Odisha boys finished a creditable fourth in the 41st Sub-junior National Basketball Championship after losing to Rajasthan 61-73 at Meenatai Thakare Indoor Stadium in Nashik (Maharashtra) today. Odisha earlier edged out Haryana 95-93 to reach the semifinals, where they lost to Madhya Pradesh 61-78. Following are the results Odisha boys and girls teams.
RESULTS:
GIRLS:
Nov 22 (Match No 1): Odisha (Papli Patra 14) bt Uttarakhand (Sumedha Bhandari 8) 41-25 (14-10, 2-4, 15-6, 10-5).
Nov 23 (Match No 2): Odisha (Saarswati Behera 18) bt Himachal Pradesh (Damini 12) 34-28 (14-2, 0-9, 8-9, 12-8).
Nov 24 (Match No 3, Level 1, Upper Pool): Odisha (Saraswati Berera 27) bt Chandigarh (Rajni Sharma 17) 63-48 (14-18, 7-12, 22-8, 20-10).
Nov 25 (Match No 4, Qualifying): West Bengal (L. Deb 14) bt Odisha (Saraswati B. 21) 55-46 (4-17, 13-3, 16-16, 22-10).

BOYS:
Nov 22 (Match No 1): Odisha (Suresh Das 36) bt Uttar Pradesh (Aman Singh 11, Priyanshu 11) 66-58 (9-17, 17-6, 22-15, 5-15, Extra time 13-5).
Nov 23 (Match No 2): Odisha (Suresh Das 23) bt Jharkhand (Amit Kumar Yadav 10) 81-19 (36-8, 17-3, 19-4, 9-4).
Nov 24 (Match No 3, Level 1, Upper Pool): Chhattisgarh (Saif Ali Khan 27) bt Odisha (Suraj Kumar 20) 83-57 (18-20, 25-13, 11-10, 29-14).
Nov 26 (Match No 4, Level-1 League): Odisha (Md Aquib 27) bt Andhra Pradesh (S Syed Baba 13, Aman Topno 13) 82-74 (13-21, 24-27, 13-12, 32-14).
Nov 27 (Match No 5, QF): Odisha (Suresh Das 27) bt Haryana (Hardeep Boora 32) 95-93 (20-20, 17-23, 22-23, 34-27).
Nov 28 (Match No 6, SF): Madhya Pradesh (D Raj 22, Harshwardhan 16) bt Odisha (S Das 20, Suresh 18) 78-61 (31-18, 10-6, 12-21, 25-16)
Nov 28 (Match No 7 for 3rd & 4th place): Rajasthan (Kuldeep S 21) bt Odisha (Suresh D 29) 73-61 (20-11, 11-10, 20-20, 22-20).