Thiruvananthapuram boys in quarterfinals

WAYANAD: Defending champion Thiruvananthapuram boys confirmed a place in the quarterfinals of the 49th State junior basketball championships at Mullankolly on Wednesday. Thiruvananthapuram edged out Malappuram 62-60 and later drubbed Pathamthitta 67-26. Alappuzha, which beat Pathanamthitta and Malappuram, also joined Thiruvananthapuram in the last-eight stage. In the girls' section, champion Ernakulam whipped Kasaragod 56-4 to move into quarterfinals. The results (league): Boys: Thrissur 77 (Niyukth Salil 23, Vinay Sankar 17, Jeevan K. Joby 12) bt Idukki 54 (Nazim Navaz 13, Adheep Ajay 13, Albert Reji 11); Kottayam 60 (Johan Thomas Joji 16, Goutham 12, Jins K. Joby 11, Milan Jose Mathew 11) bt Ernakulam 37 (Jeswin K. Shibin 9); Thiruvananthapuram 62 (Aish Bal 18, Amal Azim 12, Dhruv Radhakrishnan 12) bt Malappuram 60 (Adhithyan R Nair 19, P. Abhinav 15, E. Vishnu 14). Alappuzha 56 (Aleo John Vincent 14) bt Pathanamthitta 40 (R. Vasudev 15, Jokathin Tony George 10); Kottayam 79 (P.M. Goutham 22, Milan Jose Mathew 22, Jins K. Joby 14) beat Idukki 58 (Naisal Jacob 16, Albert Reji 14, A. Ajay 14); Alappuzha 57 (S. Jonathan 18, V.S. Blessen 12) bt Malappuram 56 (R.Vishnu 24, Abhishek R. Pradeep 22). Kozhikode 92 (P.K.Vishal 24, Abhinav S. Binoy 16, Safin Santosh 13) bt Kollam 77 (Sachin Santosh 27, Binto Binu 16); Thiruvananthapuram 67 (Dhruv Radhakrishnan 16, Sidharth Krishnan 16) bt Pathanamthitta 26.

Girls: Thiruvananthapuram 57 (A.B.Varsha 19) bt Pathanamthitta 12; Kollam 52 (Brisa Binu 22, Ayana Mariam Philip 15) bt Kannur 36 (K.K. Gopika 15, Sniya Shanil 10); Alappuzha 52 (Tessa

Harshan 12, Subhadra Jayakumar 12) bt Malappuram 14; Ernakulam 56 (Hida Fathima 14, K.S.Arshida 13) bt Kasaragod 4; Thrissur 67 (Soorya Gayathri 24, Nirnajna Jiju 14) bt Thiruvananthapuran 40 (A.B.Varsha 15); Kottayam 51 (Sherlin 19, Amala 16) bt Kasaragod 3.

Courtesy – The Hindu