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Double Delight for Kottayam

Kottayam Girls won the Title in an Double extra time Thriller

Thodupuzha   The finals of the girls was an electrifying one as Kottayam riding on International Ann Mary zacharia  who contributed a half century for her team  defeated Thiruvananthapuram 96-95  in a match which went for  two extra periods and in another thriller in boys Kottayam beat  host Idukki 82-67 here  at  the 43rd  Edition of Kerala State Junior  Basketball Championship for boys and girls will be held in Shanthal Jyothi Public School  Flood lit Indoor Basketball Stadium  organised by Idukki  District Basketball Association under the aegis of  Kerala Basketball Association.

Trivandrum girls anchored by Senior International Sreekala R  went into an early lead as they lead 17-12 in the first quarter and wrapped  up the Interval with a  44-28

Trivandrum continued his dominance in third quarter and lead 57-46 at the end

 Trivandrum started to lose the match  committing fouls starting with their  semi final Star Krishna Priya , the first one to go out with five fouls followed by  International Sreekal R  who also has to sit down on the bench  for Trivandrum committing  five fouls

 Kottayam also had a set back as their tall and lanky International Anu Maria also committing  five fouls which forced Ann maria fight an lone battle with a contribution of 50 points for her team and  help to end  up the regular playing  time with the score of 74-74

The game then went into an extra period that too ended up on  the  score standing  84-84

The  second extra period saw Kottayam taking the championship piping Trivandrum  96-95

Sree Kala was the top scorer for  Trivandrum with 28 Points

Kottayam Men defends Boys Title

Defending champions Kottayam and Idukki came on to the finals with an unbeaten record in the championship

Kottayam With the dominance of Players from St Ephrem’s School School Kottayam  started the 1st Quarter leading 22-16, Idukki  virtually the team of host Shanthal Jyothi Public School fought back in the second quarter and ended up the 1st half with a 2 point deficit (40-38)

The third quarter saw Kottayam increasing their lead through Sajeesh the top scorer of the Team (30 points)  and their international Jerome Prince  ending up the 3rd quarter to a 62-38 lead  before defending the championship with the score 82-67

Bronze for Trivandrum Boys  and Kannur Girls

Trivandrum boys anchored by NBA academy lad  Pranav Prince defeated Kozhikode 65-38  and Kannur  girls beat  Thrissur 83-72 to claim the Bronze medal

On Friday late Semi Final matches Trivandrum girls beat Thrissur 86-83  and in Boys Idukki scrape past Kozhikode (62-61) to reach the finals

 PRIZE ,CERTIFICATES & MEDAL  DISTRIBUTION CEREMONY

  The medals and Certificates were distributed by IPL Star and Renji captain Sachin Baby

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

o   Most Valuable Player:  Girls Ann Mary Zacharia Kottayam,  , Boys- Jerome Prince Kottayam

o   Most Promising Player: Girls– Sreekal R Trivandrum  ; Boys– Tom Jose Idukki

Detailed Scores

Girls Final

• Kottayam-96(Ann Mary Zacharia 50,Anu Maria 15) bt Trivandrum- 95(Sreekala R 25,Haleena Jan 22,Chinnu Koshy 15,Krishnapriya 11)

Boys Final

• Kottayam-82(Sajeesh 30,Jerome Prince 22, Aaron Blessen 12,Nithin 12) bt Idukki-67(Tom Jose 28,Tony Benny 16,Noyal Jose 14)

Bronze Medal

Boys

• Trivandrum- 65(Pranav Prince 21, Abhinav 14 ) bt Kozhikode-35(Ajin C Nair15)

Girls

• Kannur- 82 (Joma Geo 21,Nandana 18,Jesly P S12) bt Thrissur- 72(Akshaya Philip 33,Sandra KA 14, Ann Maria Johnny 11,Aparna Sadasvan 11)

Late semi final matches on friday

Girls

• Trivandrum-86(Krishnapriya 31,Ameesha Jose 18, Sreekala R 11) bt  Thrissur-83(Akshaya Philip 26,Ann Mary Johnny 21, Sandra KA 15, Aprna Sadasivan 14)

Boys

• Idukki-62(tom Jose 18,Noyal Jose 16,Tony 11,Jordy dais 10) bt Kozhikode-61(Ajin C Nair 17, Nithin10 ,Muhammed10)
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