<p>Karnataka boys defeated Madhya Pradesh 69-40 to move closer to a spot in the pre-quarterfinals of the National Youth Basketball Championships here on Monday. Srujan B K (14) and Pratyanshu Tomar (12) were the leading scorers for Karnataka while Mani Thakur netted 18 points for MP. Karnataka topped Group C from lower level 2 and will need to beat Group F topper Andhra Pradesh to enter the pre-quarters.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Karnataka girls’ team went down 69-71 to Madhya Pradesh in their Group A league. In boys’ Group B, Delhi eked out a narrow 69-68 win over Punjab. Abhishek Sharma (23 points) and Shubham Upreti (14 points) top scored for Delhi while Vivek Chauhan (22), Princepal Singh (15) and Jagshaanbir Singh (15) performed admirably for Punjab.<br /><br />Results: Boys: Level 1: Group B: Uttar Pradesh: 79 (Priyanshu 37, Shubhan 20) bt Maharashtra: 46 (Shaik Zaid 9, Suraj Kumar Patak 9); Delhi: 69 (Abhishek Sharma 23, Shubham Upreti 14, Aditya Singh 11, Nitish Beniwal 10) bt Punjab: 68 (Vivek Chauhan 22, Princepal Singh 15, Jagshaanbir Singh 15, Aaftab Singh 8).<br /><br />On Sunday: Group A: Chhattisgarh: 70 (Salim Ali 14, Govind 13, Binod Rajak 11, Harendra Kumar 11) bt Gujarat: 44 (Aman Bohtan 9, Dvij Tanna 8) Level 2: Group E: West Bengal: 88 (Pranay Mandal 24, Azaz Khan 23, Aman Dubey 15) bt Puducherry: 40 (Sathyavanan 17, Lavan 16); Uttarakhand: 56 (Riyanshu 20, Prashant 12, Suryansh 10) bt Bihar: 30 (Dharmender Kumar 11).<br /><br />Girls: Level 1: Group A: Madhya Pradesh: 71 bt Karnataka: 69. Group C: Odisha: 51 (Lipramayee Sathpathy 25, Suvanki Sahini 14) bt Delhi: 42 (Kainaat 10, Aarushi Gupta 10) Group F: Gujarat: 38 (Tanisha 14) bt Uttarakhand: 14 (Tarini 9, Saloni 5). <br /></p>
<p>Karnataka boys defeated Madhya Pradesh 69-40 to move closer to a spot in the pre-quarterfinals of the National Youth Basketball Championships here on Monday. Srujan B K (14) and Pratyanshu Tomar (12) were the leading scorers for Karnataka while Mani Thakur netted 18 points for MP. Karnataka topped Group C from lower level 2 and will need to beat Group F topper Andhra Pradesh to enter the pre-quarters.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Karnataka girls’ team went down 69-71 to Madhya Pradesh in their Group A league. In boys’ Group B, Delhi eked out a narrow 69-68 win over Punjab. Abhishek Sharma (23 points) and Shubham Upreti (14 points) top scored for Delhi while Vivek Chauhan (22), Princepal Singh (15) and Jagshaanbir Singh (15) performed admirably for Punjab.<br /><br />Results: Boys: Level 1: Group B: Uttar Pradesh: 79 (Priyanshu 37, Shubhan 20) bt Maharashtra: 46 (Shaik Zaid 9, Suraj Kumar Patak 9); Delhi: 69 (Abhishek Sharma 23, Shubham Upreti 14, Aditya Singh 11, Nitish Beniwal 10) bt Punjab: 68 (Vivek Chauhan 22, Princepal Singh 15, Jagshaanbir Singh 15, Aaftab Singh 8).<br /><br />On Sunday: Group A: Chhattisgarh: 70 (Salim Ali 14, Govind 13, Binod Rajak 11, Harendra Kumar 11) bt Gujarat: 44 (Aman Bohtan 9, Dvij Tanna 8) Level 2: Group E: West Bengal: 88 (Pranay Mandal 24, Azaz Khan 23, Aman Dubey 15) bt Puducherry: 40 (Sathyavanan 17, Lavan 16); Uttarakhand: 56 (Riyanshu 20, Prashant 12, Suryansh 10) bt Bihar: 30 (Dharmender Kumar 11).<br /><br />Girls: Level 1: Group A: Madhya Pradesh: 71 bt Karnataka: 69. Group C: Odisha: 51 (Lipramayee Sathpathy 25, Suvanki Sahini 14) bt Delhi: 42 (Kainaat 10, Aarushi Gupta 10) Group F: Gujarat: 38 (Tanisha 14) bt Uttarakhand: 14 (Tarini 9, Saloni 5). <br /></p>
