Telangana hoopsters advance in sub-junior nationals

Telangana girls narrowly defeated Chandigarh 53-52 to qualify for Level I and enter the pre-quarterfinals of the 49th Sub-Junior National Basketball Championship for Boys & Girls (Under-13 Years) at the Sports Authority of Telangana Indoor Stadium, Saroornagar, Hyderabad, on Thursday.

Hyderabad: Telangana girls narrowly defeated Chandigarh 53-52 to qualify for Level I and enter the pre-quarterfinals of the 49th Sub-Junior National Basketball Championship for Boys & Girls (Under-13 Years) at the Sports Authority of Telangana Indoor Stadium, Saroornagar, Hyderabad, on Thursday.

In the other matches, Kerala notched a commanding 92-28 win over Rajasthan, Maharashtra smashed Haryana 70-43 and Karnataka topped West Bengal 74-21.

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Results: Girls: Telangana 53 bt Chandigarh 52, Maharashtra 70 bt Haryana 43, Karnataka 74 bt West Bengal 21, Uttarakhand 39 bt Himachal Pradesh 38, Puducherry 71 bt Jammu & Kashmir 10, Chattisgarh 55 bt Uttar Pradesh 51, Punjab 42 bt Rajasthan 40, Andhra Pradesh 51 bt Madhya Pradesh 31, Kerala 92 bt Rajasthan 28, Delhi 47 bt Odisha 24, Gujarat 43 bt Jharkhand 19;

Boys: Maharashtra 55 bt Jharkhand 36, Karnataka 63 bt Andhra Pradesh 57, Madhya Pradesh 74 bt Tamil Nadu 63, Delhi 84 bt Uttarakhand 62, Kerala 53 bt Rajasthan 46, Manipur 75 bt Gujarat 51, Assam 62 bt Bihar 49, Himachal Pradesh 75 bt Puducherry 46, Chhattisgarh 69 bt Chandigarh 39.