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Noida, 6th June 2017: Kerala at last found a victory as they beat Gujarat 48-28 and now to play against Delhi and the Victory aginst it will book a berth into the quarter-final here for the 68th Junior National Basketball Championship at Shiv Nadar University Noida.

Kerala boys stayed undefeated as they beat Delhi 93-83 and drubbed Telangana 109-26 in Group B Match
Neighbours Punjab and Haryana boys squared off in a level 1 class which was expected to be a bruiser of a contest. However, Punjab’s size and talent was too much for Haryana to handle, who crumbled to a 79-55 defeat. Up to five Punjab players scored in double digits. In the other level 1 boys’ match yesterday evening, Chandigarh got the better of Telangana (89-58), led by Amit’s 28 points. Tamil Nadu girls also picked up a win last evening against Rajasthan 59 to 31 and remained unbeaten.

On the morning of Day 3, defending champions Karnataka maintained a perfect record with a win against Delhi 45-37. A strong first quarter (23-7) set the tone for Karnataka who cruised to the win, despite not having the services of forwarding Snigdha, who suffered a minor injury yesterday.

The Uttar Pradesh girls continued to shine on their home court. Shreyasi (17 points) and Vaishnavi (14 points) ensured a 19-2 start to the game, which ended in a 47-20 win for UP against the Odisha girls. Both the girls’ and boys’ teams of Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal registered victories today, while the Madhya Pradesh boys overcame Himachal Pradesh in a 71-58 win.

Women: Level 1 Group A

• Kerala (Jayalakshmi 8, Lithra 5, Sreekala 5, Aneesha 5) bt Gujarat (Tavleen 12, Ria 7) 48-28 (16-9, 9-3, 11-6, 12-10)
• Karnataka (Sanjana Ramesh 18, Harshitha 14, Chandana G. 7) bt Delhi (Meena 16, Sushantika 10) 45-37 (23-7, 9-11, 4-9, 9-10)
• Tamil Nadu (S. Puspa 19, N. Mirudhula 11) bt Rajasthan (Yashika 16, Ishika 7) 59-31 (17-7, 18-12, 10-6, 14-6)

Women: Level 2 Group A

• Uttar Pradesh (Shreyasi 17, Vaishnavi 14) bt Odisha (Lipramayee 7, Ambika 6) 47-20 (19-2, 11-11, 10-5, 7-2)
• West Bengal (Paromita 29, Babita Das 16) bt Telangana (Nashita Amira 14, R. Jyothi 10, G. Sandhya 10) 77-45 (31-15, 12-6, 18-13, 16-11)
• Andhra Pradesh (Vyshnavi 16, Susmitha 10, N. Padmavathi 8, Uma Maheshwari 8) bt Uttarakhand (Srishti 10) 50-19 (6-4, 14-4, 14-2, 16-9)
• Himachal Pradesh (Poonam 17, Muskan 12) bt Jharkhand (Pallavi Ghosh 7) 39-16 (18-2, 9-2, 8-12, 4-0)
• Telangana (K. Jyothi 17, Nashita A. 11) bt Goa (Amisha L. 8) 45-16 (10-6, 15-8, 8-2, 12-0)
• Uttarakhand (Srishti Rawat 15, Jaya Joshi 10) bt Assam (Mamtaz Begum 6) 40-11 (14-0, 15-4, 6-7, 5-0)

Men: Level 1

• Punjab (Kanwar Gurbaz 19, Swapnil Sharma 16, Mandeep Singh 14, Gurwinder Singh 13, Princepal Singh 12) bt Haryana (Rinku 33, Sachin 11)79-55 (23-18, 15-12, 25-12, 16-13)
• Chandigarh (Amit 28, Anuj 17, Rahul 16, K Vishal 11) bt Telangana (Vipin 16, Pradeep 11, S. Sai Krishna 11) 89-58 (22-17, 27-22, 22-15, 18-4)

Men: Level 2

• Madhya Pradesh (Yugesh 18, Puneet 14, Rituraj 10) bt Himachal Pradesh (Jatin 15, Sahil 10, Akshay 10, Namneet 10) 71-58 (24-8, 10-16, 11-16, 26-18)
• West Bengal (Gopal 22, Vinod 19, Saddam 17) bt Jharkhand (Ashwini 28, Ranjan Singh 15, Rahul 11) 85-67 (29-19, 18-11, 16-21, 22-16)
• Andhra Pradesh (AS Pavan 25, N. Md. Haroon 17, V. Naga Durga 16, SS Krishna 12) bt Odisha (Sarat 21, Suresh 20, Srikanta 14) 88-74 (24-26, 24-18, 22-20, 18-10)
• Andhra Pradesh (AS Pawan Kumar 13, SS Krishna 13) bt Puducherry (M. Samuel 6) 55-26 (19-7, 11-4, 19-5, 6-10)