Till midway into the second half, Jhunjhunwala, largely due to junior national Shailesh Saldanha's efforts, stayed abreast of the victors. But the Somaiya onslaught took its toll. The holders were breathing harder, failed to fall back, and exposed huge gaps in defence. Sachin stepped up the tempo, made steals and gradually widened the margin. He found support in Ralph Gomes (14), Nilesh Jadhav (14) and Mark Fernandes ( 3-pointers).

RESULTS (all zonal finals) U-14 boys: Dominic Savio, Ghatkopar 27 (Vivek Shetty 10) bt Pantnagar Municipal 10; Arya Vidya Mandir, Juhu 22 (Akash Agarwal 15) bt Hansraj Morarjee2; Don Bosco, Borivli 25 (Jervis Pinto) bt Gokuldham 9; U-17: Dominic Savio 32 (Tejesh Devkule 8, Amish 9, Hrishikesh 11) bt Dr Ambedkar Vidyalaya 23 (Aniket Jadhav 11); Don Bosco, Borivli 26 (Utken Jinto 8) bt Gokuldham 10; Hansraj Morarjee 20 (Sandeep Singh 12) bt AVM, Juhu 7; U-19: Somaiya Arts 55 (Sachin More 12, Ralph Gomes 16, Nilesh Jadhav 14, Mark Fernandes 9-3x3) bt Jhunjhunwala 47 (Shailesh Saldanha 24, Chetan Shetty 12) U-19 girls: V.G. Vaze 34 (Prachi Gole 17, Gayatri Manolikar 11) bt Somaiya Arts 10

U-14 girls: MIG, Borivli 23 (Neha 16) bt Gokuldham 2; Jamnabai Narsee 12 (Arpita Mehta 8) bt AVM, Juhu 2; U-17: MIG w/o Gokuldham; Apostolic Carmel 24 (Michelle 20) bt Lady Vissanji 0