Youth National Basketball: Kerala girls exit in semifinals

Kerala's campaign in the 39th Youth National Basketball Championship in Kolkata ended on Wednesday at the semifinal stage.

Kerala lost to neighbours Tamil Nadu, 62-73, in the girls' semifinals. The Kerala boys' side failed to reach the last-four. Arthika K scored a game-high 25 points for Kerala.

Karnataka defeated Maharashtra, 77-61, in the second semifinal, to set up the title clash with Tamil Nadu.

In the boys' category, Karnataka and Rajasthan entered the final after defeating Haryana (84-77) and Tamil Nadu (88-54), respectively.

Results (semifinals)
Girls: Tamil Nadu 73 (Jefrin A 16, Sumitra Devi 15, Angelina Arun George 14) bt Kerala 62 (Arthika K 25, Vaigha T 15), Karnataka 77 (Nithi Umesh 16, Tanushree Taum 16, Deepika PP 15, Mahek Sharma 11) bt Maharashtra 61 (Aarya Phatangare 25, Reva Kulkarni 17)

Boys: Rajasthan 88 (Piyush Choudhary 25, Bhupendra Singh Rathore 18, Zuber Khan 12) bt Tamil Nadu 54 (Priyadarsan A R 12, R Hariram 12), Karnataka 84 (Khushal Singh 28, Adhithya Shenoi 16, Samarth Manur 15, Viabhav Gowda 14, Harsh Yatish 11) bt Haryana 77 (Chirag 23, Veer Singh 16, Rahul 16, Shekhar Rathee 15)