Rajshahi clinch Bangabandhu Inter-District U-16 Basketball title

BSS, Dhaka :
Rajshahi district team clinched title of the Bangabandhu Inter-District U-16 Basketball championship beating Gazipur district team by 44-32 points in the final held on Saturday at Shaheed Suhrawardy Indoor Stadium in the city’s Mirpur.
The winners’ led the first half by 23-13 points.
Ripon was the highest scorer with 18 points while Rahat supported him with 12 points for Rajshahi. Mahin scored 13 points while Safi scored 8 points for Gazipur.
Bangladesh Basketball Federation (BBF) president Dr. Mostafa Jalal Mohiuddin was the chief guest in the final and distributed the prizes.
BBF vice president Moinul Ahsan Monju, BBF general secretary and South Asian Basketball Association’s ecretary general AK Sarkar, BBF joint secretary Khairul Alam Farhad, BBF treasurer Wasif Ali and BBF member and media committee’s member secretary Ranjit Chandra Das, were among others, present in the prize distribution ceremony.
Earlier, on way to the final held on Friday last, Gazipur district team beat Khulna district team by 46-44 points in the first semifinal after leading the first half by 32-31 points while Rajshahi district team defeated Chattogram district team by 46-29 points in the second semis after dominating the first half by 24-16 points.
Organised by BBF, a total of nine district teams, split into two groups, took part in the meet, which was held marking the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.