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Kerala girls beat Tamil Nadu  79-69  to Crowned champs, while Haryana piped  Kerala  Boys  81-74 in a cliffhanger.

Coimbatore, 21st  May 2019: Kerala girls and Punjab boys have been crowned champions of the 36th Youth National Basketball Championship for Boys and Girls got underway at the Indoor Stadium, PSG Technology, Coimbatore.

The Championship was organized by the Coimbatore District Basketball Association under the aegis of the Tamil Nadu Basketball Association and the Basketball Federation of India.

Prize & Souvenir Distribution ceremony

For the prize and souvenir distribution ceremony, Chandramukhi Sharma Secretary-General, Arjuna Awardee Suman Sharma, Selection Committee Chairman Sakthi Singh, Indian senior men team coach  Vassic, Treasurer  V Rangothaman

 The top three teams received trophies and medals. Individual players were also awarded in the following two categories:

1. Most Valuable Player:  Girls – Ann Mary Zacharia, Kerala ; Boys- Sahil, Haryana
2. Most Promising Player: Girls – Sathya, Tamil Nadu; Boys- Harihara Sudan, Tamil Nadu

Kerala  bt  Tamil Nadu  79-69

The two undefeated teams from the league phase finally faced off in the summit clash earlier this afternoon.

Kerala girls started off well taking an early lead of 20-14 in the first quarter. Kerala’s centre International Ann Maria Zacharia made her intentions clear with a big block on rival and ended up the 1st Half with a 41-27 lead.

The second quarter began with Tamil Nadu Coach constantly urging his team to play pressure defence knowing that Kerala was fielding a bigger, Taller lineup. Ended up the third quarter trailing 46-62. The last quarter saw Tamil Nadu fighting back with some three Pointers but could not able to hold it as Kerala won the match at 79-69.

Ann Maria Zacharia scored a game high of 39 points followed by Aslin Shiju with 14 points. Sathya was the top scorer for Tamil Nadu with 30 points.

 Ann Mary Zacharia who would be named MVP of the Championship did a great job defensively with  25 rebounds and 39 points.

 Haryana beat Kerala 81-74

Kerala boys did a good Job against Haryana in an evenly fought 1st two quarters 17-17 and 19-19 and ending up the 1st Half 51-51  Haryana Sahil the MVP of the championship made all damages for Kerala as he scored a game-high of 39 points for Haryana supported by Akshay with 17 points. For Kerala Jim Paul and Pranav Prince scored 19 points each.

Finals

Girls

1. Kerala- 79(Ann Maria Zachariah 39, Aslin Shiju 14, Jesly PS 9) bt  Tamil Nadu -69 (K Sathya 30, B Sandhya 10) (20-14,21-12,21-19,17-23)

 Boys

1. Haryana-81(Sahil 39, Akshay 17) bt  Kerala-74(Prnv Prince 19, Jim Paul 19) (17-17,19-19,18-24,20-21)

  3-4 Place Match

Boys

1. Rajasthan-92( Digvijay Singh 36, Jitendra KS 23) bt Karnataka -68(Achintya K 38, Manoj G M 18) (24-12,21-22,24-22,23-13)

Girls

1. Rajasthan-48(Manvi Srivastava 18, Jiya Tiwari 11, Rashi Kotan 11)  bt Punjab-47(Harsimram Kaur 29)(9-5,11-9,14-14,14-19)