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Thiruvalla 19th March 2017 ;- In a thrilling final league match of the Final4 to decide the men’s champions and runner Up of the 16th Champions Trophy all-Kerala inter-club basketball championship, Customs and Central Excise prevailed over KSEB 72-6 to qualify themselves for the 31st Edition of Federation Cup to be held at Coimbatore on 22nd to 26th March 2017 .

I women final 3 Kerala Police claimed it with a clean slate as they beat Providence College Kozhikode 71-67 in the final League match and Assumption College Claimed the runner Up spot with a 1 victory and 1 loss and Providence finished 3rd position.

In Men Kerala Police Men finished 3rd position with 2-1 as they beat Sree Kerala Varma college Thrissur in exciting encounter with score 68-64 and Sree Kerala Varma College Finished as 4th

The men final was an exciting one, Spirited Youngsters of KSEB which started leading the first quarter with the Score of 19-15 and ended the first half in an evenly poised score of 31-31

The third quarter also saw KSEB surging ahead, Jishnu Nair who contributed 14 points in that quarter Combining with Ajeeth Sugunan put KSEB on the lead ending the quarter with the score 53-49.

The fourth deciding quarter it was Veteran Subash J Shenoy from the bench made all changes to the game as he used his confidence with consecutive three-pointers which put ahead Customs into the winning track, but again the younger trio of KSEB Jishnu Nair, Tony Mathe, and Sreerag N Nair put back KSEB to a slender lead of 68—65 but this time it was experienced Abhilash who incidentally the top scorer for Customs with 16 points responded to this situation with his three-pointers making it 68-68 and Eudric Perera sealed the Situation for Customs with an fast- break with 30 seconds to go for the final whistle and a couple of free throws by Abhilash sealed the Customs victory with 72-68 .

In the final league match in the women Kerala police after a slender lead of 27-26 in the first half came on to beat Providence 71-67 for Police Surya P R was again the top scorer with 18 points followed by Neenumol with11 points and Agnes Davis scored 10 points for Providence Elizabeth Hillarios was the leading scorer with26 points supported by Osheen naveendran with22 points and Athulya making14 points

The State women State Team was also announced Neenumol PS, Surya PR, Chippy Mathew , Vinaya Joseph (all from Kerala Police) Anjana PG,Rojamol,Shilji George(all from KSEB) India Nelson & Kavitha Jose (Assumption College Changanmhcerry) Shilpa Athulya N(providence College Kozhikode ) Nimmy George(St Joseph College Irinjalakuda

The trophies and Mementoes were Distributed by P P Varghese Secretary Kerala Basketball Association and President K Manohara Kumar.the Championship was inaugurated by Shri A.PM. Mohammed Hanish, IAS Chairman & Managing Director, SUPPLYCO(former Secretary of Sports & Youth Affairs) on 14th March 2017.

4 Kerala Players to Miss Federation Cup

It was a major setback to the team as the four Players who were at the Senior Indian Camp Including captain of the winning team Athira, Prolific Players Jeena PS, Grima Merlin Varghese and Poojamol KS have to return from the senior women’s national camp in Indore as they have been diagnosed with chicken pox while Athira with an Injury sustained to her leg .https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif

Detailed Results league Matches Women

• Kerala Police -71(Surya P R18,Neenumol PS11,Agnes davis10)bt Providence College Kozhikode-67(Elizabeth hllarios26,Osheen naveendran22,Athulya n18)
• Kerala Police Thruvanthapuaram- 60(Surya PR 21,Neenumol PS 15,Vinaya Joseph8) bt Assumption College Chaganacherry-45(Nimmy Mathew17,India Neson11,RoseMary10)
• Assumption College Chanagancherry-69(Kavitha Jose18,Rose Mary17,Nimmy Mathew11, Niya Scaria11) bt Providence College Kozhikode-58(Osheen Naveendran13,Ahulya N10)

Detailed Results league Matches Men

• Customs and Central Excise 72 (Abhilash TS 16, Shinumon Augustine 15) bt KSEB Thiruvanthapuram- 68 (Sreerag N Nair 22, Ajeeth Sugunan 14, Jishnu G Nair 14)
• KSEB Thiiruvanthapuarm-56(Sreerag N Nair 22,Tony K Mathew13, Jishnu G Nair10) bt Sree Kerala Varma College Thrissur-42(Sijo Mathew 20,Gineeb benny11)
• Kerala Police- 68((Sreejith N Nair19,Jijo Thankachan13,Christy Chacko12) bt Sree Kerala Varma College Thrissur-64(Grigo Mathew Varghese20,Gineeb Benny 21,Rijas M 13)
• Central excise Kochi-75(Abhilash TS20,Eudrick Perara15,Shinumon Augustine10) bt Sree Kerala Varma College Thrissur-51(Muhammed Rijas10,Ginneb Benny10)
• Central Excise Kochi-85(Manoj R27,Bony mathew14,Shinumon Augustine12) bt Kerala Police-67(Sreejith N Nair18,Jijo Thankachan14)
• KSEB Thiiruvanthapuarm-91(Srerag N Nair16,Ajeeth Sugunan13,Ashin Xavier10) bt Kerala Police-55(Sreejith N nair10)

Qualifying Round Match Men

• Sree Kerala Varma College Thrisur-73(Mohammed Rijas20,Grigo Mathew17) bt Sacred Heart College Thevra-54(manikuttan15,Rizwan12,Ebin Wilson10)

Qualifying Round Match Women

• Assumption College Chanagancherry-66(,Rose MarySajan17,Nimmy Mathew16,) bt St Johns College Anchal-38(Athira AV14)