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Athirampuzha – Thiruvananthapuram retained Men and Women Title as they beat Kollam(81-66) in women and Thrissur(81-66) in Men here for the 63rd Senior State Basketball Championship, at the St Aloytius Ground Athirampuzha organised by JCI Athirampuzha and Kottayam District Basketball Association under the aegis of Kerala Basketball Association, while Ernakulum men and women grabbed the Bronze medal as they beat Kozhikode (64-42) and Palakkad (44-31)

The women final With both teams dominating the players from KSEB final match was an evenly contested one till the end of the third quarter as the score reads (50-49) in favour of Trivandrum but the ten minutes saw experience International trio of Trivandrum Jeena , Stephy and Anjana made all difference to make them the champions for the sixth consecutive year. Stephy Leads the scoring chart for Trivandrum with 30 points followed by Anjanna scoring 25 and Jeena with 13, for Kollam Kavitha was the leading scorer with 19 points and was supported by Minnu Maria and Amrutha making 18 points each.

The men the Trivandrum out fit also anchored by Players from KSEB Played a collective game as they lead 28-11 at the interval, defeated the Younger Out Fit Thrissur virtually the Kerala Varma College Team 63-50

PS Viswappan Gold Medal for Jishnu Nair and Stephy Nixon

PS Viswappan Gold Medal to the Best Men and Best women Player awarded to Jishnu Nair and Stephy Nixon both from KSEB Trivandrum. The award instituted in memory of PS Viswappan, former International referee and Coach

The trophies and Mementos were distributed by sri Suresh Kurup Ettumanoor MLA

Detailed Results

Final

Women

– Thiruvanthapuram – 81(Stephy Nixon 30, Anjanna PG 25, Jeena PS13) bt Kollam- 66(Kavitha Jose 19, Minnu joy 18, Amrutha ES 18)

Men

– Thiruvanthapuaram-63(Sugeethnath 15,Akhil AR 14, Ashin Xavier 13,Jishnu G Nair 10) bt Thrissur-50(Antony Johnson 20,Shanazil Muhammed 12)

Bronze Medal Match

Women

– Ernakulum-44(Aneesha Cleetus 15,Anjana 13) bt Plakkad-31(Rhea Jinendran 10)

Men

– Ernakulum-64(Amith Sebasitian 23,Basil Phip 11) bt Kozhikode-42(Tins Thomas 16)

Semi Final on Saturday

Women

– Kollam-51(Amrutha 18) bt Ernakulun-48(Aneesha Cleetus 17, Chippy Mathew 12, Athulta 10))

– Trivandruml-68(Jeena PS 2, Stephy Nixon 17, Anjana Pg 12) bt Palakkad-43(Neenumol PS 19, Poojamol KS 8)

Men

– Thrissur-64(Antony Ohnson14, Grigo Mathew12, Chacko C simon8) bt Ernakulum-59(Amith Sbastiian 21, Shanazil Muhammed 12)

– Trivandrum-72(Akhil AR 15, Sreenath Nair 13,Sarath S 11) bt Kozhikode-60(Shinumon Augustine 18

Quarter Finals

Men

– Kozhkode-72(Shinumon Augustine 32,Bony Mathew 15, Albin Baby 10) bt Kottayam-65(Sam Jose Sunny 18, Sudarshan 10)

– Ernakulum- 57(Ebin Wilson 15, Amit Sebastian 14) bt Alapuzha-36(Jomon Jose 13, Sumesh 10)

Women

– Thiruvanthapuram-62(Jeena PS 29, Stephy Nixon 14, Anjana PG 9) bt Kottayam-47(Aiswarya 14, Jayalakshmi 12, Athira MS 9, Anumara 8)

– Kollam-46(Kavitha Jose 23,Nimmy George 9) bt Alapuzha-29(Angha 17)