Easy outings for UP, MP

Puducherry, Dec 22 (UNI) Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Madhya Pradesh (MP) had an easy outings against Jammu and Kashmir and Goa respectively in the league matches of the 58th Senior National Basketball Championship here today.

While MP outplayed Goa 76-23, UP defeated Jammu and Kashmir 62-42.

In the women's event, while defending champions Indian Railways trounced Andhra Pradesh 83-19, Kerala drubbed Jharkand 61-16.

Results- MP 76 (Hawa Singh 24, Ajay Singh 11) beat Goa 23 (Manzeer 9) UP 62 (Briju 20, Arjun Sigh 10) beat J&K 42 (Sunil Bajaj 10) Jharkand 59 (Abhilash 18, Parmar 17) beat Maharastra 50 (Zameer and Sanajay 10 each) Chattisgarh 66 (Pratam Singh 27,Pawan 10) beat Mizoram 33(Zobithre 11, Lal Ring Tanga 10) Women's League Indian Railways 83 (Karprekar 23, Natam and S Sam 15 each) beat Andhra Pradesh 19 Kerala 61 (Sonia Joseph 14, Lissy Mathew and Anjana 10 each) beat Jharkand 16 (Sweatha Singh 10) Chandigarh 43 beat Goa 16 Chattisgarh 76 (Aakensha 21, M Pushpa 14) beat Maharashtra 44 (R Mathew 27) MP 54 (Ritu 18, Presanna 12) beat Orissa 25 (Beranika 10) UNI