Junior national basketball

Sports Bureau

Sports Bureau

Bengaluru

Tamil Nadu men’s and women’s teams notched up victories on the opening day of the 72nd junior National basketball championships at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium here on Saturday.

In the men’s section, Tamil Nadu took out Uttarakhand 109-60, while the women’s team defeated Uttar Pradesh 87-55. 

Mekhala Gowda and Aadhya Gowda (17 points each) helped host Karnataka defeat Andhra Pradesh 68-56 in the women’s section. 

The results (group stage): Men: Chandigarh 92 (Abhishek 20, Ibrahim Ali 15, Udit 14,Vaibhav 11) bt Rajasthan 72 (Rahul 20, Mohit 15); Tamil Nadu 109 (Subinvel 11, Praglathan 10) bt Uttarakhand 60 (Hardik Sharma 20, Priyanshuchand 17); Punjab 109 (Harmonjoth Singh 36, Bibek Singh 14, Baanu Pratap 11) bt Maharashtra 41 (Sansakar 14); Uttar Pradesh 80 (Rishab Jaiswar 26, Harsh Dagar 26) bt Andhra Pradesh 60 (Leela Kumar 17, Dwarkanath 13); Madhya Pradesh 133 (Himanshu 16, Suryash Singh 14, Harsh Ahlawat 13, Shivang 12) bt Assam 45. 

Women: Punjab 60 (Kavya Singla 20, Manmeet Kaur 15, Shaman Praveen 14) bt Maharashtra 53 (Anaya Bhavsar 18, Swati Wankhede 11, Gunjan Mantri 10); Karnataka 68 (Mekhala Gowda 17, Aadhya Gowda 17, Niharika Reddy 14, Yashwini 12) bt Andhra Pradesh 56 (Pallavi 15, Tally Anita 12); Kerala 83 (Aslin Shiju 24, Aleena Jaison 17, Ruth Anna Blessen 10, P.A. Alka 10) bt West Bengal 47 (Diya Hazara 17, Ananya Mondal 12, Smritikana 10); Madhya Pradesh 123 (Aditi Khadelwal 26, Khushi Pal Singh 23, Samya Wadhwani 23) bt Meghalaya 15; Chhattisgarh 93 (Riya Prasad 20, D. Kirti 19, Vidhya 11, Ruksar Ali 11, Moni Adla 11) bt Chandigarh 44 (Ayushi Singh 10); Haryana 120 (Anju 27, Nancy 24, Mannu 26, Pooja 12) bt Nagaland 28 (Kenein Keneingunuo 15); Tamil Nadu 87 (A. Nitika 22, A. Subhashini 11, Sadhana10) bt Uttar Pradesh 55 (Nancy Gupta 17, Kamakhee Choudhary 16).