Delhi Women and Services Men Score A Century To Enter Semi-Finals
New Delhi, 3rd March 2014: In
a thrilling Quarter-Finals encounter Delhi women defeated Punjab 111-58
to make a place in the Semi-Finals of the 64th National Basketball
Championship being held at the Indoor Stadium, Thyagaraj Sports Complex
here. Punjab Women were leading 19-15 at the end of first quarter but
the confident Delhi team picked up their game and were leading 43-28 in
half time. Delhi managed to score 30 and 38 in the 3rd and 4th quarter. Prashanti
Singh scored 29 points (four 3-pointers), Raspreet Sidhu 23, Pratima
Singh 16 and Madhu Kumari added 12 to power Delhi to a century. Nagma
Mirza scored 23, Nirmal Kumar 13 and Kiranjit Kaur finished with 11 for
Punjab.
Gopal
Ram scored 29, Narender Grewal 21, Jairam 18 (14 Rebounds), Joginder
Singh 13 (Three 3-pointers) and Services Men defeated Indian Railways
104-72 after leading 57-32 at half-time. Ankur Anand Singh scored 21, Prakesh Mishra 12 and Hirendra S Rahtoree finished with 10 for Indian Railways.
Defending
Champions Uttarakhand Men and Indian Railways Women have also qualified
for the Semi-Finals defeating Kerala 93-74 and Tamil Nadu 90-50
respectively.
The 64th National Basketball Championship being held at the Thaygaraj Stadium from 26th February to 5th March 2014 is organized by The
Basketball Federation of India and supported by IMG-Reliance. In all 51
teams, 27 men and 24 women are participating in the country’s top most
competition played on League–cum–Knock-out basis. Top 10 teams of the
previous year ranking are grouped in Pool A’ & B’ (Level I). The winner will take home Rs 1,00,000 while the first and second runners-up will receive Rs 75,000 and Rs 50,000, respectively.
Results
3rd March 2014
Pre-Quarterfinals
Women
Karnataka (Naneneetha P.U 29, Kruthika Lakshman 16, Rohini R.John 11) bt Andhra Pradesh (M.Gayathri 24, N.Senha Priya 18, Jilina Jose 7) 84-72 (24-26, 16-9, 23-22, 21-15)
Tamil Nadu (Srividhya 14, Vyishali 12) bt Uttar Pradesh (Radha 12, Niharika 7) 59-21 (19-9, 12-0, 13-6, 15-6)
Men
Karnataka (Dheeraj
Shetty 21, Arvind 21, Rajesh 18, Abhilash J 8) bt Rajasthan (S.Partha
Sarathi 16, Kamran Khan 14, Harshvardhan 14, Jaynesh Patel 12) 90-77 (26-19, 19-10, 27-21, 18-27)
Haryana (Hemant Sheoran 31, Deepak Rathi 10, Vikas Mor 8) bt Chhattishgarh (Raranpal Singh 21, Shyam Sunder 10, Sameer Rai 8) 75-59 (22-12, 14-16, 23-14, 16-17)
Quarter-Finals
Women
Chhattishgarh (Kavita 24, Bharti Herati 14, Farhat Anjum 14, Seeam Singh 10) bt Kerala (Neenumol P.S 15, Jeena PS 10, Stephy Nixon 10) 76-46 (14-18, 13-7, 21-14, 28-7)
Delhi (Prashanti
Singh 29, Raspreet Sidhu 23, Pratima Singh 16, Madhu Kumari 12) bt
Punjab (Nagma Mirza 23, Nirmal Kumar 13, Kiranjit Kaur 11) 111-58 (15-19, 28-9, 30-15, 38-15)
Indian Railways (M
Pushpa 15, Smruthi Radhakisnan 15, Geetu Anna Jose 14, Anju Lakra 11)
bt Tamil Nadu (R.Alagu Tamil.M 19, Appoora Muralin 14) 90-50 (27-14, 22-14, 23-4, 17-18)
Men
Services (Gopal
Ram 29, Narender Grewal 21, Jairam 18, Joginder Singh 13) bt Indian
Railways (Ankur Anand Singh 21, Prakesh Mishra 12, Hirendra S Rahtoree
10) 104-72 (26-18, 31-14, 25-29, 22-10)
Uttarakhand (Amritpal Singh 50, Yadwinder Singh 17,) bt Kerala (Monish Nilson 19, Jomon Jose 15, Basil Philip 16) 93-74 (21-21, 27-17, 22-19, 23-17)
Fixtures:: Semi-Finals
4th March 2014
Men - W/o (Tamil Nadu Vs Karnataka 3rd March) Vs Services 12.30 pm
Women - Chhattisgarh Vs W/o (Karnataka Vs Maharashtra 3rd March) 2.00 pm
Men – Uttarakhand Vs W/o (Punjab Vs Haryana) 3.30 pm
Women – Indian Railways Vs Delhi 5.00 pm
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