Railways men, Chhattisgarh eves bag third place

Puducherry, Dec 28 (UNI) Indian Railways men and Chhattisgarh women bagged the third place in the 58th senior national basketball championship here, today.

Railways men secured the third place, outplaying Uttarkhand 105-95.

In the women's event, Chhattisgarh annexed the third position, edging out Tamil Nadu 67-59.

The finals in both the men's and women's events would be played here this evening.

Results: Men: Indian Railways 105 (Edwinder Singh 36, Birender Singh 16) beat Uttarkhand 95 (Pradeep Rai 31, Suresh Rane 22).

Women: Chhattisgarh 67 (Pushpa 23) beat Tamil Nadu 59 (Nithya 22, Sunita Suren 12).

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