Delhi girls prove too good for Jharkhand opponents

Jaipur, Jan 10: Delhi girls proved too good for Jharkhand opponents as they thrashed them 63-16 in the 23rd Youth National Basketball Championship at the SMS Indoor hall here today.

Earlier, defending champions Chhattisgarh played like a champion as they too prevailed over Haryana 75-36 in girls group A after leading 40-22 at the interval.

In group B tie, Delhi went on attacking right from the word go and led 36-5 at the breather. Combining well, Pritam Singh and Sonika scored 15 and 14 points for Delhi while Diksha and Rekha each made four points for the losers.

M Deepa was the star performer for Chhattisgarh scoring 20 points followed by Manisha with 13 and Nikita with 11. Indu (13) and Mamta (8) were the main scorers for Haryana.

Meanwhile, host Rajasthan displayed a much better game today as they routed Himachal Pradesh 121-31 after leading 72-16 at the half time in a one sided match. The group B tie saw Govind and K Khan each scoring 18 points and Hirendra Singh accounting 12 points for Rajasthan while Pratap made 10 points for Himachal Pradesh.

Following were the selected results of the matches concluded here today:- Boys section - Gr B - Rajasthan 121 (Govind 18, K Khan 18, H Singh 12) bt Himachal Pradesh 31 (Pratap 10) Gr C - Uttar Pradesh bt Jharkhand 84-46 (49-31), Haryana bt West Bangal 80-39 (42-18) Gr D - Punjab bt Kerala 83-42 (37-26), Gr F- Mizoram bt Pondichery 45-7 (27-3), Girls Section - Gr A - Chhattisgarh 75 (Deepa 20, Manisha 13, Nikita 11) bt Haryana 36 ( Indu 13, Mamta 8); Gr B - Delhi 63 (Pritam Singh 15, Sonika 14)bt Jharkhand 16 (Diksha 4, Rekha 4), Gr D - Karnataka bt Uttaranchal 74-25 (43-11), Gr F - Madhya Pradesh bt West Bangal 37-23 (21-14).

UNI