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Hassan, Karnataka, 22nd November 2016Kerala boys have sealed a place in the quarterfinals with their fourth win of the tournament today morning against Chhattisgarh (66-54). Similarly, the Girls also put up a bright show won their fourth match defeating the defending Chhattisgarh 79-58

Earlier on a late match yesterday night Kerala girls put on a clinical performance against the upstart Uttar Pradesh girls team. Led by U14 MVP Sreekala’s 33 points, Kerala outscored UP in the second half to cruise to a 60-48 win.

The Kerala boys also showed their class remaining undefeated. Taking full advantage of their length, Kerala picked up an easy victory against Tamil Nadu (77-60). Kerala’s Amal Raghu top scored with 36 points.

Boys

• Haryana (Anil 14, Pankaj Ganghas 12, Anup 10) bt Gujarat (Aman Bothan 8, Gurupurab Singh 8) 51-30 (29-14, 7-4, 5-4, 10-9)
• Kerala (Amal Reghu 15, Sejin Mathew 14, Shanazil 12) bt Chhattisgarh (Binod Rajak 14, Salim Ali 13, Govind 11) 66-54 (21-13, 9-14, 15-17, 21-10)
• Punjab (Jagshaanbir Singh 16, Princepal Singh 12, Vivek Chouhan 12) bt Maharashtra (Shaikh Zaid 19, Suraj Kumar 17) 86-62 (24-10, 19-17, 12-22, 31-13)
• Uttar Pradesh (P. Mishra 22, Bhagyansh Gulati 18, Priyanshu 17) bt Delhi (Adiya Singh 31, Nitish Beniwal 18, Abhishek Sharma 13) 81-80 (15-14, 14-19, 27-16, 25-31)
• Kerala (Amal Reghu 36, Sejin Mathew 14)bt Tamil Nadu (R. Ravi Amaresh 17, B. Tharun Kumar 11) 77-60 (27-8, 18-10, 11-21, 21-21)

Girls:
Level 1:

• Kerala ()Jayalakshmi24,Festy P Jose14,Aparna Sadasivan10) bt Chhattisgarh (Ekizabeth Ekka19) 79-58 (22-11,22-22,2-12,15-13)
• Tamil Nadu (K. Priya 19, Avanti Vardhan 14, S. Pushpa 9) bt Madhya Pradesh (Divyani Gangwal 11, Ruchi Patel 7) 80-43 (19-3, 27-13, 12-13, 22-14)
• Punjab (Sakshi Sharma 18, Prabhjot Kaur 14) bt West Bengal (Taraha Naz 15) 39-33 (10-6, 4-11, 8-4, 17
• Uttar Pradesh (P. Mishra 22, Bhagyansh Gulati 18, Priyanshu 17) bt Delhi (Adiya Singh 31, Nitish Beniwal 18, Abhishek Sharma 13) 81-80 (15-14, 14-19, 27-16, 25-31)
• Uttar Pradesh (Vaishnavi Yadav 30, Shivani Gupta 11) bt Maharashtra (Shreya 20, Anshika 13, Sakshi Kotian 11) 59-58 (17-14, 17-10, 15-22, 10-12)