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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. 

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 followed by Anjana P G with 18,Stephy Nixon scoring 14, Sreekala R with 12 and  Rojamol making 10 for the victory with only one match left against Chhattisgarh Kerala is almost into the Semi final.

Tamil Nadu Women’s team are defending champion Eastern Railway  are  on a 2-0  undefeated run in the tournament so far,  which confirms the Semi final Berth for the both. 

Tamil Nadu Women  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   while Eastern Railway beat Karnataka 71-68 with International player Madhukumari  top scoring with 27 points.

Last year runner up Chhattisgarh taste their first victory in Group B as they beat host Uttar Pradesh 67-59  while in men Group A Punjab Police had their second straight victory over RDSO Lucknow 68-48.

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

In Group  B Guru Gobind College registered their second success as they beat Central Railway 102-95 with International Ravi Bhardwaraj again  put up a great show in the Final Quarter as he also top scored  for his team with 20 points which confirms an  semi final berth in Group B along with Indian Army who also had two victories.

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 KS 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)