31ST YOUTH NATIONAL BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP – DAY TWO AND THREE

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(Vishnu Ravi Shankar) Chandigarh, 8^th-9^th October 2014: Defending champions for the boys, team Delhi, remain unbeaten as we head into day 3 of the 31^st Youth National Basketball Championship here in Chandigarh. The Delhi boys used their size and height to their advantage beating the Kerala boys by a 16-point margin, 75-59, today morning. 2013 runners up for the boys, team Rajasthan, played a fast paced game, with plenty of steals and breaks, to beat the Madhya Pradesh boys 81-69 yesterday evening. The last game yesterday evening was a thrilling contest between the boys’ teams of Chandigarh and West Bengal. The home team, Chandigarh, came away with a 89-75 victory, banking on the play of Amit, who erupted for 43 points with 17 makes out of 37 attempts from the field.

There were no real surprises in the girls matches, with the stronger teams picking up easy victories. The Chhattisgarh girls thrashed West Bengal 90-37 – team captain Mahima top scored for Chhattisgarh with 31 points. Kerala picked up an easy win against Uttar Pradesh on a balanced scoring effort, beating them 66-22.

A complete list of results of the matches held after 5.30 p.m. on 8^th October 2014 and up to 11.30 p.m. on 9^th October 2014 is as follows:

Girls:

8^th October 2014 (5.30 p.m. to end of day)

1. Chhattisgarh (Mahima 31, Gulabsha Ali 13) bt West Bengal (Paramita Gosh 21, Swagata Mal 8) 90-37 (22-18, 25-4, 24-8, 19-7)
2. Andhra Pradesh (M.L. Sravanti 19) bt Odisha (Urbashi 15) 58-42 (11-7, 11-14, 13-12, 13-9)
3. Delhi (Gurkiran 16) bt Jammu and Kashmir (Aashima 5) 28-12 (6-3, 4-1, 8-4, 10-4)

9^th October 2014 (beginning of day to 11.30 a.m.)

4. Kerala (Nimmi George 13, Aswathi J. 13) bt Uttar Pradesh (Pooja Yadav 10, Shreyasi Vats 5) 66-22 (21-2, 14-4, 18-5, 13-11)

Boys:

8^th October 2014 (5.30 p.m. to end of day)

5. Rajasthan (Abbas Ali 22, Yogendra Singh 22) bt Madhya Pradesh (Rishabh S. 15, Rajendra S. 14) 81-69 (30-19, 23-13, 21-16, 7-21)
6. Punjab (Rahul Mehla 38, Ajit 28) bt Uttar Pradesh (Dheeraj M. 15, Gopal Yadav 14)80-53 (12-13, 20-13, 22-18, 26-9)
7. Chandigarh (Amit 43, Gary 24) bt West Bengal (Shaw A.K. 28, Shaw B. 23) 89-75(13-17, 23-19, 25-23, 28-16)
8. Himachal Pradesh (Kartik 11, Sahil 7) bt Jammu and Kashmir (Inderjeet 5, Nirbhay 4) 38-18 (10-2, 10-9, 14-2, 4-5)
9. Odisha (Suman 18, Aftabuddin 14) bt Mizoram (Zorinsanga 22, Chuaudingliana 21)66-61 (13-11, 15-17, 10-8, 18-20, OT 10-5)
10. Assam (Akshay Das 15) bt Puducherry (Vinod 11) 53-26 (13-4, 14-7, 12-7, 14-8)

9^th October 2014 (beginning of day to 11.30 a.m.)

1. Gujarat (Steve 19) bt Goa (Nayaab 19) 58-46 (11-12, 12-14, 21-12, 14-8)
2. Tamil Nadu (Prakhar S. 8, Vishal K. 12, Shrey P. 14) Uttarakhand (Vaibhav G. 15) 57-24 (22-6, 18-4, 9-16, 8-8)
3. Delhi (Sombir S. 28, Hansraj H. 19) bt Kerala (Sudarsan T. 14, Wilson E. 10, Jacob J.J. 10) 75-59 (16-17, 12-16, 27-10, 20-16)
4. Bihar (Govind 10, Abhinandan 10) bt Jharkhand (Attavl 16, Rahul 10) 41-40 (6-8, 16-11, 2-8, 17-13)

The tentative schedule for the rest of the day of 9^th October 2014 is as follows:

Date:09-10-2014 (THURSDAY)

COURT – 1

No	Team “A”	Vs	Team “B”	Group	Timing
45	MAHARASHTRA	Vs	PUNJAB	GA	09.30 AM
46	MAHARASHTRA	Vs	ANDHRA PRADESH	BA	10.45 AM
47	GOA	Vs	GUJARAT	GC	12.00 PM
48	TAMIL NADU	Vs	WEST BENGAL	GB	01.15 PM
49	RAJASTHAN	Vs	UTTAR PRADESH	BB	02.30 PM
50	HARYANA	Vs	MADHYA PRADESH	GB	03.45 PM
51	MADHYA PRADESH	Vs	KARNATAKA	BB	05.00 PM
52	CHANDIGARH	Vs	JAMMU & KASHMIR	BD	06.15 PM

COURT –2 (GOVERNMENT COLLEGE FOR WOMEN SECTOR NO 42)

No	Team “A”	Vs	Team “B”	Group	Timing
56	HIMACHAL PRADESH	Vs	WEST BENGAL	BD	04.00 PM
57	ODISHA	Vs	PUDUCHERRY	BF	05.15 PM
58	ASSAM	Vs	MIZORAM	BF	06.30 PM

COURT –3(GOVERNMENT COLLEGE FOR WOMEN SECTOR NO 42)

No	Team “A”	Vs	Team “B”	Group	Timing
59	BIHAR	Vs	HIMACHAL PRADESH	GD	07.00 AM
60	DELHI	Vs	PUDUCHERRY	GE	08.15 AM
61	ASSAM	Vs	JAMMU & KASHMIR	GE	09.30 AM
62	ANDHRA PRADESH	Vs	JHARKHAND	GF	04.00 PM
63	RAJASTHAN	Vs	ODISHA	GF	05.15 PM