73rd Senior National Basketball Championship
Ludhiana, DECEMBER 4 (MExN): The second day of the 73rd Senior National Basketball Championship in Ludhiana witnessed Nagaland (men’s) recovering from a 12-point deficit to win against Manipur. The Nagaland team was, at one stage, was trailing 26-38, before springing back in the second half to engineer a 77-68 win.
Captain Salew Kadete contributed an impressive 20 points, alongside Seyievizo Kire and Thejagulie Mekro with 16 and 10 points, respectively.
In the women’s fixture, the state team went down putting up a gritty fight against a formidable Jammu & Kashmir squad 26-33. Ravolu, Pele Kuotsu and Reena Rai contributed 6 points each to the team’s tally.
The Honorary Secretary of the Nagaland Basketball Association, Sentiningsang Longkumer, informed that the viewers can witness all the thrilling moments live on the official YouTube channel of the Basketball Federation of India, India Basketball on Instagram and the Live Sports India YouTube channel.
Match schedule for December 5
• Nagaland Vs Himachal Pradesh (Men’s— 8:15 am, Court 3)
• Nagaland Vs Rajasthan (Women’s— 3:15 pm, Court 2)
• Nagaland Vs Andhra Pradesh (Men’s— 7:00 pm, Court 2)
