Kozhikode, Thrissur crowned champions of state youth basketball
Thrissur edged Thiruvananthapuram, 119-112 to clinch the boys’ title in a double-overtime thriller.
Thrissur edged Thiruvananthapuram, 119-112 to clinch the boys’ title in a double-overtime thriller.
Thrissur edged Thiruvananthapuram, 119-112 to clinch the boys’ title in a double-overtime thriller.
Kozhikode and Thrissur retained their titles in the Kerala state youth basketball championship held at Kanhangad in Kasaragod.
In the girls’ final, Kozhikode crushed Alappuzha, 84-41, with Akshara K scoring a game-high 31 points.
In the boys’ title match, Thrissur edged Thiruvananthapuram,119-112, in a double-overtime thriller. Abhinad Rajesh scored an impressive 44 points to help Thrissur triumph, while Joel Jose made 32 for the team from the capital city.
Thiruvananthapuram edged Kollam, 69-68 to take bronze in the girls’ category, while Kottayam defeated Alappuzha, 88-73 to finish third in the boys’ event.
Results (final): Girls: Kozhikode 84 (Akshara K 31,Theertha Praveen 14, Anna Marium Ratheesh 12) bt Alappuzha 41 (Subhadra Jayakumar 14); Boys: Thrissur 119 (Abhinad Rajesh 44, Abhinav N R 31, Savio Jose 17, Alan Antony10) bt Thiruvananthapuram 112 (Joel Jose 32, Niranjan Suja Renjith 21, Aldrin Anto 12)