Defending Champs Chhattisgarh girls and MP boys return to finale where they will meet Kerala & Rajasthan

Hyderabad, 6^th October 2016: The semifinal games of the 43^rd Arise Steel Sub-Junior National Basketball Championship 2016 concluded today at the SATS Indoor Stadium, Saroornagar in the city.

Mr Aadhav Arjuna, Managing Director of Arise Steel Industries, the title sponsors of this championship, was the chief guest of the evening. He shook hands with both the Telangana and Rajasthan boys squads accompanied by Mr R Sridhar Reddy, President of the Organising Committee & Hyderabad District Basketball Association and Mr M Rajender Reddy, President, Telangana Basketball Association.

In the girls section, Chhattisgarh beat Maharashtra in a closely fought 51-45 game. Khushboo Gupta top scored for the defending champions with 19 points. In the second semifinals, southern rivals Tamil Nadu and Kerala battled hard before Kerala prevailed 66-62.

In the two boys semifinals, defending champions BFI-Madhya Pradesh* and Rajasthan separated themselves in the second half against Haryana and Andhra Pradesh respectively, to set up their summit clash.

Tomorrow’s final day schedule is as follows:

3^rd & 4^th Place Matches

8.00 am Haryana vs Andhra Pradesh – Boys (Court 1)

8.00 am Maharashtra vs Tamil Nadu – Girls (Court 2)

Finals

10.00 am Chhattisgarh vs Kerala – Girls (Court 1)

11.30 am Madhya Pradesh vs Rajasthan – Boys (Court 1)

RESULTS FROM Day 6 (6^th October 2016)

Girls:

Level 1

Semifinals

1. Chhattisgarh (Khushboo Gupta 19, Urvashi 14) bt Maharashtra (Siya Deodhar 12, Sanskruti Pawar 7) 51-45 (20-6, 12-14, 9-14, 10-11)
2. Kerala (Jayasree 21, Gouri 17) bt Tamil Nadu (Sathya K 29, Nitika 14)66-62 (18-24, 20-6, 15-14, 13-18)

5-6 Classification Match

1. Rajasthan (Rashi Kothani 17, Uma Bairna 8) bt Uttar Pradesh (Chaitali Rajesh 16, Kirti Nigam 8) 46-40 (16-11, 9-3, 6-10, 15-16)

7-8 Classification Match

1. Karnataka (Harini MS 14, Janani N 10) bt Madhya Pradesh (Sania Pal 5)35-22 (6-2, 9-7, 8-8, 12-3)

First round of 5-8 Classification Matches

1. Uttar Pradesh (Ananya 8, Chitali 7) bt Madhya Pradesh (Manvi Agarwal 10) 33-21 (9-3, 7-2, 6-5, 11-11)
2. Rajasthan (Rashi Kothani 16) bt Karnataka (Harini MS 8) 41-25 (7-5, 3-8, 8-13, 7-15)

9-10 Classification Match

1. Delhi (Trishala 17, Kritika D 13) bt Punjab (Rupali 5, Manroop K 5) 42-13(16-11, 11-0, 11-0, 42-2)

Level 2 Losers Knockout Finals:

1. Gujarat (Naomi Lakhanpal 18, Jenisha Avari 11) bt Himachal Pradesh(Gagneet Kaur 10)  42-35 (13-4, 2-11, 16-12, 11-8)

Boys:

Level 1

Semifinals

1. BFI-Madhya Pradesh* (Sachindra Sharma 23, Brijesh Tiwari 12, Virat Dhakad 11) bt Haryana (Depender 17, Sahil 14, Gourav 13) 66-54 (9-18, 16-8, 20-9, 21-19)
2. Rajasthan (Seikh Saifali 32, Mahaveer Banjara 24, Digvijay Singh 12) btAndhra Pradesh (Shaik Ahmed Alisha 20, S Nayeem Basha 12) 94-65 (12-12, 26-18, 24-19, 32-16)

5-6 Classification Match

1. Telangana (Harsh Hooda 17, Shaik Khaja Vali 12, Shoib Khan 12) btChhattisgarh (Shivam Dubey 20, Rishab Jaiswar 9) 49-48 (10-8, 9-10, 13-14, 17-16)

7-8 Classification Match

1. Uttar Pradesh (Robin Banerjee 10, Suraj Sonkar 8) bt Punjab (Gurdeep Singh 13) 43-28 (11-9, 18-11, 8-5, 6-3)

First round of 5-8 Classification Matches

1. Telangana (Shankar 12, Ritvik Inamala 11, Khaja Vali 10) bt Uttar Pradesh (Yash Vardhan 15, Mayank Pal 14) 59-54 (7-12, 15-7, 20-14, 17-21)
2. Chhattisgarh (Md Farhan Raza 14, R Deepak 11, Rishab Jaiswar 10) btPunjab (Gurdeep Singh 14) 55-31 (9-7, 15-10, 22-9, 19-15)

9-10 Classification Match

1. Maharashtra (Imran Khan 18, Usman Khan 18, Huzaifa Qureshi 15) btOdisha (Manoj Kumar 24, Brahmanda Behe 13) 67-60 (14-15, 9-17, 26-14)

Level 2 Losers Knockout Finals:

1. Tamil Nadu (J Yogeswaran 18, S Harish 10, R Harish 10) bt Delhi(Saurabh 15, Ashwani 12, Tushar 9) 54-48 (12-12, 8-13, 18-12, 16-11)