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Kerala Boys also Start well

Hassan, Karnataka, 20th November 2016: Kerala Boys also  started well as they beat a tight high-scoring game 80-71 against Haryana.  and again dubbed Gujarat 76-52 on the second day of the  33rd Youth National Basketball Championship 2016, the

In other matches in girls beat Punjab 60-24, while the boys defeated Jammu and Kashmir 64-31. Later in the evening, the Kerala boys won

On the morning of Day 2, joint defending champions Tamil Nadu girls got off to a winning start after handily beating West Bengal 68-19. The Odisha girls also won their game today morning with a 48-14 drubbing of Puducherry. Joint defending boys’ champions Tamil Nadu fell to a 79-67 defeat against Chhattisgarh, who were led by Binod Rajak’s 16 points.

The level 2 boys’ games saw some close encounters that were decided in the final minutes. West Bengal edged past Uttarakhand 73-69 with a strong fourth quarter showing. The Goa boys came from behind against Telangana outscoring them in the third quarter to reclaim the lead and finish with a 65-59 win. Andhra Pradesh steamrolled Tripura (50-14), while Odisha registered a comfortable 71-52 win against Himachal Pradesh. Puducherry had a reason to cheer today morning as they registered their first win in the tournament in their match against Bihar that ended 69 to 56. Sathyavanam led the way for Puducherry with 29 points.

Detailed Scores  
Boys
Level 1:
Kerala Boys also Start well

Hassan, Karnataka, 20th November 2016: Kerala Boys also  started well as they beat a tight high-scoring game 80-71 against Haryana.  and again dubbed Gujarat 76-52 on the second day of the  33rd Youth National Basketball Championship 2016, the

In other matches in girls beat Punjab 60-24, while the boys defeated Jammu and Kashmir 64-31. Later in the evening, the Kerala boys won

On the morning of Day 2, joint defending champions Tamil Nadu girls got off to a winning start after handily beating West Bengal 68-19. The Odisha girls also won their game today morning with a 48-14 drubbing of Puducherry. Joint defending boys’ champions Tamil Nadu fell to a 79-67 defeat against Chhattisgarh, who were led by Binod Rajak’s 16 points.

The level 2 boys’ games saw some close encounters that were decided in the final minutes. West Bengal edged past Uttarakhand 73-69 with a strong fourth quarter showing. The Goa boys came from behind against Telangana outscoring them in the third quarter to reclaim the lead and finish with a 65-59 win. Andhra Pradesh steamrolled Tripura (50-14), while Odisha registered a comfortable 71-52 win against Himachal Pradesh. Puducherry had a reason to cheer today morning as they registered their first win in the tournament in their match against Bihar that ended 69 to 56. Sathyavanam led the way for Puducherry with 29 points.

Detailed Scores  
Boys
Level 1:

• Kerala (Amal Reghu 25, Chacko Simon 11, Sejin Mathew 8) bt Gujarat (Dvij Tanna 12, Krishnapal Singh 12) 76-52 (19-9, 14-15, 23-13, 20-15)
• Kerala (Amal Reghu 25, Chacko Simon 11, Sejin Mathew 8) bt Gujarat (Dvij Tanna 12, Krishnapal Singh 12) 76-52 (19-9, 14-15, 23-13, 20-15)
• Chhattisgarh (Binod Rajak 16, Ayushman 14) bt Tamil Nadu (Aravind Kumar 27, Akash 11, Prathap 7, Tarun Kumar 7) 79-67 (17-21, 15-6, 25-9, 22-31)
• Chhattisgarh (Binod Rajak 16, Ayushman 14) bt Tamil Nadu (Aravind Kumar 27, Akash 11, Prathap 7, Tarun Kumar 7) 79-67 (17-21, 15-6, 25-9, 22-31)

Girls

• Karnataka (Anagha 13, Aishwarya 10, Astha Vartak 6) bt Punjab (Sakshi Sharma 7, Daljeet Kaur 6) 60-24 (27-8, 12-10, 12-4, 9-2)
• Tamil Nadu (Avanti Vardhan 13, S. Pushpa 12, J. Monica 12) bt West Bengal (Tanya Dheerendra 8) 68-19(22-3, 24-4, 9-8, 13-4)
• Madhya Pradesh (Divyani Ganiwal 17 pts, Varsha Kusawah 15) bt Punjab (Prabhjot Kaur 26, Radha Rani 13) 64-57 [21-17, 15-14, 10-13, 18-13]

Level 2:
Boys

• Odisha (Lipramayee 21, S. Sahoo 6) bt Puducherry (Venus Gloria 4) 48-14 (14-0, 12-5, 9-1, 13-8)
• Odisha (Sarat Nayak 19, SK Jena 11) bt Himachal Pradesh (Rahul 22, Vishal 13) 71-52 (14-11, 21-12, 22-13, 14-16)
• West Bengal (Azaz 17, Janab 10, Aman Dubey 10) bt Uttarakhand (Riyanshu 31, Prashant 15) 73-69 (13-19, 16-17, 15-13, 29-20)
• Puducherry (Sathyavanam 29, Lovan 17) bt Bihar (Dharmender 20, Raunak Kumar 16) 69-56 (19-4, 10-21, 12-17, 28-14)
• Andhra Pradesh (J. Prasad 17) bt Tripura (Mehul Sangwan 9) 50-14 (24-2, 15-0, 2-6, 9-6)
• Goa (Shaun Arango 31, Benedict 8) bt Telangana (Mithil Reddy 23, Aman T. 9) 65-59 (10-15, 10-13, 23-10, 22-21)

Girls

• Rajasthan (Aparna Saini 19, Nandita Choudhary 9, Yakshika Singhal 8) bt Andhra Pradesh (N. Padmavathi 9, P. Uma Maheswari 6) 52-36 (16-10, 13-4, 10-12, 13-10)
• Uttarakhand (Tarini Boparai 31, Mansi Basera 7) bt Bihar (Kavya Singh 6, Nisha Kumari 4) 48-12 (8-2, 19-7, 17-0, 4-3)