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Puducherry, 7th May 2016: Kerala Jr men making the final after a gap of 19 years as they beat Delhi 72-68 at the first Semi final of the 67th Junior National Basketball Championship organised by the Puducherry Basketball Association (PBA), under the aegis of the Basketball Federation of India (BFI), at the Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium in the city.

Kerala in Jr men in an evenly contested match trailed 29-30 at the end of First half and again went out of the hands as Delhi increased the lead to 53- 37 by the end of third quarter but the third quarter saw Kerala’s fighting quality as they scored 35 points in the last quarter as of 15 by Delhi captain prem rose on to the occasion scoring 15 points in the last quarter along with Hari Krishnan and Akhil B who came as a substitute in the last quarter made a useful 6 points for the sweet victory Prem came as the top scorer with 27points followed by Hari Krishnan and Shiras making 10 points each for the victory Kerala Men will now take on the winners of Tamil Nadu and Haryana match.

Kerala Jr Women also had a Good run today as they drubbed Delhi with the score 76-33 and now will face Haryana for the 5th Position match.

Detailed score

SEMI FINAL JR MEN

Kerala-72(Prem Prakash27,Harikrishnan10,Mohammed Shiras10) bt Delhi-68(Rachat20,Vishal19)

Results Day 7 (7-5-2016) till 12:00 pm

Classification match 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th

BOYS

Punjab (Ajit 11, Rahul 10) bt Rajasthan (Abbas 19) 62-46 [8-6, 14-17, 30-14, 10-9]
Chandigarh (Amit 32) bt Maharashtra (Aaron 21, Sayyad 18) 103-92 [27-24, 24-13, 21-16, 31-39]

GIRLS

Haryana (Surya 27, Bharti 18) bt Punjab (Komalpreet 22, Aakarshan 14) 85-64 [21-15, 26-10, 14-16, 24-23]
Kerala -76 (Anusha IP17,Nimmy George13,Aswathy jayasankar10) bt Delhi (Ragnee 16, Sushantika 14) 76-33 [23-8, 23-9, 15-8, 15-8]

9th and 10th place

BOYS

Chhattisgarh (Arvind 20, Panvas 16) bt Telangana (Salman 10) 61-40 [9-12, 11-5, 22-10, 19-13]

GIRLS

Gujarat (Arti 18, Nandita 12) bt Rajasthan (Asha 12) 44-32 [10-7, 10-4, 6-10, 18-11]

Level 1 to Level 2

*note that all four teams are relegated to Level 2 from Level 1 and these matches were played in order to decide the divisions of these teams between Groups C to F for next year)

BOYS

Madhya Pradesh (Ashwani 14, Mayank 10) bt Uttar Pradesh (Lav 15) 50-41 [9-10, 23-7, 10-8, 8-16]

GIRLS

Madhya Pradesh (Isha 19, Sakshi 15) bt Uttar Pradesh (Pooja 19) 57-41 [13-13, 17-15, 12-11, 27-12]

Level 1

Quarter Finals

BOYS

Delhi (Vishal 27) bt Chandigarh (Jatin 11) 68-48 [13-11 27-8, 17-9, 19-12]

Loser’s Knockout- Finals (for Level 2 teams out of the main competition)

BOYS

Uttarakhand (Mayank 19, Himmat 18) bt Goa (Roy 19, Shaun 12) 71-49 [14-8, 18-13, 20-7, 21-