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Red-hot Moore drives Europa

Sports Reporter
Europa Youth retained Citycell Premier Division Basketball League title after beating
The Gregarious by 77-68 points in an entertaining title-deciding match at the Dhanmondi Indoor Basketball Gymnaisum yesterday.
The match lived up to the pre-match
hype, as the foreign recruits of the teams made a difference to the game and the its entertainment value, in front of more than a thousand spectators.
Europa Youth were playing their two Americans Cheyenne Moore and Daniel Tabarez and Puerto Rican Ricardo Catala while at the other end The Gregarious fielded Americans Mitchell Carter, Philip Gary and Nepalese Binod Kumar.
In fact, Cheyenne Moore, the 6 feet 7 inches forward from Connecticut
proved head and shoulders above the others as he dodged past the Gregarious players before netting points one after another. The 28-year old displayed all the skills in the book -- galloping runs, slick passing of the ball, three-pointers, free shooters and slam dunks to amass the match-highest31 points.
Europa dominated from the first quarter by taking a 20-11 lead before Gregarious staged a comeback in the
second to reduce the margin to 30-27, when Cheyenne was rested.The third was the most exciting quarter as Gregarious took the lead for the first time briefly before Europa regained the lead at 50-49.
The last quarter belonged mostly to Europa as they again extended the lead to take the match by 77-68 points. It was a pity that the best player of the match, Moore, had to be taken off the pitch after he fell awkwardly and pulled a muscle.
But he was happy nonetheless as he contributed to the team's success. The American, who has been flown in for the last three matches of the league along with two others, said the opposition played really well “It is too hot here, which affected my play a bit The
opposition too played well as they came back every time we forged a lead. But in the end, winningisall thatmatters.”
For Gregarious, Mitchell Carter was the outstanding player as he scored 28 of the 68 points scored. The 7-feet tall player from Milwaukee, Wisconsin used his physical advantage to good effect as he converted many of the points with slams. The former college league player attributed the missed penalty attempts as the reason for theirdefeat.
The winners Europa Youth celebrated the triumph with a confetti shower as chief guest Minister forYouth and Sports Ahad Ali Sarker handed over the trophy.
This was the third title overall for the Europa Youth and the second in two years since the tournament turned