Basketball: HNB, NTB Women Cagers in Mercantile Div. 'A' semis

Hatton National Bank (HNB) and Nations Trust Bank (NTB) Women for Division 'A' along with NDB Bank Women for Division 'B' booked their semi-final berths, while Mobitel Men from Division 'E' booked their quarter-final berth at the 26th Mercantile League Basketball Tournament 2016 played at the Henry Pedris Basketball Courts. 

HNB Women topped the Women’s Division 'A' and NTB finished third in the same division. 

Mobitel Men topped Men’s Division 'E'  with five victories in the Preliminary Round, thus qualifying for the final round. 

Results of matches played from day 14 to 17: 

Division 'A' Women’s: 
HNB 50 (Kumarini Silva 14, Imesha Thathsarani 9) beat NTB 31 (Mishika Hirushi 15, Niroshini Paiva 9) 

Division 'B' Women’s: 
NDB Bank 48 (Natasha Perera 27, Hashini Ariyaratne 13) beat David Pieris Motor Co. 44 (Tharushika Alwis 12, K. Kodikara 11) 

DPMC 58 (A. Kodikara 18, A. Tharushika 17) beat Mobitel 41 (J. Dissanayake 14, K. Rupasinghe 13) 

MAS Holdings 45 (Shimali Yatagama 14, Geshani Lahiruka 10) beat Mobitel 30 (K. Ranasinghe 11, I. Dissanayake 8) 

Division 'C' Men’s: 
NDB Bank 64 (Mohamed Fawshan 29, Jude Perera 15) beat DPMC 53 (Nalaka Kumarasinghe 19, Thanushka Wanigarathna 9) 

HSBC 65 (G. Hasantha 22, P. Praveen 10) beat DPMC 44 (W. Thanushka 19, P. Nalaka 9) 
‘D’ Division Men’s 

Standard Charted Bank 39 (Rishan Yousuf 13, Suranga Palliyaguru 10) MAS Holdings 'Blacks' 37 (Iruka Ratnayake 10, Mahesh Fernando 9) 

Commercial Bank 50 (K. Kumaran 20, A. Jonathan 11) beat NTB 40 (W. Pramod 20) 

Division 'E' Men’s: 
Mobitel 53 (D. Thilina 14, N. Chamikara 13) beat Sarva Integrated 24 (S. Sajith 10, S. Noor 8) 

Millennium IT 49 (W. Akila 19, T. Fazal 12) beat Abans Group 37 (M. Segar 10, T. Fareed 8) 

Amana Bank 52 (S. Chamath 19, K. Giwantha 16) beat Ceylon Tobacco 45 (C. Malwatte 31) 

Airport & Aviation 56 (S. Silva 22, C. De Silva 13) beat Aitken Spence 51 (W. Anuruddha 22, S. Dilshan 12) 

Mobitel 52 (Nadun Chamara 19, Rukshan Perera 13) beat UB Finance 33 (Joy Gregory 20) 

Millenium IT 53 (Akila Wijesinghe 20, Tahir Fazal 16) beat Aitken Spence 46 (W. Anuruddha 14)