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New Delhi – Kerala Girls which Got their entry through wildcard, the entry which they got by the Desecration of Federation rather from the organizing Committee Proved them their decision with the dominant performance as the finals result speaks when they drubbed Haryana 90-47 at the final in the basketball competition of the inaugural Khelo India School Games l at the KD Jadhav Stadium New Delhi. This was also the only Gold for Kerala contingent in the team event. In Boys, Punjab scrapes past Delhi 78-76 to take the Crown.

Kerala powered by U17 Internationals Sreekala R and Ann Mary Zacharia and Indian campers Ann Mary Johnny and Aparna Sadasivan joined with tall Anu Maria from SAI Thalasserry moved to the crown with a facile victory over Haryana.

All turned up at the KD Jadhav Stadium this morning expected a tight contest since Kerala had to strive hard to eke out a 74-65 win when the teams met in the league encounter. But Kerala came out with all guns in the initial quarter itself moving to a comfortable lead of 28-8 and the tight defense in the first half put the team ahead an unassailable lead of 55-19 as Haryana was unable to cope with the fast-breaks of Ritika, Suman and Sonika finding the basket with regularity in the 3rd quarter.

Sreekala R was leading scorer for Kerala with 33points followed by Ann Mary Zacharia contributing21. The team was coached by Manoj Xavier from St Josephs HSS Thiruvananthapuram and managed by Aparna from LNCPE. The members Sreekala R © Jiji S and Krishna Priya SS(all from St. Goretti School Thiruvananthapuram) Ann Mary Zacharia and SumaraStanly (both from Mount Carmel HSS Kottayam) Ann Maria Johnny and Aparna Sadasivan (both from Little flower HSS Koratty) Anu Maria C. S (SAI Thallasserry)Andhra Xavier (Shanthal Jyothi Muttam) Rebecca Martin(Bhavans Elammkara) Devika Prajosh(St Michaels GHS Kozhikode).

Scores:
Finals:
Boys: Punjab 78 (Rajan 26, Price Pal Singh 21, Harpreet 10, Binod 14) beat Delhi 76 (Jai Parkash 16, Ankit 15, Ashok 15). Half-time: 36-36;
Girls: Kerala 90 (Sreekala R 33, Ann Mary Zacharia21, Ann Mary Johnny 11) beat Haryana 47 (Ritika 17, Meena 10). Half-time: 55-19.
Bronze medal play-off :
Boys: Madhya Pradesh 89 (Divyaraj Singh Rathore 30, Mani Thakur16) beat Haryana 84 (Rampal 20, Kapil Mor 22). Half-time: 45-37;
Girls: Delhi 70 (Kritika Dhingra 19, Khushi Ahlawat 19) beat Karnataka 57 (Grishma N 14, Manasa 10). Half-time: 39-27.