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Bangalore – Sree Kala R who hails from Thiruvananthapuram and now With Mar Ivanios College Thiruvananthapuram was the leading contributor for India from Kerala as she scored 43 points from five matches with 24 rebounds and 17 assists Played average of 21 minutes per game followed by Anu Maria who hails from Wayanad and was now with Assumption college Changancherry contributed 21 points from five matches with 28 rebounds and 5 Blocks Played average of16 minutes per game both left from Bangalore to Joint their respective University Kerala and MG Uty at SRM Chennai for the South Zone Inter-University Basketball Championship (women) the third one was Ann Mary Zacharia, she is the Youngest of the Lot in the India team with 15 years who hails from Kottayam and the Student of Mount Carmel School Kottayam.

The teams Asst coach who hails from Chandanakampara Kannur was the Coach of MEG Team Bangalore was the Senior coach for the first Phase of the camp before Zoran took over

India they did in the previous two age division events in Bengaluru, entered this tournament in Division B. Once again, the man at the helm of the squad was Zoran Visic, the Serbian coach who has been managing India’s women’s basketball for the past few years at all levels. Despite the home familiarity, however, India had a reason for caution, missing several of their top players and fielding a captain – Pushpa Senthil Kumar – who was injured in the run-up to the tournament.

India was in Group A of Division B, along with Iran, Guam, and Singapore, and once the tournament got underway, they showed their class to devastate all opponents.

India’s first game the most nervous affair, against Iran. Leading 46-38 before the beginning of the final quarter, India made several costly errors and allowed Iran to come all the way back. Fortunately, a couple of smart plays in the last few minutes helped India hold their nerve and survive for a 73-65 win. Sreekala Rani led India with 19 and Anu Maria also contributed with 11 points and 15 points while Iran’s best player was Fatemeh Aghazadegan Ghazvini, who scored a game-high 22 points.

Once they got the first-game jitters out of the way, India was ruthless in their next contest, as they beat inexperienced Guam 107-42 and the next game against Singapore 79-49. Then in the semi-final, India was matched up against Group B runners-up Hong Kong and confidently beat them 83-38
The final were India Played against – Kazakhstan -, in what was supposed to be a closer one bur from the start, India led 32-18 after the first half and pushed the lead to 54-30 after three quarters. The final score read 68-45 as India celebrated their Division B victory. Karnataka Bopaiah, who definitely emerged as the team’s knockout stage MVP, finished with 74 points and 59 rebounds from 5 Matches.