After consecutive defeats, Kerala men secured a thrilling victory over Services in the Senior National Basketball Championship at Bhavnagar in Gujarat on Wednesday. Sejin Mathew top-scored with 18 points, including a powerful dunk, as Kerala won 63-52. Kerala men had lost their earlier group matches to Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan.

But the best drama on the day came in a thriller between Indian Railways and Punjab, where Sahaj Pratap Singh Sekhon sealed victory for the Railway men with a buzzer-beater three-pointer.

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Amjyot Singh thought he had won the game for Punjab by making it 72-70 with just two seconds left. But Sekhon sunk a three-pointer right on the buzzer to steal the narrowest of wins for the Railways. Joining the Railways in the men's quarterfinals were Tamil Nadu, who defeated Rajasthan 83-60.

Results (men)
Kerala 63 (Sejin Mathew 18, Joshua Sunil Oommen 17, Grigo Mathew Varghese 14) bt Services 52 (Sahil 19, Gaurav Chandal 13); Indian Railways 73 (Sahaj Pratap Singh Sekhon 22, Palpreet Singh 18) bt Punjab 72 (Kanwar Gurbaz Singh Sandhu 20, Nawaz Singh Panaich 16, Gurwinder Singh 13, Amjyot Gill 10); Tamil Nadu 83 (Prasanth Rawat 21, Aravind Kumar 16, Baldhaneswar 13, Muin Bek 12) bt Rajasthan 60 (Sharad Dhadhich 18)

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