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Noida 13th June 2019 :The 33rd Federation Cup has tipped off at the Noida . The best club/state teams from the top 8 states in both the Men’s and Women’s category with addition of the hosts RDSO in Men are participating in this 6 day long tournament. The championship is being organised by the Uttar Pradesh Basketball Association under the aegis of the Basketball Federation of India at Gautham Budda University Noida.

Tamil Nadu Women’s team are on a 2-0 run in the tournament so far, they have shown some great team basketball as they beat Delhi 89-71 with Sathya top scoring with 23 points ,Darshini with 19, and Pushpa made 11 yesterday on a late night match they had an easy victory over Karnataka 66-39.

In Group A women defending Champion Eastern Railway continued their 2nd victory as they beat Karnataka 71-68 with International player Madhukumari top scoring with 27 points which confirms the semi final berth with Tamil Nadu the two teams unbeaten in the group.

Last year runner up Chhattisgarh taste their first victory in Group B as they beat host Uttar Pradesh 67-59 while Kerala Girls continued their winning streak as they beat Maharashtra 87-59 with five of them scoring double digit scores captain Poojamol leading the scoring with 21 points.

In men Group A Punjab Police had their second straight victory as they beat RDSO Lucknow 68-48.

In Men Group A defending Champions Income Tax Chennai had an easy victory over BSF Jodhpur within the score 78-42 with International Rikin Pethani top scoring with 12 points.

In Group B Guru Gobind College registered their second victory as they beat Central Railway 102-95 with International Ravi Bhardwaraj again put up a great show in the Final Quarter and top scoring for his team with 20 points which confirms their semi final berth in Group B along with Indian Army.

Men

1. Punjab Police -68(Harshpreth Sing Bhuller 23,Amritpal Singh 10)  bt –RDSO Licknow -48(Akash 18,Vikram 12) ( 18-19,21-3,17-10,12-18)
2. Income Tax Chennai-78(Rikin Pethani 12,Mani varnana 11) bt BSF Jodhpur-42 (Pradeep Sankhala 11) (25-19,20-14,9-4,24-8)
3. ASC Centre Bangalore – 52(Rinku Hooda 20,Akhil MV 18) bt RDSO Lucknow-45(Ankir Anand 17) (16-13,4-13,18-13,14-6)
4. Guru Gobind Singh College Chandigarh—77 ( Ravi Bharwraj 24, Sartaj G 17,Jatin S 17) bt BEG Roorkee-75(jaibir 29, Rupinder Singh 14) (13-19,25-15,20-19,19-19)
5. Indian Army- 68(Jitendra Singh 27,NallaGaru 14) bt BEG Rurkee -52(Rupinder Singh 20,Jaibir 12,Prashanth Singh 13) ( 19-12,18-12,14-14,17-14)
6. Guru Gobind Singh College Chandigarh—102 ( Ravi Bharwraj 20, Sartaj G 12) bt Central Railway-95 (Rakesh Singh 20,AmithKanwar 12, Asraf 10) (23-24,313,18-25,29-14)

Women

1. Tamil Nadu- 66(Dharshini 19,Iswarya 8) bt Karnatka-39(Sanjana Ramesh 15,Lopamudra 9) (27-9,21-10,9-9,9-11)
2. Tamil Nadu- 89( S Sathya 23,Dharshini 19,S Pushpa 11) bt Delhi- 71 ( M Anisha 15,Tavleen 21)(28-15,25-11,13-20,13-25)
3. Chhattisgarh- 67(Bharathi Netham 22, Sangeetha Kaur 12,Megha Singh 10) bt Uttar Pradesh-59(Vrinda Gargh 16,Kavya 12)
4. Kerala-87(Poojamol K S 21,Anjanna P G 18,Stephy Nixon 14, Sreekala R 12, Rojamol 10) bt Maharastra-53(Sakshi Pamdey 15,Carina M 13) (16-12,19-12,25-13,27-16)
5. Eastern Railway- 71(Madhukumari 27,Nivyaraj 13,Poonam Chathurvedi 10) bt Karnataka-68(Lopamudra 19,Sanjana Ramesh 15,Sarayu 12)