Rajasthan will meet Punjab in the girls final of the National Junior basketball championships here on Monday.
In the semfinals held on Sunday, Rajasthan beat Chhattisgarh 73-59, while Punjab trounced defending champion Kerala 80-59.
Rajasthan, which led by a point (30-29) at half-time, dominated the third and fourth quarters to score an impressive win over Chhattisgarh.
Kerala was all at sea against its taller opponent which took a decisive 13-point lead at half-time.
Chandigarh boys, who upset Tamil Nadu in the quarterfinals, squeezed out a narrow 88-85 win over Uttar Pradesh to enter the final.
Chandigarh will meet the winner of Rajasthan and Karnataka in the final.
The results:
Boys: Semifinals: Chandigarh 88 (Rohan Roy 25, Amarendar Singh 22, Harkirat Singh Siddhu 10) bt Uttar Pradesh 85 (Kushal Singh 33, Robin Banerjee 11, Aman Kaushik 11, Sumit Diwakar 10). Quarterfinals: Rajasthan 74 (Digvijay Singh 22, Lokendra Singh 21, Hemant Nayak 16) bt Punjab 49 (Karandeep Singh 13, Vishal Sharma 10); Chandigarh 88 (Amarendar Singh 44) bt Tamil Nadu 84 (S. Ajay 37, Harihara Sudan 18).
Girls: Semifinals: Rajasthan 73 (Rasi Kotani 27, Ankita Kumari 19) bt Chhattisgarh 59 (Riya Kunghadkar 18, D. Kirthi 15); Punjab 80 (Manmeet Kaur 24, Kanishka Dhir 22, Kavya Singla 15, Isha Rani 11) bt Kerala 59 (Sreelakshmi 18, P.J. Shilpa 10). Quarterfinals: Rajasthan 42 (Rashi 14) bt Karnataka 41 (Sanjana 19, Pavana 11).
