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The Young outfit under Akhil AR Pathanamthitta shocked last year’s runner-up Thiruvananthapuram 54-48took while the Men while the Women had an Easy match over Thrissur 59-15 to make it a Four in a row here for the 61st Kerala State senior basketball championship at the Government Boys School here on Sunday night.

The State Title came for Pathanamthitta after a Gap of 24 years at the

The Men final between Pathanamthitta and Thiruvananthapuram went in an evenly fought 1st half of 43-43 , PAthanamthittas who had a good bunch of outside shooters the three three-pointers from Hari Krishna Haridas, A.R. Akhil, and Tinu Thomas has actually turned the game for Pathanamthitta’s favor in the dying minutes . In fact, half of Pathanamthitta’s points came from long ranges.

The victory was a big surprise for Pathanamthitta the words from Akhil AR itself reflects because they had earlier lost to Thiruvananthapuram by seven points in the league phase .

The Trivandrum team had all professionals from the KSEB, and the Pathanamthitta team compromise the majority from Mar Ivanios College Thiruvananthapuram.

While the Thiruvananthapuram men looked shaky, the women produced a commanding performance. Thrissur, almost all of them from Irinjalakuda’s St. Joseph’s College with a couple of guest players — Minnu George and K.S. Poojamol — from other districts, could win its first set of points only after Thiruvananthapuram had raced to a 9-0 lead.

The trio of Three Internationals Stephy Nixon, Ajamnna and Jeena PS made al difference for Thiruvananthapuram women , virtually the KSEB outfit . They were all experienced and knew how to shake off their markers without much fuss.

Anjana drove in freely and scored with lay-ups while center Stephy, despite Thrissur’s youth international Nimmy George running in circles around her, had it all easy this evening. And the point guard Grima Merlin Varghese performed her role creditably.

International Poojamol was the only big name in the Thrissur team but she looked out of touch. With the final being very disappointingly lopsided, the organizers also gave a quick finish to the match, forcing the clock to ‘run’ faster.

PS Viswappan Gold Medal for Anjana and Akhil A R

Anjanna PG of Thiruvananthapuram , who hails from Kollam and Working with KSEB and Akhil AR of Pathanamthitta who hails fromPullad, Tiruvalla, and Studying in Mar Ivanios College was Chosen for the Best Player Award of 2016 , the PS Viswappan Gold Medal , the award Instituted by PS Viswappen Foundation

Other Awards

Best Defensive Player
(Men) – Rahul Sharath
(Women) – Stephy Nixon

Parameswaran Pillai Memorial to Best Promising Player Award Rs2500/-each
Women Kavitha Jose Kottayam
Men – Gineeb Benny Thrissur

Shri John M Chacko Chief Patron of Kerala Basketball Association Gave away the trophies and Mementos

Youth Gold & Silver Medallists Honoured
Kerala team toys then took the boys Title after 29 years and the Silver Medallist Girls Were felicitated at the Venue of the State Senior Basketball Championship here at Manjeri by the Chief Patron of Kerala Basketball Association Shri John M Chacko . The team which came from Hassan were taken from Kozhikode by Bus

The Detailed results:

Men’s final: 
Pathanamthitta 54 (Prem Prakash 16, Harikrishnan 11, A.R. Akhil 10) bt Thiruvananthapuram 48 (Ashin Xavier 11, Sreerag N. Nair 11).

Women final: 
Thiruvananthapuram – 59 (Stephy Nixon 23, P.G. Anjana 14, P.S. Jeena 10) bt Thrissur 15.

Third place:
Kozhikode bt Thrissur 58-53. Semifinal: Thiruvananthapuram 58 (Tony K. Mathew 14, Ashin 10) bt Kozhikode 43 (V.K. Ajith 13, Rahul Sharath 11, Arun Kumar 10).

women
Kottayam -20 bt Palakkad -8.

Semi Finalsits
Men
Thiruvanthapuram-58(Tny K Mathew 14,Ashin C Xavier10,Nithin Paul Stehan9) bt Kozhikode-43(Ajith VK13,Rahul Sharath11,Arun Kumar10)
Pathanamthitta-65(Akhil Ar22,Sumesh11) nt Thrissur-62(Rijas19,Amit Sebastian17)

Women
Thriuvanthapy uram-20 bt Pallakkad-11
Thrissur-50(poojamol KS15,) bt Kottayam-25(KAvitha Jose13,Nimmy9)

Quarter Final Matches
Women
Thiruvanthapuram-23 bt Alapuzha-9
Kottayam-59(Kavitha Jose21) bt Kollam-52(Ashy Mathew24,Anjana SS18)
Thrissur-54(AswathyJayasankar 14,Bony Varghese10) bt Kannur-23(sanika Saju10)
Kottayam-59(Kavitha Jose21,Athira MS12) bt Kollam-52(Ashy Mathew24,Anjana PS18)

Men 
Thiruvanthapuram-61(Arun 15,Vineeth Mohan10) bt Malapuram-34(Baluraj11,Nicewin M10)
Kohikode-63(Ajith AR119,Rahul15,Muhammed Noufel10,Jishnu G Nair10) bt Kottayam-50(Sugethnath15AkhilS11)
Pathanamthitta=57(Akhil Ar16,HArikrishnan10) bt Ernakulum-23