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In the conflict for the last knockout berth successful the men’s section, Punjab prevailed implicit Chandigarh 81-74 and entered the pre-quarterfinals of the 75th Senior National Basketball championships astatine the Nehru Indoor Stadium connected Thursday.
Both teams entered their last league fixture having mislaid each 3 games beforehand, making this brushwood a virtual knockout.
It was an engrossing contention that saw the pb kept swinging betwixt the neighbours successful the archetypal fractional earlier Punjab, past year’s runner-up, pulled distant aft the break. Tajinderbir Singh scored 19 points for Punjab.
Punjab seized the aboriginal momentum, taking a 13-4 lead, but Gandham Sai Roshan turned things astir for Chandigarh, which scored the pursuing 11 points to wrest backmost the initiative. Punjab skipper Gurwinder Singh past nailed 2 three-pointers to adjacent retired the archetypal 4th 23-21 successful his side’s favour.
In the adjacent quarter, Chandigarh was much palmy successful creating chances, arsenic Sanju Gabhiye and Rohan Roy enactment their broadside up by 1 constituent astatine half-time.
In the 3rd quarter, Arshjot Singh was successful the heavy of things for Punjab, scoring six points rapidly portion besides creating chances and effecting steals arsenic Punjab pocketed 13 points successful succession.
Though Chandigarh did its champion to claw backmost into the game, Punjab held its nerve.
Important results: Women: Group A: Maharashtra 79 (Ankita Kumari 15, Reva Kulkarni 15, Siya Seodhar 15) bt Chhattisgarh 68 (Gulabsha Ali 24, Priya Sharma 14, Ishika Sharma 13, Nisha Kashyap 12); Karnataka 88 (Sruthi Arvind 26, H.M. Bhandhavya 13, Nidhi Umesh 12) bt Delhi 52 (Suman 12, Neha Hooda 11).
Group B: Madhya Pradesh 62 (Manvi Srivastava 17, Kushi Pal Singh 14, Gunvi Agarwal 10) bt West Bengal 47 (Ananya Mandal 13); Tamil Nadu 118 (Shree Varshini 18, S. Krithika 18, Antheya Daisy Evangeline 16, Harithra 14, Ashmitha 14) bt Gujarat 39 (Aahana George 18).
Men: Group A: Rajasthan 83 (Mohammed Ishan 31, Mahaveer 19, Lokendra Singh 15, Ashish Trivedi 12) bt Gujarat 75 (Vinay Kaushik 25, Sahaj Kumar Patel 16, Mirant Italia 11, Yogesh Mer 10); Tamil Nadu 103 (Baladhaneshwar Poiyamozhi 25, Pranav Prince 16, Arvind Kumar 12) bt Services 61 (T.S. Santosh 16, Hemant Sheoran 15).
Group B: Uttar Pradesh 80 (Harsh Dagar 30, Kushal Singh 20, Rishant Kumar 13, Prince Tyagi 11) bt Delhi 77 (Ravi Bhardwaj 19, Issac Thomas 15, M. Sivasakthivel 14, Jeethandar Singh 12, Ayush Sharma 11).
Punjab 81 (Tajinderbir Singh 19, Gurvinder Singh Sandhu 12, Arshjot Singh 12) bt Chandigarh 74 (Sanju Gajbhiye 18, Aditya 12, Gandham Sai Roshan 12).
