Vishesh Bhriguvanshi and Yadwinder Singh steered Uttarakhand to the final of the 63rd Senior National Basketball Championship with a superb display in the semifinal against Services here on Thursday.
Bhriguvanshi netted 29 points while Yadwinder scored 21. With Murali Krishnan providing able support, they moved past a fighting Serives 83-66.
In the other men’s semifinal Punjab defeated Tamil Nadu 79-59.
The women’s final will be between Indian Railways and Tamil Nadu.
Railways outplayed Delhi 84-45, with the defending champions hammering in 25 points in the last quarter, when Delhi could gain only eight points.
Results: Men: Semifinal: Uttarakhand 83 (Vishesh Bhriguvanshi 29, Yadwinder Singh 21, Murali Krishnan 14) bt Services 66 (Joginder Singh 15, Gopal Ram 13, Dalip Kumar 12, Jairam Jaat 10).
Punjab 79 (Amritpal Singh 26, Talwinderjit Singh 22, Ranbeer Singh 11, Satnam Singh 10) bt Tamil Nadu 59 (C V Dinesh 21, Pratham Singh 13, Rikin Pethani 10).
5th-8th place play-off: Indian Railways: 55 (Ravi 12, Gagandeep 10) bt Chhattishgarh: 37; Rajasthan: 79 (Vinod Kumar 23, Kamran Khan 19, Hirendra Singh 13) bt Kerala: 45 (Abhilash 11). 9th place play-off: Delhi: 66 (Narender 28, Shaki 16) bt Andhra Pradesh: 59 (PK Kulu 20, Nihal 14).
Women: Semifinals: Indian Railways: 84 (Geethu Anna Jose 34, Pushpa Maddu 12) bt Delhi: 45 (Pratima Singh 14, Manauti Passi 12, Raspreet Sandhu 11).
Tamil Nadu 61 (M Adhirai 23, Apporva M 15, Rajapriya Darshini 12, Soniya Joy 11) bt Chhattisgarh 56 (S Seema 21, Saranjeet K 10). Quarterfinals: Indian Railways: 68 (Geethu Anna Jose 17, P Anitha 12, Smruthi R 9) bt Karnataka: 36 (Kruthika 15). 9th place play-off: West Bengal: 67 (P Das 15, S Oraon 14) bt Madhya Pradesh: 47 (Meenakshi Tanwar 12, Lovely H 8, Trisha H 6). 5th-8th place play-off: Maharashtra: 63 (Shireen 23, Sneha 16) bt Karnataka: 47 (Navaneetha PW 14); Kerala: 50 (Merlin Baby 16, Jeena PS 13) bt Punjab: 21 (Harpreet Kaur 8).
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