Union Assurance top Men’s ‘A’ Division
Newcomers Union Bank remained unbeaten as they advanced to the Final, beating MAS Holdings ‘Blacks’, 70-54, after leading 27-23 at halftime, in the 26th MSBA League Basketball Tournament 2016, Men’s ‘D’ Division Semi-Final (SF) at the Henry Pedris Courts last week. In the other SF, at the same venue, Seylan Bank was stretched by Softlogic Group, before winning 72-67 in extra time, as the scores were deadlocked 64-64 at full-time. Seylan Bank led 31-29 at halftime. Thus Union Bank will meet Seylan Bank in the Mens ‘D’ Division Final In the Men’s ‘E’ Division unbeaten Amana Bank will take on WNS Global in the Final.
In the 1st SF Amana Bank upped gears in the 2nd half for a runaway 82-52 win over Millennium IT (MIT). MIT led 25-24 at halftime.
In the 2nd SF, WNS Global were made to fight all the way to beat Mobitel, 48-45. Mobitel led 26-22 at halftime. When Amana Bank met WNS Global in the League stage, the Bankers won comfortably, 53-40. In the Men’s ‘A’ Division, Union Assurance topped the league table with DFCC 2nd. Both Teams qualified for the SFs. Seylan Bank qualified for the SFs defeating Nations Trust Bank (NTB) 44-32. NDB Bank beat Mobitel 75-45 to reserve their spot in the Women’s ‘B’ Division. NDB Bank beat LB Finance (LBF) 76-56 to qualify for the Men’s ‘C’ Division final.
Results from day 28 to 30:
‘A’ Division
Men: Union Assurance 50 (Roshan Randima 17, Isuru Perera 12, Shehan Udayanga 11) beat DFCC Bank 38 (Tharindu sankalpa 10, Terrance Neydroff 
– Group match
Women: Seylan Bank 44 (Tharjini Sivalingam 12, Nethmi Herath beat NTB 32 (Niroshini Paiva 12, Watsala Dananjali 11) – SF
‘B’ Division
Women: NDB Bank 75 (Natasha Perera 30, Hashini Ariyaratne 28) beat Mobitel 45 (Gayani Wijesiri 20, I. Dissanayake 9) – SF
‘C Division
Men: NDB Bank 76 (Fawshan Deen 29, Dilan Kosgahakumbura 14, Jude Akila 12) beat LBF 56 (Gihan Sarinda 21, Stephan Fernando 13) – SF
‘D’ Division
Men’s SF (1): Union Bank 70 (Clifford Shenal 31, Hasitha Wijeratne 25) beat MAS Holdings Blacks 54 (Mahesh Fernando 19, Iruka Ratnayake 10)
SF (2): Seylan Bank 72 (Gayan Samaraweera 20, Dion Sanjana 20) beat Softlogic Group 67 (Lakshan Kulatunga 18, Chamara Praneeth 21)
‘E’ Division
Men’s SF (1): Amana Bank 82 (Najath Luqman 24, Giwantha Gunatilake 16) beat MIT 52 (Harshana Dassanayke 19, Isuru Namal 10)
SF (2): WNS Global 48 (Kanishka Ekanayake 24, Nipuna Samarakoon 10) beat Mobitel 45 (Thilina Jayawickrema 10)
NDB beat LB Finance in the Men's 'C' semis
Seylan beat NTB in Women's 'A' semi-final