Mumbai South-East drubbed Thane 49-8 in the other semis. thane were ill at ease in the absence indisposed Gayatri Manolikar.

In the Nagpur-Satara game fortunes swung either direction till Satara thrived in a bright spell which gave them a 35-28 lead. The introduction of Ruchi Pandey spurred Nagpur scoring -- in the form of three 3-point plays -- as the lead swung Nagpur way, 44-39. Satara were in foul trouble and Nagpur earned eight free-throws on trot. But they failed to convert any. Nagpur also enjoyed a height advantage and control over the boards in Snehashree Desai, but she failed to deliver in convertingeither the pivots or the offensive rebounds. The Nagpur coach AS Garud also erred in not utlising the full 30 seconds in the dying moments, even as his team enjoyed a 2-point lead.

With 11 seconds left, the ball turned over and Mithila drained the equaliser. Ruchi failed to convert two free throws and the match went into extra time. Mithila again produced a three-pointer and a jumper to settle the issue Satara's way.

RESULTS

BOYS (QF): Pune 72 (Omkar Wadgonda 15, Apoorv Sontakke 25, Gautam Yadav 22) bt Sangli 64 (Anil Sankpal 15, Ajay Patil 15, Mahesh Nagane 15, Sachin Patil 13) HT: 30-32; Mumbai South East 54 (Anoop Almeida 12, Aamir Ansari 14, Sharique Shaikh 10, Rizwan Siddique 13) bt Mumbai Central 43 (Rohan Kumar 21) HT: 23-27; Mumbai North 81 (Ajaz Shaikh 13, Ashish Lad 15, Ralph Gomes 15, Sachin More 10, Lino Gravias 10) bt Satara 28 (Jitesh Jain 9); Nagpur 55 (Anant Jadhav 28) bt Mumbai South-West 53 (Rajnikant Acharya 24) HT 26-27. PQF: Satara bt Akola 42-40, Nagpur bt Solapur56-48.

Girls (SF): Mumbai South East 49 (Sushma Holmagi 12, Anita Krishnan 22, Ami Momaya 11) bt Thane 8; Satara 51 (Mithila Gujar 25, Pooja Chaurasia 14) bt Nagpur 48 (Snehashree Desai 14, Minal Patel 11).