TN, UP girls keep winning

Defending champion Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh maintained their undefeated streak in the girls section of the 69th National junior basketball championship here on Wednesday.

Vaishnavi was in exceptional form for Uttar Pradesh as she garnered 91 points in two matches to guide her team past Punjab 67-54 and Rajasthan 89-61.

In the men’s section, Uttar Pradesh tamed Haryana 97-78.

The results: Men: Group-A: Punjab 86 (Princepal 19, Rajan 16) bt Haryana 41; Uttar Pradesh 97 (Tushal 28, Priyanshu 24) bt Haryana 78 (Rampal 22, Kapil 16).

Group-B: Maharashtra 92 (Suraj 24, Faisal 17) bt Madhya Pradesh 70 (Uday Veer 15, Harshwardhan 13); Kerala 83 (Sejjin 37) bt Delhi 78 (Nitish 22).

Women: Group-A: Tamil Nadu 60 (Pushpa 13) bt Madhya Pradesh 29. Group-B: Uttar Pradesh 67 (Vaishnavi 50) bt Punjab 54 (Rajandeep 18, Sakshi 16); Uttar Pradesh 89 (Vaishnavi 41, Harshita 10) bt Rajasthan 61 (Ishika 26, Yashika 15).