Royal Cagers sink the Thomians in home net
The Royal College cagers led by Juliyan Gunasinghe pulled off a stunning victory by 55 points to 40 to retain the D.S. Senanayake Memorial
Royal College champion winning senior team with the D.S. Senanyake Trophy
Trophy in their 12th annual encounter against S. Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia, for the fifth consecutive year played at the Royal Indoor Sports Complex in Colombo recently.
The Royalist went on that day to complete a clean sweep also winning the junior encounter in a nail biting finish 48/44 in extra time and also clinched the Old Boys game played for the Janaka (Jani) De Fonseka Memorial Trophy.
The main game got off to a rousing start when Thomian Adrian Goonewardene sunk an initial basket and also shot a beautiful three pointer from the left corner to give the Thomians the only lead they ever
Royal Junior winning team with their trophy
held during the game 8/5. Royal closed out the first quarter with a slender lead of 12 goals to 10.
The Royalists were in firm control throughout the game with their superior set of players and continued to close out the second quarter by 31 points to 24 and the third quarter 43 points to 35.
The fourth and last quarter saw the Royalists continue their dominance with superb ball control, few handling errors and a masterful display of attacking play. The Thomians on the other hand were always lagging behind and were found guilty on numerous occasions of not going in for rebounds and missing an umpteen amount of free throws and tree pointers. The Royalists who capitalized on these errors finished the game off in style recording a brilliant win.
 Royal Junior skipper receiving the trophy |
 Royal old boys winner receives the Capt. Janaka De Foseka (Jani) memorial trophy |
 Royal skipper receives the D.S. Senanayake Trophy |
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