24TH FIBA U18 MEN
27/07/2016
India All Set to qualify for the Quarter-Final Match after a Gap of 12 years
India in an exciting thriller in an overtime match marches defeated Iraq 93-83 to register their second straight Victory in Group A making now 2-2 here for 24th FIBA U18 Men’s Championship 2016 that is underway in Iran and has come with a strong chance qualifying to the knockout stages after a Gap of 12 years.
India which leads 61-51 at the end of 3rd Quarter but Iraq came back strongly in the last quarter f to make the score 77-77 at the end of regulation time before winning it at 93-86 Gineeb Benny also for the first time came up with a double-figure scoring 13 points for this great victory, Baladhaneshwar was Indias leading scorer with 31 points . It was in Bangalore in 2004 that India came on to the quarter-final stage where they finished 7th as Kazakhstan decided to concede it position matches and remained on 8th Place.
Detailed Result
India (P Baladhaneshwar 31 pts, Vishal Kumar Gupta 13 pts & 14 rebs, Sahil 15 pts, Hariram Ragupathy 13 pts 10 reb, Gineeb Benny 13 pts) bt Iraq (Ihab Al-Zuhairi 23 pts, Rekan Abdalla 21 pts, Muostafa Albomghee 14 pts, ) 93-83 [21-16, 19-16, 21-19, 16-26, 16-6 (OT1)]