67th Junior National Basketball Championship: Day 3

Puducherry, 3^rd May 2016: Day 3 action of the 67th Junior National Basketball Championship took place here in Puducherry, at the Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium. In a high intensity game between a promising Delhi team versus an equally determined Rajasthan team, Delhi prevailed 81-75. In the neck to neck encounter, both the teams went at each other, with their penetrating offense. Delhi forged ahead, as Akash was able to finish easily inside the restricted area and took a two point lead at the end of the second quarter. Rajasthan, fighting for a place in the quarter finals, did not give up and stayed close, but Delhi’s bench rotation helped them get a wider lead at the end of the third. Still behind, Rajasthan’s star player Mohmmad had a high scoring game but did not connect in the later stages, as the Delhi team sealed the deal for their second consecutive win in the tournament.

Delhi in grey go up against Rajasthan (seen here in red) at the 67th Junior National Basketball Championship

Results of Day 3: up to 12: 00 PM

Level 1

Boys

Delhi 81 (Akash 16,Yogender 14) bt Rajasthan 75 (Mohmmad 37) [22-20, 18-18, 24-17, 17-20]

Girls

Haryana 78 (Meenu 18, Namarta 16, Surya 14) bt Punjab 58 (Komalpreet 19, Aakarshan Sandhu 15, Rajandeep 8) [15-18, 21-8, 21-16, 21-16] Tamil Nadu 67 (Ishwarya 19, Avanti 9, Srishti 9) bt Madhya Pradesh 40 (Sakshi 19, Isha 14) [17-13, 14-15, 25-9, 11-3]

Level 2

Boy

Chhattisgarh 74 (Panvas 18, Arvind 15, Mukesh 13) bt Uttarakhand 36 (Vatbhav 17) [17-18, 19-6, 23-5, 15-7] Tripura 63 (Akshay 14, Deepak 11) bt Bihar 44 (Nitesh 19, Rahul 16) [16-6, 19-10, 7-7, 21-20]

Girls

Delhi 61 (Ragnees 20, Subhanika 15) bt Goa 26 (Rachel 14) [15-1, 18-9, 9-4, 19-12]

Tamil Nadu (white) against Madhya Pradesh (blue) at the 67th Junior National Basketball Championship

Results of Day 2: Post - 12: 00 PM

Level 1

Boys

Delhi (Dheeraj 10) bt Uttar Pradesh (Vishal Gupta 20) 93-76 [20-16, 26-20, 16-16, 31-24]

Girls

Karnataka (Lopamudra 10) bt Uttar Pradesh 53-22 [17-7, 17-4, 13-0, 6-11] Maharashtra (Rasika 12, Neha 10) bt Rajasthan (Jhanak Rani 8) 60-37 [21-5, 14-9, 11-15, 14-8]

Karnataka (white) vs Uttar Pradesh (yellow)

Level 2

Boys

Goa (Roy 25, Shawn 22) bt Gujarat (Amit 13) 62-43 [16-5, 12-13, 19-12, 15-13] Mizoram (Zothank 34) bt Bihar (Rahul 19, Nitesh 11) 53-49 [10-7, 22-18, 0-13, 21-11] Uttarakhand (Vaibhav 38) bt Andhra Pradesh (Siva 14) 77-55 [10-19, 16-12, 29-22, 22-2]\ Chhattisgarh (Harish 17, Panuas 14) bt Jarkhand (Rahul 11) 64-29 [22-2, 12-6, 8-8, 22-13] Assam (Pappu 22, Kaif 14) bt Arunanchal Pradesh (Yashmit 18, Ashish 13) 61-60 [10-13, 13-23, 16-11, 22-13] Telangana (Solomon 17, Arun 11, Prudhvi 10) bt Puducherry (Krishnan 21, Sheldin 16) 77-51 [14-11, 25-8, 18-15, 20-17]