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Puducherry 2nd May 2016: Kerala Teams are off to a good start here at the 67th Junior National Basketball Championship organised by the Puducherry District Basketball Association, under the aegis of the Basketball Federation of India (BFI) as it tipped off today morning at the Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium in the city.
Kerala Junior Women had an easy outing against Uttar Pradesh with the score of 45-12 while the boys had to wait till the last Second as Prem Prakash used his length to intercept a loose ball and converted a game-winning fast break to make Kerala 83-81 victory in a match where the lead changes continuously.

26 boys teams and 22 girls teams are participating this year, with matches being played on one indoor court and three outdoor courts. As is standard practice, the teams in both boys and girls section have been divided into two Levels- Level 1 (Groups A & B) and Level 2 (Groups C to F). The tournament is played on a league cum knockout basis, with as many as 128 matches played from early morning till late night. In the league stages, all teams within each group play against each other, and the top teams qualify for the knockout stages. For an in-depth understanding of the Championship format, please visit

DETAILED SCORES

BOYS

Rajasthan -56(M. Aly 24, S Kumar 10) bt Uttar Pradesh-46 (Lav Singh 14, Dheeraj 12) [12-16, 13-12, 21-11, 10-7]
Kerala-83 (Muhamed Siras 24, Hari Krishnan 12) bt Tamil Nadu-81 (Hari Ram 22, Bala Dhaneshwar 14, Pradeep Kumar 12) [15-13, 18-22, 25-22, 25-24]

GIRLS

Kerala-45 (Nivya Raj 12, Nimmi George 10) bt Uttar Pradesh-12 (Shreyasi Vats 7) [12-3, 5-3, 11-2, 17-4]
Karnataka-69 (Bhandavya 13, Bhoomika 10) bt Rajasthan-20 (Asha Nayak 5) [20-10, 13-2, 20-7, 16-1]
Chhattisgarh-59 (Vandana 19, Riya 16, Mahina 12) bt Tamil Nadu-58 (Ishwarya 17, Nishanti 13, Ria Sharon 8) [14-18, 14-7, 20-17, 11-16]
Haryana-65 (Surya 18, Namraj 16) bt Madhya Pradesh-53 (Sakshi P 22) [13-8, 11-12, 20-16, 21-17]

Level 2

BOYS

Mizoram-75 (Lalfakzula 34) bt Tripura-74 (Akshay 27) [13-21, 20-22, 17-14, 25-17]

GIRLS

Himachal Pradesh-53 (Sonika 21, Vishali 7) bt Andhra Pradesh-30 (N. Padmavathi 11, N. Saroja 8) [15-8, 6-12, 12-8, 20-10]
Telangana -44(Natasha 15, Nuthana 11) bt Bihar-14 (Kajul Singh 4) [16-0, 5-0, 15-8, 8-6]
Goa-52 (Amisha 28, Rachel 18) bt Jharkhand-21 (Alka 7, Riya 6) [10-6, 14-2, 8-8, 20-5]