Anil Kumar converted two free throws to fetch a thrilling 100-98 victory for Karnataka over Delhi in extra time in the quarterfinals of the 74th National basketball championship at the Sidsar Sports Complex on Friday.
The teams had locked 86-86 at the end of four quarters, thanks to a three pointer in time by Joginder Singh for Delhi.
Karnataka has been playing right through the tournament and was able to lift itself together as a team at the crunch.
Punjab got into the attacking mode in racing to a 105-62 victory over Services in another quarterfinal encounter.
In the women’s section, Delhi scored a 69-63 victory over Chhattisgarh. Tamil Nadu women beat Madhya Pradesh 77-45 to enter the semifinals.
The results:
Men (quarterfinals): Punjab 105 (Amjyot Gill 28, Kanwar Gurbaz Singh Sandhu 22, Amritpal Singh 16, Gurwinder Singh 15, Nawaz Singh Panaich 12) bt Services 62 (Sahil 22, VP Abhishek 14, Gaurav Chandal 11).
Karnataka 100 (Abhishek Gowda 27, Pratyanshu Tomar 19, Aravind Arumukam 16, Aaron Michael 16, BK Anil Kumar 15) bt Delhi 98 (Joginder Singh 26, Prince Tyagi 22, Vishesh Bhrighuvanshi 15).
Tamil Nadu 82 (Anantharaj 22, Arvind Kumar Jeevanathan 11, Pranav Prince 11) bt Uttar Pradesh 32 (Satyajeet Chaprana 11, Kushal Singh 10).
Pre-quarterfinals: Uttar Pradesh 97 (Harsh Dagar 25, Kushal Singh 24, Devendra Choudary 20) bt Chandigarh 41.
Rajasthan 93 (Akshit Hooda 23, Sharad Dhadich 20, piyush Meena 11) bt Gujarat 83 (Mirant Italia 22, Naman Kanjani 21, ahaj Kumar Patel 18, Krishnapalsinh Ghoil 10, Kasi Rajan 10).
Women (quarterfinals): Delhi 69 (PrakritiRanjan 18, Bala Banusri 14) bt Chhattisgarh 63 (Divyani Gangwal 16, Shanti Xaxa 14).
Tamil Nadu 77 (Krithika Sureshkumar 27, J Iswarya 12, Nitika Amuthan 11) bt Madhya Pradesh 45 (Khushi Singh 15).
Railways 99 (K Sathya 17, Vaishnavi Yadav 14, Dharshini Thirunavukkarasu 13) bt Gujarat 33 (Naomi Lakhanpal 13).
Pre-quarterfinals: Maharashtra 62 (Shireen Limaye 14, Siya Deodhar 14, S Rajeswari 10) bt Karnataka 44 (S Sobana 14).
Gujarat 78 (Aditi Vasudev 18, Hemangnee Gamit 18, Naomi Lakhanpal 17) bt West Bengal 59 (Nima Doma Butia 17, Kiran Yadav 13, Avanti Vardhan 13).
Published – January 11, 2025 02:56 am IST
