Basketball: Mercantile League roundup

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Rain halted proceedings in the 28th Mercantile League Basketball Tournament on the ninth day, and the remaining matches will be rescheduled for a later date.

In the Women's 'B' Division David Peiris Group of Companies (DPGC), spearheaded by Pramesha Fernando top score of 27, scored a runaway 64-14 victory over WSO2 at the St. Joseph's College Courts, having led 32-9 at halftime.

Union Bank (UB) defeated LB Finance (LBF) 57-49 in a close match in a Men's 'C' Division match at the Henry Pedris Basketball Courts.

The Bankers led 32-21 at halftime, and though LBF came back strongly, they failed to prevent UB's forward march.

Results:

Women:

'B' Division: DPGC- 64 (Pramesha Fernando 27, Hershionne Silva 16, Kalpani Fernando 12) beat WSO2- 14 (Asma Cader 8)

Men:

'C' Division: Union Bank PLC- 57 (Devon Rebert 33, Clifford Shenal 6, Kenneth Wickremasinghe 5) beat LB Finance 49 (Gihan Sarinda 17, Ashan De Silva 11, Stephan Fernando 8)

'D' Division: CDB Finance- 58 (Dilan Dinushka 13, Kanchana Gunesekera 9, Lakshitha Fonseka 8) beat Commercial Bank PLC- 53 (AShan Rukmal 20, Kaveen Pathiraja 13, Jonathan Arumugam 9); MAS Holdings 'B'- 56 (Dinith Pathirage 28, Azeem Ameen 13, Nalaka Ranasinghe 7) beat DPGC- 51 (Nalaka Kumarasinghe 18, Jagath Kulathunga 13)

'E' Division: Moresand Ltd.- 70 (Shajid Mohamed 23, Keshan Gayanga 12) beat Creative Software 43- (Adeeth Ginige 23, Chamith Karunakalage 19)

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