Sahaj Pratap Sekhon (22) sank a three-pointer with three seconds left for the hooter to help Railways to a thrilling 73-72 victory over Punjab in a group-B league match of the 74th National basketball championship at the Sidsar Sports Complex on Wednesday (January 8, 2024).
With another day of league matches to go, Railways, Tamil Nadu, Services, Punjab and Karnataka had secured their entry into the quarterfinals in the men’s section.
In the women’s section, Punjab, Delhi and Kerala along with Railways and Tamil Nadu had confirmed their quarterfinal entry.
The results (league):
Men: Group-A: Kerala 63 (Sejin Mathew 18, Joshua Oommen 17, Grigo Varghese 14) bt Services 52 (Sahil 19, Gaurav Chandal 13).
Tamil Nadu 83 (Prashanth Rawat 21, Aravind Kumar 16, Baldhaneswar 13, Muin Bek 12) bt Rajasthan 60 (Sharad Dhadhich 18).
Group-B: Railways 73 (Sahaj Pratap Singh Sekhon 22, Palpreet Singh 18) bt Punjab 72 (Kanwar Gurbaz Singh Sandhu 20, Nawaz Singh Panaich 16, Gurwinder Singh 13, Amjot Gill 10).
Women: Group-A: Railways 83 (Vaishnavi Yadav 13, Sathiya Senthilkumar 12, Dharshini 11, K Sathya 10) bt Karnataka 33 (CN Supritha 12, Ruth Blessen 11).
Delhi 70 (Preeti Kumar 20, Prakriti Ranjan 19, Namrata 15) bt Punjab 57 (Kanishka Dhir 18, Manmeet Kaur 13, Komalpreet Kaur 10).
Group-B: Tamil Nadu 72 (Krithika Sureshbabu 14, Anumaria 13, NIka Amuthan 12) bt Chhattisgarh 63 (Divyani Gangwal 17, Divya Sam 12, Shanti Xaxa 12, Nisha Kashyap 11, Neha Karwa 11).
Kerala 71 (sreekala Rani 25, VJ Jayalakshmi 16, Susan Florentina 15) bt Tamil Nadu 52 (Krithika Sureshbabu 14, J Ishwarya 11).
Published – January 08, 2025 08:15 pm IST
