Railway women, services men enter final

Thursday, December 27, 2007, 21:33 [IST]

Puducherry, Dec 27 (UNI) Defending champions Indian Railways women set up a title clash with runners up Delhi in the 58th Senior National Basketball championships here tonight.

Earlier, in the men's section, defending champions Services entered the finals defeating Indian Railways 91-82.

In the semi-finals played in the evening, Railway women outplayed Chattisgarh 95-51 and Delhi prevailed over Tamil Nadu 85-60.

Results: Women: Semifinals : Women- Indian Railways 95(Geetha Anna Jose 20,Seema Singh 15) beat Chattisgarh 51(Pushpa 10, Akansha Singh 22).Delhi 85(Divya Singh 22,Prasanthi Singh 23) beat Tamil Nadu 60(Sunitha Suren 16,Neena 11).

Men- Services 91(Dalit Kumar 29,Jayaram Jhat 18) beat Indian Railways 82( Birendra Singh and Edwinder Singh 20 each).

UNI

Topics: SPORTS-BASKETBALL-LEAD SENIOR NATIONAL

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