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Mysuru, 10th January 2016:Kerala beat Telangana 81-58 on the second day of the 66th Senior National Basketball , for men and women here at Chamundi Indoor Stadium in Mysuru R Manoj top scoring for Kerala with 19 points here for the followed by Eudric Perera scoring 12 and monish Wilson making11

In the women’s section, one of the tournament favourites, Indian Railways registered an easy win of 72-26 against Punjab. Forward Rajapriyadarshini top scored for the Railways with 15 points in a balanced team scoring effort. While the defending champion Chhattisgarh defeated Madhya Pradesh 84-60 with towering Poonam Chaturvedi, who put up the highest individual score of the tournament thus far with 52 points while Sakshi Pandey put in 18 points in the Madhya Pradesh loss..

Host Karnataka unlike their previous game against Punjab, where Karnataka played catch up the whole time, this time, the hosts led 38-32 at halftime against the seasoned Delhi women. Karnataka centre Kruthika, who has represented India in the past, was virtually unstoppable in the paint, scoring at ease. Kruthika came up with 27 points followed by singh sisters Prattma making 30 points and Prasanthi with 25 points Karnataka’s young leader Bhandavya also scored 16 in the losing effort

Telangana women maintained their winning streak as they beat Maharashtra 66-53 with the score . Ramya R led the team with 17 points followed by the malayalees Anusha Anto with 14 pts and jincy Philip scoring 10 for the victory

Favourites in the men section, Tamil Nadu made a huge statement in the tournament by overcoming the dangerous Services team with the score 83-59 . Aravind Annadurai, who is fast becoming a rising star in the Indian basketball circuit, led the team with 24 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists. Services international player Narendar Grewal put up 16 points in a losing effort.

While another favourites Utharkahnd after trailing 27-32 came on to bet Delhi with the score 76-65

In the level 2 men’s section today, Maharashtra went head to head against Uttar Pradesh for a spot in the pre quarterfinals. Composed play from Maharashtra resulted in them being able to come back from behind to steal a victory against Uttar Pradesh 88-80 . Edwin Irvin the keralite top scored with 18 points in the Maharashtra win. In other level 2 games, Chhattisgarh men handily defeated Odisha 73-48 , while Rajasthan men got the better of Himachal Pradesh 84-59. In the women’s level 2 games, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal registered one-sided victories against Tripura and Gujarat respectively.

Results from Day 2

Level 1

WOMEN

Indian Railways (R Raja Priya 15, Sitamani 13) bt Punjab (Indu Kumari 6) 72-26 [26-05, 20-4, 14-15, 12-2]
Chhattisgarh(Poonam Chaturvedi 52, Sangeeta 8) bt Madhya Pradesh (Sakshi Pandey 18, Ringhen 15, Nimdo Bhutia 10) 84-60 (19-14, 25-21, 22-18, 18-7)
Punjab (Harjeet Kaur 21, Indu Kumari 11, Harpreet Kaur 10, Kirandeep Kaur 10)bt Karnataka (Bhandavya HM 21, Lopamudra J 18) 68-64 [19-02, 18-19, 16-23, 15-20]
Delhi-78 (Pratima Singh 30, Prashanti Singh25, Raspreet Sidhu 16) bt Karnataka -67(Kruthika 27, Bhandavya 16) [22-21, 10-17, 20-19, 26-10]
Thelengana-66 (R ramya 17, Anusha Anto15, Jincy Philip10)bt Maharstra- 53(Sangeetha Mandal16, MAnisha Dange15)

MEN

Kerala-81 (R Manoj 19, Basil Philip 12, Eduric Periera12, Monish Wilson11,Ashin Xavier 10) bt Telangana -58 (Boom M David 13, Yadav S Nihal 10, Reddy Ambati 8) 81-58 [19-14,24-16, 24-12, 14-16]
Tamil Nadu-83 (Aravind A 24, Rikin 15, Pratham Singh 11, Prasanna 11) bt Services -59(Narendar 16, Setu SM 14, Ashutosh Rai 10)
Punjab- 89(Gagandeep Singh 27, Talwinder Singh Sahi 21, Guvinder Gill Singh 18) bt Karnataka-76 (Aravind A 25, Anil Kumar BK 24, Sashi Kumar 12) [19-19, 21-19, 24-21, 25-17]
Uthar Khand- 76(Vishesh Brighuvanshi18,Trideep Rai17,Murali Krishna12) bt Delhi -65(Sachin19)
Level 2

MEN

Uttar Pradesh-61 (A Anand Singh 14, Bobby 6, Abhishek 6) bt Arunachal Pradesh -36(Ankit 6) [22-12, 10-08, 13-05, 16-11]
Chandigarh -85 (Kuldeep Singh 22, Raul Bhadwaj 17) bt Goa-56 (Marshal Shandu 15, Charles D Souza 13, Shawn Sonares 9) [24-16, 14-10, 30-22, 17-08]
Gujarat – 66 (Vinay 19, Harpal 10) bt Jammu & Kashmir-43 (Shubam 13) [24-16, 16-11, 13-08, 13-08]
Maharashtra- 88 (Edwin Irvin 18, Loveneet Ajwal 16, Pradeep Chavan 16) bt Uttar Pradesh – 80(Ankur Anand Singh 27, Ashutosh Ku Singh 15, Bobby Singh 14) [16-20, 25-19, 22-16, 25-25]
Madhya Pradesh – 51 (Harindra 10) bt Jharkhand-38 (Alen 13) (18-2, 19-12, 11-14, 3-10)
Puducherry-71 (Vinod 32, Harikrishna 11) bt Goa-64 (Shawn Soares 19, Charles D’Souza 8) (22-16, 20-5, 11-28, 18-15)
Chhattisgarh-73 (Kiran 23, Dinesh 12) bt Odisha-48 (Sahid Khan 10) (30-16, 20-15, 13-10, 10-7)
Rajasthan- 84 (Kamran 20, Dinesh 17, Govind 13) bt Himachal Pradesh-59 (Deepak 21, Anoop 16, Ashwani 9) (26-10, 20-14, 17-27, 21-8)
Bihar -69 (Yogesh Kumar 18, Hemant Hooda 16) bt Mizoram-38 (Vishesh 11) (23-5, 12-11, 18-11, 16-11)

WOMEN

Andhra Pradesh-32 (Nikita 10) bt Tripura -12(Chesta 6) (22-3, 6-2, 1-3, 3-4)
Bihar-47 (Shravanthi 32, Kritika 8) bt Puducherry-29 (Manjula 7) (11-10, 17-9, 16-8, 3-2)
West Bengal -64(Anjana 16, Salma Devi 15) bt Gujarat -12(Ria Dubey 4, Nidhi 4) (13-10, 21-0, 15-2, 15-0)
Haryana-50 (Sanju 13, Kafiu Jyoti 7) bt Andhra Pradesh -36(U Naga Durga 10) [10-13, 17-07, 14-06, 09-10]
Chandigarh -54(Sweety Rani 17, Pooja 10, Neha 7) bt Goa-32 (Shaheen Rebello 12) [5-19, 11-4, 20-01, 18-8]