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National Games: Kerala women and Punjab men win basketball gold

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In the 37th National Games held in Goa from October 23 to 28, the Punjab men’s basketball team exhibited their dominance by clinching the gold medal. The team secured their victory by defeating Tamil Nadu in the final match with a score of 105-103 in the 5x5 player format.
Amjot Singh (42 points) sparkled as Punjab pipped Tamil Nadu 105-103 to win the men’s basketball title in the National Games here on Saturday.
The results (finals): Men: Punjab 105 (Amjot Singh 42, K. Gurbaz Sandhu 19, Shaj Pratap Sekhon 17, Amritpal Singh 12, Gurwinder Singh 11) bt Tamil Nadu 103 (B. Soorya 28, Aravind Kumar 24, Pranav Prince 17, Lokheswaran 12).
Kerala Women team won Gold by defeating Karnataka. Kerala, riding on young international R. Sreekala’s 29 points, beat Karnataka 57-54 and took the women’s trophy.
Women: Kerala 57(R. Sreekala 29) bt Karnataka 54 (Sanjana Ramesh 21).