The Hindu (Chennai)

Karnataka women deny Kerala a knock-out spot

- Sports Bureau

Karnataka beat Kerala 6563 to deny a knock-out berth in the women’s section in the 74th National junior basketball championsh­ip in Indore. The defeat not only denied a pre-quarter˜nal spot for Kerala but also got it relegated to level-2 for the next season.

Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, and Maharashtr­a also made the quarter˜nals of the women’s section, along with Karnataka.

The results (league):

Men: Group-A: Uttar Pradesh 94 (Jatin 25, Vedansh Ranot 21, Harshit Tomar 21, Kunal Kumar Singh 18) bt Delhi 79 (Harsh 26, Sahil Dhaka 24, Anshuman Singh 18); Punjab 72 (Sahibjit Singh 25, Jaddu Man 14, Amandeep Singh 13, Ujwal 12) bt Kerala 65 (Niyukth Salil 18, Vinay Sankar 14, Jins

Joby 12); Chandigarh 98 (Gaurav Kumar 32, Ravinder Kaushik 23) bt Delhi 73 (Anshuman Singh 17, Kismat 16, Sahil Dhaka 12, Kunal Kumar 10).

Tamil Nadu 100 (Harish Aravind 18, Abhimanyu 16, Mithunvel 15) bt Andhra Pradesh 42 (Muhammed Shakeel 12). Rajasthan 68 (Ajay Kumar 15, Nitesh Kumar 13, Mayank Jawa

11, Pradhyumn Shekhawat 10) bt Odisha 26.

Women: Group-A: Karnataka 65 (Aadhya Gowda 15, Tanusree Tarun 14, Aditi Subramania­m 14) bt Kerala 63 (Amanda Rocha 20, Feba Fatima 10); Madhya Pradesh 83 (Gunvi Agarwal 30, Kushpal Singh 23) bt Tamil Nadu 71 (Theja Sri 22, Juana Chrisolin 16, Antheya Daisy16).

Gujarat 92 (Aahana George 29, Niyathiba Gohel 24, Archi Patel 22) bt Punjab 79 (Komalpreet Kaur 26, Nadar Dhillon 16, Gagandeep Kaur 12, Krishanpre­et Kaur Mangat 10); Uttar Pradesh 66 (Sakshi Saini 20, Anushka Chouhan 16, Harsshita Goutham 12, Ruby Rajput 10) bt Chhattisga­rh 43 (Ishika Singh 14, Komaldeep Kaur 11).

Maharashtr­a 84 (Aananya Bhavsar 38 Trisha Sharma 18) bt Uttar Pradesh 71 (Ruby Rajput 16).

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