James scored a match-high 24 points while Saji Mathew basketted 12 points as Sappers routed a listless Vimanapura side at the Merchants Sports Club courts.

Karnataka State Police also won through, defeating Kanaka, Kolar 76-60.
Results (pre-quarterfinals): MEG and Centre: 71 (Amal James 24, Saji Matthew 12) bt Vimanapura SC: 26 (Prabhakar 11, Arun 11). HT: 36-6; KSP: 76 (Mahesh 21, Santosh 16) bt Kanaka Kolar: 60 (Guruprasad 16, Ashoka 15). HT: 49-30; JSC: 54 (Kaushal 18, Minhal 13) bt IBBC: 45 (Shivraj Kumar 20). HT: 36-22; Vijaya Bank: 66 (Srinivas Gowda 17, Deiva Kumar 11) bt CMP: 15 (Anbu Selvan 8). HT: 26-15; SAI, Dharwad: 57 (Abhishek 24, Rajesh Uppar 17) bt BSNL: 39 (Naresh 15). HT: 31-26; Beagles BC: 47 (Yashas 18) bt Ambedkars: 18 (Bharath 10); HT: 29-8; HASC 95 (Sachindra 20, Abdulla 16) bt Sports Hostel 84 (Rangana Gowda 31, Rabbani 21). Third round: Ambedkar BC: 29 (Aravind 16) bt CJC: 25 (Arjun 8). HT: 13-19; HASC: 38 (Markesh 7) bt YMMA: 15. HT: 26-7.