Lopsided matches continue in national junior basketball

Annam Ali (13), Animesh Jain (12) and Smit Kanarjee (11) shone for Madhya Pradesh.

Libina and Anjana led the attack for Kerala girls, scoring 21 and 16 baskets in their match against Punjab.

Results:

Boys: Madhya Pradesh beat Orissa (Firoz Barua 8, Sidhant Dasw 5) 70-28; (Late last night matches) Maharashtra (M Shaikh

22, S Malik 13) beat Uttar Pradesh (A Choudhary 15, R Pandey 14) 79-72; Punjab (Guruvendar 16, Kushmeet 15, Mandeep 15) beat Orissa (Tamsoy 9 Behera 8) 87-36; Kerala (Abijit 29 Sreeraj 17 Sijumon 17) beat Karnataka (Karan 30 Rishi 14) 75-68.

Girls: Kerala (Libina 21, Anjana 16) beat Punjab (Kirandeep 7) 106-37; Maharashtra (Sneha S.Rajguru 24 Sruthi P.Menon 19 Shireen V Limaye 13) beat Uttar Pradesh (Preethi Kumari 31); (Last night matches) UP (K Preeti 18 S Shweta 15) beat Punjab 61-33; Delhi (Monika 16 Madhu 13 Kirti 13) beat Puducherry 86-16 (Pooja 5); Tamil Nadu (M Keerthi 19) beat Madhya Pradesh (Amishi 20, S.Ladda 13) 72-68.