Odisa women put up better performance than than their male counterpart in the 66th Senior National Basketball Championship was held at Mysuru from January 9. Women won three matches in a row before bowing out of the championship, losing to West Bengal in Leve-2 to Level-1 qualifying matches. Odisha men posted two wins and suffered as many defeats in Leve-2 to reach the loser knock-out quarterfinals, where they lost to Maharashtra.

ODISHA RESULTS (Level-2):
MEN: Match No 1: Odisha (Ashok Nayak 11, Sahid Khan 11, Sashikanta Mohanty 9, K Sravan Kumar 6) bt Puducherry (Hari Krishan 16, Vinod P G 12) 50-40 [11-10, 12-12, 12-14, 15-04]. Match No 2: Chhattisgarh (Kiran 23, Dinesh 12) bt Odisha (Sahid Khan 10) 73-48 (30-16, 20-15, 13-10, 10-7). Match No 3: Odisha (Sashikanta Mohanty 14, Ashok Kumar Nair 9, P Suresh 9) bt Goa (Aaron G 13, Charles 10, Shawn 10) 72-49 (28-14, 18-14, 24-8, 2-13). Match No 4: Chandigarh (Ravi Bhardwaj 27, Gurinder G 25, Kuldip K 17) bt Odisha (Sashikanta Mohanty 29, Ashok Kumar Nair 14, K Sravan Kumar 13) 86-70 (26-19, 24-22, 15-16, 21-13). Match No 5 (Loser knockout Quarterfinals): Maharashtra (Pradeep P 32, Ajinkya Mane 17) bt Odisha (Lagnajeet 14, K Sravan Kumar 11) 79-47 (20-15, 18-9, 22-12, 19-11).
WOMEN: Match No 1: Odisha (Rajashree Swain 16, Promodini 6, Bhisnu Priya Malik 6, Suvanki 6) bt Tripura (Kajal 4) 52-11 [12-00, 16-04, 08-04, 16-03]. Match No 2: Odisha (Jayashree 11, Urbasi Malik 6) bt Haryana (Sanju 6) 37-27 [14-2, 8-6, 10-11, 5-8]. Match No 3: Odisha (Rajashree 18, Urbasi Malik 17, Suvanki 10) bt Andhra Pradesh (Bhavani 10) 59-33 (18-13, 12-6, 19-7, 20-7). Match No 4 (Qualifying matches, Level 2 to Level 1): West Bengal (Madhu Kumari 24, Anjana Dezy 17, Libin A. 17) bt Odisha (Suvanki 18, Rajashree 12, Jayashree 12) 76-52 (21-10, 22-9, 13-21, 20-12).