Delhi’s International cager Sonika Ohlyan led from the front to help her team enter the girls quarterfinals in the ongoing 60th Junior National basketball championships being played here at Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
Sonika who netted 21 points helped Delhi beat Maharashtra 77-61, to top Group A and book a berth in the last eight stage of the tournament. Delhi’s rival in the quarter’s to begin from tomorrow, will be Punjab.
By virtue of being at the second spot in Group A, Maharashtra has also made it to the last eight stage of the meet, and will face Tamil Nadu tomorrow.
In today’s match, Sonika and Neharika Khurana combined well to give Delhi a commanding lead at the break (46-24).
Maharashtra though made its presence felt in the next two quarters, but eventual winners were able to sustain its initial lead.
Neharika also contributed 17 points to the team’s total.
Amrita (17) and Sneha Rajguru (15) were the main scorer for losers.
In another match, Chattisgarh outplayed Kerala 91-88 to reach the quarters. Eventual winners were leading 49-33, at the break. With today’s win Chattisgarh has topped Group B, while Kerala is placed at the second spot.
Chattisgarh in their next match face Uttar Pradesh, while Kerala take on Madhya Pradesh.
In the boys group, Tamil Nadu beat Punjab 79-56, while Chattisgarh defeated Haryana 78-41.
Both Chattisgarh and Haryana have made it to the last eight stage of the meet.
Results
Boys
Group: B: Tamil Nadu 79 (MA Raguram 22, C Berdinent 17) bt Punjab 56 (Amritpal Singh 17, Rajan Sharma 13).
Group A: Chattisgarh 78 (Ajay Pratap 24, l Sujit Reddy 20) bt Haryana 41 (Sikandar 12, Naveen 10).
Quarterfinal line up (matches still in progress)
Delhi/Haryana
Chattisgarh/Rajasthan
Girls
Group A: Delhi 77 (Sonika Ohlyan 21, Neharika Khurana 17) bt Maharashtra 61 (Amrita 17, Sneha Rajguru 15).
Group B: Chattisgarh 91 (Kavita 26, l Deepa 20) bt Kerala 88 (Neenu Mol 34, Stephy Nixon 18).
