NAGPUR:
Mugdha Amraotkar
and
Shruti Sherigar
combined well to share 49 points between them as
Maharashtra made light work of
Uttar Pradesh 85-71 in their classification game of the
68th Senior National Basketball Championship
at the Nehru Stadium in Chennai on Tuesday.
The eight day national event is being organized by Basketball federation of India (BFI).
A day after they missed many of their attempts and registered a lowly 27% shooting average against Chhattisgarh, the Maharashtra women cagers came up with a much improved show with 46% (37-79) conversion to post a 14-point win in their first ranking game for the 5-8 positions.
While Nagpur’s lanky post guard, Mugdha scored a game-high 25 points and recorded her third double double with 17 rebounds, Pune forward Shruti fired 24 points and also accounted for seven assists. Skipper Shireen Limaye utilized her experience well and took most of her attempts from inside the arc to contribute 13 points and play a pivotal role with 10 rebounds and five assists. Lanky Mumbai North guard Sakshi Arora too did well with 10 points and eight rebounds.
For Uttar Pradesh, Viashnavi Yadav (19), Minu George (16) and shooting guard Preeti Kumari (14) played well.
The quarter-wise progress for the winners read 21-16, 23-17, 16-18 and 25-20.
On Wednesday, Maharashtra will fight for the fifth position against hosts Tamil Nadu.
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