KARACHI: Nishter Club and One Unit won their respective matches in ongoing the third Commissioner SSB Cup Basketball Tournament being organised by KBBA in collaboration with the Pakistan Sports Welfare Association here at Arambagh basketball court on Monday night.

In the first match, Nishter Club overcame Usman Club 39-38 after a tough fight. Talha Amjad 12, Shabbar Ahmed 11 and Muhammad Furqan were the main scorers for the winners while the losing side Hasan Iqbal scored 11, Shariq Sulaman 11 and Hamza Khawaja scored 9 points,

In the day’s second match, One Unit outclassed Arambagh Club 61-48 in a one—sided encounter. Rana Muhammad Athar of the winning side was unstoppable in the counts and contributed 29 points to his team’s victory. Danish Beg scored 18 and Nihal scored 9 points

For the losing side, Ubaid Hafeez scored 16 points and Salahudin scored 10 points.

Published in Dawn, June 19th, 2019

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