Tamil Nadu males kick-started their title defence marketing campaign on a robust notice, breezing previous Rajasthan 101-68 on the opening day of the seventy fifth Senior Nationwide Basketball championship on the Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai on Sunday.
TN bolted out of the gate early within the first quarter, with Baladhaneshwar Poiyamozhi opening the account with two free throws adopted by a jump-shot three-pointer. Pranav Prince then consolidated the early lead with a dunk and a three-pointer because the host closed out the primary quarter 27-7.
Within the opening part of the sport, the TN defenders have been on the cash with rebounds whereas Rajasthan’s taking pictures was astray. From there, it was about simply defending the lead as TN saved the tempo and was 51-26 forward at halftime.
Within the third quarter, the reigning champion saved the foot on the pedal and raced to a 66-36 lead with Muin Bek Hafeez’s drilling in back-to-back three-pointers within the house of a minute. For TN, Aravind Kumar was the highest scorer with 16 factors, adopted by R. Hariram with 13.
IMPORTANT RESULTS
Ladies
Group A: Indian Railways 101 (Pusha Senthil Kumar 19, Manmeet Kaur 18, Sathya 17, Dharshini 14, Harshita 10) bt Delhi 51 (D. Kritika 11, Garima Gosain 11)
Karnataka 91 (Sruti Aravind 24, Mahek Sharma 21, S. Sobana 16, M. Bhandhavya M 14) bt Maharashtra 71 (Siya Deodhar 21)
Group B: Kerala 91 (V.J. Jayalakshmi 15, Susan Floratina 14, Akshya Philip14) bt Gujarat 22
Tamil Nadu 72 (R. Sruthy 21, Asmitha 14, Antheya Daisy 11, Kogilavani 11) bt Madhya Pradesh 65 (KushiPall Singh 23, Manvi Srivasthava 12, Gunvi Agarwal 11, Priya Goswami 11)
Males
Group A: Karnataka 104 (B.Okay. Anil Kumar 22, Aravind Arumugham 15, Aaron Montero 14, Abhishek Gowda 11, Pratyanshu Tomar 10) bt Gujarat 69 (Mirant Italia 17, Jigrajsinh Gohil 17, Vinay Kaushil 13, Sahaj Kumar Kaushik 10)
Tamil Nadu 101 (Aravind Kumar 16, R Hariram 13, P. Jeevanatham 12, Pranav Prince 10) bt Rajasthan 68 (Mohammed Idwan 18, Lokendra Singh 15, Akshit Hooda 15, Piyush Meena 13)
Group B: Uttar Pradesh 112 (Harsh Dagar 38, Kushal Singh Digvijay Singh 18, Satayjeet Chaprana 17) bt Punjab 100 (Tejinderbir Singh 23, Gurwinder Singh20, Shabibjit Singh 20, Swapnil Singh 10)
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