TAMIL NADU GIRLS WIN OVERTIME THRILLER
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#8: 41ST SUB-JUNIOR NATIONAL BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP –
(Vishnu Ravi Shankar) Nashik, 25 November 2014: On the morning of Day 3, the West Bengal and Haryana girls won their qualifying matches against Odisha and Telengana respectively to move to the upper pool. The Assam and Chandigarh boys also moved to the upper pool with wins against Punjab and West Bengal respectively, who were knocked out of the tournament.
Later in the day, the upper pool league matches involved an overtime thriller between the Tamil Nadu and Haryana girls. Both teams were tied at the end of regular time 75-75, resulting in an extra five minutes of basketball. Tamil Nadu held their nerve in overtime to scrape through with a 82-81 win. T. Monika top scored for Tamil Nadu with 27 points. In the other upper pool girls game, Madhya Pradesh comfortably defeated Delhi 55-21. The Tamil Nadu boys, however, lost their upper pool league fixture against Rajasthan 96-89 despite V. Adisiva’s 40 points. The Madhya Pradesh boys squared off against Haryana and registered an easy 73-39 win.
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