MP boys, TN girls in National basketball semis

Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu entered the semifinals of the boys and girls event in the 27th National Basketball Championships here today, defeating Uttarakhand and Haryana respectively.

Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu entered the semifinals of the boys and girls event in the 27th National Basketball Championships here today, defeating Uttarakhand and Haryana respectively.

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Madhya Pradesh boys walloped a hapless Uttarakhand 59-21, while Tamil Nadu girls had an easy 47-21 victory over Haryana.

Earlier, last year's runner up in the boys section Chattisgarh prevailed over Maharashtra 81-79 in a cliffhanger through extra-time after both teams were locked 66-66 at end of the full time.

It was 78-78 till 30 seconds before extra-time when B Dinesh came up with a three pointer to snatch the win for Chattisgarh. Maharashtra missed free throws in the dying minutes.

Meanwhile in the girls quartefinal, Uttar Pradesh knocked out last year's runner up Chattisgarh 58-40.

Boy's Quarterfinal results: MP 59 (Animesh 14 Jay Singh 13) bt Uttarkhand 21; Chattisgarh 81(Dinesh 33, Teja 15) bt Maharashtra 79 (Salman 21,Rohan 14); Punjab 60 (Loveneet 15,Hmandeep 15) bt Delhi 52 (Joginder16, Roopender15)

Girls Quarterfinal results: TN 47(Ramya 15 Bhuvaneswari 10) bt Haryana 21 (Meenu10); Maharashtra 41 bt Delhi 21 (Gayatri 11); UP 58 (Dhriti Arora 29) bt Chattisgarh 40 (Sangeetha 15); Kerala 73 (Jeena 16 Premi P Lal 12) bt Karnataka 39 (Madhuri 11).