March 24, 2025: We are happy to inform that the President FIBA Asia & KOA, Hon Secretary KSBBA Dr. K.Govindaraj Sir has announced cash award of Rs.5.00 lakhs to Karnataka State Basketball Women team which has won the Silver Medal in U-23 National Basketball Championship and Rs.3.00 lakhs to Karnataka Men Team which has won bronze medal in this National championship held at Guwahati-Assam.
He has congratulated all the players of both the teams along with coaches and managers and wished them all the very best for this achievement. This is the Frist U-23 National Basketball Championship which has taken place.
Results
Basketball U23 National Karnataka Women Team Secured Runners up Silver Medal and Men Team won the Bronze medal.
In the women’s final Tamil Nadu which trailed by one Point in the first half (29-28) came back strongly in the Third Quarter through Harima Sundari who scored 22 points and took 16 rebounds to Put Tamil Nadu ahead (54-42 ), Nitika Was the top scorer for Tamil Nadu with 27 points for Karnataka Sanjana and Sathya scored 16 Points each.
Bronze for Karnataka Men and Delhi Women
In Men Karnataka took the third spot defeating Rajasthan(80-62) while in women Delhi claimed the final spot on the podium after they defeated Kerala (69-63 ) with a strong finish in the Third Place Game, on Monday.
Detailed Scores
Finals
Women
Tamil Nadu 76 ( Nitika A 27, Harima Sundari 22, Krithika S 18) bt Karnataka 58 ( Sathya K 16, Sanjana N K 16) (11-4,17-15,26-13,22-16)
3rd Place game
Men
Karnataka 80 (Gautham P K 20, Manoj B M 20) bt Rajasthan 62 (Akshit Hooda 28, Lokesh Sharma 11) (22-14,18-10,27-18,13-20)
In Women Photo: Standing Left to Right: Nidhi Umesh, Pavanai Sangwan, Mekhala Gowda, Niharika Reddy (Capt), Zarina PS (Coach), Mohan Kumar JE (Manager), Yashaswini, Shakthi, Sathya K, Ruth Anna Blessen,
Kneeling Left to Right: Sanjana N Kumar, Prathistha Shetty, Hamsa and Preethi Mallappa.
