GIRL hoopsters from Nagpur finished second best in the CM Chashak 41st Maharashtra State Youth (U-16) Basketball Championship at Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, the other day. In the boys section, city lads had to be content with a fourth place finish. In the girls final, Nagpur lost the battle to Pune in a high scoring summit clash 87-56. For the title winners, Tanirika Chakraborty scored highest 24 baskets. For Nagpur, Saisa Bhagat (17) and Sarakshi Ayalwar (9) were the main scorer. Pune took lead in the first and second quarters. Nagpur took the third but Pune bounced back to take the last quarter and the match.

 

The quarterwise score was 87-56 (27-12, 21-16, 18-21, 21-7). Earlier in the semi-finals, Nagpur (Saisa Bhagat 25, Palak Panchbudhe 12, Trisha Karki 10, Pankhudi Bade 9, Dnyanada Shairey 9) defeated Mumbai South East 68-54 with the quarterwise score reading 21-18, 19-15, 19-12, 9-9. RESULTS: GIRLS (final): Pune (Tanirika Chakraborty 24) bt Nagpur (Saisa Bhagat 17, Sarakshi Ayalwar 9) 87-56 (27-12, 21-16, 18-21, 21-7). Semi-finals: Nagpur (Saisa Bhagat 25, Palak Panchbudhe 12, Trisha Karki 10, Pankhudi Bade 9, Dnyanada Shairey 9) bt Mumbai South East (Ruchika Singh 20, Ankita Thakur 14) 68-54 (21-18, 19-15, 19-12, 9-9). Boys (Quarter-final): Nagpur (Om Raut 21, Mihir Soinde 16) bt Nanded (Jivit 13) 88-50 (25-6, 12-18, 24-12, 27-14). Semi-final: Mumbai South West (Ayan Sorathiya 28) bt Nagpur (Chaitanya Kachhawah 18, Om Raut 13, Sarvesh Kavishwar 13) 70-65 (20-18, 12-21, 15-14, 23-12). Third Place: Mumbai South East (Rajaditya Deshmukh 13) bt Nagpur (Dheer Agrawal 15, Sarvesh Kavishwar 14, Om Raut 12) 70-60 (16-9, 25-19, 14-19, 15-13). Both the Nagpur teams were congratulated by NDBA President Sandip Joshi, Secretary Bhavesh Kuchanwar and others. Girls team: Saisa Bhagat (captain), Trisha Karki, Netra Damke, Sara Gulalkari, Pankhudi Bade, Pranjal Urkude, Akshada Dharme, Anagha Dharme, Palak Panchbudhe, Dnyanada Shairey, Sarakshi Ayalwar, Shravani Selokar. Coach: Arvind Garud, Asst Coach: Rajat Pawar, Manager: Vaishali Ayalwar.