NTB, Seylan Bank, SriLankan victorious in Men’s ‘B’ Div.
Seylan Bank (Seylan), SriLankan Airlines (SriLankan) ‘A’ and Nations Trust Bank (NTB) ‘Blacks’ won their respective matches over Kanrich Finance (Kanrich), John Keells Holdings (JKH) and Standard Chartered Sri Lanka (SCSL) in the Men’s ‘B’ Division of the 28th Mercantile League Basketball Tournament 2018 played at the Henry Pedris Basketball Complex and St. Joseph’s College Courts.
David Peiris Group (DPG) and IFS R&D (IFS) defeated Virtusa Colombo (Virtusa) and Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) in the Women’s ‘B’ Division.
Results of the matches played from Day 3-6:
‘B’ Division (Men’s)
Seylan- 54 (Opasara Dias 13, Naveen Bandara 12) beat Kanrich- 36 (Mihiraj Rajapakshe 16, Meran Perera 10)
Player of the Game: Opasara Dias (Seylan)
SriLankan ‘A’- 61 (Andre Jayakody 23, Chathun Fernando 14, Sanjaya Wanaselara 11) beat JKH- 49 (Kavinga Ratnayake 8, Lahiru Sovis 7)
Player of the Game: Andre Jayakody (SriLankan ‘A’)
NTB ‘Blacks’- 58 (Jude Perera 18, Manjula Jayaratne 8, Christy Krishanthan 6) beat SCSL- 57 (Madhushanka Ratnayake 22, Chenud Weerawarnasuriya 12, Thushan Perera 
Player of the Game: Jude Perera (NTB ‘Blacks’)
‘B’ Division (Women’s)
DPG- 49 (Pramesha Fernando 20, Achini Jayasena 14) beat Virtusa- 9 (Purnima Menikarachchi 7)
Player of the Game: Pramesha Fernando (DPG)
IFS- 27 (Harsha Perera 16, Jessica Yoganantham 9) beat SCB- 18 (Ruwani Weerasekera 8, Thanya Sinhasiri 6)
Player of the Game: Harsha Perera (IFS)
‘C’ Division (Men’s)
Ranawana & Co. 59 (Dilan Perera 17, Praveen Manthika 16, Adrian Gabriel 14) beat Sampath Bank 58 (Vimukthi Illangasinghe 18, Chanuka Jayasuriya 12)
Player of the Match: Praveen Manthika (Ranawana & Co.)
‘D’ Division (Men’s)
Virtusa- 68 (Dilka Sirimanna 39, Kasun Madusanka 9, Minul Wimalagunaratne 9) beat Softlogic Holdings- 51 (Susantha Kumara 13, Chamara Udayanga 12, Roshantha Ranatunga 7)
Player of the Game: Dilka Sirimanna (Virtusa)
‘E’ Division (Men’s)
IFS- 32 (Nandun Withanachchi 10, Danister Ratnasothy beat WSO2- 26 (Ashen De Silva 11)
Player of the Game: Nandun Withanachchi (IFS)
Aitken Spence- 52 (Rashmika Lawrence 32, Anuruddha Wickremasinghe beat Amana Takaful- 41 (Mansoor Elahie 16, Rushdy Nizam 11)
Player of the Game: Rashmika Lawrence (Aitken Spence)
Moresand Ltd.- 67 (Rahul Samarakoon 16, Keshan Gayanga 12, Shajid Mohamed 6) beat Allianz Insurance- 33 (Aruna Wickremage 14, Manula De Zoysa ^0
Player of the Game: Rahul Samarakoon (Moresand)
Dialog Axiata ‘B’- 55 (Roshan Zoysa 17, Danushka Meegahawatte 12, Delarn De Silva 10) beat UB Finance- 35 (Hansaka Rajasinghe 13)
Player of the Game: Roshan Zoysa (Dialog Axiata ‘B’)
WNS Global Services- 55 (Rifkhan Nilafir 29, Inaam Ismail 16) beat SriLankan Airlines ‘B’- 46 (Don Ramanayake 21, Shane Croos 9, Maleesha Tilakarathna
Player of the Game: Inaam Ismail (WNS)
Ceylon Tobacco- 64 (Inam Ameen 31, Kanishka Ravindra 24) beat UB Finance- 46 (Hansaka Rajasinghe 18, Tharindu Wijekoon 15)
Player of the Game: Inam Ameen (Ceylon Tobacco)
Abans Group- 64 (Lahiru Virajith Manawadu 28, Thuwan Ashraf Fareed 13, Pandula Gajendra Gunaratne 12) beat NTB ‘Blues’- 63 (Rukshan Ferdinando 23, Joel Pererapulle 14, Dhanushka Fernando 9)
Player of the Game: Lahiru Manawadu (Abans)