#12:  41ST SUB-JUNIOR NATIONAL BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP – SEMI-FINAL BERTHS SEALED

(Vishnu Ravi Shankar) Nashik, 27 November 2014: The Haryana girls defeated local favourites Maharashtra today morning in overtime 78-77, behind Meenu’s 42 points, to qualify for the semi-finals. Defending girls champs Chhattisgarh also booked a semi-final berth with a comfortable 74-46 win against Tamil Nadu. The third quarterfinal between Kerala and Madhya Pradesh was a close contest with Kerala pulling away in the final minutes to register a 86-82 win. Kerala captain Sreekala created an individual scoring record in the girls category with 49 points. The Uttar Pradesh girls round off the girls semi-finalists with a huge 54-23 win against Karnataka.

In the boys’ quarterfinal matches, the Madhya Pradesh boys steamrolled Uttar Pradesh 53-18 to clinch a spot in the semi-finals. Defending champions for the boys, Chhattisgarh comfortably defeated Assam 61-31 in their quarterfinal match. The last two boys quarterfinals were close contests, with Rajasthan getting the better of Andhra Pradesh with a 86-80 victory and Odisha narrowly defeating Haryana 95-93. All the semi-final matches will be held today evening.

The losers knockout finals were won by Karnataka in the boys category, who defeated Kerala and Chandigarh in the girls category, who defeated Gujarat. The results of the other placement matches held today are below.

The results of the matches held on 27 November 2014 up to 5.30 p.m. are as follows:

Quarterfinals:

Girls:

1. Haryana (Meenu 42) bt Maharashtra (Sudhiksha 19, Ishita 13) 78-77 (20-18, 10-20, 21-18, 16-12, Extra time 11-10)

2. Chhattisgarh (E. Ekka 20) bt Tamil Nadu (T.M. Jayaseeli 20) 74-46 (20-8, 13-20, 14-11, 27-7)

3. Uttar Pradesh (Vaishnavi Yadav 24) bt Karnataka (Grishman 9, Anadha N. 9) 54-23(30-14, 9-3, 10-3, 5-3)

4. Kerala (Sreekala R. 49) bt Madhya Pradesh (Divya Sam 29) 86-82 (21-15, 9-21, 25-23, 31-23)

Boys:

5. Madhya Pradesh (Harshwardhan 12) bt Uttar Pradesh (Priyanshu 7) 53-18 (24-9, 10-1, 13-4, 6-4)

6. Chhattisgarh (Saif Ali Khan 27) bt Assam (Sanjajpal Balmiki 12) 61-31 (21-11, 18-5, 16-9, 6-6)

7. Rajasthan (Kuldeep 44) bt Andhra Pradesh (Manikanta 28) 86-80 (20-26, 17-14, 26-17, 23-33)

8. Odisha (Suresh Das 27) bt Haryana (Hardeep Boora 32) 95-93 (20-20, 17-23, 22-23, 34-27)

Loser Knockout Finals:

Girls:

9. Chandigarh (Sehjnoor Dhillon 13, Rajni Sharma 13) bt Gujarat (Tanisha Shah 16)45-43 (17-14, 10-10, 6-6, 12-13)

Boys:

10. Karnataka (G. Venkateshwara 19) bt Kerala (Ankitlal E. 23) 83-68 (21-26, 21-8, 17-18, 24-16)

Classification (9th and 10th place):

Girls:

11. West Bengal (Liza Deb 12) bt Delhi (Vani Mittal 14) 46-39 (12-10, 9-12, 15-11, 10-6)

Boys:

12. Maharashtra (Nilesh Yadav 31, Tanay Thatte 28) bt Chandigarh (Ajmer 33) 103-92(19-23, 21-20, 27-23, 36-26)

Level 1 to Level 2:

Girls:

13. Punjab (Preet Kaur 9) bt Andhra Pradesh (R. Setha 6) 26-13 (17-9, 6-0, 1-2, 2-2)

Boys:

14. Tamil Nadu (V. Adisiva 22) bt Jharkhand (Sushant Deep 11) 52-30 (16-16, 13-1, 12-4, 11-9)