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.
Andhra Pradesh, Chandigarh and Gujarat girls advanced to the semi final stage of the loser knockout along with the West Bengal boys.
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.
