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After a rain interruption on the evening of Day 1 of the 32nd Youth National Basketball Championship, the matches resumed after cleaning and drying of the courts at around 7 p.m. and continued till late evening. The Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh boys Level 1 game was tantalisingly poised with Tamil Nadu leading by 1 point 49-48 in the third quarter. The game continued to be a close affair until the final minutes. Uttar Pradesh was led by their point guard Dhiraj, who enthralled the crowd with his ballhandling skills and crafty drives to the basket. For Tamil Nadu, 2014 Youth National Championship MVP P. Baladaneshwar led the way for his team. Despite trailing late in the game, Bala and his teammate Adarsh made clutch freethrows to help tie the game and take it into overtime. In the overtime period, Uttar Pradesh took an early 5-point lead, but then Baladaneshwar took over with tight defense on UP’s point guard and strong drives to the basket on offense. He ended up with 49 points in the game and Tamil Nadu clinched a 99-95 victory.
In the other Level 1 boys’ games in the evening, Haryana started off with a 69-65 victory against last year’s runners up Kerala in a tightly fought contest. The Punjab boys also registered a comfortable victory in their opening Level 1 Group B game against Rajasthan 47-8.
On the morning of Day 2, defending champs Tamil Nadu girls remained undefeated with a 56-18 victory against Madhya Pradesh led by Avanthi’s 22 points. Last year’s runners up Kerala girls suffered their second loss against last year’s third placed team Karnataka in a close game that ended at 42-37. Snigddha Nair top scored for her team with 17 points. Haryana girls impressed yet again with their second victory, this time against Delhi.
In the boys Level 1 games, Tamil Nadu remained strong with a 58-47 victory against Chhattisgarh on the basis of a balanced team effort. The Kerala boys bounced back with a 55-20 victory against Rajasthan, while Punjab continued their winning ways against Maharashtra.
Results from Day 1 after 6:30 pm
Girls:
Level 2:
Group C:
Uttar Pradesh (Shivani 11, Mansi 6, Sunidhi 4) bt Himachal Pradesh (Jyotika 16, Sheetal 7) 29-27 (7-0, 12-8, 0-10, 10-9)
Group D:
Gujarat (Tavleen Kaur Bhandal 11, Shania Shah 6) bt Puducherry (Akila 3) 28-4 (13-0, 6-1, 6-0, 4-4)
Boys:
Level 1:
Group A:
Tamil Nadu (P. Baladaneshwar 49, J. Adarsh Premsan 24, C. Joshua Rozano 15) bt Uttar Pradesh (Dhiraj 27, Lau Singh 24, Pankaj 17) 99-95 (19-8, 17-29, 22-23, 24-22, Extra time: 17-13)
Group B:
Haryana (Ankit 12, Rahul 11, Sahil 11) bt Kerala (Shreyas 26, Joshua 11, Gokul 8) 69-65 (17-16, 15-13, 14-18, 23-18)
Punjab (Kanwar Gurbaz Singh 9, Swapnil Sharma 8, Sahil 7) bt Rajasthan (Akash Basu 6) 47-8 (20-0, 10-2, 9-2, 8-4)
Level 2:
Group D:
Gujarat (Karan Pithadia 8, Krishnapal 8, Kuldeep Tamliya 6) bt Andhra Pradesh 42-8 (6-0, 11-1, 5-1, 20-6)
Results from morning session on Day 2
Girls:
Level 1:
Group A:
Maharashtra (Rutuja Pawar 11, Siddhi Kothavade 8, Aditi K. 6) bt Andhra Pradesh 37-7 (20-2, 2-0, 7-0, 8-5)
Tamil Nadu (Avanthi 22, Darshini 8, Ishwarya J. 7) bt Madhya Pradesh (Divyani 7, Rhea 5, Shivani 4) 56-18 (15-7, 19-2, 8-4, 16-5)
Group B:
Karnataka (Snigddha 17, Sandhya 12, Chandana 6) bt Kerala (Sreekala 8, Adhika N.P. 4) 42-37 (8-10, 13-10, 12-5, 9-12)
Haryana (Meena 12, Meenu 9, Bharti 7) bt Delhi (Shubham Ohlan 9, Bharti Gupta 9) 37-31 (5-13, 9-8, 11-5, 12-5)
Boys:
Level 1:
Group A:
Tamil Nadu (K. Ajit 14, R. Pranesh 12, P. Baladhaneshwar 10) bt Chhattisgarh (Sarvesh 11, Gajendra 11) 58-47 (10-10, 16-10, 12-14, 20-13)
Delhi (Manik 18, Hansraj 13, Sorav 12) bt Madhya Pradesh (Harsh Wardhan 19, Manoj 14, Vicky 7) 60-54 (23-10, 6-15, 13-15, 18-14)
Group B:
Kerala (Shevas 12, Abhi 10) bt Rajasthan (Akash 8, Aman 6) 55-20 (19-8, 17-14, 8-4, 11-4)
Punjab (Kanwar Gurbaz Singh 16, Sahil 13, Abhi Kumar 12) bt Maharashtra (Sameer Qureshi 18) 55-26 (16-7, 7-9, 19-6, 13-4)
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