Telangana, Rajasthan girls advance to pre-quarter finals

Kerala and Karnataka boys entered the pre-quarterfinals in the 42nd Sub-Junior National Basketball Championship here today.
In the girls' section, Telangana and Rajasthan sailed into round of 16.
Kerala boys beat Tamil Nadu 78-54 after taking a solid 25-3 lead in the first half while Karnataka edged past Delhi by a slender three-point margin with the scoreline reading 64-61.
In the girls' section, Telangana and Rajasthan moved into Level 1 defeating Odisha and Himachal Pradesh 53-37 and 44-32 respectively.
In the boys level-1, Andhra set a new scoring a record 105 points against Chandhigarh.
Md Ghouse Mohiddin's 34 points and Sai Pawan Kumar's 30 points carried the AP team to the century mark. Rajasthan boys beat Uttar Pradesh in a close game that ended 65-60 in favour of Rajasthan.

The loser knockout tournament also commenced in the second half of the day featuring teams that have been knocked out of contention in the tournament.

Results: Girls: Level 1: Group A:
Karnataka (Pavitra 22, Maya 10) bt Haryana (Ritika 26, Neeru 10) 69-47.
Group B:
Maharashtra (Shruti Bhosale 17, Abha Lad 9) bt Uttar Pradesh (Tripti Singh 10, Chaitali 8) 60-41; 2. Madhya Pradesh (Asmat Kaur Taunque 14) bt Delhi (Kritika Dhingra 10) 52-30
Qualifying matches (Winner moves to pre-quarterfinal):
1. Telangana (Dhatrinaina Devi Reddy 17, A. Jayanthi 14) bt Odisha (Abhipsha Pattanayak 9, Lipramayee Satapathy 9) 53-37; 2. Rajasthan (Simran 12, Raksheta 11) bt Himachal Pradesh (Ananya 14, Ramadeep 10) 44-32.

Winner decides pre-quarterfinal opponent:
Rajasthan (Simran 23,Raksheta 10) bt Telangana (Dhatrinaina 12) 52-24
Loser Knockout quarterfinals:
Andhra Pradesh (Venkat Lakshmi 9) bt Puducherry (Nila 14) 35-22; Chandigarh (Gurleen Kaur 11) bt Goa (Katherine Barreto 8) 27-19; Gujarat (Rachel 10) bt Bihar (Kavya 11)36-23.
Boys: Level 1: Group B:
Andhra Pradesh (Md.Ghouse Mohiddin 34, A Sai Pawan Kumar 30) bt Chandigarh (Gagandeep Singh 8) 105-32; Rajasthan (Md. Aasif 16, Jaiveer 10) bt Uttar Pradesh (Priyanshu 28) 65-60.
Qualifying matches (Winner moves to pre-quarterfinal):
Kerala (Jerom Prince 22, Yajurdas TD 13) bt Tamil Nadu (Prabu Manoj 26, Sharan Kumar 18) 78-54; Karnataka (Akshan Rao 22, Ethan Aryaan Martin 12) bt Delhi (Himanshu 28, Ashish 15) 64-61.

Winner decides pre-quarterfinal opponent: 1. Kerala (Jerom P. George 16, Hari Govind SV 8) bt Karnataka (Sashidhar B 12) 48-40.
Loser Knockout quarterfinals:
West Bengal (Dipoke Bhandari 12) bt Jammu and Kashmir (Devyanshu Pandey 12) 53-23; Telangana (Yaswanth 18, Papa Kannu 17) bt Puducherry (Charanraj 16) 91-41;Bihar (Dharmendar K. 22, Md. Wasit 14) bt Gujarat (Bhavya M. 10) 62-23; Punjab (Rajbeer Singh 16, Eknoor Singh 14) bt Himachal Pradesh (Vishal Verma 21, Jugraj 10) 59-53.