Guwahati, Mar 22: Kerala and Tamil Nadu had mixed fortune on Saturday in the quarter-finals, while Karnataka men and women found their place in the semi-finals of the 1st U23 National Basketball Championship here at Sarusajai Indoor Stadium Guwahati.
In the women’s category, Kerala Women defeated Chandigarh (79-21) to meet Tamil Nadu who drubbed Uttar Pradesh (92-37). In the third quarter-finals, Delhi beat Chhattisgarh (83-61) to meet Karnataka who scraped past Maharashtra.
In men, Karnataka defeated Madhya Pradesh (81-73) to meet Haryana who defeated Tamil Nadu (92-37) and Rajasthan defeated Kerala (86-61) and entered the semi-finals.
Results
Quarterfinals:
Women
Kerala 79 (Akshaya Philip 20, Amanda Rocha 15, Krishna Priya SS 11, Chinnu Koshy 11) bt Chandigarh-21
Delhi 73 (Rashi Kotan 23, Krithika Dhingra 17,) bt Chhattisgarh 61 (Urvashi D 13)
Tamil Nadu 92 (Krithika Suresh Babu 16, Harima Sundari 16, Tejaswini 12, Amrita Varshini 12) bt Uttar Pradesh 37
Karnataka 71 (Sathya K21, Mekhala Gowda 19,, Niharika Reddy 14, Pawani Sangwan 13) bt Maharashtra 69 ( Siya Dheidhar 18Suzzanne Pinto 12, Dhara Phate 12, Gurjan Mantri 11,), (22-20,22-12,15-19,12-18)
Men
Rajasthan 86 (Akshit Hooda 21, Lokesh Kumar Sharma 17, Ayush Choudhary 16,) bt Kerala 61 (Jerome Prince 21, Prithin Murali 17)
Karnataka 81 (Manoj B M 23, Gautham P K 22, Aswiji Vashist 16 ) bt Madhya Pradesh (Hemant Naik,19 Rakesh Sharma 17, Bhagat Singh 15, Sonu Kumar 11)
Haryana 92 (Rahul 22, Rajan 19, Deependar 14 ) bt Tamil Nadu 79 ( Ajay 19, Vijaykumar S 16, Rishikesh 16)
