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Madurai boys to meet Coimbatore

PUDUKOTTAI, MAY 27. Defending champion Madurai and Coimbatore will contest the boys' final while holder Salem and Dindigul clash in the girls' summit clash of the Tamil Nadu State youth (under-16) basketball championship, conducted by JJ College of Engineering and Pudukottai District Basketball Association, here.

In the semifinals at the JJ College courts on Thursday, Madurai beat Chennai 55-41 and Coimbatore got past Dindigul 51-48 in a closely-fought match in the boys' section.

In the girls' category, Salem easily accounted for Kancheepuram 38-27 while Dindigul had to fight hard before disposing of Chennai 54-51.

The results:

Boys: Semifinals: Madurai 55 (Anbukumar 13, Anand 10) bt Chennai 41 (Varun 19); Coimbatore 51 (Ahilan 12) bt Dindigul 48 (Premkumar 11);

Quarterfinals: Dindigul 59 (Madurai Veeran 12, Premkumar 12) bt Tirunelveli 47 (Marimuthu 10, Muthukumar 10); Chennai 58 (Praveen 15) bt Erode 29; Coimbatore 50 bt Salem 34 (Anandakannan 10).

Girls: Semifinals: Salem 38 bt Kancheepuram 27; Dindigul 54 (Guna Mary 14) bt Chennai 51 (Jemmee 18, Muthumari 11); Quarterfinals: Dindigul bt Cuddalore 33-25; Chennai bt Tiruvannamalai 34-29; Kancheepuram bt Madurai 25-17.

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