Kerala and Delhi teams post hard fought wins-31ST YOUTH NATIONAL BASKETBALL

Posted on October 8, 2014 by sagarmedia

31ST YOUTH NATIONAL BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP 2014 – DAY TWO: 

(Vishnu Ravi Shankar) Chandigarh, 8th October 2014: Day two of the 31st Youth National Basketball Championship 2014 saw some exciting down-to-the-wire matchups. The day began with a closely contested match between the Kerala and Maharashtra girls’ teams. The Kerala girls edged out their Maharashtrian counterparts with a hard fought 53-44 victory. In the boys matches, team Delhi withstood a furious rally by the Maharashtra boys in the fourth quarter, pulling away for a 81-76 win. Another thrilling encounter was between the Haryana and Kerala boys. Haryana led from the start and held off a late comeback attempt by Kerala, picking up a 71-63 win. The day also saw a few drubbings and blow out wins, with home team Chandigarh girls handily beating the Gujarat girls 62-16. The Jharkhand girls too suffered a huge defeat against Rajasthan, who came away with a 44-7 victory.

A complete list of results of the matches held up to 5:30 pm on 8th October 2014 is as follows:

Girls:

1. Kerala (Nivya Raj 24, Anusha J.P. 12, Ashwathi J. 8) bt Maharashtra (Shruti S. 24, Neha S. 9, Carina M. 7) 53-44 (8-3, 15-8, 6-14, 24-19)
2. Karnataka (Bhoomika P. 17, Snigddha 14) bt Uttar Pradesh (Shreyasi Vats 15, Pooja Yadav 12) 73-46 (17-8, 16-15, 26-5, 14-18)
3. Himachal Pradesh (Sonika 22, Shiva 8) bt Uttarakhand (Sawah 14, Rhea 8) 42-33 (8-11, 9-4, 9-13, 16-5)
4. Rajasthan (Mahima R. 20, Nikita 8, Aasha 8) bt Jharkhand (Osma Singh 5) 44-7 (12-4, 15-0, 10-1, 7-2)
5. Puducherry (A. Sona Priyanka 8, S. Samyuktha 8) bt Assam (Rima Begum 13, Pushpanjali Kumari 5) 26-22(7-5, 9-4, 2-6, 8-7)
6. Chandigarh (A. Kaur 21, A. Kanwar 19) bt Gujarat (A. Godhani 5, A. Pandaya 4) 62-16 (27-7, 12-0, 15-4, 6-5)
7. Tamil Nadu (Gayathri S. 16, Ishwarya J. 14) bt Haryana (Surya 22, Riya 12) 76-53 (13-15, 27-15, 20-15, 16-8)

Boys:

8. Delhi (Hansraj 23, Sombir 20) bt Maharashtra (Mearaj Inam 22, Saqlain Jamir 19) 81-76(20-16, 24-20, 16-20, 21-20)
9. Chhattisgarh (P. Pandey 21, M. Das 17) bt Gujarat (M.A. Palel 6, H.J. Shah 5) 73-32 (22-6, 14-7, 15-10, 22-9)
10. Tamil Nadu (Bala D. 10, Vishvesh 9) bt Jharkhand (Nishant Kumar 10, R. Vedant 4) 46-16 (28-6, 9-4, 7-4, 2-2)
11. Uttarakhand (Vishal 8, Prakhar 7, Vaibhav 7) bt Bihar (Nitesh 11, Govind 8) 36-27 (16-7, 5-6, 8-7, 7-7)
12. Haryana (Deepak 22, Sonu Kumar 18) bt Kerala (Sudarshan P. 24, Ebin Wilson 11) 71-63(20-19, 21-11, 14-13 16-20)

The tentative schedule for the rest of the day of 8th October 2014 and 9th October 2014 is as follows:

Date:08-10-2014 (WEDNESDAY)

COURT – 1

No	Team “A”	Vs	Team “B”	Group	Timing
28	RAJASTHAN	Vs	MADHYA PRADESH	BB	02.30 PM
29	CHHATTISGARH	Vs	WEST BENGAL	GB	03.45 PM
30	PUNJAB	Vs	UTTAR PRADESH	BB	05.00 PM
31	CHANDIGARH	Vs	WEST BENGAL	BD	06.15 PM

COURT –2 (GOVERNMENT COLLEGE FOR WOMEN SECTOR NO 42)

No	Team “A”	Vs	Team “B”	Group	Timing
34	BIHAR	Vs	UTTARAKHAND	BE	09.30 AM
35	HIMACHAL PRADESH	Vs	JAMMU& KASHMIR	BD	04.00 PM
36	ODISHA	Vs	MIZORAM	BF	05.15 PM
37	ASSAM	Vs	PUDUCHERRY	BF	06.30 PM

COURT –3(GOVERNMENT COLLEGE FOR WOMEN SECTOR NO 42)

No	Team “A”	Vs	Team “B”	Group	Timing
39	RAJASTHAN	Vs	JHARKHAND	GF	08.15 AM
41	ANDHRA PRADESH	Vs	ODISHA	GF	04.00 PM
42	DELHI	Vs	JAMMU & KASHMIR	GE	05.15 PM

Date:09-10-2014 (THURSDAY)

COURT – 1

No	Team “A”	Vs	Team “B”	Group	Timing
43	KERALA	Vs	UTTAR PRADESH	GA	00 AM
44	DELHI	Vs	KERALA	BA	08.15 AM
45	MAHARASHTRA	Vs	PUNJAB	GA	09.30 AM
46	MAHARASHTRA	Vs	ANDHRA PRADESH	BA	10.45 AM
47	GOA	Vs	GUJARAT	GC	12.00 PM
48	TAMIL NADU	Vs	WEST BENGAL	GB	01.15 PM
49	RAJASTHAN	Vs	UTTAR PRADESH	BB	02.30 PM
50	HARYANA	Vs	MADHYA PRADESH	GB	03.45 PM
51	MADHYA PRADESH	Vs	KARNATAKA	BB	05.00 PM
52	CHANDIGARH	Vs	JAMMU & KASHMIR	BD	06.15 PM

COURT –2 (GOVERNMENT COLLEGE FOR WOMEN SECTOR NO 42)

No	Team “A”	Vs	Team “B”	Group	Timing
53	GOA	Vs	GUJARAT	BC	07.00 AM
54	TAMIL NADU	Vs	UTTARAKHAND	BE	08.15 AM
55	BIHAR	Vs	JHARKHAND	BE	09.30 AM
56	HIMACHAL PRADESH	Vs	WEST BENGAL	BD	04.00 PM
57	ODISHA	Vs	PUDUCHERRY	BF	05.15 PM
58	ASSAM	Vs	MIZORAM	BF	06.30 PM

COURT –3(GOVERNMENT COLLEGE FOR WOMEN SECTOR NO 42)

No	Team “A”	Vs	Team “B”	Group	Timing
59	BIHAR	Vs	HIMACHAL PRADESH	GD	07.00 AM
60	DELHI	Vs	PUDUCHERRY	GE	08.15 AM
61	ASSAM	Vs	JAMMU & KASHMIR	GE	09.30 AM
62	ANDHRA PRADESH	Vs	JHARKHAND	GF	04.00 PM
63	RAJASTHAN	Vs	ODISHA	GF	05.15 PM

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