Basketball: Mercantile League weekly roundup

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. 

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. 

Men 

'A' Division: CC&F- 69 (Brent Thevakumar 20, Clinton Thevakumar 8) 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: 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 8) beat Virtusa- 8 (Adhila Azmi 4) 
Player of the Match: Taahera Cuttilan (MAS) 

WSO2- 35 Extra Time (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)