Local Sports Briefs

Canvas, Reliance win

KATHMANDU: Canvas, Reliance and Siddhartha Vanasthali Institute entered the quarter-finals of the first BST Cup Inter-college Basketball Tournament. On Saturday, Canvas defeated LRI College 45-38 riding on Sushant Lama’s 29 points, while Reliance registered a 40-17 victory over New Millennium College with Rupesh Shrestha scoring 12 points for the winners. Likewise, Karma Malla netted 20 points as Siddhartha Vanasthali outplayed Kathmandu Academy 44-24.

IT, Sky advance

LALITPUR: The IT and Sky teams entered the final of the Intra-Telecom Twenty20 Cricket Tournament here on Saturday. The IT team defeated PSTN by 27 runs and Sky advanced on better run rate despite losing to defending champions Namaste by 14 runs.