Date:03/05/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/05/03/stories/2007050304232000.htm

Sport - Basketball

Wayanad boys in final

NILESHWARAM: Wayanad boys and Kollam girls entered the finals of the 31st State junior basketball championships at the Rajas HS floodlit courts here on Tuesday.

Wayanad continued its golden run in the tournament by crushing Kottayam 64-27 with Ashely Xavier doing the bulk of scoring with 27 points.

The Kollam girls defeated Thrissur 37-22. The winner led 10-7 at half-time.

The results:

Boys:

Semifinal: Wayanad 64 (Ashley Xavier 27, Tony Cherian 13) bt Kottayam 27 (Jobin Varghese 10).

Quarterfianls: Kottayam 66 (Roney 22, Deepak 11) bt Thrissur 63 (Jidhin Paul 16, Avin 13); Kasaragod 53 (Vigil Kumar 14, Yadu R. Govind 14, Nikhil 10) bt Pathanamthitta 46 (Jijo Thankachan 12, Richard Baby 11); Malappuram 66 (Amal James 27, Basil Philip 16, Shijoy Thomas 16) bt Thiruvananthapuram 61 (George Sebastian 16, Umesh Krishnan 14)

Girls: semifinal: Kollam 37 (P. Smija 14, Stephy Noxon 10) bt Thrissur 22 (Dhanya 12).

Quarterfianls: Kannur 48 (Seena Joseph 18, Anju 11) bt Alapuzha 38 (Merlin Sebastian 11, Ranjusha 10).