: In a nail-biting finish, RV College of Engineering edged out N M Institute of Technology by just two points in the men’s section of the 2nd M S Ramaiah Memorial inter-engineering college basketball tournament on Wednesday.
The final score read 38-36 as RVCE were closely chased down by their rivals after having secured a comfortable 25-11 lead at half-time.

Srinath top-scored for the winners with 16 points while Madhu too accounted for an equal number of points to top NMIT’s scoring chart.

In another match, SIT overcame DSCE 40-30. The winners trailed 13-19 at half time before they put up a splendid effort to seal the victory with what was in the end a fairly comfortable margin.
Ashwin Shetty stole the show for SIT with 22 points, while Ashwin top-scored for DCSE with 14 points.

Results:
Men: RNS Institute of Technology: 42 (Ashwin 12, Vasudev 12) bt BIT: 24 (Sebastian 11). HT: 23-8. PESIT: 30 bt BMSIT: 19. HT: 18-7. SIT: 40 (Ashwin Shetty 22) bt DSCE: 30 (Ashwin 14). HT: 13-19. BMSCE: 32 bt AMC: 22. HT: 12-17. MSRIT: 41 (Abhishek 17) bt PESIT: 22. HT: 27-13. RVCE: 38 (Srinath 16) bt NMIT: 36 (Madhu 16). HT: 25-11.
Women: MSRIT: 31 (Tara Sriram 11, Swetha H R 10) bt BMSCE: 17. HT: 19-6.