Federation Cup Champions Central Excise, Kerala lost to Punjab in the finals of United Phosphorous Ltd Savio Cup All-India Basketball Tournament, which concluded at the floodlit court of the Don Bosco School, Matunga in Mumbai on 12th November 2005.
The combination of power and speed that the Punjab players had displayed throughout the tournament, climaxed in the men's final against Central Excise, Kochi on Saturday.
Talwinderjit Singh, who had represented India in the FIBA ASIA Championship for men recently held in Doha, Qatar, was easily the star of the tournament and the toast of the Punjab team, impressing everyone with his skills.
Punjab outplayed Central Excise 113-77 in a one sided contest.
In the women section Southern Railways thrashed Maharashtra 75-44 overcoming an erratic first quarter.
Both Southern Railway and Punjab played to a plan and that was to neutralize the opposition's top player.
Southern gave the Maharashtra skipper Manisha Kaprekar absolutely no space to play her usual sharp-shooting skills while Punjab blocked out Central Excise's "danger man" 6 feet 8 inches tall Subhash Shenoy, and took control of the match in the first quarter itself.
With Shenoy neutralized by Yadwinder Singh and Jasjot Singh, the Excise players were totally rattled and left the game open for Talwinderjit Singh and Snehpal Singh to dazzle the crowd with their fast breaks and flashy passing.
Yadwinder, who sunk four three-pointers and was superb in both offensive and defensive rebound collection, scored 25 points. Hareesh of Central Excise, Kerala top scored with 30 points.
FINAL RESULTS:
Women: Southern Railway 75 (Renjini Peter 21, Geethu Anna Jose 16) bt Maharashtra 44 (Indu S 20).
Men: Punjab 113 (Yadwinder Singh 25, Talwinderjit Singh 25, Snehpal Singh 26) bt Central Excise 77 (Hareesh 30, Santosh John 11).
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