Odisha men lost to Uttarakhand 61-85 in their Level-1 Group-A match of the 68th Senior National Basketball Championship at JN Indoor Stadium in Chennai today. Rajasthan, Kerala and Karnataka are other three teams in Group-A. Odisha men had secured ninth position in the final standings of the last National championship at Puducherry.

ODISHA TEAMS:

MEN (12): Ashok Kumar Nayak, Sashikant Mohanty, Suman Sahoo, Lagnajit Barik, Chiranjit Karan, K Sraban Kumar, G Sao Roshan, Safalya Patra, Alekh Lakra, Sahid Khan, Amit Kumar Sharma, Goutam Mohapatra. Coach: Bijay Kumar Mohapatra; Manager: Amiya Mohapatra.

WOMEN (12): Satya Sovna Pattnaik, Sarmistha Panda, Sonali Das, Puspanjali Pradhan, Diptirani Sahoo, Padmabati Hati, D Pallav, Shibani Nayak, Saraswati Behera, Lipramayee Satpathy, Rajashree Swain, Athren Kujur. Coach: Prashant Nayak.

ODISHA RESULTS:
MEN (Leve-1, Group-A):
Jan 17: Uttarakhand (Mohit Bhandari 20pts, Murali Krishna 17, Arjun Singh 15) beat Odisha (Suman Sahoo 19, Ashok Kumar Nayak 12) 85-62 (21-11, 27-16, 21-17, 16-18).