Thevakumar bros steer Commercial Credit to 59-50 win over DFCC Bank
Prior to the downpour during the weekend, the Mercantile Services Basketball Association (MSBA) managed to complete 7 matches in the ongoing 28th ‘League’ Basketball (BB) Tournament 2018, from Days 16-18 of the tournament, at the Sir Henry Pedris and St. Joseph’s College BB Courts.
Commercial Credit beat DFCC 69-50 in a Men's game
In the Men’s ‘A’ division, Thevakumar brothers, Brent (20) and Clinton (10) came up with sterling performances to steer Commercial Credit & Finance (CC&F) to a fine 59-50 win over DFCC Bank (DFCC).
John Keells Holdings (JKH) stalled in the last quarter, as Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) raced passed them to gain a 51-43 win in the Men’s ‘B’ Division match.
In a Men’s ‘C’ Division match, Sampath Bank (Sampath) swamped NDB Bank (NDB) in the 2nd half, for a surprise 53-41 win, after trailing 28-27 in the 1st half.
MAS Holdings (MAS) gained a 61-8 cake walk win over Virtusa Corp. (Virtusa), while WSO2 Lanka (WSO2) and David Pieris Group (DPG) defeated SCB and IFS R&D International (IFS) respectively, in the Women’s ‘B’ Division.
Results
Men
- ‘A’ Division:
CC&F- 69 (Brent Thevakumar 20, Clinton Thevakumar 
beat DFCC- 50 (Dasun Mendis 7, Kasun Uyangoda 7)
Player of the Match: Brent Thevakumar (CC&F)
- ‘B’ Division:
SCB- 51 (Madhushanka Ratnayake 13, Jared Fernando 12, Sandeep Ratnayake 10) beat JKH- 43 (Sidath Senanayake 11, Angelo Keil 8, Charith De Silva 7)
Player of the Match: Jared Fernando (SCB)
- ‘C’ Division:
Sampath- 53 (Chamath Danawansa 15, Chanuka Jayasuriya 11, Anushka Vishwanath 10) beat NDB- 41 (Rashen Dalpethado 10, Fawshan Nilamdeen 9)
Player of the Match: Chamath Danawansa (Sampath)
- ‘E’ Division:
WSO2 overcame SCB 35-33 in a women's game
Dialog Axiata ‘B’- 68 (Hiran Perera 17, Delarn Silva 16, Roshan Zoysa 10 beat Ceylon Tobacco- 44 (Kanishka Ravindra 20, Inam Ameen 16)
Player of the Match: Hiran Perera (Dialog)
Women
- ‘B’ Division:
MAS- 61 (Tahera Cuttilan 18, Natali De Silva 16, Geshani Lahiruka beat Virtusa- 8 (Adhila Azmi 4)
Player of the Match: Taahera Cuttilan (MAS)
WSO2- 35 (Asma Cader 18, Achini Udari 11) beat SCB- 33 Extra Time (Thanya Sinhasiri 15, Piumi Smith 9)
Player of the Match: Asma Cader (WSO2)
DPG- 41 (Hershionne Silva 13, Tharushika Alwis 12, Pramesha Fernando 12) beat IFS- 17 (Harsha Perera 6)
Player of the Match: Hershionne Silva (David Pieris Group)