Kerala boys, girls suffer defeats in Youth National Basketball

Kerala boys' and girls' teams suffered defeats in their group matches at the 39th Youth National Basketball Championship in Kolkata.

In the boys category, Kerala lost to Tamil Nadu (68-51) and Telangana (70-59) in their group games.

In the girls category, Kerala began with a 61-30 win over Gujarat before losing, 57-72, to favourites Karnataka. Arthika top scored with 20 points for Kerala in the game against Karnataka. Meanwhile, holders Rajasthan drubbed Madhya Pradesh 79-31 in another boys' match.

Results
Boys: Tamil Nadu 68 (Yadesh Kumar 35, Vishal V 14 ) bt Kerala 51 (Milen Jose Mathew 21, Arshal Mohammed 10), Telangana 70 (Reyhan Ellore 16, Saharsh Maheswar 14, Dhruv Bopanna 11) bt Kerala 59 (Naijal Jacob 20, Abhishek R Pradeep 13, Milen Jose Mathew 11)

Girls: Kerala 61 (Diya Biju 13, Arthika K 13, Vaigha T 10 ) bt Gujarat 30, Karnataka 72 (Deepika P P 17, Shreya K 14 ) bt Kerala 57 (Arthika K 20, Diya Biju 13)