.
Match No 18 (Semifinal): Odisha Students Club (Saheed Khan 30, Sk Riaz 14, Sk Aftab 10) beat Kalinga Warriors (Safalya Patra 24) 68-37.
Match No 19 (For 3rd place): Kishore Club (Shiba Behera 19, Suman Sahu 15) beat Kalinga Warriors (Safalya Patra 29, Rishi Tripathy 11) 70-67.
Match No 20 (Final): Odisha Students Club (Saheed Khan 37, Biswajit Jena 17) beat KIIT University (Subham Samal 36, Abhishek Das 15) 95-81.
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TOP: OSC players with the Limka Memorial Trophy in Bhubaneswar on Dec 12, 2015.
RIGHT: Runners-up KIIT University team with guests in Bhubaneswar on Dec 12, 2015.
 
   
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