Defending champion Rajasthan opened its campaign in the boys’ section with a thumping 85-29 win over Delhi in the 36th Youth (under-16) National basketball championship at the PSG indoor stadium courts here on Tuesday.
Even as Digoyay Singh (25 pts) and Shivam Kumawat (25 pts), were calling the shots for Rajasthan in the main court, Karnataka stunned the crowd with a surprise 67-64 win over a fighting Kerala in the other.
It was a similar show in girls’ section with title holder Punjab huffing and puffing before pulling off an extra time 74-69 win over Delhi . Harsimra Kaur (26) and Kanisha (20) did the bulk of the scoring for the winner.
Mixed day for TN
For host Tamil Nadu, it was a day of mixed fortunes with the girls pounding Madhya Pradesh 79-29 and the boys going down to Haryana 82-63.
The results (league): Boys: Rajasthan 85 (Digoyay Singh 25, Shivam Kumawat 25, Loken Drasingh 17) bt Delhi 29; Karnataka 67 (Achintya Krishna 29, Manav 22) bt Kerala 64 (Pranav Prince 21, C.K. Abhinav 13); Andhra Pradesh 120 (Khaleel Ghose 50, Sai Babu 16) bt Goa 54 (Trukorgoawkari 11, Sahil Desai 11); Uttar Pradesh 87 bt Himachal Pradesh 26; Uttarkhand 65 bt J&K 50.
Assam 102 bt Puducherry 74; Punjab 84 bt Chhattisgarh 43; Chandigarh 71 bt West Bengal 67.
Haryana 82 (Sahil 26, Deepender 22, Rahul 12, Abhay Dalal 13) bt Tamil Nadu 63 (Harish 17, Yusuf 19, Sharan 10); Telangana 63 bt Jharkhand 34.
Girls: Punjab 74 (Harsimra Kaur 26, Kanisha 20) bt Delhi 69 (Kritika 32, Prakriti 14); Kerala 60 (Anin Mary 17, Aleena Antony 13) bt Rajasthan 35 (Rasmi Khotani 14, Jiya Tiwari 10).
Karnataka 63 (Sunisha 12, Sanjana Ramesh 11) bt Uttar Pradesh 36 (Chaitali Rajesh 12); Andhra Pradesh 74 bt Goa 33; West Bengal 61 bt J&K 22; Chandigarh 51 bt Assam 36.
Haryana 67 bt Himachal Pradesh 52; Puducherry 75 bt Odisha 52; Telangana 59 bt Jharkhand 38; Tamil Nadu 79 bt Madhya Pradesh 29 .
