CHENNAI: Defending champion
Punjab and host
Tamil Nadu entered the men's semifinals of the 71st
Senior National Basketball Championship
here with straight-forward wins over Uttarakhand and
Kerala respectively on Friday.
They were joined in the last four by
Karnataka and
Indian Railways.
Punjab bounced back after a lacklustre show in the second stage where they lost two matches to hold off the challenge of a strong Uttarakhand 90-64 while Tamil Nadu continued their good run with a commanding 81-57 win over Kerala.
Amjyot Singh (22 points) and Kanvar Gurbal Singh Sandhu (19) were in good form for Punjab as they raised their game against a dangerous opponent.
Tamil Nadu, meanwhile, rode on the efforts of captain Muin Bek (17 points) and Arvind A (15) to get past Kerala.
Karnataka also continued their good run by beating Haryana 82-65 to advance to the last four while the formidable Indian Railways defeated Services 90-68 to book a semifinal berth.
Semifinals line-up: Karnataka vs Punjab; Indian Railways vs Tamil Nadu
In the women's event, Indian Railways stormed into the semifinals, outclassing Assam 94-36.
Tamil Nadu women edged out Punjab 73-70 to enter the last four along with Kerala and Telangana.
Semifinals line-up: Railways vs Tamil Nadu; Telangana vs Kerala
RESULTS:Men's Quarterfinals:- Karnataka 82 (Harish Muthu 20, Pratyanshu Tomar 14, Abhishek Gowda 16, Anil Kumar BK 13) beat Haryana 65 (Lalit 29, Sunil Rathee 12)
- Indian Railways 90 (Palpreet Singh 25, Praveen Kumar 13, Santosh Mani 13) beat Services 68 (Akhilesh Kumar 14, Deepak 13, Nikhil Kumar 13)
- Punjab 90 (Amjyot Singh 22, Kanvar Gurbal Singh Sandhu 19) beat Uttarakhand 64 (Vignesh Bhriguvanshi 33, Prashanth Rawat 17)
- Tamil Nadu 81 (Muin Bek 17, Arvind A 15) beat Kerala 57 (Muhammed Shiras 15, Sejin Mathew 12)
Women's Quarterfinals: - Indian Railways 94 (Nilma Doma Bhutia 21, Gulabsha Ali 19, Bandhavya 18) beat Assam 36
- Kerala 83 (Sreekala R 22, Kavitha Jose 17) beat Karnataka 79 (Grishma Niranja 22, Lopamudra Thimmaiah 14)
- Telangana 72 (Aswathy Thampi 22, R Anbarasi 15, Anjusree A M 12) beat Madhya Pradesh 64 (Priya Sharma 28)
- Tamil Nadu 73 (Sruthy R 21, Asmitha A 16) beat Punjab 70 (Ritika 22, Manpreet Kaur 19)
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