67th Junior National Basketball Championship: Day 6

Puducherry, 6^th May 2016: In an exciting game, defending champions Tamil Nadu beat Punjab 86-84 to go through to the semifinals, here on the 6th day of the 67th Junior National Basketball Championship. This proved to be an early rematch for last year’s finalists. Captain Hari Ram of Tamil Nadu turned up big for his side, with 26 points. Meanwhile, Rahul had 22 for Punjab.  In the second boys quarterfinals game, Kerala continued its fine run, to comfortably outclass Maharashtra 72-46. In the girls section, Tamil Nadu joined their boys team in the final four stage, making short work of a lacklustre Kerala team. This was followed by a quarterfinals win for Maharashtra over Haryana. Later in the evening, Haryana boys and Chhattisgarh and Karnataka girls too posted impressive QF wins.

Day 5 Results- after 12:00 PM

Level 1 (League Stages)

Boys

Delhi 59 (Aakash 16, Vishal 13) bt Punjab 50 (Sahil 15) [12-7, 9-9, 15-17, 25-17] Maharashtra 71 (Sayyad 23, Aaron 16) bt Rajasthan 59 (Sumeet 17) [21-13, 23-20, 12-15, 15-11]

Girls

Chhattisgarh  50 (Megha 10) bt Punjab 30 (Rajandeep 11) [18-9, 26-11, 1-4, 5-6]  Haryana  76 (Surya 21, Namarta 10) bt Tamil Nadu 63 (Srishti 16, Avanti 11) [21-17, 19-17, 25-14, 11-15]

Day 6 Results- till 7: 00 PM

Level 1

Quarter finals

Boys

Tamil Nadu  86 (Hari Ram 26, Bala 15, Daniel 12) bt Punjab 84 (Rahul 22, Sahil 12) [15-21, 19-15, 25-26, 27-22] Kerala  72 (Muhammed 19, Prem 15, Gineeb 9) bt Maharashtra 46 (Aaron 16) [20-9, 12-12, 18-12, 22-13] Haryana  103 (Deepak 20, Sonu 16, Deepak 12) bt Rajasthan 78 (Samsher 25, Sumeet 15, ) [27-20, 20-24, 25-22, 31-12]

Deepak of Haryana (purple) pulls up against Rajasthan (white)

Girls

Tamil Nadu  63 (Avanthi 16, Riasharon 12) bt Kerala 36 (Anusha 11) [11-10, 15-11, 24-11, 13-4] Maharashtra  71 (Shruti 19, Neha 17) bt Haryana 62 (Meenu 13, Surya 12) [14-13, 15-10, 21-11, 31-18] Chhattisgarh  74 (Bharti 23, Mahima 12) bt Delhi 63 (Ragnee 25, Gurkiran 17) [13-11, 16-15, 18-23, 27-14] Karnataka 45 (Bhandavya 8) bt Punjab 15 [22-0, 13-7, 2-8, 8-0]

Carina of Maharashtra (yellow) against Haryana (blue)

Pre - Quarter Finals

Boys

Chandigarh 90 (Amit 25, Piyush 10) bt Telangana 57 (Pruthvi 16) [27-11, 26-9, 16-16, 21-21] Rajasthan  75 (Naveen 17, Basit 14) bt Chhattisgarh 61 (Sunil 25) [23-22, 13-13, 22-11, 17-15]

Girls

Delhi  75 (Ragnee 31, Sushantika 14) bt Rajasthan 55 (Kanika 20) [17-10, 16-12, 25-16, 17-17] Punjab  52 (Komalpreet 14, Aakansha 9) bt Gujarat 29 (Tavleen 11, Arti 9) [13-9, 18-4, 8-9, 13-7]

Loser’s Knockout- Finals (for Level 2 teams out of the main competition)

Girls

Goa  62 (Rachel 20, Jesida 12) bt Andhra Pradesh 45 (Nihita 9) [12-13, 11-14, 23-9, 16-7]