Defending champions Chhattisgarh girls looking good in Sub-Junior National Basketball Championship

Hyderabad, 2^nd October 2016: The second day of the 43^rd Arise Steel Sub-Junior National Basketball Championship 2016 saw the players, coaches, referees and organisers working hard on Gandhi Jayanti at the Saroornagar Indoor Stadium.

The defending champions Chhattisgarh girls got off to a resounding start, with a close victory against Rajasthan late yesterday evening (32-31) and by defeating Haryana handily today morning 94-39. Chhattisgarh’s Jyoti Prajapati led all scorers with 32 points. The Rajasthan girls bounced back from the close loss yesterday to defeat Karnataka 35-31.

Maharashtra girls registered their first victory today morning, defeating Kerala 35-27, after the Tamil Nadu girls handed them a loss in their opening game late last evening.

The defending champions in the boys’ category, BFI-Madhya Pradesh, continued their winning ways with a comfortable victory against Odisha 57-18. Neighbours and traditional basketball hubs Punjab and Haryana also picked up wins against Puducherry and Maharashtra respectively. The Andhra Pradesh boys blew out Kerala with a 62-21 victory, while Goa suffered their second loss against Uttarakhand 28 to 13.

RESULTS FROM DAY 2 (2^nd Oct 2016) upto 2 pm

Girls:

Level 1:

Group A:

1. Rajasthan (Rashi Khotani 11, Manasvi Bhadana 9) bt Karnataka (Harini MS 10, Srishti Ranjan 8) 35-31 (4-10, 9-7, 13-8, 9-6)
2. Chhattisgarh (Jyoti Prajapati 32, Akansha Singh 17, D. Kirti 16) btHaryana (Sameeksha 12) 94-39 (15-5, 27-9, 28-10, 24-15)

Group B:

1. Maharashtra (Siya Deodhar 13, Chaitaali Bafna 10) bt Kerala (Ann Mary Zahariah 9, Gouri VS 6) 35-27 (8-10, 7-4, 10-2, 10-11)

Level 2:

Group D:

1. Goa (Vaishnavi Chirve 6) bt Jammu and Kashmir (Pranati Raj Tashu 5)15-6 (0-0, 4-0, 1-5, 9-1)

Boys:

Level 1:

Group A:

1. Andhra Pradesh (KVV Ramana 17, Shaik Ahmed Alisha 12, Sreetam Tripathy 10) bt Kerala (Pranav Prince 8) 62-21 (17-6, 14-11, 19-2, 12-2)
2. Madhya Pradesh (Virat Dhakad 16) bt Odisha (Brahamananda Behera 10) 57-18 (18-7, 23-1, 10-5, 6-5)

Group B:

1. Haryana (Gourav 19, Vikas 18, Sahil 10) bt Maharashtra (Usman Khan 12, Danish Shaikh 10) 76-41 (28-4, 16-7, 18-15, 14-15)

Level 2:

Group D:

1. West Bengal (Robi Uddin Fakir 14, Amarendra Nayak 14) bt Jharkhand(Ashik Tamang 17, Goutam Kumar 14) 47-42 (10-8, 7-10, 12-14, 18-10)

Group E:

1. Punjab (Gurdeep Singh 24, Rohan 14, Prince Kumar 9) bt Puducherry(Shaan Deepan M 5) 69-17 (26-5, 23-6, 10-2, 10-4)
2. Uttarakhand (Jotish Kumar 8, Ritik Kumar 7) bt Goa (Jonathan Gomes 6)28-13 (11-3, 7-1, 4-1, 6-8)

Day 1 after opening ceremony

Girls:

Level 1:

Group A:

1. Chhattisgarh (Urvashi Baghel 8, Akansha Singh 6) bt Rajasthan (Rashi Khotani 14, Chelsi 6) 32-31 (9-8, 7-9, 6-9, 10-5)

Group B:

1. Tamil Nadu (Shree Varshini J 14, Nitika A 14, Harithra S 10) btMaharashtra (C Maitali Bafna 10, Siya Deodmar 8) 56-29 (14-9, 12-2, 16-10, 14-8)