Commercial Credit in close win over Fair First
Clinton Stallone (26) and Thimothy Nithushan (15) spearheaded Commercial Credit & Finance (Commercial Credit) to a thrilling 56-53 victory over Fair First Insurance (Fair First) in the Men’s ‘A’ Division of the ongoing 27th Mercantile Services Basketball Association (MSBA) Championship 2017 at the Sir Edward Pedris Stadium last week.
The ‘C’ Division clash between Standard Charted Bank (SCB) and Seylan Bank (Seylan) too ended on a thrilling note with SCB snatching a 64-63 win.
Results from Day 12 to Day 15
Men’s -
- ‘A’ Division:
Commercial Credit 56 (Clinton Stallone 26, Thimothy Nithushan 15, Gayan De Croos 9) beat Fair First 53 (Roshan Randima 11, Isuru Perera 11, Manimesh Fernando 11)
Player of the Match: Thimothy Nithushan (Commercial Credit)
- ‘B’ Division:
MAS Holdings Reds 65 (S. Vaheesan 27, Sudesh Ahamed 14, Andrew Alphonsus 14) beat Nations Trust Bank 44 (Christy Krishanthan 19, Manjula Jayarathne 7)
Player of the Match: S. Vaheesan (MAS Reds)
Dialog Axiata 38 (Vajira Kumarasinghe 12, Shanaka Weerasinghe 7, Ravi Wickremasinghe 7) beat Hatton National Bank 34 (Amila Rathnayake 9, Chalinda Fernando 8, Maheel Egodawatta 6)
Player of the Match: Vajira Kumarasinghe (Dialog)
Kanrich Finance (Kanrich) 55 (Kanishka Wijesinghe 23, Brinsy Perera 15, Sameera Nishanga 
beat SriLankan Airlines (SriLankan) ‘A’ 46 (Sanjaya Wanasekera 14, Andre Jayakody 10, Srimath Perera
Player of the Match: Kanishka Wijesinghe (Kanrich)
- ‘C’ Division:
SCB 64 (Devon Rebert 25, Rishan Yoosuf 16, Madushanka Rathnayake 11) beat Seylan 63 (Dion Muthukumarana 23, Opasara Dias 15, Yohan Dilakshan 11)
Player of the Match: Devon Rebert (SCB)
- ‘D’ Division:
Hirdaramani Group 57 (Niroshan Pushpakumara 31, Stephen Angelo 8, Kavinda Jayawardene beat MAS Holdings Blacks 31 (Najith Kumara 8, Navin Perera 5)
Player of the Match: Niroshan Pushpakumara (Hirdaramani Group)
Commercial Bank (ComBank) 59 (Kevin Kumaran 28, Johnny Arumugam 13, Kushan Perera 7) beat Amana Bank 53 (Giwantha Karunathilaka 22, Chamath Serasinghe 8, Najath Luqman
Player of the Match: Kevin Kumaran (ComBank)
- ‘E’ Division:
WNS Global 76 (Rifkhan Nilafir 28, Nipuna Samarakoon 15, Inaam Ismail 21) beat Airport & Aviation 39 (Indika De Silva 21)
Player of the Match: Inaam Ismail (WNS)
CDB Finance (CDB) 34 (Supun Lakmal 15, D. Gamage 6, Dakshika Wijesinghe 5) beat Virtusa (Pvt) Ltd. 30 (Kasun Madusanka 10, Andrew De Mel 8, Denver Spittel
Player of the Match: Supun Lakmal (CDB)
CDB 47 (Dinuka Gamage 22, Supun Lakmal 11, Hasun Ominda beat SriLankan ‘B’ 38 (Chalana Asanka 15, Marlon Sooriyabandara 7)
Player of the Match: Dinuka Gamage (CDB)
Women’s -
David Pieris Motor Co. (DPMC) 43 (Tharuksha Alwis 11, Pramisha Fernando 8, Gayani Kodikara 7) beat IFS R&D International 24 (Buddhika Kulasuriya 10, Harsha Perera 7)
Player of the Match: Tharushika De Alwis (DPMC)