Bhavnagar, 9^th January 2019: Women Group B’s two powerhouse teams Chhattisgarh and Kerala clashed for the first time in the 69^th Senior National Basketball Championship for Men and Women underway in Gujarat.

 

Kerala won by a score line of 65-64, thanks to four of its international players stepping up with double digit scoring. Jeena P S, Stephy Nixon, Anjana P G and Poojamol K S all contributed to ensure Chhattisgarh- led by the near 7 footer Poonam Chaturvedi, were thwarted. Chaturvedi managed 24 points, an average effort considering she usually puts up 40+ points per game. This goes to show that Kerala centre Stephy Nixon did a good job in containing her taller counterpart.

 

In the men’s section, Tamil Nadu bounced back after their surprising loss to Karnataka to beat Rajasthan 111-79. Karnataka too posted its second straight win, beating hosts Gujarat 87-69. In Level 2 men, Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana are surging towards the top of their respective groups by staying undefeated.

 

 

RESULTS from 8/1/19 and 7/1/19

Men

Group A

1.       Tamil Nadu 111 (Justin J 31, P Jeevanantham 18, Hariram 11, G Sivabalan 10) bt Rajasthan 79 (Kamaran Kahan 30, Sharam P 21) [31-27,26-15,23-18,31-19]

2.       Karnataka 87 (Anil Kumar B K 22, Shashank Rai 21, Aravind A 19) bt Gujarat 69 (Vinay Kaushik 26, Vivek Goil 15, M Kashirajan 14, Inder Vijai Gohil 12)

Group B

1.       Services 97 (Nikhil Kumar 25, Issac Thomas 19, Mahipal Singh 13) bt Indian Railways 74 (Rajan S 17, Rakesh Singh 14, Lovneet Singh 12, Gagandeep Singh 12) [22-22,28-14,31-20,16-18]

Group C

1.       Delhi 80 (Rahul 18, Sunil 16, Vishal 14) bt Telangana 43 (Visu P 22) [27-13,21-2,10-11,22-17]

Group D

1.       Chhattisgarh 54 (P Rajesh 15, Rudhrax 14) bt Himachal Pradesh 43 (Arvind 10) [22-13,13-8,9-4,10-18]

2.       Manipur 60 (Jackson 14) bt Nagaland 43 (Ruopfuhetuo 15) [7-9,20-8,13-15,20-11]

Group E

1.       Haryana 78 (Vikas 18, Sahil 14, Abhishek 13, Rinku 11) bt Jammu & Kashmir 69 (Iqbal 20, Shubam 15) [13-16.20-19,24-11,21-23]

2.       Bihar 58 (Dheeraj Ranjan 20) bt Puducherry 45 (Achuthan 21) [13-21,17-12,12-8,16-4]

3.       Maharashtra 74 (Sidhant Shinde 16, Ajinkya Mane 15) bt West Bengal 56 [Dheeraj Shaw 21, Gurjot Singh 13, Harish Khairi 13, Deepak Kumar 12) [20-11,15-13,19-14,20-18]

Group F

1.       Madhya Pradesh 70 (Raju 24, Subham 13) bt Assam 47 (Birendra Singh 19, Ameet K 12)

2.       Uttar Pradesh 76 (Pulkit S 21, Tushal Singh 17) bt Odisha 63 (Sahid 15, G Sai 15) [13-18,24-10,22-14,17-21]

3.       Jharkhand 71 (Vishal Bagh 16, Abhinandan 13) bt Tripura 16 [18-7,21-0,14-6,18-3]

Women

Group A

1.       Delhi 90 (Raspreet Sidhu 30, Bharati Sihag 26) bt West Bengal 71 (Anjana Ekka 24, Nivyaraj 21) [24-13,16-24,29-14,21-20]

2.       Tamil Nadu 94 (S Pushpa 25, S Sathya 18, Vandana 15, V Srividya 12, Iswarya 10) bt Karnataka 79 (R Varsha 23, Lopamudra 18) [22-15,22-19,29-21,21-24]

Group B

1.       Kerala 65 (Jeena PS 15, Stephy Nixon 15, Anjana P G 13, Poojamol KS 10) bt Chhattisgarh 64 (Poonam Chathurvedi 24, Seema Singh 14, L Deepa 10, Aakansha Singh 10) [10-17,25-15,17-16,13-16]

2.       Maharashtra 72 (Shireeen Limaye 23, Anshika K 17, Nisha S 11) bt Uttar Pradesh 51 (Minnu George 15, Sandhya K 10) [23-10,6-17,2512,18-12]

Group C

1.       Puducherry 27 (G Sharmila 14) bt Uttarakhand 24 (Shalu 10) [4-8,8-8,7-4,8-4]

2.       Gujarat 42 (Thanisha Shah 17) bt Goa 14 (Rachel Raposa 9) [1-15,2-8,7-8,4-11]