Railways, Kerala score big wins

JAIPUR, MAR 16: Holders Indian Railways and Kerala started their winning campaign in the women's section on a bright note registering fac...

By: UNITED NEWS OF INDIA

March 17, 1999 12:00 AM IST

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JAIPUR, MAR 16: Holders Indian Railways and Kerala started their winning campaign in the women’s section on a bright note registering facile victories over Punjab and Karnataka respectively in the 49th Senior National Basketball Championship here today.

While the Railways whipped Punjab 69-30, after leading 39-15 late last night, Kerala routed Karnataka 64-43 after taking a lead of 37-23 at the breather.

Results

Men:

Pool C: HP 72 (Surender 24, Praveen 19, Virender 11) bt Pondicherry 56 (Palami 16, Senthil 9, Silva Kumar 6) HT 36-22.

UP 69 (Rajender Singh 16, Anoop Minz 14, Suresh 13) bt Harayana 23 (Krishna 6, Satish 6, Sanjeev 5) HT 42-15.

Pool D: J&K 42 (Sandeep 10, Sumit Dogra 11, Amit Bharati 6) bt Goa 33 (RB Upadhyay 14) HT 10-10.

Pool E: MP 62 (Saji T Thomas 25, Sanju Balan 12, V Joshi 10, Riazuddin 10) bt Goa 45 (D Joshi 8, Abraham Johnson 8, Yogender 7) HT 33-19.

Kerala 67 (Gopal 13, HJ Shinoi 12, J Santosh 10) bt Chandigarh 44 (Pradeep 19, Ravinder 10) HT34-26.

Women:

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Pool A: Kerala 64 (Binu Cherian 13, CR Mary 22, S Mathew 9) bt Karnataka 43 (MV Pavithra 13, Reshma Punith 12); Railways 69 (Meena 14, Ivy Cherian 10, Gina Jose 8) bt Punjab 30 (Reena 13).

Pool C: HP 37 (Sunita Devi 23) bt J&K 28 (Ranvir Kaur 17);

Pool D: UP 56 (Shiji Antony 22, Jimmy Jose 15, Avneet Kaur 11) bt Orissa 35 (Rameshwari 13); West Bengal 67 (Preeti 13, Sheela 12, Runie 10, Kalyani 10) bt Haryana 15 (Sunita 8);

Pool E: Tamil Nadu 55 (Kavashika 14, SV Bharani 10) bt Rajasthan 26 (Nirmala Saini 13); Assam 62 (Salima Begum 26, Mayur Pankhi Saikia 15, Majani Boro 14) bt Gujarat 30 (MS Rani 9).

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