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Kerala Men and Women in to Quarter finals

Ludhiana, 11th May 2018: r Kerala men won their last league match against Maharastra beating them with 106-82 while the Women in an Extra time Thriller defeated Uttar Pradesh here for the 69th Junior National Basketball Championship for Men and Women at the Ludhiana Basketball Academy, Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana.
In the men last league match after trailing 44-49 came back strongly in the last quarter to finish victorious at the score 106=82 Chacko C Simon was the leading scorer with 26 points followed by Sejin Mathew with 25 and Sharon J contributing19 Muhammed Saliah with13 nad Shanazil Muhammed with 11 for Maharashtra Faizal Khan was the leading scorer with 23 points.

The women league match was a thrilling affair as Kerala after leading 38-23at the halftime but International Vaisnavi who scored a massive 71 points rose in to the occasion single-handedly Putting UP Back in to the seat ended the regulation time on an equal score of 78-78 to go for an extra Period and Kerala pulled off an t 89-86 Victory leading Sreekala R 34, followed by Ann Mary Zacharai21, Anu Maria16, Aparna Sadasivan13)

1. Men
   1. Kerala- 106(Chacko C Simon 26, Sejin Mathew 25 ,Sharon J 19, Muhammed Salih 13 Shanazil Muhammed 11 Bt Maharastra=82(Faizal Khan23,Tanay Thatte17}
2. Women
   1. Kerala-89( Sreekala R 34 ,Ann Mary Zacharai21,Anu Maria16,JAprna Sadasivan13) bt Uttar Pradesh-86( Vaishnavi Yadav71)

Other results

1. Men:
   • Group A:
     1. U.P (Akshay 31 pts, Prasun 25 pts, Priyanshu 22 pts) bt Chandigarh (Rahul 32 pts, Ajmer 26 pts) 115-92 [33-23, 30-16, 20-21, 32-32]
     2. T.N (Akshay 31 pts, Prasun 25 pts, Priyanshu 22 pts) bt Haryana (Rahul 32 pts, Ajmer 26 pts) 86-75 [33-23, 30-16, 20-21, 32-32]
     3. 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]
   • Group B:
     1. Delhi (Nitish 27 pts) bt Maharashtra (Suraj 26 pts ) 82-79 [8-14, 11-18, 26-14, 27-33]
     2. Rajasthan (Rajeev 36 pts, Sumeet 13 pts) bt M.P (Harshwardhan 19 pts, Uday 14 pts) 97-62[34-26, 30-15, 16-10, 17-11]
   • Group C:
     1. Goa (Jeshua 22 pts) bt Pudducherry (Sathyavanan 22 pts) 76-50 [12-09, 26-14, 20-18, 18-09]
   • Group D:
     1. Odisha (Sarat 25 pts, Suresh 14 pts) bt Bihar (ashraj 27 pts, Dharmendr 22 pts) 72-66 [16-19, 19-11, 17-15, 20-21]
2. Women:
   • Group A:
     1. Gujarat (Tavleen 22 pts, Ria 15 pts) bt M.P (Asmat 30 pts) 73-71 [22-17, 15-23, 16-16, 20-15]
     2. 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]
   • Group B:
     1. Maharashtra (Neha 24 pts, Sakshi 14 pts) bt Rajasthan (Yashika 16 pts, Ishika 09 pts) 101-45 [19-16, 29-13, 32-03, 21-13]