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Thodupuzha 27th April 2019:- Thiruvananthapuram anchored by NBA academy product Pranav Prince had no difficulty in beating Kottayam 45-28 while the defending Girls Champion had to fight against Kottayam to beat them to the score 59-56 and to celebrate a double delight victory here at the Finals of the 36th edition of Kerala State Youth Basketball Championship organised by Idukki District Basketball Association under the auspicious of Kerala basketball Association at Shanthal Jyothi Public School Floodlit Indoor Stadium Muttam.

In Boys final, Pranav did the bulk of the scoring for his side as with 28 points to his credit as they defeated the defending champion Kottayam 45-28.

In Girls, the combined effort of Thiruvananthapuram which also enjoyed a good bench strength which made them to scrape past Kottayam who had anchored by International player Ann Mary Zacharia with the score of 59-56.

For the Third Position  in girls, Kozhikode beat Thrissur 52-48 while Ernakulam took the Boys bronze as they beat Thrissur 41-38.

Earlier in semi-finals Kottayam defeated Ernakulam 44-39 and Thriuvananthapuram defeated Thrissur 60-38.

In Girls Semi-finals Thiruvananthapuram defeated Kozhikode 48-29 and Kottayam defeated Thissur 68-47 to make the finals.

Detailed Scores

Finals

Girls

• Thiruvananthapuram-56(Chinnu Koshy-15, Abhirami-15, Amrutha P-13) beat Kottayam-56(Ann Mary Zacharia-21, Aksha Thankam-13, Swapna Marin-10)

Boys

• Thiruvananthapuram-45(Pranav Prince-28) beat Kottayam-28(Jim Paul-10)

Third Position

Girls

• Kozhikode-52(Patisha K-20, Avani-14) beat Thrissur-48(Aleena Antony-14, Christeena Sabu-14)

Boys

• Ernakulam-41(Anwin Saju-1,Aswin-11) beat Thrissur -38(Abhinav CR-12)

Semi-Finals

Boys

• Kottayam-44(Deepak S-15, JimPaul-9, Ajin-8) beat Ernakulam-39(Anwin Saju-4)
• Thiruvananthapuram-60(Pranav Prince-23) beat Thrissur-36(Rajeeb-8)

Girls

• Kottayam-68(Ann Mary Zacharia-29, Aiswarya-12, Swapna Cherian-8) beat Thrissur-47(Criteena Sabu-12, Aleena Jaison-12, Aleena Antony-10)
• Thiruvananthapuram-48 beat Kozhikode -29

Quarter-Finals

Girls

• Thrissur- 46(Aleena Antony-12) beat Wayanad -13
• Thiruvananthapuram-32(Chinnu koshy-11) beat Alapuzha-7
• Kozhikode -52(Patisha-17,Aneya-9) beat Ernakulam-30
• Kottayam-57(Ann Mary Zacharia-25,Swapna Marium-16) beat Kannur-55(Sreelakshmi-20,Jesly PS-16)

Boys

• Thrissur-52(Sonal VS-14) beat Alappuzha -28(Arjun-8)
• Kottayam -58( Deepak S Vettikat-18,Joseh C-14) beat Pathanamthitta-29(Govind Manoj-8)
• Thiruvananthapuram – 69( Pranav prince26,Alotius12) beat Kozhikode-62(Nithin Babu-22)
• Ernakulam- 54(Ananthu KS 12, Anwin Saju-11) beat Idukki-47(Farzeem-15,Joel Vince-11)