Mercantile Cagers come out in action
Action between MAS Holdings vs WSO2
The 28th Mercantile Services Basketball Association League Tournament 2018 got off to a flying start with Moulana Travels, CDB Finance (CDB), Nations Trust Bank (NTB) Blues and Akbar Bros. winning the opening day’s matches, while on Day-2, Hayleys Group (Hayleys), Ceylon Tobacco Co. [CTC (Men)] and MAS Holdings (Women) winning their respective matches.
Matches were played at the Henry Pedris Stadium Courts and St. Joseph’s College Courts.
Results
Men
‘C’ Division
Moulana Travels 50 (Bathiya Sirisena 15, Lumal Soysa 14, Jarred Labrooy 11) beat HSBC Sri Lanka- 45 (Promoth Weerasinghe 13, Hasantha Gunawardena 10)
Player of the Match: Bathiya Sirisena (Moulana Travels)
Akbar Bros. 73 (Dimitri Grebe 22, Jeewan Priyankara 19, Sanketha Jayaratne 15) beat Ranawana & Co.- 62 (Abidaran Sunderamoorthy 21, Dilan Perera 14)
Player of the Match: Dimitri Grebe (Akbar Bros.)
‘D’ Division
CDB 69 (Lakshitha Fonseka 23, Supun Lakmal 13) beat David Pieris Motor Co.- 66 (Jagath Kulathunga 24, Thanushka Wanigarathne 19)
Player of the Match: Lakshitha Fonseka (CDB)
'E' Division clash between NTB Blues and Hayleys
‘E’ Division
NTB Blues 47 (Rukshan Ferdinando 8, Joel Pererapulle 7) beat WSO2- 37 (Usama Mansoor 5, Thumilan Mikunthan 4)
Player of the Match: Rukshan Ferdinando (NTB Blues)
Hayleys 43 (Rishane Fernando 14, Rakitha De Silva 13, Angelo Perera 10) beat Creative Software- (Adeeth Ginige 17, Chamith Karunakalage 5)
Player of the Match: Rishana Fernando (Hayleys)
CTC 56 (Kanishka Ravindra 27, Inam Ameen 15, Deepak Asokan 5) beat MAS Holdings ‘C’- 47 (Mahesh Fernando 22, Pradeep Dissanayake 6, Mafaz Mohideen 6)
Player of the Match: Kanishka Ravindra (CTC)
Women
‘B’ Division
MAS Holdings 72 (Oshadi Karunaratne 19, Taahera Cuttilan 16) beat WSO2 18 (Asma Cader 15, Samudra Weerasinghe 3)
Player of the Match: Oshadi Karunaratne (MAS Holdings)