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In a tightly contested lucifer that saw 4 pb changes successful the archetypal quarter, Delhi prevailed implicit Punjab 79-62 to station its 2nd triumph successful the men’s conception of the 75th elder National hoops title astatine the Nehru Indoor Stadium present connected Tuesday.
The clash betwixt the 2 bluish sides was evenly matched successful the archetypal quarter, with Punjab taking the aboriginal pb earlier Delhi went connected a 10-point run. Punjab, 1 of the heavyweights successful the nationals, past nailed 2 three-pointers to get its chemoreceptor up 19-18. However, astatine the whistle, Ayush Sharma’s spectacular leap changeable three-pointer from the broadside enactment Delhi ahead.
From determination on, Delhi dilatory went astir staying up by a fistful of points arsenic Jeethandar Singh was connected the prowl, scoring 21 points.
Punjab was sub-par, making simple mistakes, losing possession tamely, and adjacent falling foul of the changeable timepiece successful the 2nd quarter. Punjab, past year’s runner-up, pulled things backmost aft the half-time interruption but fizzled disconnected successful the last 10 minutes. Only Tajinderbir Singh kept the contention alive, but helium lacked enactment from his teammates. In contrast, Delhi’s Issac T. Thomas and Jeethandar were businesslike connected rebounds, helping their broadside pouch 2 points.
Earlier, Karnataka bushed Rajasthan by 21 points (100-79) to unafraid its 3rd triumph and publication a spot successful the quarterfinals.
In the women’s section, Railways, Karnataka and Kerala booked a berth successful the past 8 aft winning their 3rd league game.
Important results: Women: Group A: Indian Railways 113 (Pushpa Senthil Kumar 26, K.B. Harshita 20, Poonam Chaturvedi 14, Harima Sudari 11, A. Nitika 10) bt Maharashtra 66 (Siya Deodhar 12, Dhara Phate 12)
Karnataka 103 (Mahek Sharma 22, H.M. Bhandhavya 16, Shruti Arvind 14, Sanjana Ramesh 13) bt Chhattisgarh 50.
Group B: Kerala 102 (Aneesha Cleetus 24, V.J. Jayalakshmi 17, R. Sreekala 16) bt West Bengal 48 (Madhu Kumari 28).
Madhya Pradesh 70 (Manvi Srivastava 17, Khushi Pal Singh 11, Ananya Maheshwari 10) bt Gujarat 52 (Vidhiben Baria 20, Aahana George 10).
Men: Group A: Karnataka 100 (Arvind Arumugam 27, Pratyanshu Tomar 22, Shashank Rai 15, Aaron Monteiro 12) bt Rajasthan 79 (Ashish Trivedi 25, Akshit Hooda 22).
Services 76 (Himanshu Hooda 26, Ajay Singh 18, T.S. Santosh 16) bt Gujarat 68 (Sahaj Kumar Patel 17, Krishnapalsinh Gohil 16, Vinay Kaushik 16, Jigrajsinh Gohil 13).
Group B: Indian Railways 94 (Amrendra Nayak 15, Vishnu Prasad 15, Manik 14, Surya Pratap Singh 12) bt Chandigarh 43 (Sanju Gajbhiye 10).
Delhi 79 (Jeethandar Singh 21, Ayush Sharma 12, Issac T. Thomas 11, Abhishek Tyagi 11, Rachit 10) bt Punjab 62 (Tajinderbir Singh 20).
