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Defending champions Kottayam and Thiruvananthapuram had easy victories in Boys and Girls Divisions here for the 35th Youth State Basketball Championship for Boys and Girls here at the New Indoor wooden Court of St. Pius X College, Rajapuram, In boys, Kottayam defeated Kannur 55-26 while in Girls Thiruvananthapuram beat Kozhikode 41-31.

In Boys other league encounters Palakkad bt Malappuram 52-36, Thrissur after trailing 15-26 at the Interval defeated Kozhikode 66-60, Similarly, Ernakulum, after trailing 17-28 came on to beat Alapuzha 49-46 and Trivandrum, beat Idukki 73-49 and in Lower group Pathanamthitta beat Wayanad 48-28 and Kollam scrape past Malappuram 49-42

In girls league Matches Kottayam scrape past Ernakulam 38-36 similarly Kannur overcome Kozhikode 69-67 then again the evening beat Idukki 50-29and Thrissur drubbed Alapuzha 52-11, In Girls lower group matches Pathanamthitta beat Palakkad 41-17, Wayanad beat Malappuram 34-16
Detailed Scores

Boys

1. Palakkad-52(Boney32) bt malapuram-36(Sonu9)
2. Thrissur-66(Niyath ES19, Abinan C K12.Leo lonappan10) bt Kozhikode-60(Nithin Baby16, AdwaithVK10)
3. Kottayam-55(Jerome Prince16,AaronBlessen13) bt Kannur-26(Relbin MB9)
4. Pathanamthitta-48(Cherian Thomas16,Jordan Cherian14) bt Wayanad-28
5. Kollam-49(Sujin28) bt Malapuram-42(Sanu P11)
6. Thiruvantahpuram-73(Pranav prince18,Vinil15) bt Idukki-49(Julian19)

Girls

1. Wayanad-34(Akla9) bt Malapuram-16
2. Kannur-69(Aslin Shiju17,Sandra francis16,jesly PS14) bt Kozhikode-67(Angha G Nair14,shilpa Subash10)
3. Thrissur—52(Anjanna20,Saaga10) bt Alapuzha-11
4. Kottayam-38(Swapna 14,Sandra13) bt Ernakulum-36(Rebeca18)
5. Kannur- 28(Mariya KV13,Ashlin Shiju10) bt Idukki-29(Ardra xavier10)
6. Thiruvanthapuram-41(Haleena Jiju14,Ameesha Jose10) bt Kozhikode-31(Anupama V12)