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Puducherry, 4th May 2016: Day Kerala Junior Men & Women registered their second Straight Victory in Level 1 Matches as they beat Chandigarh 77-71 while Kerala girls came out strong after their defeat yesterday at the hands of Karnataka 57-65,now by outplaying Rajasthan. In the first quarter Rajasthan was trailing by 1 point but from the second quarter onwards, Kerala proved too good from behind the arc to easily win 66-39. In the second match of the day, Karnataka stayed undefeated by beating Maharashtra. Priyanka and Bhandavya both had a huge scoring day for Karnataka with 28 points each.

67th Junior National Basketball Championship organised by the Puducherry Basketball Association (PBA), under the aegis of the Basketball Federation of India (BFI), commenced today at the Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium in the city. In key Level 2 qualifying matches, Telangana and Chhattisgarh from the boys section and Gujarat and Delhi from the girls section made it through from the Level 2 to Level 1. They have now progressed to the pre-quarterfinals stage.

PUNJAB & HARYANA BOYS GET 1 POINT WINS OVER MAHARASHTRA & TAMIL NADU

After an epic 20 points come back in the fourth quarter, Tamil Nadu fell to Haryana to go 1-2 in the league stages. The key to their comeback was their near perfect execution of the full-court press which forced Haryana into continuous turnovers. Daniel and Bala of Tamil Nadu connected in the last quarter to almost tie the game. Tamil Nadu’s bid to force the game into overtime though was denied as Hari Ram the Tamil Nadu Captain, who was fouled behind the three-point line, was unable to connect all the three free throws.

The late game between the reigning runner-up team Punjab and Maharashtra was another tied encounter for the most part. Maharashtra’s guards were able to connect from behind the arc to take an early lead. Rahul of Punjab had the height advantage in the 2nd quarter when Maharashtra decided to play man to man defence. He was going against a smaller defender and was able to capitalise with a high scoring game of 36 points. But offensively, even Maharashtra was perfect as they were able to counter back by their 3 point shooting. In the last seconds of the game, Maharashtra was down at one point but even after having the last ball possession they were not able to connect and Punjab took this one home.

DETAILED RESULTS

Level 1

  BOYS

Kerala-77 (Muhammed Shiraz 19) bt Chandigarh -71 (Abhishek 21, Amit 15) [14-23, 22-12, 10-24, 31-12]
Haryana -90(Rinku 28, Sonu Kumar 27, Deepak 11) bt Tamil Nadu-89 (Hari Ram 28, Daniel 25, Bala 15) [26-9, 20-22, 26-20, 18-38]
Punjab-69 (Rahul 36, Ajit 10) bt Maharashtra -68(Aaron 18, Moteiro 15) [17-21, 19-10, 16-17, 17-20]
Chhattisgarh -64(Arvind 18) bt Mizoram-42 (Lalchhandama 12) [17-12, 11-8, 13-16, 24-6]
Telangana-76 (Pruthvi 28, Arun 18) bt West Bengal -68(Saddam 24, Gopal 11) [18-16, 12-14, 19-20, 27-18]

  GIRLS

Kerala-66 (Anusha I P 10) bt Rajasthan-39 (Ishika 12) [10-9, 15-11, 18-8, 23-11]
Karnataka-77 (Priyanka 28, Bhandavya 28, Lopamudra 15) bt Maharashtra-71 (Carina 17, Shruti 15, Neha 14) [11-17, 24-21, 20-12, 22-21]
Haryana-78 (Meenu 18, Namarta 16, Surya 14) bt Punjab-58 (Komalpreet 19, Aakarshan Sandhu 15, Rajandeep 8) [15-18, 21-8, 21-16, 21-16]
Tamil Nadu -67(Ishwarya 19, Avanti 9, Srishti 9) bt Madhya Pradesh-40 (Sakshi 19, Isha 14) [17-13, 14-15, 25-9, 11-3]
Maharashtra-72 (Neha Shanu 19) bt Uttar Pradesh-42 (Pooja 17) [16-10, 14-14, 23-9, 19
Karnataka-65 (Bhandavya 24, Bhoomika 19) bt Kerala-57 (Nivya Raj 24, Nimmi George 19) [19-13, 20-12, 15-18, 11-14]

Level 2 to Level 1 Qualification Games

  BOYS & GIRLS

Gujarat (Tavleen 18, Arti 16) bt West Bengal (Paulami 12) 44-22 [14-6, 14-6, 12-6, 4-4]
Delhi (Sushantika 28, Ragnee 25) bt Himachal Pradesh (Vishali 19, Poonam 19) 75-67 [19-17, 20-19, 22-12, 14-19]

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

  GIRLS

Telangana (Natasha 19) bt Jharkhand (Usha 15) 59-44 [13-10, 6-8, 17-12, 23-14]

RESULTS ON DAY 3 (4-5-16) AFTER 5:00 PM

Level 2

  BOYS

Karnataka (Guru Prasad 27, Prajwal 12) bt Gujarat (Amit 14) 64-41 [16-15, 20-9, 19-11, 9-6]
Mizoram (Chuandingliana 18, Sumtansanga 11) bt Himachal Pradesh (Jatin 10) 66-35 [25-12, 14-6, 10-6, 17-11]
Puducherry (Sheldin 14) bt Arunachal Pradesh (Yashmit 10) 56-34 [17-16, 17-7, 12-2, 10-9]
Telangana (Solomon 15) bt Assam (Arnav 13) 66-41 [32-15, 18-6, 10-4, 6-16]

  GIRLS

Uttarakhand (Preeti 11) bt Andhra Pradesh (Susmitha) 37-31 [12-7, 17-6, 4-11, 4-7]
Gujarat (Arti 22, Kshama 14) bt Telangana (Natasha 11) 52-21 [13-8, 13-6, 19-7, 7-0]