NATIONAL BASKETBALL FINALS
12/01/2022
Mixed Fortune for Rajasthan in the Final
Kerala Girls finished 4th and Boy’s 5th
Indore ;- Rajasthan had a Mixed fortunes as their boys won defeating the maiden finalist Chandigarh 82-61 while Punjab Girls utilising their height advantage came on to beat Rajasthan 57-52 here for the 71st Junior National Basketball Championship, at the Basketball Complex Race course Road Indore , the Championship hosted by the Madhya Pradesh Basketball Association under r the aegis of Basketball federation of India
Punjab started with a 13-4 lead within five minutes ended the first half leading 39-26 but Rajasthan in the 3rd quarter through Rashi Kotani reduced the lead to 1 points but a basket and a three Pointer from Karanveer kaur but Punjab again back in to the game before winning the match at 57-54 Manmeet kaur came up with 14 points and 11rebounds along with Kanishka Dhir also contributing 14 points Rashi Kotani was the top scorer for Rajasthan with 19 points
Teja Singh Dhaliwal General Secretary PBA said that it is proud moment for Punjab to win Gold after 29 years though Punjab’s junior girls last won silver in 1998 and bronze in 2003. R S Gill (DGP) Retd and PBA president has appreciated the efforts of coaches of the team that Gold laurels have been brought back to Punjab. Yurinder Singh Hayer IPS(Retd), Sr Vice President of PBA and Parminder Singh Heer SP City, Ludhiana also an international Basketballer from Punjab also congratulate the team.
In the boys match which went on evenly till the 3rd Quarter Rajasthan boys after leading 41-40 at the Interval came strongly in the last quarter to beat Chandigarh 82-61 Lokendra Singh came as the top scorer with 30 points Jitendra Kumar with15 and Digvijay Singh controlling the game came u with 14 points for the victory Amrendra Singh did the bulk of scoring with18 points for Chandigarh
Bronze for Chhattisgarh Girls and Uttar Pradesh Boys
Chhattisgarh Girls defeated Kerala 76-56 while Uttar Pradesh beat Karnataka 84-64 to take the bronze Position
For the 5th and 6th Placings Kerala Boys defeated Punjab 74-71 while Karnataka Girls beat Maharashtra 53-48 for the 5th spot
Tamil Nadu took the 7th Spot in boys and Girls their boys beat Madhya Pradesh 54-46 while the Girls defeated Delhi 60-40
Detailed scores
Finals
Girls
Punjab-57(Manmeet Kaur14,Kanishka Dhir14,Kavya Singla12,Karan Meer Kaur12 )bt Rajasthan-52(Rashi Kotani19, Ankita Kuamri12)(23-13,16-13,8-15,10-11)
Boys
Rajasthan-82(Lokendra Singh30, Jitendra Kumar Singh15,Digvijay Singh14,Hemanth Nayak10)bt Chandigarh-61(Amarendra Singh18,Abhishek 11)(24-18,17-22,18-11,23-11)
Bronze Medal
Girls
· Chhattisgarh-76Riya Kunghadkar 31,ShantiYaya12,Urvashi Baghel11,Dimpal Dhobi10) bt Kerala -59(Sreelakshmi18,Shilpa PJ10)((15-11,25-10,14-13,22-22)
Boys
· Uttar Pradesh-84(Kushal Singh25,Rishab Jaiswar18,Shreyansg raj singh160)bt Karnataka—64( Manoj BM 26,Achinya krishna18) (27-15,26-16,14-13,17-20)
5th and 6th Position
Boys
· Kerala -74(Pranav Prince28,karthik10) bt Punjab 71-(rahul11) (13-22,21-13,17-12,23-24)
Girls
· Karnataka-53(Sanjana N K22, Pavani D S12) bt Maharashtra-48 (Ricca Ravi17Dhara Patel12)
