Kerala proceeds

Kannur: Kerala University defeated Jain University 50-31 to enter the quarterfinals of the South Zone inter-Univeristy women's basketball tournament here on Friday.

Bharathiyar University and Anna University, Coimbatore, also advanced.

The results (pre-quarterfinals): Kerala University 50 (Kenny Susan 28, S.Arya 11) bt Jain University, Bangalore 31 (M.Amrutha 15); Bharathiyar University bt Amrutha Viswa Vidya Peetam 44-9; Anna University 69 (M.Sudha 18, V.Divya 17) bt Madhurai Kamaraj University 45 (J.Shaya 17).

Third round: Anna University, Coimbatore 65 (V.Divya 21, T.Bharathi 17, M.Sudha 17) bt MS University 37; Madhurai Kamaraj University 57 (J.Shaya 20, Jaya Pradeepa 14) bt Mangalore University 23; MG University 51 (Ashey Mathew 16, Anju Mohanan 1) bt Mysore University 41 (Navaneethi 20, Arathy 11); Amrutha Viswa Vidya Peetam bt JNTU 29-5; Kerala University 55 (Kenny Susan Lalu 18, Libiya Varghese 15) bt Bangalore University 54 (Sandhya Manjunath 23, Susmitha 19); Annamalai 50 (Simi Jacob 11, Agnes Davis 10) bt Anna University, Chennai 40 .