Hyderabad: Uttar Pradesh boys and Tamil Nadu girls registered victories in emphatic fashion to emerge as the new U-16 national basketball champions on Tuesday in Pune.
On the eighth and concluding day of the CM Chashak 41st Youth Nationals Basketball championship Uttar Pradesh boys edged out Madhya Pradesh 76-71 while Tamil Nadu girls prevailed over Karnataka 80-65 to emerge champions.
Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis distributed the prizes during the concluding ceremony.
In the boys title clash, Darshil SIngh top scored with 24 points as Uttar Pradesh took early lead to clinch the championship by five points (76-71). For MP, a game-high 26-point effort from Prashant SIngh went in vain. The quarter-wise scores in UP’s favour read 24-14, 14-19, 12-26, 26-12.
In the girls final, Tamil Nadu dominated the proceedings right after the jump ball to underline their supremacy by a comfortable margin of 25 points (80-65). For the winners, Nakshatra K top scored with 25 points. For Karnataka, Aanchal Seervi netted 22 points.
Earlier in the bronze medas games, Kerala outclassed Maharashtra 74-42 while Rajasthan drubbed Tamil Nadu 90-69.