Odisha boys finished eighth after reaching quarterfinals in the 42nd Sub-Junior National Basketball Championship, which was held at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex in Puducherry from February 2. Odisha girls, however, failed to reach pre-quarterfinals.
Madhya Pradesh boys and Chhattisgarh girls emerged champions, defeating Tamil Nadu and Chhattisgarh respectively in the two finals on Feb 8.
ODISHA RESULTS:
BOYS (Level 1):
Group A: Odisha, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Maharashtra.
Feb 2: Odisha (Sourav Kumar Sahoo 16, Brahmananda Behera 14) bt Haryana (Aryan 14, Sahil 11) 61-59 (10-14, 14-24, 18-13, 19-8).
Feb 3: Odisha (Brahmananda 15, Saroj 15, Sourav 13) bt Maharashtra (Raza 19, Saad 9, Sayyed J. 8, Sankalp 8) 60-56 (11-7, 6-15, 11-15, 17-8, Extra time 15-11).
Feb 4: Madhya Pradesh (Pankaj Singh 23, Jeet Kharwar 17, Manish Prasad 11) bt Odisha (Brahmananda B 8) 94-31 (14-9, 22-8, 29-9, 29-5).
Feb 6 (Quarterfinals): Uttar Pradesh (Aniket 20, Priyanshu 19) bt Odisha (Saurav Sahoo 20, Tulu Patra 20) 79-73 (18-11, 18-17, 16-20, 27-25).
Feb 7 (Classification for 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th places): Maharashtra (Raza Shaikh 21, Pritish 18) bt Odisha (Tulu 10, Brahmanand 8) 62-51 (14-14, 8-11, 22-15, 18-12).
7th and 8th place classification: Haryana (Hardeep 22, Aryan 18) bt Odisha (Sourav 18) 77-53 (21-10, 21-12, 8-17, 27-14).
ODISHA BOYS TEAM: Chitta Ranjan Pradha, Subhasis Kar, Rohan Swain, Tulu Patra, Badal Behera, Aurochetan Anand, Brhmananda Behera, Mohammad Tarif Hussain, Sourav Kumar Sahoo, Ronak Parekh, Prabin Kumar Nayak, Saroj Kumar Das. Coaches: Sashikanta Nayak, Tapan Swain; Manager: Niranjan Pattanayak.
GIRLS (Level 2):
Group C: Odisha, Chandigarh, Jammu-Kashmir
Feb 3: Odisha (Lipramayee Satapathy 14, Papali Patra 5) bt Chandigarh (Vaidehi Singh 12, Gurleen Kaur 6) 29-26 (7-0, 7-2, 7-10, 8-14).
Feb 5 (Qualifying matches, Winner moves to pre-quarterfinal): Telangana (Dhatrinaina Devi Reddy 17, A. Jayanthi 14) bt Odisha (Abhipsha Pattanayak 9, Lipramayee Satapathy 9) 53-37 (11-6, 5-11, 20-6, 17-14).
ODISHA GIRLS TEAM: Lipramayee Satapathy, Abhipsha Pattanayak, Shruti Sahoo, Ambika Bhatra, Sarita Das, Papali Patra, Anuradha Seth, Jinsirani Mallick, Akankshya Das, Karishma Behera, Amrita Kar, Ayushi Mallik. Coaches: Arun Kumar Mishra, Chitta Ranjan Rout; Manager: Saubhagya Manjari Jena.
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PHOTO: Odisha boys in action against Maharashtra on Feb 3, 2016.