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Bambolim, 12th March 2016: Kerala Women which confirmed their Semi-Final Berth today in the last League Match ended with an authoritative Victory over Maharashtra with the score 81-63 and Topped the Group A to Meet the 2nd place team in Group B Telangana here for the 30th Federation Cup 2016 at the Shyama Prasad Mukherjee indoor stadium in the Goa University Campus while in other Semi-final both Chhattisgarh team will meet South-east Central Railway Bilaspur will take on the State team Chhattisgarh.

In Men semi Final IOB Chennai will take on Vijaya Bank Bangalore while ONGC will Meet Army Reds Maharashtra needed a huge win against favourites Kerala to stand a chance of advancing to the semi-finals But all hopes that Maharashtra had been dampened right from the first quarter with Kerala racing away to a 24-10 lead after 10 minutes of the game. Kerala’s best player and go-to scorer Jeena PS got to the basket with ease scoring 26 points to go with 10 rebounds. Kerala centre Stephy Nixon also had a good outing with 14 points and Rojamol also Contributing 15points while Anjana came up with 9 points and 5 assists all these from KSEB contributed ensuring that Kerala maintained, at least, a 15-point lead for the rest of the game. For Maharashtra, Manisha Dange came with 21 points and Malayalee International of Maharashtra Shruthi Menon contributed 20 points Kerala team id Mix of College and Professionals 6 from college other from KSEB (4)& Kerala Police(2) There was little bench contribution for Maharashtra, while Kerala displayed their deep bench strength as 23 points coming from their reserves. Kerala Police team who mad their exit from the Championship ended up with a lone victory over Goa Don Bosco Oratory club with the score 64-38 Karnataka and Delhi faced each other later in an inconsequential match with both teams knocked out of contention for the semifinals. As Karnataka won with 45-31 lastly men’s game of the day saw home team Don Bosco Oratory, Goa (DBO) losing their fourth and final game of the tournament against the mighty Indian Overseas Bank, Chennai 63-38 victory.

Defending champions ONGC, Dehradun took on a dangerous Army Red side, featuring prominent players from the Services team that won the Senior Nationals this year. The game turned out to be closer than expected, with Army Red eager to prove their mettle and pull off an upset. Forward Ramesh Kumar went to work in the post finding the bottom of the net with his baby hooks and turnaround jumpers. Athletic guard Mayur Bhat was also aggressive in the first half penetrating the ONGC defence to finish at the basket or create opportunities for his teammates. Both Bhat and forward Jairam Jat, who helped to stretch the floor for Army, were knocking down timely triples to stay neck-and-neck with ONGC.

As usual, Vishesh Bhrighuvanshi (18 points) was ONGC’s go-to scorer pushing the tempo and finishing in transition, while fellow international Yadwinder hustled his way to 8 points. Veteran guard Riyazuddin (17 points and 10 rebounds) provided the offensive spark for ONGC, with his assertive drives to the basket and getting to the free throw line. But ONGC was cold from 3-point range today. Shooting guard Trideep Rai made just one out of his eight attempts while Vishesh was unable to connect on all four of his 3-point shots. ONGC’s shooting troubles kept Army in the contest as the game went down to the final minutes. But too many turnovers (22 in the entire game) proved disastrous for Army leading to transition buckets for ONGC in the dying minutes. Former India player Mohit Bhandari came off the bench for ONGC to knock down a crucial late triple that sealed the deal for his team and ending Army’s campaigns.

Detail Scores Final

WOMEN: GROUP A

Kerala-81 (Jeena PS 26, Rojamol G 15, Stephy Nixon 14,Anjanna PG9,,Athira M5,Kavitha Jose5) bt Maharashtra-63 (Manisha Dange 21, Shruthi Menon 20, Sangeeta Mandal 14) (24-10, 15-13, 26-20, 16-20)

WOMEN: GROUP B

Karnataka -74(Kavana CR 25pts 12 rbs, Ranjitha 20, Priyanka P 11pts 12 rbs) bt Delhi-63 (Sahiba 20pts 19rbs, Princy 15, Monika Vats 12) 74-63 (10-14, 21-31, 19-5, 24-13)

MEN: GROUP B

Indian Overseas Bank, Chennai-63 (Arvind Annadurai 14, Mihir Pandey 12, Satheesh K 11) bt Don Bosco Oratory, Goa-38 (Dillano Marchon 9, Shawn Soares 7, Aakash Madgavkar 6) 63-38 (23-6, 15-4, 8-14, 17-14)
Kerala Police -64(Jijo Thankachan 17, Sreejith Nair 15, Jomon Jose 13) bt Don Bosco Oratory Goa-38 (Abraham M 9, Charles D 9) 64-38 (22-14, 19-10, 11-5, 12-9)