HNB, NTB Women Cagers in ‘A’ Div. Semis
Hatton National Bank (HNB) and Nations Trust Bank (NTB) Women from ‘A’ Div. along with NDB Bank Women from ‘B’ Div. booked their Semi-final berths, while Mobitel Men from ‘E’ Div. booked their Quarter-final berth at the 26th Mercantile League Basketball Tournament 2016 played at the Henry Pedris Basketball Courts. HNB Women topped the Women’s ‘A’ Div. and NTB finished 3rd in the same Div. Mobitel Men topped Men’s ‘E’ Div. with 5 victories in the Preliminary Round, thus qualifying for the Final Round.
Results of matches played from day 14 to 17:
- ‘A’ Division Women’s:
HNB- 50 (Kumarini Silva 14, Imesha Thathsarani 9) beat NTB- 31 (Mishika Hirushi 15, Niroshini Paiva 9)
- ‘B’ Division Women’s
NDB- Bank 48 (Natasha Perera 27, Hashini Ariyaratne 13) beat David Pieris Motor Co. (DPMC)- 44 (Tharushika Alwis 12, K. Kodikara 11)
DPMC- 58 (A. Kodikara 18, A. Tharushika 17) beat Mobitel- 41 (J. Dissanayake 14, K. Rupasinghe 13)
MAS Holdings- 45 (Shimali Yatagama 14, Geshani Lahiruka 10) beat Mobitel- 30 (K. Ranasinghe 11, I. Dissanayake
- ’C’ Division Men’s
NDB Bank- 64 (Mohamed Fawshan 29, Jude Perera 15) beat DPMC- 53 (Nalaka Kumarasinghe 19, Thanushka Wanigarathna 9)
HSBC Sri Lanka 65 (G. Hasantha 22, P. Praveen 10) beat DPMC- 44 (W. Thanushka 19, P. Nalaka 9)
- ‘D’ Division Men’s
Standard Charted Bank- 39 (Rishan Yousuf 13, Suranga Palliyaguru 10) MAS Holdings ‘Blacks’ 37 (Iruka Ratnayake 10, Mahesh Fernando 9)
Commercial Bank- 50 (K. Kumaran 20, A. Jonathan 11) beat NTB- 40 (W. Pramod 20)
- ’E’ Division Men’s
Mobitel- 53 (D. Thilina 14, N. Chamikara 13) beat Sarva Integrated- 24 (S. Sajith 10, S. Noor
Millennium IT- 49 (W. Akila 19, T. Fazal 12) beat Abans Group- 37 (M. Segar 10, T. Fareed
Amana Bank- 52 (S. Chamath 19, K. Giwantha 16) beat Ceylon Tobacco- 45 (C. Malwatte 31)
Airport & Aviation- 56 (S. Silva 22, C. De Silva 13) beat Aitken Spence- 51 (W. Anuruddha 22, S. Dilshan 12)
Mobitel- 52 (Nadun Chamara 19, Rukshan Perera 13) beat UB Finance- 33 (Joy Gregory 20)
Millenium IT- 53 (Akila Wijesinghe 20, Tahir Fazal 16) beat Aitken Spence- 46 (W. Anuruddha 14) -LR