Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 27: Superb caging skills displayed by the trio of Ranbir, Iqbal and Shubam helped Jammu & Kashmir drub Chandigarh by a margin of 16 points in a hard fought contest, while Punjab men recorded their second win of the tournament when they overcame Rajasthan 92-78 at the 64th National Basketball Championship at the Thyagaraj Stadium in Delhi today.
For J&K Ranbir was the star performer, who scored 27 points, while Iqbal and Shubam secured 19 and 11 points respectively. For Chandigarh, P Kumar 21 and Surendar 20 were the main performers.
Meanwhile, Gurvinderdeep Singh scored 29 points, Gurkirpal Singh and Amritpal Singh finished with 23 and 22 respectively to take Punjab home. Punjab had tamed Andhra Pradesh 92-44 yesterday.
In the women’s section, Maharashtra women made a strong came back defeating Punjab 71-61 after going down to Tamil Nadu in their first match.
Kritika Devadkar scored 26 points while B Sangeetha collected 16 and Shireen Limaye finished with 11 for Maharashtra.
For Punjab, Kiranjeet Kaur (17), Nirmal Kaur (15) and Nagma Mirza (15) were the notable scorers.
Meanwhile, Basketball Federation of India (BFI) today conducted a ‘Coaches Clinic’ on the sidelines of the championships.
Hall of Fame coach from NBA, Del Harris and men’s national team head coach Scott Flemming conducted the clinic which was attended by local and outstation basketball coaches.
The clinic was organised to enrich the knowledge of Indian coaches on teaching the fundamentals to youth.
Results on Day 2:
Men: Karnataka (Anbu Kumar R 14, Arvind A 11, Rajesh P Uppar 10) bt Pondicherry (Joseph 7, Sundarava davel 5) 79-30 (31-9, 17-1, 16-6, 15-14)
Punjab (Gurvinderdeep Singh 29, Gurkirpal Singh 23, Amritpal Singh 22) bt Rajasthan (Jaynesh Patel 22, Danveer Singh 14, Kamran Khan 12) 92-78 (19-14, 32-17, 17-21, 24-26)
Gujarat (Dishant Shah 25, Nachiket P. Nayak 17, Gohip Indravijay 15) bt Mizoram (Henryl Ramneahawma 13, L. Laldinsanea 8) 94-49 (29-16, 31-13, 20-15, 14-5)
Haryana (Hemant 18, Balraj 14, Vishal 10) bt Himachal Pradesh (Anoop 13, Sanjeev 12, Vainder 12) 80-48 (21-10, 20-10, 15-14, 24-14)
Women:
Uttarakhand (Jyoti 22, Bhawna 17, Vaishali 6) bt Assam (Ramandeep K.Rait 16, Salima Begum 14, Smitali Saikia 9) 53-50 (10-10, 12-7, 10-16, 21-17)
Maharashtra (Krititka 27, B.Sangeeta 15, Shireen 11, Kenny Susan 10) bt Punjab (Nagma Mirza 15, Nirmal Kaur 15, Kiranjit Kuar 12) 72-61 (23-15, 23-10, 14-13, 12-23)
Pondicherry (E Sarasu 27, M Manjula 16) bt Bihar (G Satya Sarawat 32, Arti Singh 18) 65-58 (21-13, 19-6, 18-10, 20-16)
Himachal Pradesh (Baljinder 18, Manisha 9) bt Jammu & Kashmir (Radhika 2, Prathiba 2) 54-12 (18-2, 16-2, 8-4, 12-4)
Uttar Pradesh (Preet 19, Niharika 15, Sunidhi 8) bt Jharkhand (Jacklin 17) 62-23 (20-8, 8-5, 8-2, 26-8)
Chhattishgarh (Bharti Netam 15, Kavita 14, Seema Singh 13, Poonam Chaturvedi 11) bt Madhya Pradesh (Sakshi Pandey 14, Neha Patel 8) 76-35 (23-8, 17-7, 13-5, 23-15).
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