Coimbatore, May 16th: Kerala girls fought hard to earn a one-point victory over defending champions Punjab  on day 2 of the ongoing 36th Youth National Basketball Championship for boys and girls here at PSG College of Technology. The final score read Kerala-76 Punjab- 75.

 A match that could have gone either way  saw the lead being shifted between the two teams six times and scores tied 12 times over the course of the match. Punjab  led 18-11 at the end of first quarter and ended up the first half with a lead 39- 35.  However  Kerala girls increased the pressure on  3rd quarter and ended up with a point lead before 4th quarter. Ann Mary top scored for Kerala  with 25 points  followed by Aleena Antony with 21 points.For Punjab NBA Global Camper  Harshimran  Kaur scored 38 points. 

The day 2 also saw another close match in girls section as  Delhi beat Chhattisgarh by a scoreline of 78-72 while Tamil Nadu girls had no difficulty in beating Maharashtra 74-69 and to register their second  victory in Group B.

In boys category,  Delhi beat Madhya Pradesh (65-23) Andhra Pradesh beat Jammu and Kashmir (84-47),Utharkhand beat Goa (70-34) Chandigarh bt Jharkhand (92-35) ,Bihar beat Puducherry (63-50) and Assam scrape past Odhisa (66-63).

Boys

Group A

•         Rajasthan-65(Digvijay Singh22,, LoKendra Singh13Nitesh bangrava12) bt Karnataka-63(Manoja20,Achanya Krishna16,Sethu j13) (20-14,10-16,16-19,19-14)

•         Madhya Pradesh -73(Virat30,harsh13,brijesh12) bt Delhi- 65 (joneto17,Ashish15,Alpansh14) (27-21,13-3,17-12)

Group B

• Haryana -87(Sahil26,Deendar20,rahul10) bt Tamil Nadu-65(Harish17,yusif17,VSharan10) (22-14,1-16,26-22,16-13) Late match on 14th

Group C

•         Bihar -63(Tunu16,Shivam14,kushagar14) bt Puducherry-50(Bharath18,Jakathish14,Abhay11) (10-6,20-5,18-22,15-17)

•         Gujarath -68(Ankith Patel16,Paramveer sing14,Sahil Pallath12,rohan kureshi11) bt Himachal Pradesh-34(Athul15) (14-10,10-6,18-3,26-15)

Group D

•         Andhra Pradesh-84 (Muhammed Khaseel34,G Pavankumar16,Naveen Bhasha14) bt Jammu and Kashmier-47(Rinku13,Anikat13,Rishab10) (32-14,27-14,20-10,14-9)

•         Utharkhand-70(Ritik24,DevStuta10) bt Goa-34(Mokshab d naik12), (16-14,19-14,25-4,10-2)

Group E

•         Chandigargh92(Akshay21,Amarendra Nayak 18,Gagandeep Singh 10) bt Jaharkhand-38(27-13,14-7,18-12)

Group F

• Assam -66(RahulPswan20,Dipamkardev16,Prakash Sharam11) bt Odhisa-65(Fayas19,SavanKumar15,Balram15,Syamsudh13) (15-9,25-21,14-10,9-26)

Girls                    

Group A

•          Delhi-78(Kritika 27,,Prakriti 24,Thrishala 14)  bt Chhattisgarh-72(D Kirti 17,Mansi 16,Urvasi 14) (17-13,12-22,16-25,33-12)

•         Kerala-76(Ann Mary Zacharia25,Aleena Antony 21,Jesly P S13) btPunjab-75(Harshmirankaur38,Kavya Singla 14) (11-18,24-21,17-12,24-24)

Group B

•         Karnataka-66(Mehl13,Sunisha 11,Sreeshma10) bt Madhya Pradesh-21 (16-1,13-8,11-7,16-5)

•         Tamil Nadu- 68(Sathya 27,Angel Jeevitha 8) bt Maharastra-50(Shomira Bidaya 22,Asmat Kaur 17) (

•         Tamil Nadu-79(K Sathya 26,BSandhya 10) bt Madhya Pradesh-29(Pakhiti Suri 13) (27-4,23-6.18-9,11-10) (late match on 14th)

Group C

•         Gujarath-52(Naomi Lakhanpal 16) bt Himachal Pradesh-18(21-2,7-4,10-5,14-7)21-16,12-6,18-13,18-17)

Group D

•         West Bengal-61(K Pal 24,K Chattarjee 12) bt Jammu and Kashmier-22(Kashish11) (15-5,9-7,17-8,20-2)

•         Bihar-55(Muskan31) bt Jammu & Kashmir-52(Kashish17,Rimjhim17) (14-12,9-19,12-7,20-14)

Group E

•         Chandigarh-68(Niharika Bagga19,,Prachi Bhattia 19) bt Jharkhand-36(Kushi Sukhla11,Jayakumari10) ( 22-10,20-7,15-8,13-11)