Odisha boys and girls teams experienced mixed luck in Level-2 league of the 68TH Junior National Basketball Championship, which is being held at Shiv Nadar University in Gautam Budh Nagar District, Noida, Uttar Pradesh from June 4, 2017.

Odisha boys, in fact, posted back-to-back wins in Group-F, defeating Purucherry 85-63 and Goa 90-72, but suffered defeat in their third match against Andhra Pradesh. However, the boys returned to winning ways by defeating West Bengal in loser knock-out quarterfinal match. Odisha girls won their opening Group-D match against Chandigarh 70-46, but lost the second against Uttar Pradesh.

ODISHA TEAMS:
GIRLS: Lipramayee Satapathy, Karishma Behera, Sonali Majhi, Ambika Bhatra, Sonali Das, Saraswati Behera, Anuradha Seth, Jinsirani Mallick, Durga Salbam, Pragati Ray, Susmita Sethi, Debashree Darshana Giri. Coach: Sashikant Nayak (Mob: 94399-56662).
BOYS: Srikanta Jena, Abhisek Pasupalak, Suresh Das, Arshad Baig, B Shiva Sankar Reddy, Sarat Nayak, Prasanta Behera, Chandan Baral, Juel Lakra, Sachidananda Padhi, Hitik Singh, Aditya Prakash. Coach: Sashikanta Mohanty (Mob: 94372-25566).

ODISHA RESULTS:
Women (Level-2):
June 4: Odisha (Lipramayee 33, Saraswati 17) bt Chandigarh (Nisha 22, Nidhi 10) 70-46 (11-14, 19-7, 21-13, 19-12).
June 6: Uttar Pradesh (Shreyasi 17, Vaishnavi 14) bt Odisha (Lipramayee 7, Ambika 6) 47-20 (19-2, 11-11, 10-5, 7-2).
June 7 (Loser Knockout QFs): Odisha (Lipramayee 18, Anuradha 12) bt Tripura (Aarju 13) 52-23 (23-6, 15-5, 8-8, 6-4).
June 8 (Loser Knockout SFs): Odisha (Lipramayee 33) bt Telangana (Nashita 15, BS Rivani 10) 53-39 (17-8, 6-12, 14-7, 16-12).

Men (Level-2):
June 4: Odisha (Srikanta Jena 22, Sarat Nayak 19, Suresh Das 18, Prasanta Baral 13) bt Puducherry (M Navaneetha K 20, VS Lavan 13, N Charan Raj 10) 85-63 (30-15, 16-11, 18-18, 21-19).
June 5: Odisha (Sarat Nayak 28, Suresh Das 21, Srikanta Jena 18, Hitik Singh 10) bt Goa (Shaun Arango 28, Kabir Morajkan 12, R Cortez 10) 90-72 (28-11, 20-20, 25-17, 17-24).
June 6: Andhra Pradesh (AS Pavan 25, N Md Haroon 17, V Naga Durga 16, SS Krishna 12) bt Odisha (Sarat Nayak 21, Suresh Das 20, Srikanta Jena 14) 88-74 (24-26, 24-18, 22-20, 18-10).
Loser knock-out quarterfinals:
June 7: Odisha (Suresh Das 28, Sarat Nayak 22, Srikanta Jena 14) bt West Bengal (Aditya 23, Alok 21, Binod 16) 101-85 (22-17, 21-28, 30-17, 28-23).