Kerala men outwit Maharashtra

By Avinash Nair

BANGALORE, JAN. 8. Kerala men relied on youth power and it paid rich dividends. After six years of wilderness in the lower group, Kerala powered into the elite super league with a 91-50 win over Maharashtra in the 51st Senior National basketball championship at the Sree Kanteerava Indoor Stadium here today.

lThe results: Men: Group A: Rajasthan 89 (Ashok Kumar 31, Moth Singh 18, Virendra Joshi 13) bt Andhra Pradesh 62 (Pankaj 18, Subbaiah Choudhary 12) (ht: 35-26); Tamil Nadu 87 (Mosses Jeevanathan 16, Shivakumar 16, Shabeer Ahmed 9) bt MP 45 (Srinivasan Iyer 12, Vijay Kumar 11)(ht: 49-18).

Group C: Gujarat 75 (Johnson Abraham 25, Vipul 16) bt Goa 51 (Atmaran Desai 13, Magesh Kambli 11) (ht: 38- 29); Haryana 93 (Surendra 28, Manoj Kumar 22, Vikram 18) bt Goa 47 (Atmaran Desai 22, Mahesh Kambli 12) (ht: 35-25).

Group E: Assam 67 (Jishumoni Deka 25, Rajib Bora 14, Nripen Lakrar 11) bt Jammu and Kashmir 54 (Sudesh Kumar Pandey 14, Harpreet Singh 12) (ht: 42-31).

E1 vs D1: Kerala 91 (Sunny Thomas 30, Santhosh John 17, Subash Shenoy 16) bt Maharashtra 50 (Harpreet Singh 13, Vijay Gandhi 9) (ht: 38-20).

Women: Group A: Railways 92 (Sheba Mason 19, Prabhjit Gill 10, Ivy Cherian 9) bt Kerala 59 (Ambily Thomas 13, Lalitha 11, Jetty Jose 10) (ht: 52-23); Punjab 70 (Mandeep Brar 13, Savithri 12, Reena 10) bt Maharashtra 64 (Manisha Kappikar 19, Pradnya Mane 11, Lincy Joseph 8) (ht: 24-30; ft: 60- 60).

Group B: Madhya Pradesh 67 (Savitha Deshwal 25, Anju Lakra 15, Poonam Singh 13) bt Delhi 50 (Rashmi Dorothy 19, Nischita Choudhary 10, Rameshwari 8) (ht: 36-20).

Group C: Himachal Pradesh 35 (Sunita 19) bt Jammu and Kashmir 13 (Monica Sharma 6) (ht: 20-6); Andhra Pradesh 71 (Sofi 31, D. Anandhi 15, Sisily 10) bt West Bengal 51 (Rekha Choudhary 23, Rumi Barua 7) (ht: 34-28).

D1 vs E1: Karnataka 61 (Dhanya Muthanna 19, Pavithra 9, Savitha 7) bt Orissa 26 (Pragnya Baliyar 9, Sumitra Parida 8) (ht: 38-8).

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