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Noida  14th June  2019 : Kerala Women  will meet Eastern Railway  in the semi finals  of the  33rd Federation Cup Basketball Championship organised by the Uttar Pradesh Basketball Association  under the aegis of the Basketball Federation of India at Gautham Budda University in Noida.

In the  second  semi finals, in women’s Tamil Nadu will meet Maharashtra.

In men’s Punjab Police will take on Shri Guru Gobind College Chandigarh and Indian Army will take on Income Tax Chennai.

Kerala drubbed Chhattisgarh 88-44 to top the  Group  B with International Anjanna PG top scoring with 23 points, Rojamol scoring 20, Poojamol with 13 points and  Stephy Nixon contributing 10 points.

Maharashtra also entered  the semi finals as they defeated  Uttar Pradesh 69-41 with International and  Malayalee Sruthi Aravind anching the scoring with 25 points.

Tamil Nadu Women’s team topped the Group A  defeating the defending champion Eastern Railway. Dharshini was the top scorer for Tamil Nadu with 24 points and captain Srivdya scored 18 for the victory. Both of them qualified for the semi finals match from Group A.

In women’s Group B Kerala drubbed Chhattisgarh 88-44 to top the group with International Anjana PG top scoring with 23 points and in other group match Maharashtra defeated Uttar Pradesh 69-41 with International Sruthi Aravind anchoring the score with 25 points and helped them to play the semi finals as the second team from Group B.

In men’s Group A Punjab completed their engagement as they beat ASC Centre Bangalore 92-70 to top the Group A and entered the semi finals along with defending champions Income Tax Chennai who defeated RDSO Lucknow and came second in the group.

In men’s Group B Indian Army defeated Sri Guru Gobind College Chandugarh 101-77 and both entered the semi finals as group topper and runner up respectively.

Men

1. Income Tax Chennai-67(Raguram 23, RamKumar 12)  bt RDSO Lucknow – 43 (Vijay Parmar 10) (20-10,13-10, 20-14,14-9)
2. Indian Army – 101(Sunil 26, Suresh Kr Bijarnia 23) bt Guru Gobind Singh College Chandigarh – 77 (Ravi Bharwaj 32, Jatin S 17) (25-18,25-21,25-21,25-1)
3. Punjab Police – 92 (Rajveer Singh 23, Harshpreet Singh Buller 18, Amritpal Singh 10, Amrithpal Singh jr. 10) bt ASC centre Bangalore – 70 (19-13,12-17, 31-17, 30-23)
4. ASC Centre Bangalore – 59(Rinku Hooda 14, Balwan 14) bt BSF Jodhpur – 43(Krishna Pradeep Kumar Sankhala 14, Swrnakar 10) (28-12, 12-6, 13-18, 6-7)
5. (Yesterday’s late match) Income Tax Chennai – 71 (Sivabalan 15, Akhilan 15, Ram Kumar 14)  bt ASC Centre  Bangalore – 61 (Prabhu 13, Vivekanada 10) (17-17, 18-17, 23-9,15-20)
6. (Yesterday’s late match) Punjab Police – 85 (Harshpreeth Singh Buller 21, Rajveer Sing 14) bt BSF Jodhpur – 39(Syed Modh 12) (34-13, 22-13, 19-3, 10-10)

Women

1. Tamil Nadu – 84 (Dharshini 24, Sri Vidhya 18, Iswarya 14 ) bt Eastern Railway – 79 (Poonam Chathurvedi 33, Madhukumari 13, Sitamani Tudu 13) (21-20, 22-18, 22-16, 19-25)
2. Kerala – 88 (Anjanna P G 23, Rojamol 20, Poojamol 13, Stephy Nixon 10) bt Chhattisgarh – 44 (Deepa L 11) (21-17, 24-13, 24-8, 19-9)
3. Karnataka – 67 (Lopamudra 34, Sanjana Ramesh 18) bt Delhi – 55 (Manisha 16, Tavleen Kaaur 14) (21-15, 14-11, 15-16, 17-13)
4. Maharastra – 69 (Sruthi Aravind 25) bt Uttar Pradesh – 41(Vrinda Garg 11)