LUDHIANA, JAN 29: An error-prone Tamil Nadu huffed and puffed before putting it across a stubborn Services 69-53 as the holders inched their way up the Pool A ladder in the 48th Senior National basketball championships at the Guru Nanak Stadium here today.The other victors included Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and Madhya Pradesh in the men's section while AP, Maharashtra, UP, Punjab, TN, Delhi, Orissa and Assam in the women's section registered wins.
Today's win by Tamil Nadu put them in a comfortable position while Services, if they have to make it to the knock-out stage, they will have to win their two remaining matches in their Pool.
Results
Men: Pool A: Karnataka 75 (Murali Mohan 27, Raj Kumar 17, Austin 14) bt Railways 52 (Ram Kumar 21, Mahender Singh 11) HT 36-30; Tamil Nadu 69 (Suren 12, Sridhar 15, Sivakumar 10, Kannabiran 11) bt Services 53 (Phool Singh 20, Prasad 15) HT 39-32.
Pool B: Andhra Pradesh 58 (Srikant Reddy 16,Harikrishna Prasad 14) bt West Bengal 54 (A. Singh 15, A. Batabyal 15) HT: 30-24; Bihar 79 (Jaldeep Dhaliwal 26, Shahid Qureshi 19, Nishant Kumar 15) bt Rajasthan 62 (M Haroon 18, Mod Singh 12) HT 47-20.
Pool C: Delhi 78 (Dalvir Singh 14, Cheikh D C 13, Sandeep Singh 21) bt Orissa 59 (G Mahapatra 21, A K Raut 14, P R Sahu 18) HT: 48-37; Gujarat 89 (Hintendra Sinh 28, Devanr Joshi 20, S Rabinson 19) bt Pondicherry 59 (Salvam 17, Martanda 14) HT: 51-39.
Pool D: Maharashtra 72 (Pankaj Deshmukh 15, Stephen 13) bt Manipur 35 (M Apabi 11) HT 40-21; Himachal Pradesh 67 (Surjit 26, Surinder 13, Jitender Pal 10) bt Chandigarh 43 (Saurab 12, Nirpinder 10) HT 36-36.
Pool E: Kerala 50 (Ramesh M 11, Renjith M 10) bt Assam 20 (R Bora 5, Kornet 5) HT 27-7; Madhya Pradesh 49 (Ajay Marolia 10) bt J and K 28 (Sudhesh Pandey 8) HT 24-11.
Women: Pool A: Andhra Pradesh 57 (Sreeja S 11, Yumina Philip 16, Sisely 16) bt Chandigarh 32 (Savitri Bularia 12) HT 31-14; Railway 72 (Jeena Jose 11, Sheeba Mafon 11) bt Madhya Pradesh42 (Neelam 12, J Verma 9) HT: 34-15.
Pool B: Maharashtra 48 (Arnika Gujar 13, Prachi Valankar 13, Sonal Kawade 10) bt Karnataka 24 (M V Pavithra 6, Alikha 5, Krithi Karna 5) HT 25-7.
Pool C: Uttar Pradesh 74 (Ayneen 18, Shiya 12) bt Gujarat 17 (M S Rane 8) HT: 48-9; Punjab 45 (Reena 9, Kiran 8, Amrita 7) bt Manipur 10 HT 24-7.
Pool D: Tamil Nadu 67 (Sheeba Pramila 17, Sridevi 10, Kaushika 10) bt Rajasthan 32 (Priyanka 11, Shalu 7) HT 34-20; Delhi 51 (Nishitha 14, Shivam 17) bt Himachal 29 (Gulshan 13) HT 31-15.
Pool E: Orissa 51 (P Prusty 14, Bijamani 8) bt J and K 4: HT 26-0; Assam 32 (A. Barua 11, J Saikia 12) bt Bihar 10 (Rama Kumari 8) HT 24-3.
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