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Second Straight Victory for Rajasthan Boys

Kerala girls won their second Match  beating  defending Champion Punjab 
Coimbatore, May :  Kerala scrape past defending champion Punjab 76-75 to register their second straight victory in the 36th Youth National Basketball Championship – Boys & Girls under 16, organised by the National Basketball Federation, here at the indoor stadium of PSG College of Technology.

The day saw another close match in girls as  Delhi beat Chhattisgarh ( 78-72).

In boys division Rajasthan had to fight till the end against Karnataka boys who put up a good show of defense before beating them with the score of  (65-63).

The girls match Kerala had to survive closely fought one as in a match which the lead change 6 times and tied up 12 times.

The Punjab which led 18-11 and ended up the first half keeping the lead 39- 35 but went the 3rd quarter under pressure allowing Kerala to take a 52-51 lead. For Kerala Ann Mary was the leading scorer with 25 points followed by Aleena Antony with 21 and For Punjab NBA Global Camper  Harshimran  Kaur scoring 38 points.

In other league matches of the day in boys Delhi beat Madhya Pradesh (65-23) Andhra Pradesh beat Jammu and Kashmir 84-47,Uttarakhand beat Goa(70-34) Chandigarh bt Jharkhand 92-35 ,Bihar beat Puducherry 63-50 and Assam Scrape past Odisha 66-63.

In girls other matches Tamil Nadu had no difficulty in beating Maharashtra 74-69 and to register their second victory in Group B.

Boys

Group A

1. Rajasthan-65(Dig vijay Singh 22, LoKendra Singh 13, Nitesh Bangrava1 2) bt Karnataka-63(Manoja 20, Achanya Krishna 16, Sethu  J 13) (20-14,10-16,16-19,19-14)
2. Madhya Pradesh -73(Virat 30,Harsh 13, Brijesh12) bt Delhi- 65 (Joneto 17, Ashish 15, Alpansh 14) (27-21,13-3,17-12)

Group B

1. Haryana -87(Sahil 26, Deendar 20, Rahul10) bt Tamil Nadu-65(Harish 17, Yusif 17, VSharan 10) (22-14,1-16,26-22,16-13) Late match on 14th

Group C

1. Bihar -63(Tunu 16, Shivam 14, Kushagar14) bt Puducherry-50(Bharath 18, Jakathish 14, Abhay 11) (10-6,20-5,18-22,15-17)
2. Gujarat -68(Ankith Patel 16, Paramveer Sing 14, Sahil Pallath 12, Rohan kureshi 11) bt Himachal Pradesh-34(Athul 15) (14-10,10-6,18-3,26-15)

Group D

1. Andhra Pradesh-84 (Muhammed Khaseel 34, G Pavankumar 16, Naveen Bhasha 14) bt Jammu and Kashmir-47(Rinku 13, Anikat 13, Rishab 10) (32-14,27-14,20-10,14-9)
2. Uttarakhand-70(Ritik 24, DevStuta 10) bt Goa-34(Mokshab d naik 12), (16-14,19-14,25-4,10-2)

Group E

1. Chandigarh92(Akshay 21, Amarendra Nayak 18, Gagandeep Singh 10) bt Jharkhand-38(27-13,14-7,18-12)

Group F

1. Assam -66(RahulPswan 20, Dipamkardev 16, Prakash Sharam 11) bt Odisha-65(Fayas 19, SavanKumar 15,Balram 15,Syamsudh 13) (15-9,25-21,14-10,9-26)

Girls                    

Group A

1. Delhi-78(Kritika 27,Prakriti  24, Thrishala 14)  bt Chhattisgarh-72(D kirti 17, Mansi 16, Urvasi 14) (17-13,12-22,16-25,33-12)
2. Kerala-76(Ann Mary Zacharia 25, Aleena Antony 21, Jesly P S 13) bt Punjab-75(Harshmirankaur 38, Kavya Singla 14) (11-18,24-21,17-12,24-24)

Group B

1. Karnataka-66(Mehl 13 ,Sunisha 11, Sreeshma10) bt Madhya Pradesh-21 (16-1,13-8,11-7,16-5)
2. Tamil Nadu- 68(Sathya 27, Angel Jeevitha 8) bt Maharastra-50(Shomira Bidaya 22, Asmat Kaur 17)
3. Tamil Nadu-79(K Sathya 26, BSandhya 10) bt Madhya Pradesh-29(PakhitiSuri 13) (27-4,23-6.18-9,11-10) (late match on 14th)

Group C

1. Gujarat-52(Naomi Lakhanpal 16) bt Himachal Pradesh-18(21-2,7-4,10-5,14-7)21-16,12-6,18-13,18-17)

Group D

1. West Bengal-61(K Pal 24, K Chattarjee 12) bt Jammu and Kashmir-22(Kashish 11) (15-5,9-7,17-8,20-2)
2. Bihar-55(Muskan 31) bt Jammu & Kashmir-52(Kashish 17,Rimjhim 17) (14-12,9-19,12-7,20-14)

Group E

1. Chandigarh-68(Niharika Bagga 19, Prachi Bhattia 19) bt Jharkhand-36(Kushi Sukhla 11, Jayakumari 10) ( 22-10,20-7,15-8,13-11)