Chennai, Dec 19 - Hosts Tamil Nadu carried on their impressive run in the 62nd senior National basketball championship comfortably beating Andhra Pradesh 76-47 here Monday.
The first quarter between the two teams was a closely fought affair with the score ending on 22-20. However, in the second (23-8) and third (15-11) quarters, the hosts piled the pressure on Andhra Pradesh and scored at will.
Saravana Rajan was the star of the match as he scored 18 points for Tamil Nadu while C. H. Naveen Kumar's 12 points went in vain as his side was completely outclassed by their neighbours.
In the women's category, the fans were treated to an exciting match with Madhya Pradesh toppling Punjab by just two points 67-65.
Kiranjit Kaur of Punjab scored 22 points but couldn't inspire her side to win, even though the team led Madhya Pradesh in the first quarter by eight points.
The results: Men: Madhya Pradesh (Jaynesh Patel 20, Jetandra Patidar 12) bt. Bihar (Manvendra 14, Vijay Patel 6) 69-34, (16-10, 22-12, 17-8, 14-4)
Kerala (Ajeeth Sugunan 22, Ajith V. G 18, Abhilash T. S 14, Manoj .R 12) bt. Uttar Pradesh (Ankur Anand Singh 13, Bhanu Pratap Singh 12, Deepak 8) 91-49, (33-16, 24-12,
24-12, 10-9)
Maharashtra (Siddhant 26, Gurucharna 11, Arjun 10) bt. Assam (Vinod 29, Virender 19) 72-65, (28-13, 8-16, 22-13, 14-23)
Rajasthan (Hirendra Singh Rathore 24, Shiv Kumar 21, Mod. Singh 15) bt. Odisha (Lakhbir Singh 23, Ashok K. Nayak 12, Sanjeeb K. Behura 9) 75-64, (21-8, 16-14, 17-19,
21-23)
Services (Joginder Singh 26, Narender Grewal 24) bt. Delhi (Pravin Doval 19, Vinay Kaushin 7) 81-53, (14-15, 20-11, 17-13, 30-14)
Tamil Nadu (Saravana Rajan 18, U. Arun Chindra Doss 18, Pratham Singh 16) bt. Andhra Pradesh (C. H. Naveen Kumar 12, S. Vinay Kumar Yadav 12) 76-47, (22-20, 23-8,
15-11, 16-8)
Women: Madhya Pradesh (Deepika David 14, Pranjul Upadhyay 14) bt. Punjab (Kiranjit Kaur 22, Nagma Mirza 11) 67-65, (10-18, 17-13, 14-11, 26-23)
Kerala (Lizy Mathew 20, Ashey Mathew 19, Athira. M 12) bt. Andhra Pradesh (Manda Meshram 16, Aashna Ujwaney 15, Anusha Anto 9) 78-52, (19-14, 16-14, 30-14, 13-10)
Uttar Pradesh (Sushma Pandey 11) bt. Uttarakhand (Reetika 4) 36-7, (10-2, 10-2, 6-0, 10-3)
Delhi (Akansha Singh 21, Sonika Ohylan 18, Pratima Singh 17) bt. Tamil Nadu (Apporva Muralinat 12, Sunitha Suren 9, M. Meena Latha 9) 75-48, (25-5, 20-13, 18-14, 12-16)
Karnataka (Victoria Brijita 14, Sandhya M 13) bt. Himachal Pradesh (Navna 8) 69-30, (22-14, 16-5, 16-7, 15-4). (IANS)
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