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Kerala Men and Women Move on to the Semi-Finals
Ludhiana, 12th May 2018: Kerala men march on to the Semi-Finals as they beat Tamil Nadu 110-102 while Women defeated Madhya Pradesh 63-40 here for the69th Junior National Basketball Championship for Men and Women at the Ludhiana Basketball Academy, Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana.
Kerala Men will now take on Punjab while Women in will meet Karnataka on the Semifinals. In other semi Finals, Rajasthan will meet Delhi in Men while in women Tamil Nadu Will take on UP.
In the men Quarterfinal Match after trailing 17-37 in the first Quarter fought ack Brilliantly to reduce the score to 57-64 before ending the 3rd Quarter with the score of 78-78 and won the match at 110-102 Sejin Mathew Played a captains game top scoring 42 points followed by Shanazil Muhammed with22 Muhammed Salih with15 Chacko C Simon contributing12 for the victory for Tamil Nadu Aravind Kumar from NBA Academy who fouled out in the dying Minutes was the leading scorer with 27 points and Sangeeth Kumar making 25
In the women quarterfinal Kerala after leading 33-18 in the first half came on to beat Madhya Pradesh with the score for Kerala Aparna Sadasivan was the leading scorer with 17 points.
Quarter finals
Men

1. Kerala- 110 (, Sejin Mathew 43, Shanazil Muhammed 22, Muhamamed Salih 15, Chacko C Simon 12, Jerome Prince9) bt Tamil Nadu -102(Aravind Kumar27,Sangeeth Kumar25,).
2. Delhi(Aditya 24 pts, Nitin 25 pts) bt U.P(Priyanshu 20 pts, Akshay 16 pts) 86-78[24-13, 23-26, 19-13,20-26].
3. Rajasthan(Rajeev 45 pts, Ashish 21 pts) bt Gujarat(Ashutosh 35 pts, Krishnapal 23 pts) 112-107[37-27, 30-29, 30-27, 15-24].
4. Punjab-105(Princpal singh34,Gurnor singh26) bt Karnataka-70(priyanshu36) (11-21,34-18,19-17,38-14).

Women

1. Kerala-63(Aparna Sadasivan17 Ann Mary Zacharai12 Anu Maria10) bt Madhya Pradesh-40.
2. U.P(Vaishnavi 43 pts, Kavya 17 pts) bt Gujarat(Ria 18 pts, Tavleen 12 pts) 76-47[14-21, 11-09, 25-15, 26-02}.
3. Karnataka(Sanjana 28 pts, Harshitha 13 pts) bt Maharashtra(Neha 17 pts, Anshika 14 pts) 67-49[23-15, 20-18, 8-5, 16-11].
4. Tamil Nadu-90(S Pushpa24,S Avantivardhan23) bt Punjab-61(dalideep Kaur20,Rajandeep Kaur19)(13-21,21-1227-9,24-19).

Yesterday late League matches
Day-5 Results:
Men:
Group A:

1. Chandigarh(Ajmer 30 pts, Kawaljeet 13 pts) bt Haryana(Rampal 23 pts, Mukesh 21 pts) 89-85[14-09, 21-23, 29-30, 25-23].
2. Punjab(Gurnoor 22 pts, Vivek 19 pts) bt TN(Arvind 14 pts, Dhamodaran 9 pts) 80-51[29-06, 13-20, 24-05, 14-20].

Women:
Group A:

1. T.N(Dharshini 26 pts, Monica 18 pts) bt Karnataka(Sanjana 19 pts, Grishma 15 pts) 79-67[19-12, 13-14, 21-25, 26-16].
2. Maharashtra(Neha 23 pts, Shreya 15 pts) bt Punjab(Sakshi 21 pts, Rajandeep 18 its ) 73-68[14-18, 14-29, 20-12, 25-09].

Loser Knockout Quarter Final
Men:

1. Karnataka(Prashant 21 pts, Srujan 17 pts) bt Gujarat(Kuldeep 20 pts, Ashutosh 14 pts) 81-77[20-08, 16-23, 23-27, 21-19].