Report by: Sharjeel Javed (Junior Rep – Basketball)
The basketball team management at SLUMS showed great initiative by organizing friendlies against opposing universities in Karachi.
Their first match was against Habib University on Thursday, 14th November. 
They achieved a comprehensive victory over Habib and the final score was 47-22. They were led by exceptional performances by forwarding Sharjeel Javed who was able to collapse the opposing defense using strong drives towards the rim. Guards, Haider and Rumi, also had brilliant performances as they orchestrated the offense and shot lights out.
The next match was played against IBA on the 15th of November. Due to some poor play in the first half, the LUMS team found themselves down by 17 in the first half. However, they rallied behind some strong performances by forwarding Aaraiz and clutch 3 point shots by Rumi. At the end of regulation, they tied the game 55 all, however they lost in overtime courtesy of some controversial calls by the ref.
Their final match was against NED on the 16th of November. The game remained close throughout however LUMS was able to seal the game after back to back buckets by Sharjeel and 2 clutch free throws by Aaraiz at the end of the 4th quarter.
Overall the LUMS Basketball team performed exceptionally well and their only loss came in overtime.