Former champion Kerala brushed aside Madhya Pradesh 91-67 for its third straight win and moved to the quarterfinals of the girls’ section in the 65th National junior basketball championship ere on Wednesday evening.
Kerala, the runner-up last year, took time to settle down and trailed 18-22 after the first quarter but once the girls found their feet, there was a flow of baskets.
Meanwhile, last year’s semifinalist Tamil Nadu suffered its third straight loss in the girls’ section, bowing to Karnataka 65-88 in Group ‘A’.
The results:
Boys: Level I: Group A: MP 72 (Shubham 27, Himanshli 18) bt Chhattisgarh 59 (Rajat 14, Rajesh 13, Shiv Kumar 13). Delhi 104 (Sunil 41, Gaurav Ohlan 16, Narender 15) bt Kerala 72 (Amal Anto 20, J. Sonu 15, Akhil 10).
Group B: Punjab 116 (Gurwinder Singh Gill 17, Arjun 17) bt Orissa 45 (Aditya Pradhan 13, Sahid Khan 12). Maharashtra 83 (Kalbhor 21, Sandhu 18) bt Karnataka 76 (Sachin 22, Sawkin 16).
Level II: Group C: HP 73 (Sahil Bali 22, Rishab 15) bt J & K 60 (Akashvir 19, Jaskirat Singh 13, Pranav 12). Group D: Gujarat 78 (Shahzad 31, Samjaysinh 12) bt Puducherry 66 (A.R. Murali 19, Aniruddha 14).
Girls, Level I: Group A: Karnataka 88 (Bhandavya 42, Lopamudra 13) bt TN 65 (Hemalatha 13, Srividya 12). Group B: Maharashtra 63 (Sruthi 24) bt Haryana 56 (Suman 24, Bharti 22).
Odisha 65 (Urbashi 21, Jayashree 18) bt J & K 27 (Pearl Sharma 11, Mamta Mishra 11).
Kerala 91 (Elizabeth Hillarios 18, Arathy Vimal 18, K.S. Poojamol 16) bt MP 67 (Sakshi 24, S. Princy 22).
Level II: Group D: Gujarat 47 (Tulika Bisht 23) bt Puduchery 23 (Pratyusha 10).
Group E: Uttarakhand 44 (Tanaz Shergil 15, Palakh Sharma 10) bt Goa 42 (Rachel 12, Afran 11).
Group F: West Bengal 74 (Rashmi 23, Steffy Jose 15) bt Chandigarh 55 (Akshita 22, Kensiya 13).
Tuesday’s late matches:Boys: Level II: Group F: WB 89 (Anka Saha 29, Raghav Saigal 25, Sagan Joshi 23) bt Chandigarh 58 (Naveen 21, Deepak Garg 12, Harkirat Singh 10).
Girls: Level I: Group A: UP 89 (S. Barkha 29, Garima 22, Preeti Kumari 21) bt TN 83 (Sreevidya 33, Hemalatha 19).
Level II: Group F: WB 61 (Rupkatha 16, Pratyusha 10) bt Bihar 11.
