Karnataka girls edge past Kerala at Junior basketball meet

Noida June 4 (IANS) Defending champions Karnataka edged past Kerala 65-64 in the womens category of the 68th Junior National Basketball Championship at the Shiv Nadar University here on Sunday.

Karnataka led early before Kerala stormed back in the second quarter to trail 36-38 at halftime. The teams kept going back and forth right till the final buzzer before the experienced Karnataka side pulled through with a nail biting one-point win.

Sanjana Ramesh of Karnataka top scored with 20 points while Kerala forward Sreekala fought hard with 25 points in the losing effort.

In the Level 1 men s matches Maharashtra registered a surprisingly easy 81-64 win over Delhi. The second quarter largely sealed the fate of the game as Maharashtra outscored their opponents 24-6.

Gujarat Uttar Pradesh Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand also won their matches in the tournament which is being organised by the Uttar Pradesh Basketball Association under the aegis of the Basketball Federation of India.

--IANS
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