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KERALA BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
34th KERALA STATE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP FOR YOUTH BOYS &GIRLS 2017
FOR SAMJOSEPH VENUE: St EPhremes MAnnanam & KE School Mannanam DATE: 16-21 May 2017

Title for Kottayam and Thiruvanathpuram

20th MAY 2017- 34th Kottayam boys Retained the Boys Title defeating Idukki (69-42) Thiruvanthapram Girls defeated Thrissur 90-84 in the finals of the 34th edition of the Kerala State Basketball Championship For Youth Boys and Girls 2017, will be held tomorrow (21st May )at the St Ephrem’s Basketball Flood Lit Indoor Stadium at Mannanam and at KE School Mannanam . Final Four 

In Girls division Thiruvananthapuram girls after trailing 31-46 in the Interval came back strongly through Sree Kala who contributed a massive 37 points to her team o the victory she was well assisted by Ameesha Jose with 17 points, JijiS with 11points and Krishna Priya for Thrissur Aparna sadasivan was the leading scorer with 24 Points and Sandra Contributing 21 points

In the boys, Final in an evenly contested first half where Kottayam lead points for Kottayam Jerome Prince was the leading scorer was the leading scorer with points followed by scoring points and for Idukki, Tom Jose was leading scorer with18 points

The Trophies for the Girls Division was distributed by Jose K Mani MP

Special Awards

Best Player

• Sreekala R, Thiruvanathapuram (girls)
• Jerome Prince Kottayam (Boys)

Promising Player

• Aparna Sadasivan Thrissur (Girls)
• Tom Jose, Idukki (boys)

Bronze for Alappuzha Boys and Kottayam Girls
Alappuzha boys defeated Thrissur 61-46 while Kottayam Girls trounced Kannur 41-20 to claim the Bronze medal

Detailed Scores

Finals Girls 
Trivandrum-90 (Sreekala R 37, jiji Ameesha, Jose Jiji S 11, Krishnapriya10) bt,Thrissur-84 (Aparna Sadasivan24, Sandra Anil 21, Ann Maria Johnny18,)

Finals Boys
Kottayam – 69(Jerome Prince 23, David C V12, Dinoy12), bt Idukki- 42(Tom Jose 18, Noyal Jose16)

Bronze Medal Match
Girls
Kottayam-41((Ann Mary Zacharia10) bt Kannur-20

Boys
Alapuzha-61(Chriso Sabu22,Yajur das11) bt Alapuzha-46(Rahul J 18,Midhun PM10)