BHUBANESWAR 13-Jan-2016
Odisa women put up better performance than than their male counterpart in the 66th Senior National Basketball Championship was held at Mysuru from January 9. Women won three matches in a row before bowing out of the championship, losing to West Bengal in Leve-2 to Level-1 qualifying matches. Odisha men posted two wins and suffered as many defeats in Leve-2 to reach the loser knock-out quarterfinals, where they lost to Maharashtra.
ODISHA RESULTS (Level-2):
MEN: Match No 1: Odisha (Ashok Nayak 11, Sahid Khan 11, Sashikanta Mohanty 9, K Sravan Kumar 6) bt Puducherry (Hari Krishan 16, Vinod P G 12) 50-40 [11-10, 12-12, 12-14, 15-04]. Match No 2: Chhattisgarh (Kiran 23, Dinesh 12) bt Odisha (Sahid Khan 10) 73-48 (30-16, 20-15, 13-10, 10-7). Match No 3: Odisha (Sashikanta Mohanty 14, Ashok Kumar Nair 9, P Suresh 9) bt Goa (Aaron G 13, Charles 10, Shawn 10) 72-49 (28-14, 18-14, 24-8, 2-13). Match No 4: Chandigarh (Ravi Bhardwaj 27, Gurinder G 25, Kuldip K 17) bt Odisha (Sashikanta Mohanty 29, Ashok Kumar Nair 14, K Sravan Kumar 13) 86-70 (26-19, 24-22, 15-16, 21-13). Match No 5 (Loser knockout Quarterfinals): Maharashtra (Pradeep P 32, Ajinkya Mane 17) bt Odisha (Lagnajeet 14, K Sravan Kumar 11) 79-47 (20-15, 18-9, 22-12, 19-11).
WOMEN: Match No 1: Odisha (Rajashree Swain 16, Promodini 6, Bhisnu Priya Malik 6, Suvanki 6) bt Tripura (Kajal 4) 52-11 [12-00, 16-04, 08-04, 16-03]. Match No 2: Odisha (Jayashree 11, Urbasi Malik 6) bt Haryana (Sanju 6) 37-27 [14-2, 8-6, 10-11, 5-8]. Match No 3: Odisha (Rajashree 18, Urbasi Malik 17, Suvanki 10) bt Andhra Pradesh (Bhavani 10) 59-33 (18-13, 12-6, 19-7, 20-7). Match No 4 (Qualifying matches, Level 2 to Level 1): West Bengal (Madhu Kumari 24, Anjana Dezy 17, Libin A. 17) bt Odisha (Suvanki 18, Rajashree 12, Jayashree 12) 76-52 (21-10, 22-9, 13-21, 20-12).
