Coimbatore 17th May 2019 : Punjab ,Kerala ,Rajsthan, Karnatka, Maharastra and Tamil Nadu from girls category , Rajathan, Karnataka, Haryana, and Punjab from boys section have confirmed their quarter final berths for the   36th Youth National Basketball Championship 2019 here at PSG College’s Indoor Stadium in Coimbatore . 

 Kerala girls through to the quarters Undefeated from Group A

Kerala girls in their last encounter in Group A defeated Delhi  by 75-51 and topped their group to march into the quarter finals. 

Kerala lead 33-27 at the half time with Ann Mary  Zackaria top scoring with 26 points  and Jesly PS scoring  21 points.  For Delhi, Krithika was the top scorer with 16 points.

Tamil Nadu  girls through to the quarters with their third Straight Victory  from Group B

Tamil Nadu Girls undefeated from   Group B  registered their third victory in the group stage by beating Uttar Pradesh by a  score line of 86-66.

Rajasthan girls stuns  Chattisgarh  while  boys scrape past Kerala 

Chattissgarh girls had another day to forget in this year’s competition as  Rajasthan beat them comprehensively by a score of  67-40 with  Rashi and Manni scoring 25and 19 Points respectively for the winning team.

In Boys,  Kerala put up a brilliant show against Rajasthan before going down by a score of 55.-59  .Kerala boys dominated the first three quarters and kept the lead 42-41 at the end of the third quarter  but Rajasthan paced up the last quarter through Jithesh and Jitendar -both scoring 15 points each to put Rajasthan victorious.  Pranav was the leading scorer for Kerala with 20 points  .

In other league matches, in Level1  Maharashtra Girls beat Madhya Pradesh by 76-40

In Boys, Karnataka beat Madhya Pradesh 83-72

Detailed scores League matches

Boys

Group A

•         Rajasthan-59 (Jitendra 15,Nitesh 15, Lorena 11) bt Kerala-55(PrnavPrince20,Abhinav CK 12) (11-19,18-13,18-10,18-13)

•         Karnataka-83 (Achintya Krishna31,Manoj K M29) bt Madhya Pradesh-72(Harsh Singh31,Brajesh Tiwari14) (20-23,22-22,18-16,23-3)

Group B

• Haryana -83(Deependar 24,Akshay Dalal 19,Rahul 10) bt Maharastra-55(Nehal Shaik 22,Rajendra Singh 13) (30-11,24-16,8-1,21-21)

Girls                    

Group A

•         Rajasthan -67 (Rashi Kotani 25,Mani S 19)  bt Chhattisgarh-40(Ruksar 10,Vidya 10) (20-9,1614,20-6,11-11)

•         Kerala-75(Ann Mary Zacharia 26, Jesly PS 20) bt Delhi-51(Krithika 17,Prakrithi Ransan 16) (18-13,15-14,13-10,24-14)

Group B

•         Maharastra-76(Shomira Bidaya23  ,Asmat Kaur17)  bt  Madhya Pradesh-40(26-13,14-14,14-12,22-1)