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Heading into Day 4 of the 32nd Youth National Basketball Championship, three qualification matches for the Level 2 teams were scheduled in the morning session. The winner of these contests would move to the pre-quarterfinals to face a Level 1 team. The Chandigarh boys played a balanced team game and defeated Karnataka 66-64 in a game that went down to the wire. In the girls’ qualification matches, the Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal girls advanced to the pre-quarterfinals with easy victories against Goa and Chandigarh respectively.
In the level 1 games on Day 4 morning, the Andhra Pradesh girls lost both their games at the hands of Punjab and Madhya Pradesh by big margins. The Karnataka girls also comfortably defeated Delhi 57-23, led by Sandhya Raju’s 17 points. Coming off back-to-back victories on Day 3, the Chhattisgarh girls continued their stellar form in a tight contest against a strong Haryana side. Mahima Bhardwaj and Gulabsha Ali each put up 16 points for Chhattisgarh, who held their nerve to clinch a 1-point victory 59-58, thereby handing the Haryana girls their first loss of the tournament.
In the boys’ level 1 games, defending champs Tamil Nadu broke no sweat in their 61-30 victory against Madhya Pradesh. Maharashtra boys also made quick work of their opponent Rajasthan in a 57-22 win. The final level 1 boys’ game had a surprise result, with Delhi tipping the strong Uttar Pradesh team 73-65. Delhi was led by Sorav Singha’s 20 points.
The first two games in the evening were both nail-biting encounters, with one going into extra time. After their victory in the morning, the Karnataka girls were confident coming into their game against Haryana, who lost to Chhattisgarh today morning. Karnataka started well, but faltered in the middle periods. Haryana played small ball and used their fast paced style of play well against Karnataka. But Karnataka dominated the final period to clinch the 73-65 victory led by Sandhya’s 34 points. The other game between Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh went into extra time with UP pulling off an 89-83 victory outscoring Madhya Pradesh 7 to 1 in the extra time period.
Home team Gujarat boys played their qualification game against Uttarakhand and outplayed their opponent in most departments. The local boys won in blowout fashion 76-48 and advanced to the pre-quarterfinals. The Maharashtra girls also had a good game against Madhya Pradesh registering a 66-52 victory.
Results from Day 4 up to 8:30 p.m.
Girls:
Level 1:
Group A:
Madhya Pradesh (Divyani 20, Vanshita 12, Shruti 6) bt Andhra Pradesh (B. Muripa 8) 54-11 (15-3, 15-6, 10-0, 14-2)
Punjab (Aakarshan 11, Rajandeep Kaur 8) bt Andhra Pradesh 32-3 (13-1, 9-2, 8-0, 2-0)
Maharashtra (Shruti Sherigar 32, Neha Vinod 21) bt Madhya Pradesh (Shruti B. 13, Divyani 11) 66-52 (20-17, 7-9, 21-14, 18-12)
Group B:
Chhattisgarh (Mahima Bhardwaj 16, Gulabsha Ali 16) bt Haryana (Bharti 21, Meena 10) 59-58 (10-20, 10-9, 15-16, 24-13)
Karnataka (Sandhya C. Raju 17, Snigddha Nair 12) bt Delhi (Sushantika 8) 57-23 (24-7, 7-11, 17-3, 9-2)
Karnataka (Sandhya C. 34, Harshitha K.B. 14, Snigddha Nair 12) bt Haryana (Bharti 19, Manrata 19, Meenu 13) 73-65 (20-13, 14-15, 14-21, 25-16)
Level 2 qualification matches (Winner moves to pre-quarterfinals):
West Bengal (Paramita Ghosh 22, Mala 14) bt Chandigarh (Amrit Kaur 18, Ramya 11) 67-48 (11-14, 13-7, 20-14, 23-13)
Uttar Pradesh (Harshita 8, Shristi 7) bt Goa 36-3 (12-0, 6-0, 9-2, 9-0)
Boys:
Level 1:
Group A:
Delhi (Sorav Singha 20, Hansraj 14, Aakash Hooda 13) bt Uttar Pradesh (Shivendra 20, Prasun Mishra 13) 73-65 (16-19, 20-10, 27-21, 10-15)
Tamil Nadu (R. Pranesh Kumar 13, P. Baladhaneshwar 10, G.K. Manikandan 10) bt Madhya Pradesh (Harshvardhan 10, Dhananjai 8) 61-30 (22-9, 22-10, 6-6, 11-5)
Uttar Pradesh (Shivendra 37, Lav Singh 24) bt Madhya Pradesh (Harshvardhan 25, Vicky Batham 24) 89-83 (18-22, 17-21, 26-21, 21-18, Extra time 7-1)
Group B:
Maharashtra (Faisan Khan 30, Mohd. Musa 8) bt Rajasthan (Bipin Mathew 11) 57-22 (17-8, 14-6, 10-6, 16-2)
Level 2 qualification matches (Winner moves to pre-quarterfinals):
Chandigarh (Ajmer 19, Amit 18, Anuj 15) bt Karnataka (Dev Mura 23, Pavan Bhat 12, Vishal 12) 66-64 (16-14, 13-20, 14-17, 23-13)
Gujarat (Satyajeetsinh 24, Karan 19) bt Uttarakhand (Prakhar 14, Vaibhav 12, Dheeraj Negi 12) 76-48 (14-17, 24-17, 22-10, 16-4)
