National youth basketball – The Hindu

Tamil Nadu relied on scorers Aakash L. and Priyadarshan A.R. to overcome a strong challenge from Uttar Pradesh 66-55 in the quarterfinals and book a berth in the boys’ semifinals of the National Youth Basketball championships at the Sabuj Sathi Indoor Stadium, Howrah, on Tuesday.

Tamil Nadu will face defending champion Rajasthan, which beat Punjab 76-67.

Title holders Tamil Nadu girls also made it to the last-four by getting past Gujarat 81-55 in the quarterfinals and setting up a clash with Kerala, which got the better of Rajasthan 74-38 in another last-eight contest.

The results (quarterfinals):

Boys: Tamil Nadu 66 (Aakash L. 20, Priyadarshan A.R. 19, Vishal V. 16) bt Uttar Pradesh 55 (Ayush Kumar 16, Abhyupang Mishra 10); Karnataka 80 (Harshan Yatish 24, Adithva Shenoi 19, Vaibhav Gowda 18) bt Telangana 61 (Dhruv Boppana 17, Saharsh Maheswar 16, Reyhan Ellore 12); Rajasthan 76 (Mohammed Raza Khan 27, Bupendra Singh Rathore 20, Piyush Choudhary14) bt Punjab 67 (Suhaan Mash 17, Manjot Singh 15, Fatehjeet Singh 15, Ajitinder Singh 12).

Girls: Kerala 74 (Arthika K. 21, Vaigha T. 19, Diya Biju 14) bt Rajasthan 38 (Jaya Dadich 13); Maharashtra 81 (Aarya Phatangare 28, Reva Kulkarni 27, Siya Bhonsle 11) bt Punjab 37 (Gagandeep Kaur 11); Tamil Nadu 81 (Joshna M. 18, Jefrin A. 17, A. Angelina Arun 16, Sumitra Devi 16) bt Gujarat 55 (Vidhiben Baria 16, Akansha Bhardwaj 14, Priyanshi Chundawat 10).