Coimbatore : Rajasthan defeated Delhi 85=29 in the inaugural match of the 36th Youth National Basketball Championship for under 16–Boys and Girls, which kicked off here today.

In a one-sided game, Digoyay Singh scored 25, Shivam Kumawat 25, Loken
Drasingh 17 for the winners, while- Aaryan Singh 8, Ashish 5 for Delhi.

In other matches Karnataka (67) beat Kerala (64) Top Score :Karnataka­­- Achintya Krishna 29, Manav 22. Kerala – Pranav Prince
21, Abhinav CK 13 Andhra Pradesh (120) beat Goa (54)

Top Score : AP – Khaleel Ghose 50, Sai Babu 16. Goa Trukorgoawkari 11, Sahil Desai 11.

Uttar Pradesh (87) beat Himachal Pradesh (26) Top Score : UP – Harsh Dagar 18, Rishar Jaiswar 16. HP – Ramdeep 10, Aditya Guceria 6.

Uttarakhand (65) beat Jammu & Kashmir (50) Top Score : Uttarkhand–Ritik 26, Arshek 12. J & K – Rishar 24 , Rinku 10.

Girls

Punjab (74) beat Delhi (69): Top Score : Punjab – Harsimran Kaur 26, Kanisha 20. Delhi – Kritika 32, prakriti 14.

Kerala (60) beat Rajasthan (35) :Top Score : Kerala – Anin Mary 17, Aleena Antony 13. Rajasthan – Rasmi Khotani 14, Jiya Tiwari 10.

Karnataka (63) beat Uttar Pradesh (36) :Top Score : Karnataka – Sunisha 12 , Sanjana Ramesh 11. UP – Chaitali Rajesh 12

Andhra Pradesh (74) beat Goa (33) Top Score : AP – B.C. Aishwarya Devi 27, – Pallavi 21. Goa – Elame De Costa 11.

West Bengal (61) beat Jammu & Kashmir (22) Top Score : WB – K. Pal 24, Chitarjee 12. J&K – Kashish 11, Sakshi 5.

Chandigarh (51) beat Assam (36) Top Score : Chandigarh –Nikita 14, Prachi 12.

Assam – Anisha & Mayuri 10.14/05/19, 6:14 pm – Madan: Boys

Boys played late evening

Assam (102) beat Puducherry (74) Top Score : Assam – Rahul 28,
Prakash 23. Puducherry – Abhay Pramod 27, Barath 18.

Punjab (84) beat Chhattisgarh (43) Top score : Punjab – Eknoor
Singh 25, Karan Saini 15. Chhattisgarh – Parnav Sharma 19

Chandigarh (71) beat West Bengal (67) Top Score : Chandigarh – Amarendran 18, Arhishek – 15 West Bengal – Ibrahim 27, Rohan Roy 19