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Kasargod 20th April 2016 :- Kozhikode Jr Women avenged their defeat they had in the last Year as they beat Thrissur 66-46 to crowned the Junior Women Title Similarly Kottayam Jr Men Crowned the tile defeating Thrissur 58-40  here for the 40th edition of the Kerala Junior State Basketball Championship for Junior Men and Junior Women which was organised by  Kasargod District Basketball Association under the auspicious of Kerala Basketball Association , at the Newly Built Pilicode Panchayath Maidan in Kalikadavu, Kasargod

In an evenly contested Jr Women final till the half and  Lead 31-25 at the first half  Kozhikode came on to beat Thrissur with the score of  66-46 with Nivya raj top scoring for Kozhikode with 21points followed by Anusha IP with 19 points for Thrissur Nimmi George scored 19 points to came as the top scorer
 
In Jr Men Division after leading a low scoring first half of 18-15,  Kottayam came on beat Thrissur 58-40 with Shiras leading the scoring  for Kottayam with 27 points followed by Akhil B who rose on to the occasion in the final for Kottayam contributing 16 points  and for Thrissur Grigo Mathew came as the top scorer with 17 points
 
Earlier Erankulum jr Men defeated dfending champion Thiruvanthapuram 61-41 and Jr Women division Kannur defeated Thriuvanthapuram 53-43 to secure Bronze spot.

On Monday late night semi Final matches  Kozhikode jr women who had an 25-4 lead in the first half came on to beat Kannur with the score 44-21 to meet Thrissur in the final. Aswathy Jayasankar lead the score tally for Kozhikode with 19 points.
 
In Jr Men Division 1st Semi Final Kottayam who had an 30-27 lead in the first half accelerated the scoring in the  second half came on to beat the defending Champion Thiruvanthapuram 57-39 to meet  Thissur who had an easy match  over Ernakulum when  they drubbed them to the score of 41-17. Trophies were distributed by K Kunjiraman MLA

Detailed Scores

Junior Women Final

• Kozhikode-66(Nivya Raj21,Anusha IP19,Akhila Mohan12) bt Thrissur-46(Nimmy George19,Reyna Catherine10)

Junior Men

• Kottayam-58(shiras Ahamed 27,Akhil B16,Jacob Jaimon10) bt Thissur-40(Grigo Mathew17,Indian Nelson10)

Bronze Medal matches

Junior Women

• Kannur-53(Aiswarya Sabu17,Rose Mary Sajan13,Lithara KR 10) bt Thiruvvanthapuram-43(sreekala R23)

Junior Men

• Ernakulum-61(Ebin Jose16,Sharaun Frazilin14) bt Thiruvanthapuram-41(prem Prakash18)

Semi finals

Junior Women

• Kozhikode -44(Asawaty jayasankar 19,Anusha IP12) bt Kannur-21(Lithara CK10)

Junior Men

• Thrissur-41(Grigo Mathew 14,Anto Prince10) bt Erankulum-17(Sharan Frazi10)
• Kottayam-57(Jacob Jaimon14,Sudharsan13, Shiras Muhammed12), bt Thiruvnathapuram-39(prem prakash12)