Nationals, Mysore staged a stirring final-quarter rally to edge out Pinakini from Gauribidanur 49-47 in a boys’ second-round match in the State Junior (U-18) basketball championship at the Sree Kanteerava stadium outdoor courts here on Wednesday.

In a match where fortunes swung to and fro, Nationals opened up a comfortable 8-3 lead in a low-scoring first quarter, but Pinakini came surging back in quarters two and three, outscoring their opponents 31-25 during that period to lead 34-33 going into the final ten minutes of the match.

That triggered a dramatic fightback from the Nationals outfit. 

Results: Boys: Vimanapura SC: 34 (Lokesh 13, Sathyaraj 10) bt DRDO: 13 (Yatindranath) 11. HT: 17-13. Rovers, Dharwad: 48 (Pavan 20, Rajesh 14) bt N Shetty, Mangalore: 11. HT: 31-6. Nationals, Mysore: 49 (Sufiyan Khan 18, Shreyas 18) bt Pinakini, Gauribidanur: 47 (Ravichandra 15). HT: 21-20. Kanaka, Kolar: 43 (Harish 15) bt Belgaum BC: 30 (Rohit 10). HT: 26-9. YFBC, Kolar: 42 (Nandish 14, Shivaraja 10) bt Bhagwan, Gulbarga: 17. HT: 20-8.

Girls: Sports School: 31 (Sushmitha 17) bt Ambedkar BC: 29 (Deepa 20). HT: 15-17.