Kerala drubbed Chandigarh 90-66 to claim bronze in the 68th National School Games basketball championship in Patiala.

Kottayam siblings Jeevan K Joby and Jins K Joby were the star performers for Kerala in the third-place game. Between them, the students of St Ephrem's HSS Mannanam scored 54 of Kerala's 90 points.

Jins K Joby and Jeevan K Joby pose with Kerala's third-place trophy from the National School Games basketball championship in Patiala. Photo: Special arrangement
Jins K Joby and Jeevan K Joby pose with Kerala's third-place trophy from the National School Games basketball championship in Patiala. Photo: Special arrangement

Kerala had defeated Tamil Nadu 78-74 in the quarterfinals, before going down to eventual champions Punjab, 50-74, in the semifinals. Kerala boys defeated IBSO (66-36), IPSC (40-19), and Rajasthan (55-26) in the league phase, before knocking out Odisha, 68-43, in the pre-quarterfinals.

Punjab lifted the titles in both boys and girls categories with 70-46, 60-32 wins respectively, both against Rajasthan.

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Result: Kerala 90 (Jeevan K Joby 29, Jins K Joby 25, Vinay Sankar 12) bt Chandigarh 66 (Sainsh Mahajan 21, Udish Markan 20, Mohit Dahiya 17)

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