In a see-saw battle, Haryana boys held their nerves to edge past a fighting Mizoram (48-47) in the 39th sub-junior boys and girls National basketball championship at Agnel Ashram Complex here on Wednesday.
In another match, Rajasthan met stiff resistance before it pulled off a hard-fought win over Punjab (55-50).
The results:
Boys: Rajasthan bt Punjab 55-50, Madhya Pradesh bt Kerala 61-27, Tamil Nadu bt Karnataka 44-28, Orissa bt Chandigarh 44-20, Mizoram bt Assam 45-25, Tamil Nadu bt Delhi 58-31, Haryana bt Mizoram 48-47, Uttar Pradesh bt Chhattisgarh 47-37, Maharashtra bt Jharkhand 64-41, Bihar bt Manipur 40-22.
Girls: Maharashtra bt Punjab 45-10, Chhattisgarh bt Uttar Pradesh 53-7, Haryana bt Andhra Pradesh 61-48, Bihar bt Manipur 19-12, Delhi bt Jammu & Kashmir 42-6, Chandigarh bt Rajasthan 23-8, Punjab bt Assam 33-19, Haryana bt Chandigarh 53-21, Himachal Pradesh bt Bihar 26-10, Andhra Pradesh bt Jammu & Kashmir 27-3, Uttarakhand bt Gujarat 24-0, Jharkhand bt Delhi 26-10, Rajasthan bt Goa 35-5. — PTI
