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In Men Services to meet Utharkhand

Mysuru, 15th January 2016: Kerala women avenged their defeat they had last year in the Semi final as they drubbed Delhi with the score of 82-41 and Sail into the Final of the 66th Senior National Basketball Championship underway in Mysuru. Kerala women will take on Indian railways in the final

In the Men semi-final, Uttarakhand stunned favourites Tamil Nadu and will meet the Services who defeated Punjab

Kerala women lead by Jeena PS drubbed Delhi in the second semi-final after leading 39-15 at the half time for Kerala it was again Jeena with 30 points as the top scorer followed by Stephy Nixon with 18 and Neenumol making 11 and Anjana PG contributing10pts for this victory to the final which they are making it after a gap of 15years . Delhi Prathima Sing was the top scorer with 21 followed rasp reet making 15

Earlier in the first semifinal of the day was between the women’s teams of the Indian Railways and Telangana. Railways have been undefeated in the tournament thus far, while Telangana … The first half was tight with only 4 points separating the teams. For Telangana, it was starter Divya P. (21 points) who was scoring the bulk of her team’s points. On the other hand, the Railways had contributions from multiple players. Telangana relied too much on their starters with little contribution from their bench leading to rising fatigue levels of their main players in the second half. The Railways rotated their players nicely, and their bench stepped up to the occasion scoring 23 points in the contest. Railways also took advantage of their size on the inside, outrebounding Telangana 56 to 39, leading to 20-second chance points. Veteran point guard Anitha Paul-Durai led the Railways team with 20 points as they blew the match wide open to finish with a 78-50 victory to meet Kerala

Uttarakhand triumph over Tamil Nadu with miraculous comeback to meet Services who toppled Punjab

The first men’s semi-final was a clash between last year’s finalists, Tamil Nadu and defending champions Uttarakhand. Tamil Nadu was yet to lose a game entering this match while Uttarakhand had dropped one of their group games to Punjab. There was little to separate the two teams in the first half with Tamil Nadu holding just a slim lead over Uttarakhand. Vishesh Bhrighuvanshi (21 points) led the charge for Uttarakhand with his ability to drive to the rim. India forward Yadwinder (21 points) also contributed with nifty moves in the post. For Tamil Nadu, it was Rikin Pethani (20 points) who provided the major scoring contribution with Pratham Singh (15 points) and Prasanna Venkatesh (11 points) putting in timely buckets. In the third quarter, Tamil Nadu brought on their 6th man Siva Balan, who immediately had an offensive impact, helping balloon his team’s lead to double digits. Tamil Nadu held a 20-point lead at one point in the fourth quarter, but this was when Uttarakhand showed their championship pedigree and started their miraculous comeback. Down by 18 with 4 minutes and 20 seconds left in the game, veteran Uttarakhand point guard Riyazuddin banked in back-to-back 3 pointers. This was followed by two 3 pointers by veteran shooting guard Trideep Rai to bring the lead down to 2 and Malayalee Murali Krishna put a Basket and tied the score with 20 seconds to go for the Final whistle from a pass from riyazudeen .. With 14 seconds left, Tamil Nadu had the chance for a game-winning bucket, but a steal by Uttarakhand on poor inbounds pass led to a layup by Bhrighuvanshi on the other end. Down by 2 points, Tamil Nadu’s final attempt by Akilan Akil went awry and Uttarakhand clinched a 71-69 victory to advance to the final.

Punjab and Services faced each other for the first time in the tournament today in their men’s semi-final. Punjab was yet to taste defeat in the tournament and were looking to continue their resurgent run all the way to the final. But Services had other plans as they began the game with well, led by their point guard Joginder Singh. Establishing an early lead in the contest, Services were the better team in the first half. The Services big men, Ashutosh Rai and Malayalee Setu SM crashed the boards for their team, giving Services a big rebounding advantage (60 to 40). Punjab centre Gagandeep Singh had a below par outing with only 11 points and 9 rebounds. Gurvinder Gill put up a double-double for Punjab with 16 points and 11 rebounds, including a spectacular alley-oop dunk. After a 9-point lead at the end of the first half, Punjab fought back in the third quarter regaining the lead at the end of the third. But the last period completely belonged to Services as they outscored Punjab 30 to 11. Jayram Jat was the main contributor for services with 20 points. Joginder Singh had an all-around game with 16 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals. Services have set up a title clash with Uttarakhand to be played tomorrow.

Results Semi Finals

WOMEN

Kerala -82(Jeena PS30,Stephy Noixon18,Neenumol PS11,Anjanna PG10) bt Delhi-41(Prathima Singh21,Raspreet Sidhu15)
Indian Railways – 78(Anitha Paul-Durai 20, Sitamani Tudu 13, Rajapriyadarshini 12) bt Telangana-50 (Divya P. 21, Ramya 10) (22-19, 15-14, 28-10, 13-7)

MEN

Uttarakhand- 71(Vishesh Bhrighuvanshi 21, Yadwinder Singh 21, Murali Krishna 11) bt Tamil Nadu-69 (Rikin Pethani 20, Pratham Singh 15, Prasanna Venkatesh 11) (16-18, 17-20, 14-19, 24)
Services – 83(Jayram Jat 20, Ashutosh Rai 18, Joginder Singh 16) bt Punjab -66 (Gurvinder Gill 16, TJ Sahi 14, Gagandeep Singh 11) (22-15, 18-16, 13-24, 30-11)

5th to 8th place classification matches

WOMEN

Tamil Nadu (CL Rini 20, Srividhya 17, Prithi 14) bt West Bengal (Anjana Dezy 29, Libina 26, Madhu Kumari 14) 83-76 (21-13, 22-24, 22-21, 18-18)
Chhattisgarh (Poonam Chaturvedi 34, Bharti 19) bt Punjab (Nirmal 29, Kirandeep 20, Indu Kumari 14) 79-75 (13-19, 14-24, 26-19, 26-13)

MEN

Karnataka (Anil Kumar 20, Isaac I. 10) bt Kerala (Jishnu Nair 12, Robin 11) 72-50 (22-15, 15-8, 15-10, 10-17)
Indian Railways (Somvier S. 24, Ajay Pratap Singh 18, Gaurav Ohlan 13) bt Gujarat (Kasi Rajan 29, Vinay Kaushik 21, Harpal 13) 87-76 (23-24, 26-12, 15-24, 23-16)

For 9th and 10th place

WOMEN

Maharashtra (Kasturi More 11, Sangeeta Mandal 11) bt Rajasthan (Nisha Sharma 23) 61-44 (30-10, 5-12, 11-9, 15-13)

MEN

Haryana (Amit 15, Ravi 12, Vijender 11) bt Chhattisgarh (Dinesh Mishra 10, Palash P. 10) 66-48 (17-9, 21-10, 11-19, 17-20)

Loser Knockout Final

MEN

Maharashtra (Umesh Deshmukh 12, Rohan Jagdap 12, Edwin 11) bt West Bengal (Sagar Joshi 25) 58-55 (10-10, 12-24, 23-14, 13-7)