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Mysuru, 12th January 2016: Kerala women drubbed Maharashtra 65-35 for their 3rd straight victory in Group A and qualify themselves to the quarterfinals of the 66th senior national basketball championship here at Chamundi Vihar Indoor Stadium in mysuru. Kerala now has to meet Telangana for the final group match to decide the group winner.

In the league match today Kerala after leading 43-20 at the halftime with Jeena Ps again top scoring for Kerala with 25 points followed by S Anjana Pg with 13 and Stephy Nixon making 11 for Maharashtra Manisha top scored with 17 followed by International Shireen limayae making 13

In women division, there was an another upset as Telangana defeated Chhattisgarh 79-72 with sticking to their fast-paced style of play and knocking down their open shots. Despite last year’s MVP Poonam Chaturvedi putting up huge numbers with 46 points and 19 rebounds, For Telangana Keralite Anusha Anto put up a double-double with 19 points and 14 rebounds, including 9 offensive rebounds while Divya P. had a big game with 23 points. Then in other women match Indian Railways women remain unbeaten defeating last year’s runners-up Delhi with the score 83-33. Railways completely overpowered their undersized opponents, with forward Apoorva Muralinath leading the way with 20 points.

In men session, Utharkahnd beat Haryana 83-55 while Punjab again showed their class defeating Delhi with the score 99-89 remain unbeaten in the group while Karnataka men fall to DeComing off their first victory of the tournament against Haryana, failed against Delhi with the score 73-84 with forward Gopal Ram top scoring for Delhi with 33 points. On yesterday late match the Services team bounced back after their loss against Tamil Nadu with a comfortable victory against the Railways. Mayur Bhat, the Services sixth man, made a major impact off the bench as he turned the game to his team’s favour with his 20 points.

In the level 2 games yesterday evening, Gujarat men beat Uttar Pradesh in a hard-fought contest. Vinay Kaushik, Gujarat’s international player, led his team with 26 points as they clinched the top spot in Group E. In the other level 2 game yesterday evening, the Maharashtra men beat Jammu and Kashmir 66-54.

Level 2 qualifying matches also took place today. Gujarat continued their good form with a 75-56 victory against Rajasthan. West Bengal women also remained unbeaten in the tournament with a win against Odisha today, while the Rajasthan women defeated the Uttar Pradesh side.

Referees Clinic from 14th
Besides on-court action, the Basketball Federation of India in association with Karnataka State Basketball Association will also be organizing the FIBA Asia Development Plan – Referees clinic at the Chamundi Stadium, Mysuru from 14th to 16th January, 2016. This will be conducted by Mr. Heros Avanesian, Head of Competition – Asia, International Basketball Federation, FIBA Asia.

As per the FIBA Asia directives & guidelines, it is mandatory for all National and FIBA Active referees to participate in the clinic. Non-participants or referees who fail the tests will be deprived of officiating FIBA ASIA events.

Detailed Results Level 1

MEN

Delhi-84 (Gopal Ram 33, Parveen Dovan 22) bt Karnataka -73(Anil Kumar 24, Sashi Kumar 13, Sashi S. 12) (14-18, 28-18, 23-11, 19-26)
Services-78 (Mayur Bhat 20, Jairam Jat 20, Setu SM 13, Ashutosh Rai 13) bt Indian Railways-61 (Ajay Pratap Singh 14, Himanshu Sharma 12) [17-17, 11-20, 12-19, 21-22]
Indian Railways-94 (Somvier S. 21, Raj Kalbhor 15, Ajay Pratap Singh 14) bt Telangana -53(Harish N. 13, David Boon 12, Ambati Prudhvi Reddy 12) (23-19, 21-17, 25-11, 25-6)
Uttarakhand-83 (Murali Krishna 24, Trideep Rai 18, Vishesh Bhriguvanshi 11) bt Haryana -55(N Narendran 16, V Virendar 9) [19-12, 30-16, 11-18, 23-9]
Punjab -99(TJ Sahi 24, Ranbir Singh Virdi 17, Gagandeep Singh 16) bt Delhi -89(Parveen Dovan 27, Gopal Ram 27, Sachin Sharma 15) 99-89 (22-25, 24-15, 20-29, 33-20)

WOMEN

Kerala-65(Jeena PS25,Anjanna PG13,Stephy Nixon11, Neenumol PS 8) bt Maharashtra -35(Manisha Dange17,Shireen Limaye13)
Indian Railways -83 (Appoorva Muralinath 20, Anitha Paul-Durai 14, Sitamani Tudu 10) bt Delhi -33(Pratima Singh 9) [6-12, 35-5, 23-14, 19-2]
Telangana-79 (P. Divya 23, Anusha Anto 19, Aishwarya Nataraj 18) bt Chhattisgarh 72(Poonam Chaturvedi 46, Saranjeet Kaur 18) (17-16, 15-22, 23-18, 24-16

Detailed Results Level 2

WOMEN

Uttar Pradesh -42(Vaishnavi Yadav 10, Shruti 9) bt Jammu and Kashmir -12(Pratibha 10) (10-6, 15-0, 14-3, 3-3)

MEN

Gujarat-78 (Vinay 26, Dhawal 14, Kasi Rajan 13, Harpal 10) bt Uttar Pradesh -71(Ashutosh 20, Ankur Anand 19, Bobby 16) [22-19, 12-11, 18-22, 26-19]
Maharashtra-66 (Loveneet 14, Pradeep Chavan 14) bt Jammu & Kashmir-54 (A Ranbir 18, D Iqbal 11) [19-16, 19-15, 16-13, 12-20]
Chhattisgarh -90 (Dinesh Mishra 34, Rudrashk Pandey 16, Rajesh 14, Kiran 11) bt Chandigarh -76 (Ravi 20, Bipin 19, Pulkit Sood 18, Gurinder Singh 15) [25-12, 26-20, 20-23, 19-21]
Bihar-62 (Yogesh Kumar 16, Hemnath Hooda 15, Deepak Kumar 12) bt Himachal Pradesh-43 (Deepak Thakur 14, Ashwani Kumar 14) (11-12, 8-15, 22-10, 21-6)

Qualifying matches (Level 2 to Level 1)

WOMEN

Rajasthan – 77(Nisha 29, Surya 13, Kumud 12) bt Uttar Pradesh -67 (Vaishnavi Yadav 28, Shivani 12, Shruthi 9) (19-18, 21-18, 16-15, 21-16)
West Bengal – 76(Madhu Kumari 24, Anjana Dezy 17, Libin A. 17) bt Odisha-52 (Suvanki 18, Rajashree 12, Jayashree 12) (21-10, 22-9, 13-21, 20-12)

MEN

Gujarat-75 (Dishant Shah 19, Vinay Kaushik 12, Harpal 11) bt Rajasthan-56 (Kamran Khan 23, Saurabh Badaya 14) (25-6, 21-14, 10-16, 19-20)

Loser Knockout Quarterfinals

WOMEN

Bihar (Divya Pandey 17, GS Sravanthi 15) bt Jammu and Kashmir (Amarpreet Kaur 10) 55-21 (16-6, 8-5, 25-5, 6-5)

MEN

Maharashtra (Pradeep P. 32, Ajinkya Mane 17) bt Odisha (Lagnajeet 14, K. Sravan Kumar 11) 79-47 (20-15, 18-9, 22-12, 19-11)