Fatima were outplayed in all the departments of the game. They lacked in speed when Ajinkya went on the fast breaks, lacked in height to tear down rebounds and their ball-handler Sushma Holmagi was not able to distribute the ball well.

Ajinkya, of course has the experience of the international duo of Arnika Gujar and Pradnya Mane. Ajinkya did not have to work very hard for their victory, Fatima were handing them the opportunities to score on a platter.

In the earlier game, Agredneya Vyayamshala, trounced SB City College, Nagpur 51-25.

Another Nagpur outfit, Saravwati Kanya Sangh, who arrived only this afternoon, impressed with a 65-20 drubbing of Satara Gymkhana. They have thewherewithal and the experience of Sonal Kavade and Archana Mule to boot. But today it was the tall Renuka Deshpande who gave a brilliant performance and scored 11 points.

RESULTS

Fatima 50 (Pradnya Sawant 23, Ami Momaya 12, Sushma Holmagi 9) bt SB City College, Nagpur 37 (Swati Kadoo 15, Anagha Khadalkar 10); SKS, Nagpur 65 (Renuka Deshmukh 11, Snehasree Desai 15, Simmi Subramaniam 9) bt Satara Gymkhana 20 (Jyotsna Bhambal 8); Agredneya Vyayamshala 51 (Manisha Kaprekar 19, Gayatri Manolkar 9) bt SB City College 25 (Swati Kadoo 11); Ajinkya Gymkhana 56 (Pradnya Mane 19, Mithila Gujar 12) bt Fatima SC 26 (Sushma Holmagi 8).