Prime Cup basketball in Nepal: Defending champions Trinity enter QF

Action from the Pre-QF of the Prime Cup

Defending champions Trinity along with hosts Prime, Goldengate, CCRC, NASA, Premier, Times and VS enter the quarterfinals of the 11th Prime Cup basketball tournament here at Kathmandu, Nepal.

Defending champions Trinity edged past Morgan 43 – 33 to enter the quarter-finals. Trinity took the first quarter 5 – 4, but Morgan took the second quarter 12 – 11 to level the score going into the half-time break. After the break Trinity took the last two quarters 18 – 12 & 10 – 5 respectively to edge past Morgan to enter the quarter-finals of the Prime Cup. Sandesh Tamang netted 13 points for Trinity while Kishor Adhikari netted a game-high 17 points for Morgan.

Below are the results of the Pre Quarterfinals of the 11th Prime Cup Basketball Tournament.

Pre-QF 1: Category: Boys

Trinity (43) Vs. Morgan (33)Qtr1: 05-04Qtr2: 11-12Qtr3: 18-12Qtr4: 10-05

Winner: Trinity

Highest Score: Trinity : Sandesh Tamang (13); Morgan : Kishor Adhikari (17)

Pre-QF 2: Category: Boys

Prime (59) Vs. Liverpool (29)Qtr1: 17-08Qtr2: 19-07Qtr3: 11-01Qtr4: 12-13

Winner: Prime

Highest Score: Prime : Arjun (18); Liverpool : Sabin Maden (10)

Pre-QF 3: Category: Boys

Golden Gate (54) Vs. Bernhardt (21)Qtr1: 07-04Qtr2: 19-09Qtr3: 16-02Qtr4: 13-06

Winner: Golden Gate

Highest Score: Golden Gate : Ravi Chalise (15); Bernhardt : Anil Khadgi (07)

Pre-QF 4 : Category: Boys

CCRC (49) Vs. KIST (17)Qtr1: 14-04Qtr2: 08-02Qtr3: 11-04Qtr4: 16-07

Winner: CCRC

Highest Score: CCRC: Rakesh Shrestha (23); KIST: Kiran Dun (06)

Pre-QF 5: Category: Boys

NASA (62) Vs. Reliance (50)Qtr1: 16-08Qtr2: 16-14Qtr3: 10-11Qtr4: 20-17

Winner: NASA

Highest Score: NASA: Shamshar Tamang (21); Reliance: Sameer Tamang (13)

Pre-QF 6: Category: Boys

Angel’s Heart (32) Vs. Premier (38)Qtr1: 06-12Qtr2: 10-05Qtr3: 06-07Qtr4: 10-14

Winner: Premier

Highest Score: Angel’s Heart: Dewan Malla (16); Premier: Raju Katel (19)

Pre-QF 7: Category: Boys

Times (54) Vs. Rehdon (20)Qtr1: 11-05Qtr2: 23-06Qtr3: 09-09Qtr4: 11-00

Winner: Times

Highest Score: Times: Mausham Khadka (11); Rehdon: Kumar Lama (7)

Pre-QF 8: Category: Boys

Xavier (45) Vs. VS Niketan (66)Qtr1: 06-07Qtr2: 10-10Qtr3: 17-24Qtr4: 12-25

Winner: VS Niketan

Highest Score: Xavier : Samrat (13); VS NIketan: Robin Gautam (15)