ISLAMABAD, OCT 11: Raising Islamabad and Lahore moved into the semifinal round of ongoing Divisional National Basketball Championship Grade A organized by Pakistan Basketball Federation here at Sargodha.

Islamabad wins second consecutive victory in the championship and defeated Hazara by 69-64 points. Yasser Abbas was the top plate for Islamabad who scored 22 points with supporting Farhan Qayyum 14 and Rizwan Khurshid 13 points to qualify Islamabad team for the championship semifinal round. For Hazara Waqas Ali scores 24 points with Rafiq Garner adding 16 and Atif Khan 11.

In second match Lahore thrashed Multan by scoring 80 points against 62 to reaches in the semifinal round while Faisalabad defeated Gujranwala by 78 – 58 points and Peshawar defeated Sargodha 81-75 points respectively.