There was a keen contest in the boys group, which can be gauged from the fact that the outcome of the match was decided in the last 15 seconds.

Jaspreet was the star performer for the eventual winners, who converted two free throws in the dying moments of the game (37-36) and helped his team beat last year's winner by a solitary point.

Earlier, Sports Complex took the lead and were up by three points at the break (13-10).

In the second session, DAV-8 cagers fought back strongly and gained the upper hand in the last five minutes of the game (28-27). But, thereafter, they fumbled under the opponents ring, which put paid to their aspiration to retain the title.

Japreet took maximum advantage of his height and shot 15 points. Suresh (9), Chander Prakash (8) and Harminder Singh (5) also contributed to the score.

For DAV-8 Amrish top scored with 19 points. Harjot also sunk 13 points for the loser.

The contest in the girls section proved to be one-sided affair. SAI girls dominated the encounter and were leading by four points at the break (14-10). In the second session, GMHS Club girls were unable to penetrate the rival defence and could net only five points.

Nevedita led the SAI Hostel attack and scored 12 points. She was supported by Sarita (6) and Amandeep (2).

Geeta (6) and Pushpa (5) were the main scorer for the loser.

Results
Boys: Sports Complex Sector-46 37 (Jaspreet 14, Suresh 9, Chander Prakash 8, Harminder 5) bt DAV School-8 36 (Amrish 19, Harjot 13).
Girls: SAI Hostel-18 21 (Nevedita 12, Sarita 6, Amandeep 2) bt GMHS Club-26 15 (Geeta 6, Pushpa 5, Ranjeeta 2, Sarabjeet 2).

Team
Boys: Winner: Suresh, Gulzar Singh, Harkulwant Singh, Harbir Singh, Chander Prakash, Harminder, Sanjeev, Rishi, Gursimran, Paramjit, Jaspreet and Bhupinder.
Runner-up: Amrish, Amit Karan, Manbir Singh, Harjot Singh, Vikram Singh, Gaurav Saini, Gurmukh, Harsharan Singh, T Jain, Ranjeet Singh, Amit Kumar and Kulbir Singh.

Girls: Winner: Amandeep, Sarita, Sonia, Babita, Amarjeet, Anchal, Nevedita, Sandeep, Poonam, Rohini and Manjula.
Runner-up: Sanchi, Pushpa, Jaspreet, Geeta, Aman, Satnam, Sajia, Sukhvir, Navneet, Ranjeeta, Promila and Sarabjeet.