Merc. Basketball comes alive
View(s):The 28th Mercantile Basketball League Tournament 2018 will come to an end with the finals of eight divisions of Men’s and Women’s scheduled to be worked off from tomorrow (November 26) to November 29 at the ‘HSC Blues’ Edward Henry Pedris Sports Complex, Colombo 4.
Conducted by the Mercantile Services Basketball Association the tournament was worked off in five Men’s Divisions and three Women’s Divisions. Fifty two teams, (the largest in the history of the Mercantile Services Basketball Association) and a total number of 123 matches in 54 days were played from September 19 at two venues-Sir Edward Henry Pedris Stadium and Sky Rim Arena-St. Joseph’s College, Colombo.
Like last year all Most Valuable Player awards will be dedicated to late Ranil Ganewatta.
| Schedule of finals and results of previous week’s matches: | |
| Nov. 26 at 6.00pm: Men’s ‘E’ Division – Hayleys Group vs. Aitken Spence Nov. 26 at 7.30pm: Men’s ‘C’ Division – Sampath Bank vs. Akbar Brothers Nov. 27 at 6.00pm: Women’s ‘A L2′ Division – Seylan Bank vs. Nations Trust Bank Nov. 27 at 7.30pm: Women’s ‘A L1′ Division – Commercial Credit & Finance vs. Hatton National Bank Nov. 28 at 6.00pm: Women’s ‘B’ Division – MAS Holdings vs. David Pieris Group Nov. 28 at 7.30pm: Men’s ‘D’ Division – CDB Finance vs. David Pieris Group Nov. 29 at 6.00pm: Men’s ‘B’ Division – Standard Chartered Bank vs. SriLankan Airlines ‘A’ Nov. 29 at 7.30pm: Men’s ‘A’ Division – Commercial Credit vs. FairFirst Insurance Results of the matches played Day 52 to 54: ‘A’ Division Men’s: Semi-final matches: (1) FairFirst Insurance 70 (Praneeth Udumalagala 21, Nimesh Fernando 12, Nichula Liyanage 11) beat DFCC Bank 62 (Charith Perera 12, Dasun Mendis 11, Kasun Uyangoda 9) Player of the Game: Praneeth Udumalagala (FairFirst) (2) Commercial Credit & Finance 81 (Clinton Thevakumar 13, Sameera Senerath 15, Thimothi Nithushan 13) beat Dialog Axiata ‘A’ 30 (Shanaka Weerasinghe 12, Dhanuka Muthukudaarachchi 10) Player of the Game: Sameera Senerath (CCF) FairFirst Insurance 85 (Nimesh Fernando 30, Nichula Liyanage 23) beat Dialog Axiata ‘A’ 36 (Dhanuka Muthukudaarachchi 12, Asela Perera 10) Player of the Game: Nimesh Fernando (FairFirst) ‘B’ Division Men’s: Semi-final matches: (1) Standard Chartered Bank 61 (Sandeepa Ratnayake 17, Jared Fernando 11, Chenud Weerawarnasuriya 10) beat Seylan Bank 52 (Dhananjaya Polkotuwa 16, Naveen Bandara 12, Viraj Nandana 12) Player of the Game: Sandeepa Ratnayake (SCB) (2) SriLankan Airlines ‘A’ 66 (Andre Jayakody 12, Sanjaya Wanasekera 16, Aaron Gomes Player of the Game: Andre Jayakodi (SriLankan Airlines) Women’s: Standard Chartered Bank 31 (Piumi Smith 13, Danusha Silva 9, Ruwani Weerasekera 9) beat Virtusa Colombo 15 (Chinta De Silva 6, Purnima Menikarachchi 3) Player of the Game: Piumi Smith (SCB) ‘E’ Division Men’s Semi-final: Hayleys Group 61 (Shelan Fernando 20, Rakitha De Silva 20) beat WNS Global 54 (Rifkhan Nilafir 23, Inam Ismail 17) Player of the Game: Shelan Fernando (Hayleys) |
beat Nations Trust Bank ‘Blacks’ 62 (Mithila Abeysekera 16, Jude Perera 9, Dilan Kirindiwela