11 points adrift at halftime, Dialog ‘A’ beat MAS ‘A’ 72-69
Dialog Axiata (Dialog) ‘A’ trailing by 11 points at halftime, managed to beat MAS Holdings (MASH) ‘A’ by 3 points, with the game going into extra time. Sudesh Ahmed was outstanding for MASH ‘A’, but failed to get his side across the line despite scoring 43 points, as Dialog’s combine efforts got them through to their second victory of the tournament in the Men’s ‘A’ Division of the 28th Mercantile League Basketball Tournament 2018, at Henry Pedris Basketball Courts last week.
Action from a Men's segment game
Commercial Credit & Finance (CCF) and DFCC Bank (DFCC) were the other winners in the Men’s ‘A’ Division.
Results from Day 40-43
Men
- ’A’ Division:
CCF- 70 (Clinton Thevakumar 28, Brent Thevakumar 23, Sanjeewa Kulamina 6) beat fairfirst Insurance- 55 (Praneeth Udumalagala 19, Isuru Perera 17, Nichula Liyanage 9)
Player of the Game: Clinton Thevakumar (CCF)
DFCC- 74 (Prageeth Pushpakumar 14, Charith Perera 12, Terrance Neydorff 
beat Dialog ‘A’- 46 (Dhanuka Muthukudaaarachchi 12, Mafaz Mohideen 9, Sadharu Wickremasinghe
Player of the Game: Prageeth Pushpakumara (DFCC)
Dialog ‘A’- 72 (Dhanuka Muthukudaarachchi 26, Duke Rajapakshe 16, Shanaka Weerasinghe 11) beat MAS ‘A’- 69 (Sudesh Ahamed 43, Andrew Alphonsus 9, Sadesh Weerakoon 9)
Player of the Game: Dhanuka Muthukudaarachchi (Dialog)
- ’B’ Division:
SriLankan Airlines (SriLankan) ‘A’- 60 (Andre Jayakody 18, Sanjaya Wanasekera 11, Chathun Fernando 15) beat Seylan Bank (Seylan)- 50 (Naveen Bandara 18, Dhananjaya Polkotuwa 10, Malen Cabandugama 10)
Player of the Game: Andre Jayakody (SriLankan)
- ’C’ Division:
Semifinals:
Akbar Brothers (Akbars)- 73 (Dimitri Grebe 24, Sanketha Jayaratne 18, Thushara Jayaratne 11) beat Union Bank (UB)- 59 (Devon Rebert 32, Dhananjeyan Wijendran 11)
Player of the Game: Dimitri Grebe (Akbars)
Sampath Bank (Sampath)- 48 (Vimukthi Illangasinghe 11, Chamath Danawansa 10, Anushka Vishwanath 9) beat Moulana Travels- 45 (Lumal Soysa 17, Thilan Nanayakkara 10)
Player of the Game: Vimukthi Illangasinghe (Sampath)
- ’D’ Division:
Semifinals:
CDB Finance (CDB)- 88 (Kanchana Gunasekera 22, Dakshika Wijesingha 20, Lakshitha Fonseka 17) beat Commercial Bank- 69 (Ashan Rukmal 21, Jonathan Arumugam 8, Kushan Perera 9)
Player of the Game: Kanchana Gunasekera (CDB)
David Pieris Group (DPG)- 63 (Thanushka Wanigarathna 16, Nalaka Kumarasinghe 15, Jagath Kulathunga 11) beat MAS ‘B’- 54 (Abdul Qadir Haiderally 19, Nalaka Ranasinghe 12)
Player of the Game: Nalaka Kumarasinghe (DPG)
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The Women's segment too was exciting
‘E’ Division:
Quarterfinals:
WNS Global (WNSG)- 55 (Rifkhan Nilafir 23, Thilanka Herath 12, Inaam Ismail 10) beat IFS R&D International (IFS R&D)- 46 (Danister Ratnasothy 18, Nandun Withanachchi 8, Ajith Shaminda 7)
Player of the Game: Rifkhan Nilafir (WNSG)
Semifinals:
Aitken Spence- 42 (Rasmika Lawrence 19, Anuruddha Wickremasinghe 10) beat Moresand Ltd.- 41 (Shehan Anton 12, Steve Fernando 6)
Player of the Game: Rashmika Lawrence (Aitken Spence)
Women
MAS- 30 (Taahera Cuttilan 11, Oshadi Karunaratne 6) beat DPG- 29 (Kalpani fernando 10, Jayani Athauda
Player of the Game: Taahera Cuttilan (MAS)
Semifinals:
MAS- 54 (Oshadi Karunaratne 24, Taahera Cuttilan 13, Natali De Silva 10) beat IFS R&D- 19 (Harsha Perera 5)
Player of the Game: Oshadi Karunaratne (MAS)
DPG- 63 (Pramesha Fernando 17, Hershionne Silva 16, Jayani Athauda 10) beat WSO2 Lanka (WSO2)- 20 (Asma Cader 16)
Player of the Game: Jayani Athauda (DPG)
Round 3-4 match: WSO2- 43 (Asma Cader 19, Erandi Ganepola 10, Udeshika Ratnavira 7) beat IFS R&D- 24 (Vinu Sarindi Peiris 13)
Player of the Game: Asma Cader (WSO2)