KATHMANDU: Valley Public and TIA advanced to the round of 16 of the 10th Kwiks Cheese Balls Inter-school Basketball Tournament here on Sunday.

Valley Public defeated TIA 38-25 riding on 10 points from Binod Nepali to finish as group winners, while the losing team advanced as runners-up.

In other senior boys’ section matches, KMC beat Eden Bridge 41-27, while Prolific thumped Glenwood 47-36.

In junior boys’ category, Bhadrakali edged past TIA 17-11, KMC routed Puspakunja 15-7, Innovative beat Angels 19-15 and SEB registered a 12-7 victory over HHCA.