Karnataka women slip in final

Karnataka women'’s dominant run came to a heart breaking end as the defending champions lost 49-76 to Maharashtra in the final of the 40th Youth National Basketball Championship at the Rajiv Gandhi Indoor stadium in Puducherry on Wednesday.

RevaKulkarni (26), Viahnavi Pardechi (25) and Siya Bhonsle (19) produced impressive performances for Maharashtra, the victors zooming off the blocks and never surrendering their lead in a lop-sided title clash.

In the men’s final, Tamil Nadu staged a solid comeback in the third and fourth quarters to defeat Rajasthan 96-85.

Meanwhile, Karnataka Olympic Association president and secretary of the Karnataka State Basketball Association K Govindaraj announced a cash award of Rs 5lakh for the girls’ silver-medal winning effort.

Results:Men,final: Tamil Nadu:96 (Vishal V 28, Sumanesh V 21, Shaid Niyasdeen 14, Sri Saran 14) bt Rajasthan:85 (Rajaneesh Kumar 32, Arman Matoria 21, Abhishek Choudhary 15).

Bronze medal: Haryana:95 (Shekhar Rathee 34, Miku Hooda 25, Hardik 14) bt Delhi:78 (Mohammed Sani Gauri 21, Ishanth Singh 17, Siddarth Maan 12, Tialk 10)

Women,final:Maharashtra:76 (Reva Kulkarni 26, Shravani Shivana 10, Vaishnavi Pardeshi 25, Siya Bhonsle 19) bt Karnataka:49 (Mahek Sharma 16, Aditi Subramaniam 10, Nireeksha BC 10)

Bronze medal: Tamil Nadu:95 (Sumitra Devi 22, M Kaviya 19, Pasupathy Teertheswary 19, Smitha S 18) bt Chhattisgarh:69 (Rumi Konwar 26, Divya Rangari 16, Sophy Sika 10)

Best players:Men: Sumanesh V (TN)

Women: Reva Kulkarni (Mah)

Courtesy - Deccan Herald