Thirty-four men's and seven women's teams at MSBA cager tourney
The 11th edition of the Mercantile Services Basketball Association
Knock-out Tournament 2016, played for the Ram Ratnavale Memorial
Challenge Trophy, got underway recently at the Henry Pedris Sports
Complex.The tournament has 34 Mens Teams, pooled into 05 divisions and
07 Womens Teams, pooled into 02 divisions, comprising 27 matches; & the
Finals scheduled for 18th, 19th & 20th May at the same venue. Match
Results : ( 25th & 27th April)Mens "D" division : Softlogic beat WS02 ,
66/44, after leading 28/20 at half time; the scorers for the Winners
were A. Perera (20) and L. Madusanka (16); R. de Silva (25) and S.
Mohamed (12) scored for the losers.Mens "D" division : Debutants,
Hirdaramani Group scored an upset 46/41 win over Amana Bank; Amana Bank
led 22/20 at half time; the top shooters for Hirdaramani were, S. Angelo
(18), O. Kannangara (10); M. Najith (15) & G. Karunatillake (13) scored
for the losers.
Womens "A" division : Commercial Credit & Finance PLC beat David
Pieris Motor Co., 85/23, after leading 45/9 at half time; PC Fonseka
(25) and E. Rajapakse (25) scored the bulk of the points for the
winners.
Mens "C" division : Commercial Credit & Finance PLC became the first
team to go over the century mark, as they beat David Pieris Motor Co. by
104 points to 92 , after leading 52/36 at half time ; A. Dewruwan (35) ,
A. Dilan (26) & L. Perera (22) played an outstanding game for the
winners, while T. Wanigaratne (27), A. de Silva (22) and N. Kumarasinghe
(17), played their hearts out for DPMC For MSBA |