Cambridge International School from Dubai will take on Model School, Abu Dhabi in the final of the seventh New India Model School (NIMS) mini basketball tournament today.

Cambridge breezed into the final through an exciting 32-27 win over Millennium School, Dubai at the NIMS, Sharjah basketball court.

Millennium got off to a good start in the first quarter, leading 8-5.

The second quarter saw Cambridge race past Millennium scoring 12 points.

Jaskaran Singh, wearing a No.13 jersey proved unlucky for the Millennium team.

He scored nine points with good support from Zain Anwar Khan, who chipped in with 8 points.

Though Millennium fought back in the third quarter, their effort was not enough to take the lead.

Abhishek Nandakumar scored nine points for the losers, but his effort went in vain.

In another semifinal match, Model School, Abu Dhabi scored an emphatic 46-25 win over Emirates National School, Sharjah A team.

Model School raced off to a quick lead in the first quarter by scoring 13 points against Emirates' 3. As the match progressed Emirates found the combination of Francis Lazar, Amal Basil Alex and Masoomullah too tough to stop.

Model School won with ease despite Shyam S Pillai of Emirates scoring 12 points.

Earlier, in the quarterfinal Cambridge overcame a stiff resistance of Delhi Private School, Sharjah to register a four-point victory.

Abu Dhabi Model School and ENS were too strong for both the hosts and the defending champions as they comfortably beat them by a wide margin.

Scores:

Semifinals: Cambridge 32 (Jaskaran Singh 9, Ardalan Shareghi 4, Zain Anwar Khan 8, Mihir Vaidya 6, Kiral Petrouski 5) bt Millennium School 27 (Abhishek Nandakumar 9, SyedAbidi 4, Yaseem Mujeerudeen 1, Arjun Rawat 4, Aasim Ameer 6, Varun Kattukaran 2, Said Prasad 1)

Model School 46 (Francis Lazar 10, Amal Basil Alex 11, Masoomullah 16, Habis 3, Abilash 4, Noel Jose 2) bt Emirates School A 25 (Abraham Jacob 6, Shayam S Pillai 12, Eric Zby 4, Rahul Deepak 3)

Quarterfinals

Cambridge International School 31 (Kiral Petrouski 9, Zain Anwar Khan 9, Ethan De Chavez 4, Scott Sanderson 3, Ardalan Shareghi 2, Shaun De Leo 2, Jaskaran Vir Singh 2) bt Delhi Private School, Sharjah 27 (Kunal Vohra 6, Ankur Gopal 6, Robin D'Souza 4, Aditya Venkatesh 1, Reuben George 4, Harsh 4, Akshay Haridas 2).

The Millennium School, Dubai 32 (Abhishek Nandakumar 17, Anoj Babu 4, Arjun Rawat 4, Aasim Ameer 2, Syed Mohd Hashim Abidi 1, Y. Mujeerudeen 3 and Sai Prasad Shetty 1) beat Emirates National, Sharjah 'B' team 10 (Shamim 2, Ahmad 6 and Ishan 2).

Emirates National Sharjah 'A' 30 (Kenneth Daniel Monis 7, Sidheek Rasak 6, Santosh Pralhad 4, Peer Mohammad 4, Arun Thayat 4, Eric Eby Philips 2, Rahul Deepak 2 Abraham Jacob 1) beat Our Own English High School, Dubai 7 (Rameez 2 , Aswin Balaji 2, Sidhant 2 and Zanal 1)

The Model School, Abu Dhabi 51 points (Amal Basil Alex 11, Sethu Dinesh 10, Masoomullah 10, Francis Lazar 10, Sishir Sreekumar 8, Abhilash 2)

bt New Indian Model School, Sharjah 21 (Jaseem Moidu 6, Sami Ahmad 4, Mishal Musthafa 4, Usman Yousef 5, Reza Abdul Rasheed 2).