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Chennai, Dec 20 (IANS) Haryana defeated Himachal Pradesh 101-64 to register their third consecutive win in the 62nd Senior National Basketball Championship here Tuesday.

Haryana were dominant from the outset as they scored 28 points in the first quarter to Himachal Pradesh’s nine. Vikash Mor and Hemant Sheoran were on the mark scoring 32 and 24 points for Haryana.

Himachal Pradesh’s Surjeet Singh, who scored 26 points, tried his best to keep up with the free scoring Haryana in the next three quarters but it proved to be too much.

Karnataka coming at the back of consecutive victories in the tournament put up another impressive show, edging out Rajasthan 73-62. In the first two quarters, both teams were neck and neck but the third quarter proved to be the turning point in favour of Karnataka (27-18).

Rajasthan came back strongly in the fourth but their effort was too little too late.

In the women’s category, Kerala thrashed Rajasthan 60-19. Jeena P.S top scored for Kerala with 21 points. The Southern team put up a stingy defensive performance, hardly letting Rajasthan score.

The Results:

Men:
Karnataka (Srinivas Gowda 17, Srinivasa Naik 15) bt. Rajasthan (Hirendra Singh 18, Niraj Kala 13) 73-62, (15-13, 15-12, 27-18, 16-19)

Haryana (Vikash Mor 32, Hemant Sheoran 24, Sukhbeer Singh 12) bt. Himachal Pradesh (Surjeet Singh 26, Ashok Kumar 18) 101-61, (28-9, 29-21, 28-19, 16-12)

Women:
Kerala (Jeena P.S 21, Merlin Baby 8, Seena Joseph) bt. Rajasthan (Priyanka Patodiya 4, Anjali Sharma4 ) 60-19, (14-4, 23-3, 14-4, 9-8 )

Chhattisgarh (Kavita 27, Seema Singh 18) bt. Punjab (Kiranjit Kaur 21, Nagma Mirza 15) 70-68, (18-19, 18-16, 15-20, 19-13)

Uttar Pradesh (Ranjana Singh 17, Preeti Kumari 6) bt. Pondicherry (S. Kavitha 8, M. Manjula 7) 52-23, (15-4, 17-7, 9-2, 11-10)

Delhi (Prashanti Singh 20, Pratima Singh 16, Sonika Ohlyan 13) bt. Andhra Pradesh (Manda Meshram 12) 76-44, (16-10, 28-6, 15-13, 17-15)

Karnataka (Kruthika Lakshman 21, Navaneetha P.U 18) bt. West Bengal (Priyanka Kumari 18, Madhu Kumari 16, Poushali Dutta 10) 67-60, (15-19, 17-11, 18-14, 17-16)

Maharashtra (Shireen Limaye 31, Aviya Dharave 14) bt. Madhya Pradesh (Deepika David 16, Bhagya Shree Joshi 14) 79-54, (17-16, 16-21, 21-8, 25-9)