#8: 41ST SUB-JUNIOR NATIONAL BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP – TAMIL NADU GIRLS WIN OVERTIME THRILLER
(Vishnu Ravi Shankar) Nashik, 25 November 2014: On the morning of Day 3, the West Bengal and Haryana girls won their qualifying matches against Odisha and Telengana respectively to move to the upper pool. The Assam and Chandigarh boys also moved to the upper pool with wins against Punjab and West Bengal respectively, who were knocked out of the tournament.
Later in the day, the upper pool league matches involved an overtime thriller between the Tamil Nadu and Haryana girls. Both teams were tied at the end of regular time 75-75, resulting in an extra five minutes of basketball. Tamil Nadu held their nerve in overtime to scrape through with a 82-81 win. T. Monika top scored for Tamil Nadu with 27 points. In the other upper pool girls game, Madhya Pradesh comfortably defeated Delhi 55-21. The Tamil Nadu boys, however, lost their upper pool league fixture against Rajasthan 96-89 despite V. Adisiva’s 40 points. The Madhya Pradesh boys squared off against Haryana and registered an easy 73-39 win.
The results of the matches held up to 5.30 p.m. on 25 November 2014 are as follows:
Girls:
Qualifying matches (winner moves to Level 1):
1. West Bengal (L. Deb 14) bt Odisha (Saraswati B. 21) 55-46 (4-17, 13-3, 16-16, 22-10)
2. Haryana (Meenu 23) bt Telengana (Divya Lohiya 4) 42-14 (13-0, 12-7, 14-7, 3-0)
Losers Knockout (quarterfinals):
3. Assam (M. Begum 12, M. Ranivya 12) bt Goa (Ninoshka Fernandes 5, Wallencia Cardozo 5) 34-17 (5-2, 2-6, 14-8, 13-1)
4. Chandigarh (Sejhnoor 10, Jaismeen 10) bt Jammu and Kashmir (Akanksha Charak 2, Ankita Rajput 2) 41-4(10-0, 9-2, 12-2, 10-0)
5. Gujarat (Tanisha Shah 8, Renita Correya 8) bt Himachal Pradesh (Damini 10) 28-15 (12-1, 9-0, 1-9, 6-5)
6. Bihar (Nisha Kumari 7) bt Manipur (Premita T. 10) 22-21 (7-2, 5-2, 0-9, 10-8)
Level 1 (League matches):
7. Madhya Pradesh (Diyana Sareen 13) bt Delhi (Vani Mittal 8) 55-21 (11-12, 25-5, 9-0, 10-4)
8. Tamil Nadu (T. Monika Jayseeli 27) bt Uttar Pradesh (Vaishnavi Yadav 38) 82-81 (21-23, 17-10, 18-21, 19-21, Extra time 7-6)
Boys:
Qualifying matches (winner moves to Level 1):
9. Assam (Sachin Samarin 18, Sanjajpal Baimik 18) bt Punjab (Jiwan 23) 57-50 (17-7, 10-13, 16-16, 14-14)
10. Chandigarh (Karamveer S. 41) bt West Bengal (Rohit K. 20) 81-50 (21-22, 25-8, 14-7, 21-13)
Losers Knockout (quarterfinals):
11. Mizoram (V.L. Remruatpuia 31) bt Uttarakhand (Arin 11) 63-36 (19-10, 8-6, 16-12, 20-8)
12. Karnataka (Prashant T. 21) bt Gujarat (N. Patel 8, A. Srivastava 8) 66-31 (21-15, 16-3, 18-8, 11-5)
13. Kerala (Tom Jose 23) bt Telangana (S. Mithil 17) 76-58 (28-25, 26-10, 16-18, 6-5)
Level 1 (League matches):
14. Madhya Pradesh (Harshwardhan 18) bt Haryana (Naman S. 15) 73-39 (23-4, 15-14, 21-13, 14-8)
15. Rajasthan (Kuldeep S. 36) bt Tamil Nadu (V. Adisiva 40) 96-89 (29-24, 12-16, 28-22, 27-27)
The tentative schedule for the matches to be held on 26 November 2014 is as follows:
Date: 26-11-2014 (WEDNESDAY)
Court – 1
No | Team “A” | Vs | Team “B” | Group | Timing |
QUALIFYING MATCH (WINNER WILL CHOOSE EITHER A5 OR B5 within Half an Hour OF MATCH) | |||||
94 | WEST BENGAL | Vs | HARYANA | GIRLS | 08.00 AM |
LEVEL 1: LEAGUE MATCHES | |||||
95 | MADHYA PRADESH | Vs | ANDHRA PRADESH | GB | 09.00 AM |
97 | UTTAR PRADESH | Vs | JHARKHAND | BA | 11.00 AM |
98 | ANDHRA PRADESH | Vs | ODISHA | BA | 12.00 PM |
99 | KARNATAKA | Vs | PUNJAB | GA | 01.00 PM |
100 | TAMIL NADU | Vs | HARYANA | BB | 02.00 PM |
101 | RAJASTHAN | Vs | MAHARASHTRA | BB | 03.00 PM |
102 | MAHARASHTRA | Vs | KERALA | GA | 04.00 PM |
PRE-QUARTERFINALS | |||||
103 | A 4 – TO BE DECIDED | Vs | B 5 – TO BE DECIDED | GIRLS | 05.00 PM |
104 | A 4 – TO BE DECIDED | Vs | B 5 – TO BE DECIDED | BOYS | 06.00 PM |
Court – 2
No | Team “A” | Vs | Team “B” | Group | Timing |
QUALIFYING MATCH (WINNER WILL CHOOSE EITHER A5 OR B5 within Half an Hour OF MATCH) | |||||
105 | CHANDIGARH | Vs | ASSAM | GIRLS | 08.00 AM |
LOSERS KNOCKOUT (LKO) SEMI-FINALS | |||||
106 | CHANDIGARH | Vs | BIHAR | GIRLS | 01.00 PM |
107 | KARNATAKA | Vs | W/O (BIHAR/ DELHI) | BOYS | 02.00 PM |
108 | GUJARAT | Vs | ASSAM | GIRLS | 03.00 PM |
109 | MIZORAM | Vs | KERALA | BOYS | 04.00 PM |
PRE-QUARTERFINALS | |||||
110 | B 4 – TO BE DECIDED | Vs | A 5 – TO BE DECIDED | GIRLS | 05.00 PM |
111 | B 4 – TO BE DECIDED | Vs | A 5 – TO BE DECIDED | BOYS | 06.00 PM |
About the 41st Sub-Junior National Basketball Championship
The Sub-Junior National Basketball Championship is an annual national tournament for U-14 boys’ and girls’ teams from states across India. The Nashik District Basketball Association and the Maharashtra State Basketball Association under the aegis of the Basketball Federation of India and IMG-Reliance are conducting the 2014 tournament on the two wooden courts at the Meenatai Thakare Indoor Stadium here in Nashik. The tournament will be conducted over a period of 7 days from the 22nd to the 28th of November 2014. This year’s tournament is witnessing the participation of 27 boys’ teams and 25 girls’ teams from various states of the country. The 2013 version tournament was conducted in Patna, Bihar. The Chhattisgarh teams won both the boys and the girls category last year, while the Madhya Pradesh boys and the Tamil Nadu girls finished runners-up respectively.