Chennai, Dec 22 (IANS): Uttarakhand and Haryana in the men's section, and Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh in the women's division advanced to the quarter-finals of the 62nd senior National basketball championships here Wednesday.
In the pre-quarter-final matches, Uttarakhand, powered by Trideep Rai (44) overcame Karnataka 107-86 in a high scoring game while Haryana, with Deepak Rathee (32) playing the lead role, edged past Andhra Pradesh 98-87.
Meanwhile, Karanataka women had the measure of Andhra Pradesh 85-67 and Uttar Pradesh proved far too strong for Punjab winning 79-52.
The quarter-final line-up is:
Men: Kerala vs Services; Delhi vs Indian Railways; Tamil Nadu vs Uttarakhand; Punjab vs Haryana.
Women: Tamil Nadu vs Maharashtra; Kerala vs Chhattisgarh; Indian Railways vs Karnataka; Delhi vs Uttar Pradesh.
The results (Pre-quarter-finals):
Men: Uttarakhand 107 (Trideep Rai 44, Murali Krishna 17) bt Karnataka 86 (A Aravind 21, Jijin K Joseph 19). Ht: 63-41.
Haryana 98 (Deepak Rathee 32, Sukhbir Singh K 23, Hemant Sheoram 18, Vikash Mor 10) bt Andhra Pradesh 87 (CH Naveen Kumar 23, S Vinay Kumar Yadav 20, K Sathish Kumar 19, Ramesh Kumar 12, Soumya Rajan Rath 11 ). Ht: 48-35.
Women: Karnataka 85 (Navaneetha 30, Sushmitha 26) bt Andhra Pradesh 67 (Manda
22, Anusha 18). Ht: 51-38.
Uttar Pradesh 79 (Preeti Kumari 37, Ranjana Singh 20) bt Punjab 52 (Kiranjit Kaur 18, Nagma Mirza 10). Ht: 48-26.