Coimbatore, Aug 13 (PTI) Indian Bank Tuesday lifted the prestigious PSG Trophy defeating Indian Army 79-61 in the final of 55th All India Basketball tournament for men.

Hari Ram scored 29 points and Gineeb Benny and Suriya 14 each for the winners, while Suresh Kumar scored 14 and Issac Thomas 12 for the losing finalists.

Besides the PSG Rolling trophy, the winners bagged a cash prize of Rs.one lakh and the runners Rs.50,000.

KSEB defeated Indian Air Force 76-73 and secured the third place. Jishnu G Nair (19) and Rahul Sarath (15) played well for the winners and Ajay Hooda scored 19 for the Airmen.

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