Bhavnagar 12^th Jan 2019 - Kerala women retained their bronze medal as they beat Chhattisgarh 79-73,  while Tamil Nadu men defeated Karnataka (84-69) to claim the Bronze medal here at the 69th National Basketball Championship for Men and Women -in Bhavnagar, Gujarat .

 In women’s  match for third place,  Kerala after leading 42-33 at the half time came on to beat Chhattisgarh 79-73. Jeena P S was again the leading scorer with 21 points followed by Poojamol with 18  and for Chhattisgarh, Poonam Churvedi  scored 41 points.

In the 3^rd position match for men, Tamil Nadu after a lead of 44-39 came on to beat Karnataka (84-64). Muiin Bek top scored with 20 points while Hariram scored 19 points and for Karnataka, Jeethendra scored  17 points and Rahul Sarath scored 16.

For the  5^th and 6^th position match for women,  Telengana beat Karnataka (54-42). In men’s category Utharkhand edged past Rajasthan(54-53)

Indian Railways men finished at 6^th defeating Haryana(74-65) while Punjab women grabbed the 6^th Spot with their victory over Delhi (37-22)

3^rd position

Women

Kerala -79(Jeena PS 21 Poojamol KS 18, Anjana P G13, Kavitha Jose 11) bt Chhattisgarh-73(Poonam Chathurvedi41, Seema Singh12,L Deepa12) (20-8,22-25,22-26,15-14)

Men

Tamil Nadu-84(H Muin Bek20,Hariram19, Justin G Nanaraj19,Jeevanatham10,Rikin Pethani10) bt Karnataka-64(Jeethendra Singh18,Rahul Sharath16)

5^th and 6^th Position

Women

Telengana-54(Aswathy Jaysankar18,LSuganya10,Hemalatha10) bt Karnataka-42(Anusha IP11) (13,29-9,4-8,28-23)

Men

Utharkhand-54(Keshar Singh21,Mayuk Rawat13) bt Rajasthan-53(Sharath Dadhichi22,KamaranKhan12)

7^th and 8^th Position

Women

Punjab-37(Harminder Kaur14,Gagandeep Kaur10)  bt Delhi-22(Tavleen12)(23-9,6-7,4-2,4-4)

Men

Indian railways-74(rajan18,gaurav11) bt Harayana-65(Pankaj22)(33-16,18-22,10-13,13-14)